MARCH 2, 2022

IT’S LIKE - HAPPY NEW YEAR YOGA

by Dr. Loretta Standley - E-RYT500, YACEP, FIAMA

ATTENTION YOGA STUDIOS, OWNERS AND TEACHERS - What if we all scheduled Moon Salutations on our class schedule for the New Moon in Pisces on MARCH 2, 2022?

That date is the best NEW MOON for yoga, meditation, spiritual guidance because Pisces is the Sun Sign that rules yoga, meditation and spiritual guidance. That is what we seek through our yoga practice, right? To yoke, to bind, to connect our consciousness with Source, God, Creator, Collective Consciousness . . . so that we can co-Create, co-Exist, co-Labor, co-Connect and co-Conscious with The One True Source (God).

THE NEW MOON ON MARCH 2, 2022 IN PISCES is yoga’s Moon of all Moon’s. The ‘Full Moon’ in Pisces will not occur until six (6) months later. But this, this is the ‘New Moon’, which is the beginning of a cycle. We can actually look at this like it is the beginning of the New Year for Yoga because a New Moon is ‘fresh starts and new beginnings’ and the New Moon in Pisces only occurs once a year and this is it! New Moon's are great for offering Moon Salutations to your yogi's.

NEW MOON'S are all about 'fresh starts and new beginnings'.

FULL MOON'S are about wrapping up old business that should have been started under the New Moon six (6) months earlier.

The Full Moon of the New Moon in the same sign does not occur until 6 months later. So the Full Moon in Pisces will not occur until September 10, 2022 which means wrap up what you began on this New Moon in Pisces on March 2, 2022.

NEW MOON'S ARE INTENTION SETTING and then taking action on them daily leading up to the Full Moon six (6) months later. This is the time to get your yogi’s back to their practice every single day and then at the six (6) month mark the Full Moon in Pisces will be checking-in on progress. THAT IS HOW THE MOON’S WORK.

Here is a thought, if you are exciting, motivating and inspiring your yogi’s to meet themselves on the mat daily, since ultimately yoga is a Lifestyle and not a fitness craze, fitness is the side benefit, then I will use my shoulder to nudge you in the direction of getting them to begin NEW INTENTIONS on the NEW MOON because six (6) months later the Universe will be following up with a Full Moon asking, “Hey yogi, how are you doing on that new thing you began six (6) months ago?” And this is YOGA’S NEW MOON!

The Full Moon is the check-up (so to speak) to see how you are doing on that thing you began and set your intention to six (6) months earlier. It's a pattern. It's a FLOW! Everything is a flow and we know this and so are the Moon cycles.

This particular New Moon in Pisces has everything to do with spirituality and intuition. And guess what Sun Sign rules yoga, meditation and intuition? PISCES!!!

We here at Pose-itively Yoga are deeply supportive of all yoga studios, owners and yoga teachers and wish to share this information with you, so much so that there is a page dedicated to Chandra Namaskar, a salutation to the moon. There are several Moon Salutations to offer your yogi’s of which we will be adding more by the end of this week, maybe even by the end of this day. The Chandra Namaskar page will be growing arms and legs in the coming days as there is so much to write about and offer on this subject.

You can find the dates for New Moons and Full Moons on the Chandra Namaskar page as well as one of the flows. The flow is presented by Leah Juenger, E-RYT200, RYT500. And get this, she's a Pisces with her special offerings in meditation, nidra and restorative.

While Moon Salutations are wonderful any day of the week, this particular New Moon is fabulous for YOGA rooting and grounding back into the mud where the Lotus Flower grows and thrives. No mud, no lotus flower.

You might see on some astrological calendars out there that the New Moon in Pisces is on March 1, 2022 and it is NOT. It is a mistake on many calendars. The same goes for the Aries Moon, there is a mistake on some of these calendars. And that's what happens when work is copied and not fact-checked.

The New Moon on March 2, 2022 will be at 1:35 PM EST, 12:35 PM CST, 11:35 PM MST, 10:35 PM PST.

The dates on the Astro Memes on this website are indeed and absolutely correct!

IMAGINE THIS . . if all yoga studio’s around the word used this New Moon in Pisces to get yogi’s back on the mat in their most luscious, sober, mindful(l) and spiritually connected sense. We could actually change the world.

**Incidentally - there is no worse time to mix alcohol with Life and especially yoga, than during Pisces energy. Right now, the Sun is in Pisces until March 20, 2022. Alcohol is completely counter-to, negates the intention of, and dissipates the meditation, the guidance and the connection we sought through our practice. The absolute worst thing you can do is mix alcohol with yoga, or during the New Moon in Pisces or Full Moon in Pisces. It’s just not yoga-cool, no matter if you self-approve. There should be no yogi that ‘drinks like a fish’. Just sayin’.

While I might personally be a fist-pumping-lightning-rod these days, I know my ‘intentions’ and yoga keeps me grounded in the mud (of Life) so that I continually root and grow into the Lotus flower God intended. Some days are better than others. Right? (winky wink)

Big Love, Stay Groovy, Embrace Optimism and Namaste~ Loretta