Blog Archives - Journey with the Seasons

Clarity...

11/15/2016

Morning everyone, on my morning walk yesterday I suddenly noticed that I could see through the hedges and over to the moors in the distance, the vista had opened up and there was clarity again.

Just like the trees loosing their leaves and the hedges thinning out the Metal element that shows itself during the Autumn helps clear away all the 'frill' so we can get down to the 'nuts and bolts' of an issue before we dive down below ground for our Winter dreaming.

This definitely seems to be a theme for the week as we are still bathing in the energy of yesterday's supermoon that brought illumination to shadow/hidden aspects.

So lovely journeyers it is time to pay attention to what we can suddenly 'see' really clearly. We can then choose to take it into Winter with us as something to mull over slowly or we can use another Metal element quality of letting go to hold on to the good from the situation and let go of what is no longer serving us.

Have a good day everyone and enjoy the view :) <3Carol xx

Spermoon, what will you stand for?

11/15/2016

Today is full moon..it is peaking right now. The moon is the closest to earth for 68 years. If you get a chance to see it looks huge. Even if you don't see it you may well feel the pull of it. The energy it comes with seems to be one of 'drawing lines in the sand.' Making a mark beyond which we will not go, making an ending, marking something as done and dusted. These days with everybody having an opinion it is crucial we find where we stand with the issues of being a human being. Be it politics, families, workplace, school gate...what do you stand for? What will you NOT stand for? Where is your line in the sand that none shall cross? Under the large light of this full moon...check your lines. Are you happy with what you stand for? Is there tweaking or remarking to be done? Where are you vocal about it. These days of division require the full spectrum of the people to stand in who they are .. with clear bottom lines...and then the conversation, the healing and the unity can follow. Full moon blessings at this time of challenge and opportunity. Sarah-Jayne

Feel the love...

11/15/2016

Have a lovely weekend journeyers, after an intense week it is time to use the Metal element gifts of clarity and connection to focus on what you really value xx much love C and SJ xx

Focus on small beauties...

11/15/2016

These wonderful winter Jasmine flowers in my garden are like little lights in these darkest months of the year. It's the time of year to be cutting back the overgrown parts of the garden so these little beauties can shine even more. In personal development terms there may be overgrown bits of our lives, the parts of our lives that need a good prune or clear out, the bits that are no longer servingus. The trick is to remember to focus on the little beauties (in kinesiology I called them 'nuggets') that you find while clearing out old patterns, stories or habits. This gives encouragement to continue, and allows that which no longer serves to really give up its treasure before we fully let it go. Meridian wise this is the job of the large intestine..to sort through the last of the digestive waste and reabsorb any 'nuggets' before completely letting go. So if life has an amount of rubbish or dark in it, remember to focus on the small beauties/nuggets. They are always there. Happy clearing, Sarah-Jayne x

Connection...

11/15/2016

We are at our most connected when we are ‘plugged in’- hands reaching to the heavens, feet firmly grounded and connected to the earth beneath us. With this connection we can be fully on our own trackway, our best possible path in life. It is the Metal element within us and nature that supports us in making this connection and this element shows itself most clearly during autumn. This element contains the lung and large intestine acupuncture meridians. The lung meridian is our ‘big picture’ connector- it draws in the Chi or universal energy into our systems on all levels.
Notice how connected you feel right now, how you know you are connected and what brings connection in for you.

First frost...

11/15/2016

There's a beautiful white glint to my garden this morning...Jack Frost has visited and I feel like a kid again...excitedly I run out and crunch my bare feet all over it! It's the first frost here, a sign of the deepening energy of the season, the diving down into winter. We are just past the celtic new year of samhain....the energetic start to the coming year. The opportunity at this time is to get focused, get clear, set priorities and cut out anything in the way. The challenge is to let go, to get real, to call distractions for what they are and to boldly state "I am what I am". Frost is part of this..it clears away the bugs and shrinks the undergrowth...how might you use the power of frost metaphoricallly today? Happy Sunday. Sarah-Jayne ❄ 🌎

Autumn Alchemy...

11/15/2016

Morning journeyers, I have been home brewing this year, together with my neighbours we collected up our apples and have made cider, 128 pints!!! (feeling a party coming on...) I have also made some damson/blackberry gin and bottled some veggies to naturally culture, it has been a mixture of science and magic to watch the process happen...alchemy!!.
Autumn is nature's time of transformation and alchemy, all around us we are seeing fermentation, decay and rotting down as everything that is no longer needed is released and broken down; transformed in something useful.
So how can you make the most of this magical time of year, what would you like to transform into something more nourishing and sustaining? Something to ponder at the end of this beautiful Autumnal week.
with love and seasonal blessings Carol xxx

Just breathe...

11/15/2016

Morning journeyers, today spend a few minutes outside to connect with Autumn, stand under a beautiful tree and breathe in 'inspiration'; let your eyes feast on the awe inspiring colours of the leaves as you feel your lungs expand. As you feel the air pass up your nostrils smell the gorgeous, musty earthiness as nature lets go.
Nature is amazing, nature is within us, we are amazing...wishing a gloriously inspired day, much love Carol xx

Returning to the earth...

11/15/2016

Morning lovely journeyers, one of my very favourite things about Autumn is the rich earthy smell of decay as everything is returning to the earth.
As we move steadily towards Winter, the most yin/internal time, it is time to shed what we don't need and let it return to our inner Earth element to nourish and fertilise it for next year's growth.
Letting go can often be a challenge but in exactly the same way as the science principle of 'matter can never be created or destroyed' we are reminded that nothing is ever lost just recycled in some way to serve us better now.
So as we are journeying through Autumn and returning to the earth, let go in faith that what you are releasing will come back to you transformed and reinvigorated when the time is right.
with love Carol xx