The themes for August are “Discernment, Boundaries, Discipline”

There is a lot going on this month. Not only do we have the support to go inward and scour out the last of the past, but we are also needing to stay present and attentive to the emerging themes that will be playing out during the upcoming eclipses. You will need to use plenty of discernment to keep yourself on track as well as setting good boundaries against old pesky patterns and some strong discipline to carry it all through. Whether these are small refinements or more significant life choices, this is a good month for continuing on your path of positive personal evolution.

Simplicity is one of the themes that is surfacing to be contemplated. How can you simplify your life? What can you reframe, reset, let go of or reconfigure to reduce or eliminate the stress that comes with drama, complication, attachment and energy that is not yours? This is where discernment and boundaries come in. You may get to a point in your self evaluation of truth that says, “Enough is enough”. This could be around a habit, a pattern of response to others, a relationship dynamic, too much responsibility, too much accommodating another’s set of values different from your own, and a variety of other situations you have been putting up with. This is the past you will be evaluating this month.

We have been deep in the process of observing and dealing with ancestral patterns, at times even processing them physically. This month provides an opportunity to heal and repattern what no longer supports who we truly are. Old patterns are stubborn and you will need clarity and discipline to do what it takes to prepare yourself for the future that you want.

Let talk about simplicity. What does it mean? The definition is the state of being simple, uncomplicated or uncompounded and it comes with clarity and directness. Simplifying your life is not about getting rid of what you do. It is more of a shift in how you approach life and how you do things. If you feel a task is complicated, you are probably complicating it through overthinking, worry, anxiety, excessive hypervigilance and obsessive tracking. The fear of failure is another element that tends to lead to complication, assumption and expectation.  To simplify, you have to have the courage to trust the process to unfold perfectly if it is the right action.

Simplifying your life may mean that you have to take something off your plate that is not important or of value. Perhaps it is connected to an old habit or something that you could delegate to someone else or simply to eliminate if it does not serve you. We have spoken many times of the need to declutter ourselves as a culture of all that we have accumulated, not only in the physical realm, but the emotional, mental and energetic fields as well. How much shame do some of us still carry? How much disappointment, resentment, unprocessed emotions, mental opinions, unfinished business, regrets, identities, old dreams and longings are still in our field? This is all clutter that leads to complication, stress, confusion, despair and a feeling of powerlessness.

This is a very tall order but we must drop the fear, disengage from the clutter, and begin to trust in our own medicine and ability to create the right next step. It is crucial that we get our ducks in a row prior to the next eclipse season in order to take advantage of the amazing opportunities coming our way. If you are only focused on what has you worried, anxious and fearful instead of what is new, exciting and inspires you, you will miss out on the opportunities available for growth and expansion into more love, abundance and creativity. It takes discipline to stay positive. It takes discernment to see through the illusion and to say no when appropriate. And, setting good boundaries around what you know you need at this time as you simplify is essential to your well-being this month.

How the month shows up:

How the month shows up:

YOU PERSONALLY

It is a month to turn any old wounds into powerful medicine through the lessons learned, the karma completed and the truth told. Watch for projections from others and judgments that stem from their own process. It is a good idea not to take anything personally and to use good discernment and boundaries to get clarity around what is yours and what is not, and then to protect yourself from those projections. This is not to say that you need to be a hermit and isolate from others, but simply to stand your ground around your own truth and avoid being triggered.

There is potential for emotional healing and maturity as you take responsibility for your past, and in forgiving it, you make way for a better future, balanced and more aligned with spirit. There may be days where you simply do not know where and who you are. They may be filled with doubt and confusion as to your role and purpose. This is all part of navigating times of upheaval leading to deep transformation and change. It is best to be proactive with the process by honoring what has shaped you, honoring the lessons and the karma, the challenges and the successes. Allow your identity to shift simply with the intention to be more aligned, more in truth and more authentic. It is a simple as that.

If your life is great the way it is, think of this month as an opportunity to refine and improve through discernment, boundaries and discipline.

RELATIONSHIPS

All relationships have been challenged recently, especially your relationship with yourself. Your relationship with yourself informs how you are in all of your relationships. If there is a dysfunctional dynamic and an old pattern, look to yourself first. What are your beliefs about who you are? Whole? Lovable? Competent? Worthy? Powerful? Deserving? Fully realized? If you work on this most important relationship, the results will affect all other relationships in your life. It does not matter where the pattern came from or what past experience shaped your beliefs. What matters is what you do in the present. We have great supportive energies and influences this month for scouring out the old debris so we can fill ourselves up with new energy and purpose. It will take discipline to be present with the process and to pay attention to what is presenting itself either as an opportunity or to be noticed and cleared.

Your relationships with others may go through a growth cycle as well. You may need to put boundaries around certain dynamics that no longer feel right and you may want to expand your ability to take in more support, love and acceptance from others where it feels right. Boundaries can go either way. Loosen them where you need to and tighten them where you know it is the right thing to do.

HEALTH AND THE PHYSICAL BODY

Listen to your body as it is a powerful barometer of what is happening on a larger scale and in the bigger picture. Bones, joints, teeth and digestion are the systems seriously engaged in this process of release and re-patterning. It is very important to move the body in any way you can during this time. Exercise will also move energy and unblock places of stagnation. We also suggest acupuncture or any other modality that can help move energy. In addition it is recommended that you really look at your habits regarding your body, not just physical, but mental thoughts and emotions as well. What can you change? What no longer feels good? What do you know to be harmful instead of supportive?

