Bear Moon Hibernation & Regeneration Meditation

Hello Dear Friends,
Please Join me;
Sunday Eve/Night, February 1st at 5pm Pacific, 8pm East Coast
(Moon reaches actual full at 2:09/5:09pm)
Deep-Rest Bear-Moon Hibernation & Regeneration  Meditation
Email to receive zoom link:  [email protected]  
 
Come with your pillows and blankets, by daylight, moonlight or candlelight (or whatever makes you feel comfy and connected) as wise Bear-Moon spills her light across the land, for a deep dive into the innermost cave of the heart, a place and moment to remember yourself unto yourself, a space for rest and the renewal of who and what you really are.
(And, for the activists among us, to hold and enliven you for the tasks presented to us in these times of transformation.)
 
While often known as Snow Moon in Celtic and some Indigenous North American traditions,
in the part of this earth where I reside – the unceded lands of the Anishinaabeg
(“The True People” https://icmagazine.org/indigenous-peoples/anishinaabe/ ) – February’s Full moon is called by the name Makwa Giizis: The Bear Moon*.
Listen to moon-music while you read;
Celtic: https://youtu.be/ifQ3JRS4gqc?si=MV1vccO3OhuxdR0a
Indigenous: https://youtu.be/ISMCX8Wu2io?si=yCJhc-kmosV1qjF8
Here, we are in the depths of winter (there are almost 3 feet of snow on the ground where I live).  Here, nature sleeps, containing and rationing her energy through the long, cold dark of winter.  Even now, as the year’s light begins its return in northern hemisphere, we continue to honor the deep, still, dreaming world of Bear; the innate ability to hibernate – to shut down for a time, to conserve energy, to let Earth herself rest, to hold the dream and heal safely within our deepest selves.  For all of us, no matter where we live, I think, there is a darkness, a harsh winter of sorts, in the state of the world.  I hope to offer us a reminding of the light eternally within us.
*Here is Grandmother Kim Wheatley sharing on Bear Moon:
https://youtu.be/oVS9Iq183sY?si=z2IVkxHYzGrSa5nW
 
During this month’s meditation, we will reconnect to - or strengthen our connections through - the heart’s vibrational rhizomes – the unseen web of love
that resides within and is accessible to all of earth’s children (human and nonhuman), reigniting the birth of possibility, creativity, and hope in our very challenging times.
 
By no means a requirement for this gathering - but if you wish - I suggest putting out a gratitude offering of some sort before we meet – bowl of berries for Mother Bear, bowl of water for Mother Moon to turn to ice (if you live somewhere cold), or to nourish passing critters (if you live somewhere warm), or perhaps a monetary offering to an organization that supports Indigenous grandmothers or children anywhere.  As our ritualists know, making offerings often deepens the work we do to follow. 
 
Just to be sure that you know, there are NO PREREQUISITES to this gathering; Come exactly as you are! With your joy or sorrow, peace or rage, excitement or indifference, energy or fatigue. . . Whether we are three or thirty matters not – all are most welcome to join us, and I will be so delighted to see you there!

Find your innermost nest. Rest. Regenerate.
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Much Love,
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Maya