The garden is certainly telling me the seasons have changed. The nasturtiums are just about over, but I'm leaving them in place so they will self-set and give me some more glorious blooms next summer. Up above them, the purple Michaelmas daisies are just starting to come out. I could resist snipping a few to bring into my sitting room.
Do you find your practice changes with the seasons? At a class with my lovely teacher Carrie today, we did trataka, sitting in a circle and concentrating our collecting gaze on a candle. I haven't done this since the clocks went forwards in the spring and it was good to be reminded of its power.
In the Northern Hemisphere, we are being treated to a total lunar eclipse in the early hours of Monday morning, coinciding with a supermoon, so if the sky is clear the moon will appear a rust-red colour and will look bigger than usual. Worth getting up for? I'll let you decide. I might honour the occasion with a few rounds of chandra namaskara in the warmth of my house.
Yes, get the boots out, and definitely look out for some new wooly jumpers! I love Autumn. Oddly, I've been looking forward to it for weeks this year, perhaps because i feel the summer has been such a wash out. I feel robbed, and haven't done very many summery things at all due to the rain, and the wind.
ReplyDeleteNow we'll get all that in Autumn too, I know, but I'm okay with it, because I know we've got to have a few sun shining days to turn those leaves red and gold.
I'm not waiting up for the moon, although I think it'll be a wonderful sight.
Have a good week Julia, and enjoy the season!
Thanks for stopping by, Maria, and leaving such thoughtful comments.
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