{"id":4178,"date":"2019-02-04T02:22:42","date_gmt":"2019-02-03T15:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/priestessyourlife.com\/?p=4178"},"modified":"2019-02-20T11:59:15","modified_gmt":"2019-02-20T17:59:15","slug":"aquarius-new-moon-shadow-bootcamp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/priestessyourlife.com\/aquarius-new-moon-shadow-bootcamp\/","title":{"rendered":"New Moon in Aquarius: Shadow Bootcamp"},"content":{"rendered":"

How was your January with those\u00a0two intense eclipses<\/strong>?!\u00a0 \u00a0Just saying, I wasn\u2019t ready for them at all!<\/p>\n

My life went to utter pieces, multiple times, throughout the first month of 2019, and I\u2019m still recovering!\u00a0 Like finding myself at\u00a0Shadow Bootcamp<\/strong>\u00a0without having ever signed up (well, consciously, at least)!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m making peace with feeling periodically broken and embodying an ongoingly wobbly, undone space for now – it seems par for the course with moving to the other side of the world and turning one’s life upside down.<\/p>\n

I take heart from the\u00a0imaginal cells<\/strong>\u00a0(AKA mush) of the dissolved caterpillar within the cocoon.\u00a0 I know I\u2019m not alone, and I\u2019m 100% sure the caterpillar feels as confused and discomforted as I do!<\/p>\n

I\u2019m motivated to write today to offer my\u00a0love and solidarity<\/strong>\u00a0to you, especially if you\u2019ve found yourself in similar terrain\u2026<\/p>\n

And I want to\u00a0celebrate\u00a0<\/strong>the structural changes we are making to align with\u00a0our inner Truth<\/strong>, our soul\u2019s call, our gut intuition \u2013 whatever language works best for you!<\/p>\n

As we emerge from January and those two intense eclipses, what\u00a0structural changes<\/strong>\u00a0have you made to support your life, your heart, your nourishment, your passion?\u00a0 Let\u2019s celebrate them!!<\/em><\/p>\n

And how are you \u2018priestessing your life\u2019 in response to what your life currently holds?\u00a0 What\u00a0practices\u00a0<\/strong>bring you back to your\u00a0good ground<\/strong>, and how are you making room for these practices in your day-to-day life?<\/em><\/p>\n

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A Pivotal Book<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Capricorn \u2013 the sign of the New Moon in January this year, and the first of the two eclipses \u2013 is all about\u00a0structures, boundaries and containers<\/strong>\u00a0of all kinds.\u00a0 Structures relating to time, relationships, ideas and power; bricks-and-mortar buildings, but also the walls we build within ourselves to keep us safe.<\/p>\n

Dismantling these walls, when they have outlived their uses, brings us to\u00a0shadow work<\/strong>\u2013 navigating our attachment to, and shame of, these internal shapes, beliefs and habits that have defined us to date.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>After a seriously depressed New Year\u2019s Day, I started reading Debbie Ford\u2019s book\u00a0The Dark Side of the Light Chasers: Reclaiming Your Power, Creativity, Brilliance, and Dreams<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

This is a powerful invitation into shadow work: owning our disowned parts,\u00a0alchemizing our shame<\/strong>\u00a0and following it as a pathway home.<\/p>\n

I\u00a0highly recommend\u00a0<\/strong>this book to anyone as powerful support in dark times.\u00a0 Working through our shadow is the only genuine way to not repeatedly fall into the hole of our painful perpetual dilemmas over and over again.\u00a0 (Preachin’ to myself, here!<\/em>)<\/p>\n

This is work we all need to do, so we can reduce how often we inflict our pain and judgment onto our marriages, children, friends, workplaces and the world around us\u2026<\/p>\n

As Debbie says, \u201cWhen we make peace with ourselves, we spontaneously make peace with the world<\/strong>.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Structural changes<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Several significant structural shifts have emerged from this tremendous stirring of my inner \u2018well\u2019 (and I wonder if any of them mirror your own?):<\/p>\n

A Room of My Own<\/strong>
\nI arranged that the default be to sleep alone, rather than with my husband.\u00a0 This way, the choice to be together is deliberate, and my bed and bedroom can function as a physical and energetic haven in a context where my marriage often pushes me to my edges.\u00a0 Probably not a forever thing, but certainly a nourishing spaciousness for right now, and we have spent many nights happily and deliciously together, as well as grateful nights apart…<\/p>\n

A Personal Altar<\/strong>
\nI created an altar on the floor of my bedroom.\u00a0 I loaded it up with\u00a0*all the special things*<\/strong>\u00a0that anchor me and remind me of how I want to be.\u00a0 The invitation to ‘priestess my life’ is in my face, every day!\u00a0 And I need it there, everyday, to give me a leg-up out of the negative mental holes I periodically find myself in…<\/p>\n

