01/02/2026
In support of Josey Crane Burrows'
AYURVEDA:
It is early autumn here, with dynamic temperatures transitioning from hot to cool. This is a temperate, fertile region and so we see dry, brown expanses amongst green. Crepe myrtle is flowering, roses are blooming, and our mandarin tree is budding even though the earth feels dry to touch. Our plumb tree is abundant with fruit, and nets are not stopping other nature from taking their share, causing my husband to harvest fruit to make jam and sauce. Plumbs reflect seasonal predominance of sour taste with Earth and Fire elements. Although a fruit not a vegetable, we can use plumb in many ways including as a chutney for delicious accompaniment to a vegetarian meal. We can balance sour inputs with sweet, nourishing qualities and moderate tonics of pungent, salty, astringent, and bitter tastes.
JYOTISH:
Honouring this Ashleshan Full Moon in Cancer and our deep sensing of the Earth; our ability to directly observe, and experience through our five senses – our natural feedback system that shows us what is good and not good for us. We would not abdicate our own sensory intelligence or cloud it with intellectual ideas, opinions, attitudes, judgements, or beliefs. We must trust what our senses directly show us and use our awareness to discern what to do next.
In our human nature, Ashlesha is the mother’s power to protect her treasure, her young, through transcendent sense and feeling, as a Life in its own right. We must know when to release our grip. We can choose to be in our senses but not be ruled by them. Our senses and feeling help us be present in our body and keep our own power of attention.
At this high tide, sensory experience may be strong. Thought and feeling may rise to the surface. We can keep inner distance to observe our river of thought and feeling. We can be present with ourself to listen within and hear the truth of our heart beating. We might ask ourself: What inspires my life and love? What do I need to accept and release myself from? What do I need to learn? Is my conscience clear - am I doing all I can for well-being of my body, mind, and heart? What “treasures” am I thankful for?
I know how it feels to be silent, invisible, and directionless with big tides of mental and emotional energy. Thankfully, I have learnt some simple ways to be established in my heart; to observe, choose, and move thought and feeling so it does not stay contained as confusion, self-loathing, or physical dis-ease, or get armed out as blame. I share these at Blue Sparrow Ayurveda.
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