Hello Travelers,

Welcome to The Practice, where we take what’s moving in the sky and bring it into the body.

This week, we’re working with the Full Moon in Libra - a lunation that asks us to return to balance. Not as perfection, but as relationship.

Relationship to ourselves.To others.To how we give and how we receive.

⚖️ The Energy

The Full Moon in Libra arrives during Aries season, illuminating the space between independence and interdependence.

Aries says: I am.Libra say: We are.

This is the axis of self and other - healthy dependence and interdependence. Under this Full Moon, something within that dynamic may be coming into focus.

You may notice:

* Where you’ve been over giving or people pleasing

* Where you’ve pulled back or shut down

* Where you struggle to receive

Not wrong. Just out of balance.

With Venus - Libra’s ruler - grounded in Taurus, there’s support here. Venus is in its domicile in Taurus - meaning it lends an aspect of beauty, harmony and generosity to this full moon.

There is also a supportive connection between the Sun and Pluto, giving us an opportunity to feel powerful and go deep.

✧ A Personal Note on Receiving

Lately, I’ve been noticing something come up around receiving.

In small moments - like taking my daughter to a playdate and immediately thinking about how to “pay it back.”And in bigger ones - like saying yes to a friend who offered to watch her for an entire weekend so I could go away with my partner for my birthday.

Even when the offer was genuine, generous, and freely given…I felt discomfort.

There was a strong part of me that wanted to make it even, to keep things balanced, to not owe anyone anything.

Because the truth is, I’ve spent a long time doing everything on my own.

I don’t have family I can rely on in that way, and over time I’ve become protective.Careful and self-sufficient to a fault.

And when I really sat with it, I realized how quickly relationships can start to feel transactional, not because I want them to be, but because it’s a way of protecting myself.

A way of staying in control, of not being hurt.Of not being put in a position where I have to give more than I can.

Growing up in environments where boundaries weren’t clear, where I often had to take on more than I should have, shaped that pattern.

And now, as an adult, I can feel how uncomfortable it is to simply receive.

And I felt that protective element coming up in my body- tension in my neck, shoulders and back, anxiety and burning in my belly. I had to really sit with myself and offer compassion - not to “fix it” but to remind myself I’m safe, and that it’s can be safe to receive.

I want to share a practice with you to help cultivate balance and safety - I hope you enjoy.

🌿 The Practice

Instead of trying to think your way into clarity, this practice brings you back into the body.

We work with:

* Nadi Shodhana (alternate nostril breathing) to calm the mind and balance the nervous system

* Gentle movement to explore stability and softness

* Simple balancing postures to bring the practice into our physical form

✧ Work With Me

If you’re wanting support in understanding how this is showing up in your life, I offer private sessions inside Mars Hotel.

* The Spiritual Check-In — tarot + energy work to clear, ground, and reconnect

* Room 808 — a guided exploration of your birth chart and current transits

Or explore The Lover’s Atlas — a self-guided workbook to understand your relational patterns through astrology.

→ Book a session or explore the workbook

Keep truckin’ ✨

Holly

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