A Daily Prayer Practice<\/strong>
\nI instigated a daily prayer practice, moving around my altar, reading carefully-gathered words that remind me of how I want to think and feel.<\/p>\n

A New Seed-Planting\/Intention-Setting Technique<\/strong>
\nI planted my New Moon \u2018seeds\u2019 in a way I\u2019ve never done before, inspired by\u00a0J. Earl Shoaff<\/a>.\u00a0 A direct antidote to my New Year\u2019s Day despair.\u00a0 There’s enough personal growth for a year in this one 40-min talk –\u00a0have a listen to him<\/a>!<\/p>\n

A Brand New Journal<\/strong>
\nI started a brand new journal, and am making it a practice to read over the previous lunar month\u2019s worth of musings, to make sure I\u2019m integrating the lessons and actioning change as and where I can.<\/p>\n

I’m also re-reading journals from two and seven years ago \u2013 seeing what\u00a0Mars\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Saturn\u00a0<\/strong>were stirring up back then, how it mirrors my current experience, and what I might do differently this time!\u00a0 (Mars has a 2-year cycle, Saturn has a 28-year cycle that can be distinctly felt at each of the four quarters, ie. every seven years, hence the ‘seven-year itch’.)<\/p>\n

A Set of Dark Moon Retreats<\/strong>
\nI booked eight retreats around the Dark Moon throughout 2019, most two nights long, some only one night.\u00a0 It makes sense to create space at the time of the \u2018moonth\u2019 when I most crave space.\u00a0 I am hoping to avoid unnecessary conflict and angst with this deft manoeuvre, as well as gifting myself with Solitude, which is a huge nourishment for me…<\/p>\n

A Gathering of Priestesses<\/strong>
\n\"International<\/a>What\u2019s the collective noun for a group of priestesses??\u00a0 A spell-crafting of priestesses?\u00a0 A prayer of priestesses?\u00a0 But I digress\u2026\u00a0 last month I booked my place at the\u00a0International Priestess Convocation<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0in Crete in 2020, the first one in 5,000 years!\u00a0 Would you care to join me??<\/p>\n

A Role Released<\/strong>
\nI passed on a huge work role I was carrying, knowing that it was too big for me to hold.\u00a0 I was feeling awful about not being able to do it well, and this realignment\u00a0<\/strong>feels positive for all parties involved, because it means this good work will ripple out further and wider!<\/p>\n

Art classes<\/strong>
\nI signed up for both watercolour and acrylic art classes, kicking off in April!<\/p>\n

An Emerging Voice\u00a0<\/strong>
\nI started voice coaching with an\u00a0amazing woman<\/a>\u00a0who is like the Oracle from the Matrix \u2013 equally mind-bending!\u00a0 They are voices lessons, but really they are breath lessons, \u2018how to say yes to the universe\u2019 lessons, \u2018how to take up space\u2019 lessons, \u2018how to be grateful, and live long and happy\u2019 lessons.<\/p>\n

I know they will be life-changing \u2013 the first session already was!\u00a0 And I know they will stir up every unresolved thing within me…\u00a0 I\u00a0am so grateful to this woman who can See me bigger and fuller than I can see myself, at the moment.\u00a0\u00a0 I aspire to her vision, and she makes me feel incredibly hopeful.<\/p>\n

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Integration<\/strong><\/h2>\n

I\u2019m calling 2019\u00a0The Year of Recovery and Integration<\/strong>, akin to making time for the essential practice of\u00a0shavasana<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>at the end of a yoga session \u2013 aptly named \u2018Corpse Pose\u2019!<\/p>\n

Yep, sometimes it feels like I\u2019m dead, but I\u2019m not.<\/p>\n

Lying in rest, resting in peace (haha!), just Be-ing, allowing my body to receive and alchemise all that has happened, allowing myself to Arrive following so much change, stilling my way into the present moment.\u00a0 A posture of receptivity and rejuvenation.<\/p>\n

I know i am somehow getting ready for 2020, which already feels like it will be BIG!\u00a0 Do you have this feeling too?<\/p>\n

The United Nations has named 2019 The Year of Indigenous Languages<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n

How is your 2019 shaping up?\u00a0 What name would you give yours?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How was your January with those\u00a0two intense eclipses?!\u00a0 \u00a0Just saying, I wasn\u2019t ready for them at all! My life went to utter pieces, multiple times, throughout the first month of 2019, and I\u2019m still recovering!\u00a0 Like finding myself at\u00a0Shadow Bootcamp\u00a0without having ever signed up (well, consciously, at least)! I\u2019m making peace with feeling periodically broken […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\nNew Moon in Aquarius: Shadow Bootcamp ⋆ Priestess Your Life<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"January 2019 eclipse season threw me into Shadow Bootcamp! 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