Each full moon you are sent journaling prompts to explore in your own time.
Journaling can be a beautiful, non scary way to explore our hearts, our minds and our relationship to nature both inside and outside of us. It can be fun, interesting and inspiring. You do not have to be a writer, you do not need to able to spell well, be a poet, nor do you have to write regularly. Writing in this journaling form, is a tool, a tool to explore curiously what is held within and create a communion between the head and heart.
So grab your journal, a herbal tea or a jug of coffee, a blanket, a cosy space or whatever it is you need to explore these prompts along with pen/pencil and maybe a timer if you want to give yourself timings which I personally think is a good idea, but do what’s right for you.
Hello Lovelies,
Happy Full moon to you all.
In Celtic tradition, this moon is called the Mourning Moon and the Darkest Depths Moon. According to Farmer's Almanac, the name for November's full moon, the Beaver Moon, arises from the fact that beavers have gathered sufficient food stores and begin to take shelter in their lodges at this time of year. This moon was also called frost or freezing moon by Native American people, as this is the time the land turns frosty and colder.
These days, I can often feel a deep well of sorrow, despair and even panic at all that is whirling around me in the world, the pain and terror and sadness of what is happening to both earth and people can feel so huge. And I have found it to be a powerful thing, a vital thing, to remember what can hold me, centre me and ground me so I don’t get lost within it all and melt into a pool of hopelessness.
For me, I call upon nature, more and more. No matter the human craziness, chaos and insanity, nature is still held together by a beauty and intelligence vast, connective and kind. Just to see the dandelion shining in my garden, the worm, soft and supple in the earth, the robins song, the squirrel burying nuts and the teasel seeds feeding the goldfinches helps me remember in a visceral way, that nature hasn’t been persuaded into madness by the modern human world, and that in their wild knowing, will keep moving towards health and wholeness. I remember natures stories, I sit in them, I go out to them and feel the wild I am made from, I see its kindness, medicine and power stitched into each being. And I feel safer.
Free Writing -
Start the process of journaling with free writing. If you are unsure what that means follow this link and read the description. Give yourself about 20 minutes if you can but you can do a longer or shorter stretch depending on your own needs.