Here's a few facts for you.
18th March 2022 at 7.18am is a full moon. The most common name for this one is the Worm Moon. It is so called because, as temperatures warm, earthworm casts begin to appear and birds start finding food.
Spring Equinox is on 20th March when the day and night have equal length. From this point the days start to become longer and the nights shorter.
What is also winters' last full moon is important because it is used to fix the date of Easter, which is always the Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox.
Here's a link to a good article in the Telegraph which goes into further details https://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2022/03/17/worm-moon-2022-march-when-peak-full-what-date-time-uk/
From Paganism, Christian, Hindu, Buddhism, Islamic or Atheism, whatever your belief there is no getting away from the forces of nature and the universe which predetermine how our seasons change.
In the yoga tradition the word is derived from the Sanskrit root yuj, meaning “to yoke,” or “to unite”. To try and create union between body and mind, as well as between the individual self and universal consciousness. Understanding ourselves and where we fit into all of this is a complicated business. I like to think of it as a balancing act too.
For example if we're overdoing things, working excessively, burning the candle at both ends our yoga would be better to be more calming and restorative. The reverse goes if we're feeling lethargic and sluggish after winter (maybe lockdown) in that we need to pep things up a bit with something a bit more dynamic.
This also true of recognising when our ego and values become 'coloured' by situations that occur around us every day. Like when I was trying hard not to be 'really cross' with the driver of the 4x4 Jaguar who blocked the entrance to St.Andrew's before my class. He might have desperately needed to do that for church business.
I've got Covid. It's completely sideswiped me. I barely ever get ill and thought that if I got 'it' I would be asymptomatic.
I have spent nearly 3 days in bed, (and daytime napping is not in my DNA), it's made me really appreciate watching the world go by from my bedroom window. (See previous blog - Dream On). I've watched and listened to the rain, planes, the beautiful blue sky with 'Simpsons' style clouds floating by. I'm grateful that the vaccines are preventing serious illness for most of us now. I've been thinking about all thousands of people who have died. My 2 little dogs are always here to keep me company. Given all that is going on in the world running a little below par is not such a big deal.
In the U.K. we experience the uniqueness of all the different seasons. Without anything too extreme. It feels like a good balance in the same way the night and day are set to align this weekend. Perhaps feeling a bit out of kilter once in a while makes the balance of ordinary rhythms be appreciated even more.
Namaste
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