Apr 21

Apr 21 Solace {{Taurus New Moon}}

In this post: short Taurus New Moon musing, weekly Yoga invitation, excerpt of a poem by David Whyte, and always love.

Slow and Steady. This is the energy of the Taurus New Moon. Endure. But, not just that. Savor the moments of peace even as they co-exist with despair, grief, fear, anger. Rest. Healing takes time. Seek solace wherever it may be found. Be with your longing. And be curious about what it is you truly desire for yourself and All.

Join me for yoga in the sanctuary of your home:

Wednesday at 4:30pm PT
Friday at 9:30am PT

Also, for those interested, I am offering dream readings and distance healing sessions. Email me for more information.

And now, David Whyte,,,

SOLACE
Solace is the art of asking the beautiful question, of ourselves, of our world or of one another, often in fiercely difficult and un-beautiful moments. Solace is what we must look for when the mind cannot bear the pain, the loss or the suffering that eventually touches every life and every endeavor; when longing does not come to fruition in a form we can recognize, when people we know and love disappear, when hope must take a different form than the one we have shaped for it. …
To look for solace is to learn to ask fiercer and more exquisitely pointed questions, questions that reshape our identities and our bodies and our relation to others. Standing in loss but not overwhelmed by it, we become useful and generous and compassionate and even more amusing companions for others.
But solace also asks us very direct and forceful questions. Firstly, how will you bear the inevitable loss that will accompany you? And how will you endure its memory through the years? And above all, how will you shape a life equal to and as beautiful and as astonishing as a world that can birth you, bring you into the light and then just as you were beginning to understand it, take you away?

(read the full piece in David Whyte’s CONSOLATIONS: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words.)

In this time of solace, may you ask the questions that carry you further along the healing journey, imagining and dreaming into a life that is deeply moving and fully appreciated.

With Love,
Jennifer

New Moon Taurus - April 22 @ 7:26pm PT
Full Moon Scorpio - May 7 @ 7:04am PT