One touch, one symphony
This week, Earth Day and Shakespeare Day are celebrated together.
Shakespeare observed that One touch of nature makes the whole world kin. Earth Day has become a major global movement, with over 1 billion people in 200 countries acting together. These concerted actions attune the planet's frequency.
In Troilus and Cressida, Shakespeare also warned: Take but degree away, untune that string, and, hark, what discord follows. Discord manifests as energetic imbalances at an individual and environmental level. However, we can retune the "string."
All the world is a stage and men and women are but players upon it. - Shakespeare
The Earth is our stage. Actions are our mallets, and the vibrations are our performance. Proven through the Maharshi Effect and the work of David Hawkins, even a small group with a high-vibration intention can change the collective consciousness.
And this our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything. – Shakespeare
Whether striking a gong, volunteering, or meditating, each person contributes to a global healing symphony. As we elevate the earth’s vibration, remember: The earth has music for those who listen. - George Santayana although commonly attributed to Shakespeare
I invite you to strike your own chord for our planet this week.
Stress. Your Choice.
Did you know that prolonged stress can increase the risk of premature death by 43%? Constant pressure spikes cortisol and keeps us in a "fight or flight" state—a major contributor to leading causes of death, including heart disease, stroke, and respiratory disorders.
Beyond physical health, stress accounts for over half of all work-related illness and up to 90% of doctor visits. As Chelsea Erieau notes, stress acts as an accelerator: "It will push you either forward or backward, but you choose the direction."
The Yerkes-Dodson Law suggests that performance improves with mental arousal—but only up to a point. This "positive stress" is called eustress; it sharpens memory and builds resilience. However, once we pass that tipping point, burnout takes over, causing performance to drop and anxiety to rise.
Reclaim Your Calm
"Tension is a habit. Relaxing is a habit. Bad habits can be broken, good habits formed." — William James
To break the habit of tension, consider these three steps:
Make a Conscious Choice: "The greatest weapon against stress is our ability to choose one thought over another." William James Between every stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our power to choose our response, and therein lies our growth and freedom.- Viktor Frankl
Find Your "Still Point": In Kundalini Yoga, this is the "neutral mind." It isn't about constant bliss; it’s about tapping into a steady state of mind amidst a hectic life. Finding a non-reactive state allows you to observe stressors without being consumed by them.- Jill Botte Taylor
Prioritize Rest: Never underestimate the value of "Doing Nothing." As A.A. Milne’s Winnie the Pooh says, "Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits." When was the last time you just sat?
Gong relaxation offers a profound physical and emotional recalibration. By invoking theta brainwaves associated with deep meditation, the gongs stimulate the parasympathetic nervous system—the body's natural "rest and recover" mechanism—to suppress the stress response and restore stillness. Our research during COVID found that weekly 20-minute gong baths resulted in a 100% improvement in sleep and an 83% decrease in perceived stress. Most of us exercise and brush our teeth daily to maintain our health; what's stopping you from adding a weekly gong bath to your wellness ritual?
walk and sound as one
World Labyrinth Day is an international annual event founded by The Labyrinth Society (TLS) in 2009 and is now celebrated in > 90 countries around the world. Communities come together to walk labyrinths with the singular intention of world peace.
For the first time this year we are enlisting gong players to host sound events to create a continuous sound current encircling the globe by playing in their respective time zones starting at 1300.
Walking as one at one
Sounding at one at one.
I invite you to play for yourself, friends or family for one hour on May 2.
We gather to reflect, we gather to walk as a community in a rolling wave of peaceful energy across the glo
Please take the time to register your event on the global event website
https://www.worldlabyrinthday.org/wld-2026/submit-find-events
Thank you
To the moon and back
The moon is the first milestone on the road to the stars. - Arthur C. Clarke
This morning I watched the launch of Artemis ll coinciding with this month’s pink full moon. In Greek mythology, the twins Apollo and Artemis ruled the sun and moon. Their mother was Leto, mistress to Zeus (My 42” titanium gong is named after her) While the Apollo missions first brought us to the lunar surface (Watch it here), the Artemis program reflects a new era—the Age of Aquarius.
