Welcome,
I'm Jocelyn and this is just a bit of a talk and guided visualization about connecting with the moon cycles.
The moon is about the feminine,
The tides,
The receptivity,
And it's something that is in constant flow within our lives.
The moon is always in one direction or another,
Whether it be a new moon,
A waning moon,
A waxing moon,
A full moon.
It reflects the constant change that we go through here as human beings.
And as much as I absolutely love to do full moon and new moon rituals,
As much as I love to connect to those places in the moon cycle and use them and connect with them and bring my awareness and consciousness to them,
The truth of the matter is that you can connect with the moon at any point in your life,
Any day,
Any phase.
You can connect to the energy of the moon at any time.
The moon in a tarot deck is about emotion,
Release cycles,
Karma,
Feeling through.
Sometimes in certain decks,
It brings in the shadow,
The shadow of feelings,
The darkness of feelings.
The moon is a guiding light at night.
When I was a child,
I used to call the moon my pet moon because wherever we would drive,
And we had to drive from New York to New Jersey a lot because that was where my family's family was.
I would imagine I had a string and that the moon would come with me because no matter where we went,
There I could see it in the sky through the windows in the car.
The moon is like a companion that way.
And I love all the beautiful artwork that finds the woman in the moon.
Of course,
There's the man in the moon and the man on the moon and all kinds of different ways people have explored the moon.
But when I bring it down to the tiniest piece of wisdom,
To me,
The moon is a reflection of the constant change that we as human beings go through.
We can find in that constant change a peaceful rhythm,
Knowing that change is going to happen,
That things will change,
But we can also feel the jolt of change on any particular day.
And yet our feet are planted in this earth,
On this planet,
And there is that constant of the moon.
So you don't have to wait for a new moon or a full moon to connect with the moon.
You don't even have to know anything about the different cycles of the moon,
The different phases of the moon.
I am in deep belief that we have all the wisdom and all the information within our higher self,
Our soul,
And it's all housed here in our body.
So you don't have to know about the phases of the moon because at any one time when you look up to connect with that moon,
There is another person somewhere on this earth looking up,
Connecting with that moon.
And that relationship to the moon that you have is different than the person on the other side of the continent is having with that moon.
So just taking a minute,
Closing your eyes,
And breathing,
Allowing your awareness to seep inward,
Noticing your inhale and your exhale.
Noticing the constant change in the body from inhale to exhale,
Like its own cycle that happens a bit quicker than a moon cycle.
But nonetheless,
It's a cycle within the body.
Feeling into the swelling of an inhale and the contracting of an exhale.
You might even bring your awareness to your breath as a tide that's coming in for an inhale and a tide that's going out for an exhale.
With the exhale,
A tide that's going in,
Coming in for that inhale.
And the exhale is the tide going out.
And you might even take this a step further.
As you inhale,
That tide comes in,
Inhaling the mystical beauty of the moon.
And as the tide goes out,
Exhaling that mystical beauty of the moon.
Inhaling the beautiful,
Mystical energy of the moon.
Allowing it to penetrate all the cells of your body.
And on the exhale,
Exhaling that mystical beauty of the moon.
And ascending it back as the tide leaves.
And just inhaling and exhaling like this for a minute.
Just breathing in and breathing out.
And might you imagine that you're sitting on the beach and that it is night.
And you can hear the gentle flow of waves in and out.
Up the sand,
Down the sand.
Allowing your eyes to soften on the horizon.
And noticing the moon.
Take notice of what phase this moon is in.
And just begin to breathe with this moon.
Inhaling.
Exhaling.
You might imagine your hands open,
Palms toward the moon.
As you inhale.
And exhale.
You might imagine a softening at your heart.
All the edges of your heart,
The periphery of your heart.
Softening,
Opening to the moon.
This presence in the night sky.
And softening.
The background noise of the ocean.
Constant waves rolling in and rolling out.
And the steady gaze of the moon as you breathe.
Noticing how this feels to be in connection with the moon.
At this moon's phase.
How does it feel in your body?
How does it feel in your heart?
How does the moonlight feel on your skin?
Are there any messages being conveyed to you from this moon energy?
Allowing your third eye,
The mind's eye,
The center of the forehead to also soften.
Around all the edges.
Opening to the moon's energy.
Receiving messages,
Visions,
Knowings.
Breathing with that constant shift of the ocean.
Back and forth on the beach.
You might take one hand to your heart.
Send a bit of gratitude to the moon.
And coming back to your body.
Inhaling into your belly and your ribs and your chest.
Opening your mouth and sighing it out.
And one last breath.
Inhaling from your belly to your ribs to your chest.
Opening your mouth and sighing it out.
Allowing your voice to be heard.
Allowing your voice to carry over your breath if it feels good.
Opening your eyes.
Rolling your head.
Stretching your body.
Feeling that mystical moon energy moving within your body.
It would be a good time to get a piece of paper and a pen and just write about your experience.
Any messages that came through.
Any visions that came through.
Any knowings that came through.
And really writing about your feelings toward the moon.
What it felt like to be in presence with the moon.
A meditation like this is something you can do at any time to develop that relationship with the moon.
It may not be easy at first,
But the more that you create that connection,
Even if it's in your imagination,
In your awareness,
In your consciousness with your eyes closed,
You are developing that relationship.
Thank you so much for joining my little bit of a talk and meditation on your relationship with the moon.
My name is Jocelyn Bates.
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Thank you so much for coming.
Namaste.
