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Welcome ~ your heart and my heart are very old friends.
This meditation is an excerpt from The Ecstasy of Practice Audiobook. The healing meditation includes three traditional practices: a breathing experience, a classic meditation and guided imagery exercise, culminating with the Blue Medicine Buddha mantra. In just seven minutes enter into deep calm, insight and peace.
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The Garden
fall season
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The Archetype of Fall
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Whispers of Qi Video
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Fall Sky
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Earth's Movements
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Marigold Journey
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Spring in Southern Hemisphere
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Fall Conservatory
September-November 2026
The Archetype of Fall
Fall carries a deep, steady intelligence. It is the season that gathers what has matured and begins to turn the inner compass toward reflection. Its archetype is one of discernment, ripening, and inner alignment.
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Being born in the fall often brings a natural resonance with this rhythm, an instinct for reflection, a way of seeing the world in layers. There is a quiet brilliance in fall‑born people, a sensitivity to subtleties that others may overlook.
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As the season turns, fall inspires us to release what is no longer needed while strengthening what is true. It becomes a time of gathering inner guidance, when the body and spirit move toward coherence and the beauty of essential things.
Fall Qi Flow
In Ayurveda, fall marks the rise of Vata, the element of air and ether. The season becomes lighter, cooler, more spacious, and the body responds with a need for grounding, nourishment, and steadiness. Warm foods, simple rhythms, and practices that anchor the breath help the inner landscape stay balanced as the outer world becomes more changeable.
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In Chinese Medicine, fall belongs to the Metal element and the Lung and Large Intestine meridians. It is the season of refinement, release, and drawing in what is essential. The lungs want spacious breath. The skin wants moisture. The mind wants clarity.
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Whispers of Qi is a twelve‑minute qigong‑inspired movement flow attuned to the subtleties of this wise season.
Fall Sky
Fall begins when the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night come into balance. As the season turns, evenings lengthen and the sky reveals its ancient constellations. Pegasus rises. Andromeda stretches across the dark. Cassiopeia turns in her bright, familiar arc.
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In fall, the Milky Way lifts into a more vertical orientation, a luminous river standing quietly in the night.
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Astrologically, fall moves through Virgo, Libra, and Scorpio. Virgo brings discernment and a natural instinct for refinement. Libra brings balance and inner alignment. Scorpio brings depth, transformation, and the courage to evolve. The sky becomes a companion in fall, offering spaciousness and a feeling of continuity within change.
Earth's Movements
Fall is a season of movement on the earth. Birds follow ancient flyways shaped by magnetic fields and celestial cues. Salmon return upriver. Trees begin their slow release, drawing energy inward as pigments rise.
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Butterflies migrate in fall as well. Monarchs travel thousands of miles on wings that weigh almost nothing, riding thermals, pausing in meadows, gathering in shimmering clusters before continuing south. Their journey mirrors the archetype of fall, a movement toward transformation and renewal.
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There is a subtle shift in the soil too. Microbial life changes with temperature and moisture. The earth breathes differently in fall, preparing for winter while still holding summer’s vitality.
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These migrations and earth changes echo the inner movement of fall, a gathering, refining, and turning toward what matters.
Marigold Journey
Marigolds burn with the fire of creative expression. Their vibrant orange and gold petals remind us to live boldly, to create from the heart, and to let our inner flame shine.
These resilient flowers show us that passion renews itself and creativity flows when we trust our authentic expression.
It's Spring in the Southern Hemisphere
The Spring Garden is blossoming for our friends in the Southern Hemisphere, a gentle reminder of the earth’s balance and the way opposite seasons move in harmony. You are welcome to enjoy Clarity & Vision Yoga Flow and the Spring Garden as companions to this season’s unfolding.
Enter the Conservatory
for a full collection of fall well-being
Fall Conservatory Includes:
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Yoga Unfloding Yoga, Chakra Yoga, Ground & Glow Yoga, Clarity Yoga, Prithvi Namaskar, Yin Yoga for the Lungs, Chair Yoga, Evening Yoga
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QiFlow Whispers of Qi
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Guided Imagery Journy into the Himalyas through Brahma Kamal
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Flower Journeys Bird of Paradise & Tuberose
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Contemplations Forgiveness, Chakra Sounds, Chakra Symbols, Inner Smile, Receptivity Walking Meditation
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Ayurvedic & Chinese Medicine Insight
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Sounds of Fall ~ Living Light (poetic playlist) & Glisten (instrumental for fall depth)
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$33
access Conservatory page anytime through end of November
a sanctuary of fall well-being & joy