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Gentle Boundaries and New Beginnings: Lessons from a Robin and a Gemini New Moon
Nature offers wisdom on how to live with balance if we open ourselves to its lessons. This episode explores seasonal transitions, moon cycles, and our relationship with Mother Earth as pathways to personal growth and connection.
• Finding metaphors for balanced living in nature, like robins who are friendly yet maintain boundaries
• Embracing the gifts of each season whether entering summer's abundance or winter's restorative slowness
• Using the new moon in Gemini as an opportunity to see from multiple perspectives
• Recognizing Mother Nature's unconditional love despite humanity's harmful behaviors
• Creating havens for wildlife even in urban environments
• Taking mindful steps toward change through forest meditation
• Finding extraordinary meaning in ordinary moments
• Accepting that growth often requires stepping into temporary discomfort
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So good morning everybody, or good evening or good afternoon, depending on what time you're listening to this, and this is this week's edition of Awakened Conscious Conversations podcast. I recorded an episode the other week and for some reason it didn't work and I've only been able to record today, so apologies, I take it very seriously that I can get an episode out weekly, so thank you for the patience in this matter. So it is a truly wonderful day today. I say that because the sun is shining, it looks like it's going to be a warm but not over hot day, and already I have prayed witness to nature. A wonderful little bumblebee bumbling along has managed to get all the way up to our balcony, and it must be like heaven to this little bumblebee because there is an abundance of flowers and nature for it to to play with today, for I am in the city today and, um, yeah, I managed to create a nature heaven here as well.
Speaker 1:And the other day the podcast I recorded that didn't quite work was all about the beauty of robins, and I went into detail of how I'd come across a robin on my path on the way to a walk and how to me they always feel like little messengers from heaven, kind of letting me know that I'm okay or and they've got my back, and they feature quite a lot in mythology and in all different places and are often associated with signs from loved ones that had passed. And myself not being overly like, I don't kind of follow things just because people say, but I feel that in the case of the robin it does feel like it's kind of divine being and the fact that they're so friendly, friendly and at the same time able to place boundaries where they need to be, so they will come and like say hello. Sometimes people encourage them to eat from the hands and I don't do that because I think not that there's anything wrong with that in a sense, but I just feel like I like anything wrong with that in a sense, but I just feel like I like animals and birds to stay wild and how they are. But they are very friendly and, um, you've scattered some seeds, they'll generally come back and get them. Um, but they also know their boundaries, so if you get too close they will just fly away. So but they sometimes like getting really close to us. But they that, if anything, was an indication of how to be gentle, kind, friendly but have boundaries, and it would be a robin um. But that was the podcast that I recorded and it didn't quite work, for whatever reason. Sometimes technology can be that way.
Speaker 1:So today we are going to see the change of seasons and, as I know, I've got an international audience. So, as we're coming into summer, in some parts of the world you will be coming into your winter, but either way it is still relevant because you can embrace what winter means for you. So if you're coming into winter, it's a time to slow down. If you're coming into summer, it's a time for life, but at the same time, obviously the heat makes us slow down, but in a different way to slowing down, which I think is more intentionally slowing down in the winter as we kind of recuperate, and in the summer we kind of. It's all about kind of life and um being and, and I love all the seasons.
Speaker 1:And some people live in places where you don't have seasons and I think that's fascinating too, and perhaps there is subtle changes. I don't know, because I've never lived anywhere that doesn't have seasons. I'd be really interested to know how that is for you with the different seasons. Yeah, so please let me know if if you live somewhere that doesn't have seasons and the subtle changes there is, but um, getting back to what I was saying, so to you, can look at what the gifts are and um, in the uk it's a time when there's everyone seems to be a lot happier um, because a lot of people conditional happiness on the external thing and, don't get me wrong, if it's a really windy, miserable day, then sometimes it is a bit hard to be happy. But then I really love the rain. I'm one of these few people that actually love the rain. I love walking in the rain, I love the smell of the rain. I don't like it when it's windy because I, and rainy because it's a bit hard to maneuver then. But again, I might put my conditions on um how the weather is, because we need all the different weathers here to make the plants grow etc. And I think the summer kind of shows a lot of abundance. There's abundance in different ways in all seasons. Like um, I think there's an abundance of causiness in the winter, there's abundance of kind of new life in the spring, there's abundance of everything in the summer, and the autumn is the abundance of our efforts, or fall as it is called in some places and whatever, wherever you are, I invite you today to to really tap in to a the abundance of the season that you're in b?
Speaker 1:Um what time in the moon cycle is it? So? I know it's coming up as I record this. It's coming up to a new moon which, um, even if you find all of it that a bit kind of much, for you, it's a good time. It's a new start. Just think it's kind of.
Speaker 1:It's just I think a new moon's like having a brand new notebook and you're turning over the first page. Um, it's kind of like the fool card that you have in tarot, the adventurer, the journey, just before you. It's kind of like a new chapter. If you were writing a book, it's a new chapter of your life, like, just like each day is a new chapter. A new moon is a new chapter of a period of time and where it's like a full moon is where things have come to full fruitation and it's a time kind of to kind of reap the benefits to that. Or sometimes it can be kind of magnified whatever's happened, whereas the new moon is coming out of this beautiful darkness of the sky, and the new moon gives us new possibilities, a new way of being. It's a good time to start something new and it's a good time to write down what you would like to achieve during this time.
