Winter Solstice & Tamas

Winter Solstice & Tamas

By Sheyna Haisman-Holmes  Happy Solstice! Today, December 21st is the winter solstice which means that it’s the shortest day and the longest night of the year. It is the new moon on the 23rd, really driving this dark time of the year home! The winter solstice...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 3/8–3/15

Maha Siva Ratri, Thursday, Mar. 11             Maha Siva Ratri is a festival dedicated to the Lord Shiva, the cosmic creator and destroyer. Common practice is to stay up the whole night chanting mantras for Shiva, and offering fresh seasonal foods to Shiva. A Shiva...
The Joy of Being Present

The Joy of Being Present

The Vedic teachings (Ayurveda is a branch of the Vedic teachings) remind us to cultivate presence—the kind of awareness needed to live a full, whole, intelligent life. When you hear the word ‘presence’ what do you feel? Does it trigger memories of when you felt...
Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.7–12.14.20

Vedic Astrology Forecast, 12.7–12.14.20

  Thursday, December 10:   Venus will enter into Scorpio at 3:47pm PST, joining the Sun, Mercury, and Ketu. More specifically, Venus will be in the latter pada of the Vishakha Nakshatra, representing the ripening of fruit and the harvest of your efforts that...
Weekly Vedic Astrology Forecast, 11.9–11.16.20

Weekly Vedic Astrology Forecast, 11.9–11.16.20

Mars goes direct, Pisces, Friday, 11.13.20 Forward! Our energy will slowly return and we will feel more focused, vital, and capable. As Mars is truncating a retrograde stint, now in Pisces, passive aggression can now return to…regular aggression. Not to color this...