Setting the stage with the new moon in Virgo

Hi everyone! Here's the draft new moon/astro forecast that's scheduled to go out in my newsletter tomorrow. If you want a healing and restorative practice for this new moon, check out my event, New Moon Activation and Healing with Restorative Yoga, coming up this Friday at 6 p.m. Register at https://mandigarrisonyoga.as.me/newmoonrestore and use your coupon code PATREON5OFF for the $5 discount!

(For Tiers 2&3, your special moon events coupon code will give you an $11 discount.)

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September is bringing upgrades fast and furious. Virgo season is always the preparatory month before the dark half of the year, and our decisions right now can shape the energy for the next six months. There's so much activity: school going back in session, work picking up, the seasons rapidly changing, information overload, earth events everywhere we look...

During my last new moon event I observed that there was a lot of noise and many images of the earth shifting and transforming. But the earth is not separate from us. We're going through these shifts as well. We're being guided to new possibilities for a more balanced life. The primary aspect of note with this upcoming new moon on Monday is a perfect trine to Uranus in Taurus. This can feel like a surge of energy, a burst of inspiration that will help us make higher choices for the months ahead.

My focus in my practice and teaching since the last new moon has been primarily around nervous system care. Our nervous systems were never really designed to process so much at once. During these times of constant stimulation, less is more when you're trying to come back into balance. I remember when I first started practicing yoga regularly, restorative and yin were always the hardest for me because my mind and body didn't know how to keep still. My nervous system didn't understand and therefore my mind was resisting and trying to shut it all down. I had the mentality that stillness was a waste of time, when it fact it was the secret ingredient to a happier, healthier, and more balanced life.

Can you pause right now? Can you take a deep breath? Doesn't that feel good? Now what would happen if you paused and took three more? If you could fight the mind's resistance for just a moment? Now think about the cumulative effect if you did that 3-5 times per day, or every time you picked up your phone. Little adjustments can have lasting impacts.

Saturn and Jupiter (pictured above) are both retrograde, along with Pluto, Neptune, Uranus, and Chiron. All of our collective outer planets are moving backwards and about to station at a slow pause before shifting in early October. We can use this energy and this time to pause, reflect, and prepare for what's to come and what will truly fill our cups. Use the energy of Virgo and this new moon to be your own healer and guide as you set the stage for a more balanced life.