December 2024 Dispatch: Jyoti, the light within.
This December, we’re honoring the light within - and leaning in a little closer to help light up others.
November 2024 Dispatch: “There is a teacher nearby, and a teacher beyond the beyond.”
November 2024 in the Moving Galaxy is for honoring our teachers, and the community as the guru.
October 2024 Dispatch: Digging in the Dirt, The Fire of Life, and Worm Food
October in the Galaxy is for Shadow Work, and Iggy Pop and William Blake are inviting us to get a little muddy this month.
September Dispatch: “Thus the Seer abides in its own true nature.” (or, the usefulness of dualism and Anna on the beach.)
This September in the Galaxy, we're diving back into the Yoga Sutras, and in this Dispatch, Anna's exploring concepts of dualism, Purusha and Prakriti, and sitting on the beach, abiding in her own true nature.
August Dispatch: “I’m telling you stories. Trust me.”
This month in the Galaxy, we explore the stories and myths of the asanas, and I write an episodic and meandering musing on identity.
July Dispatch: “It is in the unexpected place that you will find The Lobster.”
Riffing off of the Irish quote: “It is in the unexpected place that you will find the lobster,” we’re exploring the yogic texts that you have to search a little harder to uncover and understand.
June Dispatch: The Elements, The Field, and the Knower of the Field
The Gita tells us that reality is earth, water fire, air, space, mind, intellect and ego. Reality is the field and the knower of the field. Reality is Woodstock, and reality is Joni Mitchell writing about Woodstock, having never attended. June is for exploring our symbiotic relationship with the elements around and in us!
May Galaxy Dispatch: Energetic Roadmaps for Self-Verification
This month we’re using energetic road maps like chakras to prioritize our direct experience as yogis - and not seeking out external approval like BKS Iyengar smiling down from the clouds at our perfect alignment ;)
April Galaxy Dispatch: The Soma of Poetry
We’re celebrating the power of poetry this April in the Galaxy!
March Galaxy Dispatch: Shakti (Get up, Get Out and Live!)
March is celebrating the creative, dynamic and generative force of Shakti - the divine feminine.
February Galaxy Dispatch: Kama and Desire Lines
February is for Kama and letting yourself be silently drawn by the stronger pull of what you really love (to quote Rumi).
January Dispatch: Tejas; Come Closer to the Fire
This January, we’re going easy on the resolutions, and closer to the fire of Tejas!
December is Bhakti Month: Sing Out, Louise!
December is for Bhakti - devotion and personalization of one’s relationship to the divine. And singing. We’re singing, too.
Thank you. That’s all I have to say. But it’s a lot of them…
It’s so many thank yous. Your name might be in there…
October: Embracing the Shadow
In October, we’re integrating our shadow selves and contemplating our death to help live our lives more meaningfully. And maybe watching Tim Curry as IT, if we’re brave enough.
The Work of the Yoga Sutras: A Dirgha Kala (a long time)
September is “back to school,” and we’re honoring the path of endless learning by diving back into the Yoga Sutras here at The Moving Galaxy!
August: The Power Of Myth
This month, we explore the power of the stories we tell, the myths we love, as a way to help us organize and live through the ups and downs of our lives, in community with others.
July: Rest and Resistance
This month, we’re finding ways to resource share, step out of the grind, and build resiliency so that we can be engaged citizens working toward systemic change.
June 2023: The Natural World
This month at The Moving Galaxy, we’re focusing on what the natural world can teach us about our yoga practice, awareness, and finding shared experience with our community!
May 2023 Dispatch: The Chakras, or “God be in my eyes…”
We’re diving into the chakras at The Moving Galaxy this month - I like to think of it as inviting God to a party in your body….