My New Moon Meditation

This morning, the first day after the new moon, as I sit down to meditate, I am met with all the worries—“Do I have enough money?  How’s the market doing today?  Is my covid test result going to be available before my flight?  I should do my laundry before my flight.  What time is yoga today?”  The list goes on.  I feel this urge in my body to get up and make a list of things that I need to take care of. Things that I need to do to take care of the worries.

I then take a deep breath.  With that exhalation, I feel my body settled into the chair. I whisper to myself to come back to the here and now.  To be present in this moment.  By now, I know that whenever my mind goes to the past or the future, it worries.  Whenever I am in the present moment, I am settled. Because everything is OK right now, right here.

I still struggle to sit still. There are more days than not that I just stop meditating and cave into “doing” things — because, why not save that extra ten minutes to be more “productive”, right?   I love the dopamine hits of crossing things off my to-do list, sending and receiving texts, and checking my Instagram!  They are mindlessly fun!

Today is different though. I manage to sit through many thoughts.  As I feel grounded and my mind becomes quiet, I am now in touch with inner peace and joy.  In this space, everything is alright, already and always.  I am effervescent with joy. My thought flows to think about my friends in Playa Venao.  I am heading back in two days to the beach. How special that place is.  How lucky I am to go back to Venao.

The new moon is an invitation to start fresh, call in intentions, and set the tone for the next cycle. For this new moon, I call in more anchoring, joy, and meditating.