Two wonderful milestones for our podcast this week: 5000 downloads and 100th episode published! So exciting for our project and deepest thanks to all of you who are listening, sharing and breathing with us.

A few cosmic occurrences this week have inspired our Journey of New Light: Occult of Mars by the waxing gibbous moon Jan 30 and Comet C/2022 E3 (ZTF). A bright Green comet near Big Dipper and Camelopardalis (the camel), whose last appearance in our vicinity was 50,000 years ago. And the comet comes into the solar system from above out of the Oort Cloud, rather than in alignment with the orbit of the planets. Links below for more info.

It’s also the Celtic Festival of Imbolc tonight and tomorrow. This marks the halfway point between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox.

We use these cosmic and celestial markers as a bouncing off place to discover expansiveness and openness in our breath and our consciousness. Breathing into the back body, we open ourselves. Launching out into our imagination, we use our powers of subtle sensing to notice anything we can about the LIGHT of this new time. Even if you feel you are imagining this, it is an exercise in freedom and fluidity. Let yourself roam the cosmos with your expanded consciousness. We come to understand that Awe and Wonder are ways to use our conscious awareness to enrich our lives, and to create a steady stream of new thoughts, new awareness, new openness to all that is possible in this rich exciting time.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2023/jan/12/rebecca-solnit-climate-crisis-popular-imagination-why-we-need-new-stories

https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=comet+c/2022+e3+(ztf)&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-occults-mars-january-30-31-2023/
https://www.skyatnightmagazine.com/advice/comet-c-2022-e3-ztf/

'Sacred Ceremony' music by Sanaya Roman (orindaben.com)
Podcast production by iRonick Media (ironickmedia.com)

Disclaimer:
Breath exercises are not intended to diagnose or treat illness. Anyone undertaking to practice breath awareness and exercises should be mindful of their health and consult their health care practitioner if they have any questions about their fitness for this practice.