March 2025 Theme

March 2025 Theme

Spring is like nature’s ‘New Year’ , as the world appears to come to life again. A season of new beginnings and a time to start cultivating a change in your habits and outlooks, especially if you felt you pushed your way through winter , leaving you burnt out. Use this surrounding energy of growth, to grow mentally & spiritually towards a brighter and lighter way of being.

Consider adding the following to your morning practice:

1. Balasana (Pose of the Child) flowing into Urdhva Mukha Svanasana ( Upward Facing Dog) and back again to reflect the awakening of Spring
2. Upward Facing Dog with leg lifts to reflect the exuberance of Spring
3. A balancing pose Virabhadrasana ( Warrior 3 ) reflects the balance of day and night at the Equinox .
4. Utkatasana (Chair Pose ) keeps us grounded as the energy grows.

Visualisation on the change into Spring :

Take up your own comfortable relaxing position and be aware of your body and the space it is taking up on the floor.

Feel the earth beneath you and draw a cord from the base Chakra into the earth, imagining it going down through the various layers to the core and centre . Feel the cord being earthed , anchored. Imagine how this earth evolved. Yet the seasons come and go, the sea moves tidally and nature moves in her own direction and we are all dependant upon change.

Imagine the season of winter with its cold winds and frosts, the air crisp and the earth cold and hard . All is quiet and still. The days are long and dark . Animals hibernate, the earth seems to sleep, and yet bulbs are growing and roots searching. Then the first green shoots of a snowdrop pushes itself upwards towards the light.

The pure white snowdrops are the welcome sign of growth and renewal, part of life’s natural cycle.

As the ground warms the snowdrops lose their purity and daffodils appear to herald the spring . The days lighten , the earth prepares for growth, and all around new life is forming. Spring flowers appear and bring the message of renewal, of hope, of life force and help us understand the cycle of nature.

This is the time when we long to be released from the dark winter days and crave the sunshine.

This is the time when nature is busy with the birds nest building, frogs mating, blossom forming, and we feel a sense of expectation.

Every season has wonder, and as nature begins her cycle , we know that transformation is change and in that change is balance.

Enjoy this time of year as we progress fully into Spring and its uplifting nature.

Enjoy this time of year to move forward and onto new pathways as your energy increases.

On Shanti

Sue