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WISDOM BODY NOTES SEPT. 8-16 by Samantha Cameron
Endings & Beginnings, Forward & Backward, Inward & Outward ~We dance on with heart, nurturing the Wisdom Body.
Have you felt the shifting? Some subtle, many and much not so subtle. In the past 10 days, we’ve had three major planets stationing to move forward and backward. Stationing planets are more powerful, even fierce helping turn up the heat of consciousness. They also turn up chaos, uncertainty, opportunity, and intention. On August 28, Uranus, of the higher mind, stationed to go Retrograde -through Jan. 26, 2024. On Sept. 3rd, after six weeks of inner exploration and re-do. Venus stationed to go direct. On Sept. 4th, Jupiter stationed to go Retrograde for the coming two and a half months, taking us right up to the New Year. It is a propitious time to take a long nap and re-think life.
When planets ‘station’ they are changing direction, much like linking one Yoga pose to the next. In the shift we need to be fully aware and present to make the link work well. It is a conscious pause that offers the body power. When planets pause to change direction, their influence, especially if they have landed on one of your personal planets, is enormous, especially if they have landed on one of your personal planets. Both Jupiter in Taurus, and Venus in Leo stopped for a wee squared off chat, affecting any planets around 15 degrees of fixed signs. Venus ruling the heart, relationships, money, and value squaring the great amplified beneficence of Jupiter, could be a good thing. But it is also an ‘indulgent thing.’ Are you spending too much? Eating too well? With the ‘square aspect’ it calls for change. Perhaps this is a wake up to re-boot your Practice, or expand your perspective from an intuitive eye in order to better use the multiple gifts of Venus as she slowly moves forward? Ramakrishma wrote, “The winds of grace are always blowing; it is for us to raise our sails.” Ergo, don’t let cosmic chaos defeat you, rather use its timely wisdom to know when and how to raise your sails.
Along with big shifts of energy, we also have our minds affected by a powerful Mercury still retrograde until the 15th. He rules the upcoming Virgo New Moon, of the 14th, and is Cazimi. This means he is lying folded withing the arms of the Sun as he gives birth, with the Moon, to upcoming 28 days. Despite the fact that anything within the arms of the Sun is being burnt to a crisp, this is actually an auspicious alignment. Certainly, this fall asks us to re-think the future, to re-align ourselves to a higher purpose, and rediscover love, in a myriad of forms. Goethe wrote, “We are shaped and fashioned by what we love.” I will add, ‘and by who we love.’ What are we learning as these ‘planetary batons’ are passed forward and backward? Are core values changing or being refined to better serve? With Venus still in creative Leo, have we shifted our views, or ideas about how and what we wish to create? Do we now have a different relationship to our work, partner, friendships? With Jupiter offering four months of ‘re-evaluation,’ it’s time to create a new bigger picture, a higher focus, and more intentional life.
One of the more helpful aspects of this time is that five of the 10 planets are in earth signs, supporting practical, well-planned tactics, and helping us eliminate the superfluous. Earthy, grounding ideas win. This is especially true when dealing with basics like health, finances, and power. We are to slow down and re-evaluate what does not serve our evolution. Rumi wrote, “Tend to your vital heart, and all you worry about will be solved.” Need I write that the ‘vital heart’ is the most grounding energy of all. This is especially true as we learn to love ourselves enough to have a healthy relationship with self. We just moved out from under last week’s Super Full Moon that encouraged us to trust our inner guidance (Pisces)and to show up for ourselves on a daily basis (Virgo). With the Moon in Pisces, ruled by Neptune, forgiveness is one of the big ‘asks’ of this time. Forgiveness asks we recognize our flaws, that we set intention to heal and correct. Nothing is hopeless. Everything holds the possibility of transformation, and in this process, we reclaim our power.
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UNVEIL THE MYSTERY~TIME TO DANCE!
Unveiling Shakti’s Magic of feminine creation for International Yoga /Dance Teacher Training beginning Oct. 1
SHAKTI YOGA DANCES are taught by their creator, Samantha Cameron, MA in Dance/Choreography, UCLA, and E-RYT-500 Yoga Alliance
This Teacher Training is where toes in the pose create the sacred and sublime as you learn to dance your mat. You also create and unveil your ‘ Wisdom Body’ ~ exploring and sharing unique gifts from richly layered movement, mudras, meditations, chakras, music, goddesses, and Astrological energies. Your ‘Emotional Intelligence’ is unveiled and activated, guiding you into outer and inner discovery, healing, and passion. It’s a physical Yoga with a spiritual chaser!
Timing: Enrollment open for Oct. 1 -First session of international teacher training.
Level: If you are not a Yoga Instructor, a mid-level level Yoga technique required. See shaktidances.com, or YouTube Channel: Samantha Cameron Shakti Yoga Dances for videos. Your do not have to be an instructor, or have a dance background to participate.
40 hour virtual hours accredited by Yoga Alliance for teachers. Eight virtual Sunday sessions, 9-12:30 am ET/ European afternoon.
Enrollment Information/Questions– email samcatcam@gmail.com Videos and graduate reviews here: shaktidances.com
Tuition: $500 US / 467 E (includes gifts!)
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YOUR PRACTICE THIS WEEK: Because this is a time rich in the possibility of more conscious connections among brain and body, breath and heart, we are bringing more rituals of intention through breath, mudra, and asanas. Our Practice is to feel spirit moving through us, however it feels, or appears. We are working to embody new dreams, of discovering what has value, and what does not. As all dancers know, it begins with the feet, for this is how we walk upon the earth. The toes know what the brain is learning- ‘how to be grounded in challenging times. Therefore a feet-fest is in order; massage, stretches, perhaps a toe ring?
BIRTHDAYS THIS WEEK: If you are hoping for a birthday that brings you home to soul self, this could be the year. As I wrote last week, and it remains true for you now~you will be motivated by ‘right use of will.’ The right display of power. Of becoming more aware of boundaries. Are you giving too much? How does that hurt you? Are you listening enough? Remain practical in your choices. Yes, even your spiritual choices. You know that your year ahead lies deep within your changing consciousness, and the surprises sure to fill your cup. Time to move into your leadership of love.
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