Speaker 1:So as I record this, I my eyes are drawn to beautiful pink flowers and wisteria. You know that vine-like plant which gets those beautiful um flowers sometimes purple. I've seen them in other colors as well um and that, and then all the animals, uh, that come out at night in the summer. I'm sure they do it other times, but maybe because we've got our windows open, we can hear them more, like even in the city. When I'm in the city, it's interesting, right, and when I'm in the city, there's an owl that lives near here, and then when I'm in the countryside, there's an owl that lives near there as well.
Speaker 1:And um, yeah, like you see all the nature kind of being really busy at this time of year, trying to to do stuff, because it's kind of a new period for life that's what I would describe it as um, and it's about to become a new moon in gemini, and what that means to me is how multifaceted can you be? Can you see the world through more than one lens as well as your own point of view, can you have empathy for people that may have different point of views to you? And how can we learn to exist and be in this world where we are accepting and loving each other unconditionally but at the same time, of course, we put our boundaries down so that we're not kind of walked all over? But can we tap into our inner being and find that love? And for me that is sparked off by a walk in nature, because the way mother earth loves us, all the bad things that we do, um, life is really busy.
Speaker 1:We try to recycle. Then you hear that most recycling I don't know if this is true, but I've heard that a lot of it isn't recycled and then you just think, actually, could the people at the top just stop the production of plastic bottles and make them out of something that biodegrades and helps the earth? But I guess that would be too simple in a world that, unfortunately, that is ruled quite often by greed and by those who wish to harm. But within that, mother nature loves us still and provides us with solutions, with nurture and care, and I just want to say thank you to the planet for allowing me to be here at this particular time, which isn't easy. There's wars everywhere and a lot of people are hurting and all different opinions on different things.
Speaker 1:And yeah, we, we try and recycle, but then sometimes we're out and about and we have to buy something that isn't necessary so good for the planet and, um, I just remember being in another country, so in india, and if you got german people didn't take things away for takeaway, they would just have their drinks in the places, um, like if you wanted a tea or food, and then you just kind of, even if you ate outside, then you just leave it. Where is here? Everything's in packaging. But I digress a bit. But what I'm trying to say is mother nature loves us, regardless of all this stuff we do, but we really kind of need to give back to her more.
Speaker 1:So can we make grow a haven for nature? Can we learn to respect it and care for it and send it love, joy, meaning and understanding? And by doing that we become more whole and hence we are able to send others more joy, meaning, love and understanding. Four isn't it our journey to learn to work upon ourselves, and by doing that we then help others and also have compassion, because we're not going to be perfect, but it's learning from things and taking responsibility for our lives but, at the same time, knowing that everything is as it should be, but that we have the ability to change but also love and accept ourselves at the same time, and that can be a difficult dance. I know where everything is, so goal orientated, especially. I know it is in the west. I can't I haven't lived in other countries so I can't say how it is there but it definitely is such goal orientated. And yeah, it's like can we become in love with the ordinary, can we find the extraordinary in the ordinary and can we learn to be just letting it go and just allowing ourselves to unfold?
Speaker 1:So I, I record, I record a meditation this time, but I've I've added this one several times before because it's I loved it so much. I recorded it live in a private forest and it's just tapping into and listen to the nature. And the reason I want to share it, especially today, is because we can't always get out in nature, but I believe listening to the sounds of nature, even when we can't get out in it, um has that meditative aspect and feeling to ourselves. So enjoy and, as always, if you would like, an online healing session, which is a bit like a you lie down and I do like a guided meditation thing to help heal. You then do reach out via our website. So thank you once again for listening, love and light to you and may you feel wonderful today, and thank you for your patience.
Speaker 1:Top tips for the meditation is either sit nice and cross-legged on the floor with a nice straight back, always nice to sit on a block or a cushion, or that's not available for you you sit in a chair with the back nice and straight. The important thing is you're not slouching, and if you're doing something that requires your concentration, all you need to do is just pause this and you can reconvene the meditation at a time that is good for you. If you're doing the meditation, let's begin recorded. Live in a private forest and I'm surrounded by birds and you can hear the water from the brook and the little river behind me. I'm going to take some slow, calm, deep breaths and just start to take some steps.
Speaker 1:Via your imagination, you can also be in a forest with all its noises, and as you breathe slowly on the ground and as you walk along in your imagination, you know that change is made up of steps, always done from a place of mindfulness, as much as we can. Sometimes we have to dive in deep and sometimes we have to step in slow, but whatever we do through life, everything happens by making the first step. So, what first steps can you make today? What changes, perhaps to slightly go outside one's comfort zone, which isn't always what we want to do. However, remember there's more discomfort in life by not making changes that are for our good than by being in the comfort of unease. Disease in the body is when we're at disease.
Speaker 1:So what small steps can you make today? As you walk through this imaginary forest? The sound of the feet on the ground, the smell of the flowers, the wildflowers, the rustle of the little creatures, the song of the bird what is your song? What is your goal? What is your mission in life? The textures of the leaves, the ground, what can you show up today to do? That might be slightly discomfort, but in the long term will bring ease, but in the long term will bring ease. And whatever that is for you, perhaps as we come out of this meditation, as you inhale, as you exhale, you begin to make a note of it and with each day you can make a note of which step you can make towards that. It can be a little step, sometimes it's a giant leap, sometimes it's just a tiny micro step, but whatever it is, just step into your flow.
