TURN YOUR BACK ON THE NEED TO CONTROL

PISCES NEW MOON - march 6th 2019

Have you ever been swimming in the ocean only to realize (quite frantically) that you are caught in the powerful current of a rip-tide that is sweeping you quickly further and further away from the safety of the shore?   If so, then you also know that to escape the dangerous pull of a rip-tide one must first abandon their reactionary instinct to swim against its current towards safety.  In fact, the key to staying alive is to calmly allow oneself to flow with the current to escape its pull and then swim back to shore.   It is completely counter intuitive and takes great mental stamina to calmly "go with the flow".  

So the question with respect to this new moon is this:  Can you "turn your back" on the need to be in control and to accept that “my way” may not be the best way?  Wednesday's New Moon in Pisces is all about being aligned with the flow and that’s not necessarily a bad thing nor is it an easy thing.   

TIPS FOR THE NEW MOON WEEK AHEAD

• Stay hydrated
• Eat lightly on the day of the New Moon (it's a good day to do a juice fast)
• Swim and float on water
• Listen to peaceful-flowing music
• Surround yourself with positive people
• Journal to stay aware and to be tuned-in
• Resist getting lost in fantasy
• Be creative in a constructive way. Painting does this for me. I am engaged deeply without getting lost in a dangerous way. 

NEW MOONS represent the 1st day of the 28 day lunar cycle and are normally a grand  time to sow the seeds of intention, to begin new projects, to be hands on and to get "doing".  This Pisces New Moon on March 6th, however, will bring with it a powerful ocean of energy (a potential miracle zone) and the opportunity to align our inner being and outer actions with the flow of Life and Love.  The twist?  To align with this flow of New Moon energy we need to step away from “doing”, to release any resistance and our need to control.  Here's why:

The energy of Pisces typically uses consciousness (not thinking) to keep us tuned into the flow. But going with this kind of “flow” requires strong will and effort.  Fortunately, the tools of Kundalini Yoga can keep us from entering a mental cul-de-sac of resistance, negativity & fear of these efforts.  THIS WEEK is a good time to tap into the inspirations of our meditations, the insights of our dreams and to active intuition (not passive day dreaming) because the reality of this new moon and it’s other cosmic line-ups (such as Mercury going retrograde which can cloud truth and lead to assumptions) is that good intensions will not be good enough and can get you into as much trouble as over optimistic calculations.

Therefore, it’s important with this New Moon to stay attuned to our day-to-day living, and not to get lost or try to escape into fantasies.  Journaling, activating the Neutral Mind, Meditating and a vigorous Kundalini Yoga set will help us do just this.  Join us on this New Moon for Unbeaten Yoga Wednesday! (see below)

A great way to understand this New Moon is to think of ourself as ship on a vast, turbulent ocean that must stay afloat and not be scuttled by the waves of Life and shifting energies.  To do this we need the know-how to remain “ship-shape” and to listen to the navigator within ourselves.  Kundalini Yoga, meditation and the tools we mentioned can give us clarity and assist us in making the necessary adjustments to stay the course through the strong undercurrents we encounter in life. 

Our mind may be the metaphoric Captain of this "ship" but it’s the Captain’s partnership with the Navigator (our Soul Self) that will right the course and get us to our Destiny and the white sandy beaches of Self.  But without this inner GPS (AKA - our Sat Nam = our true Self and essence of knowing what we have to give in this life time), our ship will be pulled into the abyss of emotion, fear, and reactionary behavior that leaves us weak, in the doldrums and eventually diseased.

There may be things in life we don’t fully understand and we may not be able to control where were are going at the moment.  So the key to this NEW MOON is to use the powerful currents of its energy to our Path’s advantage.  We need to remind ourself not to fight the powerful undercurrents but to know how to align with reality - to flow with them.  To live in this flow, however, our mind must be in its neutral channel - we must have clarity, calm and confidence OR at least have access to the channel in our mind that is open, accepting, vast, and at peace.  Greater Self Awareness can help us do just this and to accept, most importantly, that the flow of the current is the path, it IS the way to the safety of Self. 
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Join us for Unbeaten Yoga Wednesday at Gualala Dance Studio 6:30 - 7:30 PM, March 6th for the NEW MOON Class AND join us for Unbeaten Yoga Saturdays at Timber Cove Resort 9:00AM - 10:00AM.  Gain the tools that can help you navigate the flow and path of Life.  Learn how to tap into your neutral channels of the mind, to climb the ladder of self and to rise above the clouds and see the broader spectrum of your Destiny.

Thank you to Guru Rattana for her great insights and wonderful, miracle blogs that inspire. 

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Painting by Unbeaten Path Tours & Yoga owner, Margaret Lindgren