So long summer and hello darker and colder days!   How can you not be excited about that?  Fortunately, the Fall Equinox has so much more to offer us.  The Equinox is both an astronomical and spiritual event.   It is the marker of the new season and gives us the opportunity to undergo transformation.

On September 22 at approximately (9:03 pm EST the sun was directly above the equator making day and night equal.

Pay attention to what is happening now in nature.  What do you need to release?  Look at what the trees are doing. Soon they will be bare but new life will come.  The trees trust the process and don’t try to hold on to any of their leaves.  They just let go.  If it is a dark time for you then it is even more important to go through this process to become more of who you really are.

Yoda said it best in The Empire Strikes Back – “Luminous being are we, not this crude matter.” 

So take time to honor this day and the process of letting go throughout the season.

Declutter – This obviously includes your space but it also includes anything that is old and no longer serves you – beliefs, habits, and even relationships.  If the wrong people are taking up space in your life then there really is no room for the right ones. This goes for both regular friends and romance partners. Clutter of the mind is the worse kind but I have found clearing your space will help with this. This can be done gradually but you will want it to be done by the Winter Solstice.

I had originally planned to release this blog before the Equinox but ended up being detained with important things such as looking for a new place to live as it is no longer safe for me to live where I am living on every level.  That will be another blog but I thought I would share as nothing is perfect and the Equinox is not just about one day – it’s about the whole season.

Connect with your gut.  Get outside and walk.  Eat root vegetables

Release all that no longer serves you.