Autumn Equinox Celebration

The Autumn Equinox marks the balance between light and dark, where the days and nights are of equal length before we transition into the darker half of the year. The second of the three Celtic harvest festivals, the Autumn Equinox is a time of abundance and preparation. In this first session, you'll be guided through a meditation to see this time of year through the eyes of our ancestors, and understand the significance of this important transition.

In this session, we'll look at some of the things that are often celebrated at the Autumn Equinox, and some ways to celebrate these in your own life. We'll explore the foods and animals that are especially connected with the season and look at the importance of balance, and the transition into the darker half of the year. You're invited to celebrate the season by bringing some of htese things into your own life.

In Ayurveda, the autumn and winter are the season of the vata dosha, or the air element, so for the next five months or so it's important to be aware of keeping the vata dosha balanced in order to stay warm and healthy over the winter months. This session looks at some diet and lifestyle recommendations to support your body and mind as you begin to prepare for the winter.

This session guides you through a balancing alternate nostril breathing practice, to balance your solar and lunar/masculine and feminine sides, and the left and right hemispheres of your brain. You are guided through a sun and moon visualisation as you breathe, allowing you to find a place of clarity and equilibrium through the practice.

In our final session, you'll explore at how the themes associated with the Autumn Equinox are manifesting in your life with some reflective questions. You'll then be guided through a meditation to acknowledge the abundance in your life right now, and to leave anything that no longer serves you in the past as you transition into the next phase of the year.

As mentioned in session two, the Autumn Equinox is a great time for both meditation and for reflecting on balance, opposites and duality. This yoga nidra meditation guides you through the exploration of several opposite qualities. The technique of bringing the awareness to opposing qualities and then experiencing them together allows us to access a non-dual state of awareness, beyond either quality or the other, and invites the mind into a profound state of relaxation. The opposite qualities inclueded in the meditation are heavy/light, hot/cold, stillness/movement and wholeness/separation, along with exploration of the left and right sides of the body. I hope this will bring you some insight and inspiration at this time of balance.