Moonsletter October 6, 2021 🌙

Hello dear First name / one,

I was so sick last week, I got nothing done.

Literally. Nothing.

Not like, oh I kind of worked on this thing here…

No. I didn’t even open my computer except to watch one movie.

I haven’t been that kind of sick since I was 7.

You know the kind.

Where your whole body aches, the fever is making it so that you don’t know whether you’re hot or cold, you can’t think straight, it feels like you’ve got knives in your throat and it’s never going to end.

I’m fortunate enough to have a strong immune system and I rarely get sick, so this illness really put me down.

The first day, I was on my phone letting myself indulge in what I never do, mindlessly scroll. I got caught up in what everyone else was doing, and started to feel really bad about myself and my work. Chastising myself for not doing more even though I couldn’t swallow or even sit upright.

I tossed and turned that night in physical pain from my sore throat and body aches, as well as the emotional torment of all the things I SHOULD be spending this time doing.

The next day, I felt worse. Even more sick, and even more down on myself. And I realized I was headed for an emotional spiral. I couldn’t be productive if I was busy fighting off this fever, so I gave myself one task. Just lay still. Just breathe.

Eventually I fell asleep.

In the following days, it was one. thing. at. a. time.

Sit up. Make tea. Rest. Sit up. Put on pants. Walk the dog. Rest.

I'm pretty good at taking a single day a week to not be on my phone or computer at all (Sacred Sundays 🏕), but this illness forced me to take a long pause.

In four “working” days, I didn’t do one thing for my business and you know what, I didn’t die. I really thought for a minute there that if I wasn’t using this time as an opportunity to get ahead on my projects and work for this week, this month, that I was a lazy failure.

But taking that rest, that time away from my phone, from the busy-ness of it all, put it all back into perspective for me.

I have a metric shit ton to get done this week, but I am moving with more flow. And I am more relaxed than I have been in months. I love Honored Body and I love what I can provide for others through her. But she is just a part of the kaleidoscope that is my entire life.

I’m here to make human connections. Personal connections. And those require me to be a healthy human. To have my own experiences and take space for my own growth.

This new moon in Libra seeks balance in emotions and relationships. It is the beginning of a new cycle where instead of seeking to please everyone, we can enact justice where justice needs to be served. There's some passionate mars energy ready for action; the limitations of Saturn Rx that might actually work in our favor this time; and some aspects to Uranus that can have us feeling a little on edge, a sense of something coming right around the corner.

Mercury is retrograde so it will serve us to take a minute to check our communication. Is your tone translating? Is that the word you want to use for your ideal outcome? Are you communicating feelings or needs?

And if you don't have to communicate, consciously apply the Mars energy on your own tasks, funnel it into your creative projects. Put blinders on to the goings on of others, what is happening around you, and focus on your lane. You may even be feeling this in the body. An itch in the feet to get moving, a restlessness in the root, a simmering anxiety in the stomach.

This is an opportunity to propel yourself forward, choose wisely who you want to take with you.

FOR THE BODY

Libra influences the kidneys, pancreas, and bladder,

so give that system a good flushing by pounding water during this lunation.

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It also relates to the skin as an organ of touch. So, moisturize your skin and get touchy feely.

This can be gentle touch like a hand on the shoulder,

or holding hands with a friend.

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Treat your lower back to a heating pad or hot water bottle to ease any congestion in the area of the kidneys.

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This season is my favorite for house cleaning and a new moon in Libra is ideal for shedding any old remnants of past relationships that are weighing you down.

Don't get me wrong, I'm as sentimental as they come, but during this season I physically clean my house and make several trips to the Gooodwill. I excavate my relationships to objects (and to people) that may not be serving me any more. Gotta clear away the clutter before you can get to the real good stuff underneath. And let me tell you, I'm truly surprised at what I've found this year. How easily certain folks have fallen away, and how gently and lovingly new ones have come through.

What have you been letting drag along in the net behind you?

Or let's talk it out and get you back into your body in Counsel!

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With honor and gratitude for you,

alexandra@honoredbody.com

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