Tonight's new moon is traditionally a seed-planting moon... the darkest, quietest point before the next cycle of growth begins. It also marks something inside this community: we're moving from Flamekeeper season into Dream Weaver season. Comment your one-word intention for the next lunar cycle. I'll be doing the same. If The Flamekeeper is the mind that understands everything and still can't quite rest, The Dream Weaver is the layer just past it — the one who can see the life being created with clarity, and is learning to actually live inside it instead of just picturing it from a distance. Different state, same honest work. In yoga nidra we work with something called a sankalpa... a resolve planted in the deepest, most receptive state of rest, rather than forced through willpower in an ordinary waking state. Tonight is a good night to plant one. Over the next few weeks, we'll spend some time with what it means to be a Dream Weaver... whether that's you right now or not yet.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Pk6ILFhxpXCBwydNP0njF?si=m8KVMZGpRxiR_tbW8AxCHw&utm_source=copy-link

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DanXHWAFfDM/?igsh=MXo5ZGpubGhldDJl

This Monday, July 13th, we're gathering for States of Rest | Flame Keeper... a live session for anyone who understands so much and is still, somehow, quietly exhausted. It's built for that exact state: permission to put the flame down for a while. To be held instead of holding everything yourself. Comment "FLAME" if you're joining us, and share this with anyone who's carrying more than they're letting on. Only 2 more sleeps to reserve your spot!

https://vimeo.com/1204625804?fl=pl&fe=sh I sketched this after a nidra practice yesterday.