Self-care this month must include ways to support better habits and changes that eliminate addictive behaviors. Remember that what you set up for yourself this month will greatly affect what you can manifest in the near future. Look at this time as a preparation for the next eclipse season that will surely bring tension and change. If you don’t want to be caught unawares, be proactive.

There are good exercises on the monthly support audio around clearing as well as working with the elements.

BUSINESS PARTNERSHIPS AND PROJECTS

The word for this month is SIMPLIFY. We have put way too much on our plates, especially with projects and lofty goals. Most of you are under pressure and stress you don’t notice as you have adapted to expectations of productivity. We suggest you take any retrograde time frame and use it to destress, simplify and bring more ease and balance into your business and work life. If you have to delay a project, do so. We need to shift our relationship with time and get more synchronized with the natural cycles of the earth, the seasons, and our own healthy rhythms. Use discernment to identify where you have energy leaks, and then work with boundaries and discipline to support eliminating and keeping clear of them. Those of you in positions of leadership may have to impose new rules, especially around communication that goes nowhere.

On another note, this is a highly creative time where new ideas can take root with the right partnerships and the right purpose. So be open to new insights and creative problem solving. If it feels right, go for it!

ENVIRONMENT

The earth continues to respond to our need for a “shake up to wake up” to support change. The physical structure we all agree on is stubborn in its need to survive and hold on. Sometimes it takes intense weather and earth phenomena to distract us from our attachment to the way we expect things to be. This will continue throughout the year and as usual we recommend great flexibility. Lean into the adventure instead of resisting, and glean some creative inspiration from the amazing creativity of nature. Remember that this is a year of destructive/creative forces, two sides of the same coin. How can you use it in your own environment? Simplify your life by decluttering and getting rid of what you don’t love, making space for something new, be it an attitude, a relationship, a new couch, a new practice….

DATE AND TIME FRAMES:

DATES AND TIME FRAMES:

August 1-7

Watch for themes emerging that may point to what may show up during the eclipses later this fall. This is also a window where a focus on grounding, personal truth and setting good boundaries will be beneficial. Stay present and pay attention to get a sense of whatever your personal process is. What is fair and balanced for you? What feels like it would give you more order and alignment in your life?

This is an internal time so make sure you take some time for yourself to listen to your own inner voice. There is a lot of external chatter, opinions and overthinking that can complicate your inner voice if you let it. How and what can you start to think about simplifying?

August 8-15

This is a window that supports a reset, a recalibration, allowing for a more expanded sense of self. Using the energies of the Full Moon in Aquarius, we have an opportunity for stretching ourselves creatively beyond just the physical limitations of our beliefs. It is a great time of connecting with a higher spiritual sense of purpose and anchoring our own purpose and direction in this new alignment. Listen to your inner voice and intuition and embrace what needs to be healed, cleansed or reset as you set your intentions to move forward.

This includes continuing to simplify your life through release and declutter. Bring in some humor around the process, work with gratitude and awe around what you have been able to manifest in the past, and then use generosity to move the old energy out, regifting to whatever or whomever can receive it as something new.

August 9: Full Moon in Aquarius is Saturday, August 9 at 1:54 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT).

This Full Moon opens a window of going inward to listen, heal and realign, using creativity, imagination, truth and inspiration. Use discipline to guard against judgment and projection. Take time to honor yourself, do some self-care and reflect on what you value. This is also a time where the feminine energy of creativity and beauty is important to acknowledge and use as you move towards more simplicity and ease. How can you uncomplicate your life? How can you strengthen your connections to others in a more authentic way? What needs healing in your relationship with yourself?

Stay in your own lane, set good boundaries and move towards what feels right instead of what you think you ought to be responsible for.

Join Lena for a powerful shamanic healing and wisdom session working with the energies of this full moon. Thursday, August 7, 7PM MDT (link here)

August 16-23

We are processing and sorting during this time. Where we compromise, where we don’t, what we keep, what we release, where we simplify, where we take on something new, what matters to us the most, which relationships work, which ones don’t, just to name a few areas. Discernment becomes important and that includes listening to your own voice.

We are headed into a time where intentions and insights can find grounding in new routines, successful productivity, sustainable abundance and a new alignment to spirit. Use this window wisely and with discipline. Pay attention to what needs doing and trust it’s the right thing. Focus on simplicity and ease and bring beauty into your life whenever possible.

August 18: Weekly Wisdoms with Lena. 8:30AM MDT (click here)

Join Anna for a shamanic healing session working with the energies of this new moon Wednesday, August 20, 7PM MDT (click here)

August 23: New Moon in Virgo is Saturday, August 23 at 12:06 AM Mountain Daylight Time (MDT). More on this New Moon will be sent in a Power Path update from our mailing list (click here to join)

August 24-31

We move into a time of practicality, organization and planning. By now you should have a much better idea of who and where you are, what is in the process of being reset and recalibrated, and what you intend from you heart and truth for yourself moving forward. So now is the time to put some boundaries of organization and some discipline of action behind your recent insights and desires for change. Paying attention to what is manifesting is still important, however you can acknowledge that you are always a work in progress, always influenced by new dreams, ideas and insights.

Creativity is highlighted during this time and of course with creativity comes the potential for chaos and instability. Be flexible but willing to show up in your creative, eccentric authenticity. The time has a social aspect that is both community building but can also reveal old power issues. Know who you are and what you value, stand up for yourself but with fairness and diplomacy

August 25: Weekly Wisdoms with Lena. 8:30AM MDT. (Click here)

Have a great month!
Blessings,
Lena

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