“The moon does not fight. It attacks no one. It does not worry. It does not try to crush others. It keeps to its course, but by its very nature, it gently influences. What other body could pull an entire ocean from shore to shore? The moon is faithful to its nature and its power is never diminished.”
― Deng Ming-Dao
Every lunar cycle the "moon" reflects light and shadow. We have reached the FULL moon in a month currently identified as February the 5th day of the month in the 12th Lunar Cycle (in coordination with Tibetan tradition). The FULL Moon and the season of WINTER continues to welcome us to ‘be with still’ with ‘what is’ rising up and sifting out of your entire being. The energy of this lunar cycle is a gift and an opportunity to harness the extra charge and save it to use internally and externally. As I mentioned on the NEW MOON, imagine the fresh snow providing you with a blank canvas to start fresh. Continue to build upon this as we traverse through Winter and Summer here on Planet earth. Furthermore, this is a time of purification and alignment. Preparing yourself for creation through your mastery. As inspired, clear out the corners of the mind, body, heart and soul. The forward motion and stillness will reflect and mirror the full potential the WINTER Season offers all of us. Finally, continue to honor mother earth's season for rest…'just be’ with her as you prepare to harness your creative energy and sit with all that is rising.
We are now full throttle in Yin (water) and Yang (fire) on Planet Earth. The warm fire welcomes us all home to be with the sacred water reflections in both summer and winter. Water + Fire will offer usher us into the depths of creative incubation and the climax of dynamic action and forward motion.
The Full Moon Moon Arrives(d) today, Sunday, Feb. 5, at 10:29AM PST
Join Jonas Ketterle and Suzanne Toro as he takes us deeper into the medicine of cocoa and his business ‘Ora Cacao’. This segment will inspire, nourish and educate you with wisdom from nature, cocoa, global communities, regenerative economy + community, mushrooms and ceremony.
About Jonas, ‘The Chocolate Lover’
Jonas crafts unsweetened ceremonial grade cacao that is used in cacao ceremonies around the world. He hosts cacao ceremony monthly with his men’s circle, during which they drink cacao and then practice embodied wrestling. He also regularly teaches how to stone grind fresh cacao paste from the bean using a traditional metate. After first encountering sipping chocolate in Oaxaca Mexico in 2012, Jonas founded the bean to bar dark chocolate company, Firefly Chocolate, in 2014, with the mission of inspiring awe and wonder through cacao. Always with a focus on health, he initially launched 85% dark chocolate in a variety of flavors, sweetened with low glycemic coconut sugar. He also pioneered a bio-regional wild harvested chocolate bar, celebrating bay nuts, a food used by the native peoples of the SF Bay Area.
Sean C Kennedy {Thinking of You}
Join Suzanne Toro and Sean C Kennedy on this segment of Indie Creators. Sean takes on a poetic journey from is homeland Scotland to Tennessee. He shares his wisdom the heart, mind. storytelling and song.
Connect with Sean’s great WORK.
“Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food” Hippocrates
BE well.
With Love and Gratitude,