Hello Travelers,

Today’s practice falls on both the Full Moon and the pagan holiday Beltane, which marks the midway point between the Spring Equinox and the Summer Solstice. Can you believe it?

Lately, I’ve been working on finding balance between practices that are activating and help build strength and resilience, while also moving some “fight” energy out of my body. Things like hip hop, kickboxing, and weight lifting.

And on the other side, practices that bring me into a deeper sense of calm and help soothe what feels like years of pent up tension.

I’ve been noticing a “lockdown” pattern my body enters that I used to try to stretch out of or push through. Now, I’m finding new ways to approach it. Cultivating more safety through breathwork, somatic practices, and EFT.

These past few months have felt quite intense, with opportunities to face our fears and cultivate a deeper level of self trust and autonomy. This Full Moon feels like a continuation of that ongoing story, with connections to Pluto and Chiron.

How do we access our internal power, even in the face of what we perceive as weakness?Is our weakness truly weak, or is that just the story we’ve been telling ourselves about it?

What if your weakness were actually a gift?A place of connection and intimacy.A place to meet with compassion instead of judgment.

What if we stopped being at war with ourselves and simply let ourselves be?

A mantra I’ve been using lately comes from the late Ram Dass:“I am. Here now.”

It’s so simple, yet so potent. Often, there are so many places I’m running off to. Out of my body, into my to do list, the past, the future, or the fantasies I’ve created as a form of self protection.

I don’t even notice the tension I’m carrying when I’m living from the neck up. Sometimes I think I’m relaxed, but I’m really just distracted.

When I think of Scorpio energy, I think of deep feeling and intimacy. There’s no small talk or surface level b******t. It likes to cut to the quick.

There’s an argument I have with my partner sometimes. He wants to help me through something, so he jumps to solutions. And I don’t want them. I just want to be felt, not fixed.

So the practice I’m offering this month is super simple, yet super deep. It’s not fancy. It’s just a few somatic practices for being here now.

For feeling more than moving.For sitting with what’s underneath.Often hidden. Often easy to miss.

Just a few minutes to get really present and be on your own side.

I hope it serves you on this deep, sensual, sexy, fertile Full Moon.

Keep truckin’,Holly

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