Hi friend,
Each season of our lives asks something new of us. With every ending comes a beginning, and yet so often, we resist the very change that’s already here. We hold on tightly, afraid to let go, and in doing so, we miss the quiet beauty of what’s unfolding right in front of us.
This life was never meant to keep us the same. It was designed to change us, to stretch us, to grow us into who we are becoming. Marriage, parenthood, leaving a relationship, changing careers—every threshold requires both letting go and acceptance. And when we allow ourselves to soften into what is, instead of clinging to what was, that’s when the medicine of change begins its work in us.
We live in a culture that clings to youth, glorifies individuality, and tells us that freedom means never committing. But true healing happens when we slow down and honor the life we’ve been given. When we tend to what’s right here, with love and presence, we find a kind of magic that no striving can ever create.
Inside this week’s newsletter, you’ll find:
✨ October Astrology Forecast: Revealing What Matters
This month asks you to refine your boundaries, clarify your intentions, and choose relationships and commitments that genuinely support your growth.
🌕 Full Moon in Aries: Claiming Your Courage
The October 6 Full Moon brings bold, direct energy that awakens courage and self-expression. This lunation asks: Where are you ready to stop waiting and start acting? It’s a call to honor your agency, speak truthfully, and take aligned steps forward.
🧘🏻♀️ Embodiment Practice: Softening Into Change
A guided somatic practice to support you in releasing what’s ending and opening to what’s beginning.
🌙 Check out our recent astrology reports:
🌿 This Weeks Reflection
This life is meant to change you, can you let it?
✨ Practice for the Week: Softening Into Change
Arrive in Your Body
Find a quiet space where you can sit or lie down without distraction. Take a few deep breaths, letting your exhale be just a little longer than your inhale. Allow your shoulders to drop and your belly to soften.Feel the Season You’re In
Place one hand on your heart and the other on your belly. Close your eyes and ask yourself: What season am I in right now? What is beginning for me, and what is ending?
Don’t search for the perfect answer. Let whatever arises—images, feelings, or sensations—be enough.Invite the Body’s Wisdom
As you breathe, notice where in your body you feel resistance or holding. Place your hand there, and with your breath, imagine sending warmth and gentleness to that place.Offer Yourself Permission
When you’re ready, place both hands over your heart. Take a slow breath in and, as you exhale, imagine releasing what’s ending. With your next inhale, imagine drawing in what’s beginning. Let your body move with this rhythm—perhaps a gentle sway, a rocking motion, or simply the rise and fall of your chest under your palms.Feel into the sensations of letting go and welcoming in. Notice how your body shifts as you allow this flow of release and receiving.
Close With Gratitude
Before finishing, take a moment to thank yourself for showing up. Thank the season you’re leaving for all it gave you, and thank the one arriving for what it will teach you.
Journalling Prompts
Where am I resisting change, and what feels scary about letting go?
What beauty or possibility might be waiting for me if I soften into this new season?
What have I learned from the season I’m leaving behind?
How can I support myself with compassion as I step into what’s next?
What parts of me need reassurance or care as I move through transition?
If I trusted that life was shaping me in exactly the way I need, how would I show up differently today?
As you move through this week, notice the places where you might still be holding on. Is there something asking to be released, or a part of you longing to be met with tenderness as you step into what’s next?
Give yourself permission to grieve, to feel, and to honor the season you’re in. Let the wisdom of change soften you, rather than harden you.
You don’t have to have it all figured out—you only need to meet yourself here, now, with compassion. Trust that life is shaping you in ways you may not yet see, and that there’s beauty waiting on the other side of surrender.
Love,
Shay
P.S. I always love hearing what resonates. Feel free to hit reply and share a moment, a shift, or even a word that stayed with you this week.