New Moon yoga ritual
Nature has its own cycles: the wheel of the year turns through the seasons and the Sun and the Moon move through their rhythms. We are part of this magic universe and to live in harmony with our magnificent Mother Nature is to recognise, appreciate and connect with her rhythms.
The Moon symbolises the divine feminine energy of the universe, which has been revered by a multitude of ancient cultures including Babylon, China, India, Israel and the Arabian Peninsula. These cultures recognised the potent influence of the Moon on planet Earth and incorporated it into their lunar calendars, which are believed to have preceded the solar ones.
“The New and Full Moons represent to the month roughly what the solstices mean to the year, for during one synodic month the Moon covers the same 360 degrees of sky that the Sun covers during one sidereal year,” elucidate Hart de Fouw, a master of Vedic traditions, and Dr Robert Svoboda in their book, Light on Life: An Introduction to the Astrology of India.
Aligning our routines to the seasons and lunar rhythms has been practised for many moons and is bound to cultivate a deeper connection to the natural laws and lunar energy that you, being a
