Dark New Moon intentions around pleasure and sensuality
This week, we're continuing the sacral chakra part of the Love your WHOLE self chakra journey. Read on for some simple self care ideas to help you amp up the pleasure and sensuality in your life
Amazing and pleasurable as sex can be, you can amp up the pleasure and sensuality in your life no matter what your relationship status is.
Use your senses
What do you like to look at? What kind of landscapes and images make your heart sing to even see them? Might you be able to include more of these in your environments and get out to see such landscapes in reality?
To listen to? I’ve cried listening to music that’s really moved me on many an occasion while also having to run in from another room to turn off something that sounds (to me) horrific. What sounds and music might you put on a playlist to support pleasure and sensuality in your life?
What are your favourite feelings? Physically? Emotionally? How might you make them easier to recreate?
When do you feel most sensuous? Most in flow and at ease and relaxed?
Smells? Essential oils? Candles? Foods?
Tastes?
Make a note of whatever springs to mind and incorporate as much as possible into your home and life.
You can use today’s Dark New Moon to amplify your intentions around this
What action will you take today? This week? Month?
Resistance to pleasure
While the above sounds very simple, a trauma history can make even the idea of pleasure and sensuality feel scary. HONOUR THAT and work WITH your nervous system (join us in the Extra Embodied membership for more mind body practices and self care ideas to support you with this) and know that you CAN retrain it.
I did.
If you’re not there yet but like the idea of even imagining what trauma recovery, post traumatic growth and actual PLEASURE may feel like as you continue to heal (and remember that healing is not a linear process), start there.
And let me know if you’d like my support
Rest
My body used to have to FORCE me to rest, to take things easier a few days a month, with the endometriosis pain.
I now schedule in rest around each Dark New Moon and remind myself that I can do the nice things (candle lit baths, listening to an album from start to finish, watching a whole film in one sitting, spending time with loved ones, curling up with an amazing book…)
When do YOU need more rest? Daily? Weekly? Monthly? How might you schedule it in in a way that makes sense for you?
The Feel Better Every Day Podcast
This week’s episode has the fantabulous Emma Turnbull share her ideal and actual self care routine and advocate the PRACTICE of bringing it into your whole life. We all do better some days than others and I hope you’ll find encouragement as well as inspiration in this new episode. And it’s finally now available on Apple too!
WATCH OR LISTEN HERE
Friday, 22nd March, 1-2pm: Spring Equinox Circle to help you spring clean your life
Am delighted to be offering a special online circle to support you in using the seasonal energies to find more balance, hope and warmth, release old habits, behaviours and beliefs (and clutter!) so you’re able to focus on what you want to take action on and grow. Available for free to Extra Embodied members, if you can’t make 1-2pm on Friday 22nd March, you’ll receive access to the replay.
Your oracle card reading
Attune to the moon and that highest, wisest, truest, wildest, most joyful, brilliant and miraculous part of yourself ~ your Self
Press in through the soles of the feet to connect with the earth's nourishing energy and draw on that support as you lengthen the spine and reach up to the heavens knowing that you're only open to what's for your highest good at this time.
Below the paywall, Extra Embodied members will find out more about each card as well as a summary of this week’s bounteous bundle of self care ideas.
Choose a, b or c and let me know in the comments, by DM or by emailing eve@selfcarecoaching.net if your card resonates.
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