TEMPLE OF TIDE & TENDERNESS

I

THE ORIGINS

Vedic Cosmology · Creation · Our Place in the Universe

Before we look at the Moon, we look at the universe that holds her. We begin with the Vedic vision of creation, entering a cosmos that is not empty or mechanical, but alive, intelligent and interconnected. Through ancient cosmology and stories from the Śrīmad Bhāgavatam, we widen the lens beyond the personal and remember ourselves as part of something immeasurably larger.

BELONGING · CONNECTION · MEANING · SACREDNESS · REMEMBRANCE

II

THE 2 LUMINARIES

Chandra · Vedic Astrology · Sun & Moon · Shiva & Shakti

The Sun shines. The Moon receives and reflects. And between these two lights lives an ancient conversation about consciousness and mind, illumination and reflection, giving and receiving. Here we meet Chandra, the Moon of Vedic astrology, not simply as a celestial object, but through mythology, symbolism and relationship. We explore the stories surrounding the Moon, the relationship between Sun and Moon, and the dance of Shiva and Shakti as a doorway into understanding how we meet ourselves through another. A different way of seeing relationship. 

RECEPTIVITY · RELATIONSHIPS · BALANCE · FEMININE & MASCULINE · SELF-AWARENESS

III

THE MOON WITHIN

Mind · Emotions · Water · Prana · Feminine Cycles

Then the Moon comes closer. Into water. Into breath. Into the rhythms of the body. We explore the ancient relationship between Moon, water, prana and mind, not only as an idea to understand, but as something that can be felt. Through Swara Yoga, breath, contemplation and somatic movement, the body becomes part of the teaching. We begin to notice rhythm rather than impose it. A movement from knowing toward sensing. What happens when I listen to the body before asking the mind to explain?

EMOTIONAL AWARENESS · EMBODIMENT · INTUITION · CYCLICALITY · INNER LISTENING

IV

THE PATH OF THE GODDESS IN THE SKY

Tithis · Waxing & Waning · Nitya Devis · Divine Mother

The Moon does not simply become full and disappear again. Night by night, she changes. In the Vedic lunar calendar, these changes are measured through the Tithis: lunar days created through the relationship between Sun and Moon. Within Śrīvidyā traditions, this celestial movement opens another doorway: the fifteen Nitya Devis, the eternal lunar Goddesses. We meet them as different faces of Shakti, different qualities of the Moon, fullness, dissolution and renewal. The lunar month becomes a living mandala. The Moon is no longer simply full or new. Every night is part of the journey.

DIVINE FEMININE · LUNAR TIMING · CHANGE · RHYTHM · SACRED CYCLES

V

YOUR PERSONAL MOON

Birth Moon · Emotional Nature · Personal Nitya Devi · Yantra · Sound

And then the journey becomes personal. After meeting the Moon in cosmos, mythology, body and Goddess, we turn toward the Moon within your own life. Through your lunar birth information, reflection and contemplative practice, we explore your relationship with emotional nourishment, sensitivity, habit, memory and mind. You will also meet your personal Nitya Devi through symbol, Yantra, meditation and sound. Not as another label to collect. But as a relationship to begin.

SELF-KNOWLEDGE · EMOTIONAL PATTERNS · NOURISHMENT · PERSONAL PRACTICE · INNER WISDOM

VI

LIVING WITH THE MOON

New & Full Moon · Eclipses · Lunar Timing · Cyclical Living

Eventually, we leave the Temple. But we do not leave the Moon. In our final movement, we explore how lunar awareness can move beyond the workshop and into ordinary life. We look at the Full Moon and New Moon, eclipses and the dark lunar nodes, and the ways human beings have historically lived in relationship with lunar time, from agriculture and ritual to rest, regeneration and feminine cycles. And then we ask a simple question: What would it mean to live with the Moon again?

ALIGNMENT · INTENTION · REST & ACTION · RELEASE & RENEWAL · CONSCIOUS LIVING