This mission honours a spirit of community, collaboration and inclusivity, carrying a crew that includes the first woman, the first person of colour, and the first Canadian to circumnavigate the moon. Jim Hansen is eager to see an earth rise over the moon. The Overview effect is the profound experience astronauts report when they see Earth from space. It offers a philosophical perspective - The Earth is a very small stage in a vast cosmic arena. .. it underscores our responsibility to deal more kindly with one another, and to preserve and cherish the only home we've ever known. – Carl Sagan
Our gongs carry a cosmic connection, playing them we bridge this distance, we create community through shared experience and serve as a bridge to the Shuniya, the infinite vastness of space.
Just as we chose to go to the moon, we know it’s never too soon to choose hope. - Amanda Gorman
Spirit of the Wind Horse
The essence of Horse Spirit is freedom. It is a noble and resilient force, with limitless energy at its core. - Lawren Leo
The Mongolian word ‘Khiimori’ means ‘Wind Horse’ and is the symbol for the human soul. It represents one’s inner dynamic life force or chi and is symbolized by a galloping horse representing movement, strength and freedom. If high you experience a state of flow with confidence, optimism and good fortune. When depleted you may feel lost, fatigued, unlucky, and think ‘why me?’.
Ride with me and I will teach you what you need, for I am gentle and humble, and it's here you will find rest for the soul. Matthew 11:29
We strengthen our chi by elevating and harmonizing our internal energy. There is no better way than gongs to do so. Gongs clear emotional blockages and remove stagnant energy. The sounds of the gongs shift the parasympathetic nervous system towards resilience and vitality. They restore the unobstructed flow in circulation as well as release constraints of the mind by inducing a state of Theta leaving participants feeling a state of connectedness and peace - mirroring the Mongolian goal of living in harmony with the Eternal Blue Sky.
A horse's spirit knows no fences. Let yours run free, too. - anon
As I discovered in my research project during COVID for Svaram Sound Institute. One 20 min gong bath each week for 12 weeks resulted in 100% improvement in sleep, 83% decrease in perceived stress and 72% improvement in overall wellbeing. Today’s emphasis on neuro-wellbeing and prevention and maintenance strategies for longevity largely focus on wearables to monitor body functions and even sound emitting headbands to improve sleep. My philosophy is to turn back the clock, to embrace the wisdom of the ancients to give our bodies the reset required to restore and balance our mind, body and spirit.
We all just need to gong. I invite you to make it a habit, a weekly gong reset.
Skeptic to Believer
While sharing my gong passion with the world I frequently encounter scepticism and disbelief. We can shift the former into proponents, the later we cannot.
The Greeks and most notably Socrates discussed the concept of scepticism in its myriad forms. A sceptic asks, ‘What is the evidence?’ They hold a neutral position suspending belief until evidence is provided before accepting or rejecting it. Disbelievers flatly refuse to accept or deny that something is true.
I am the wisest man alive for I know one thing - I know nothing. Socrates
Last week I introduced gongs to a group of 40 university students from Baptist University Faculty of Integrated Arts. All gong newbies.
I know what I know, I don’t know what I don’t know. (Four stages of learning by Martin Broadwell)
The class was organised by their professor and attendance was mandatory. Compare them to a group of entrepreneurs on a work/pleasure visit whose assistant booked a gong experience as their afternoon wellness activity.
Nothing is as empowering as real-world validation, …. Steven Pressfield
Afterwards all of them had a look of wonder and awe, of processing while attempting to comprehend or label their feelings and thoughts based on their existing paradigms.
Wonder is the beginning of wisdom. Socrates
One said:
I’ve been to many sound healings and nothing quite like this, most I have gotten annoyed and frustrated with… I walked away thinking I’d discovered something amazing… I’d love to be able to access this back home. Ted
This is what I do. Experiential transformation. Shifting sceptics to proponents, from ‘I don’t know what I don’t know to I know, consciously bringing the laws of quantum physics to life. One gong, one convert at a time.
Homecoming
We believe that gongs originated in NW China somewhere on the silk road where metal was first discovered approximately 5-6000 years ago. The Chinese enthusiastically shared their knowledge and instruments throughout Asia with large numbers found in shipwrecks off Indonesia; bogs in Sweden and in Germany too. They quickly spread to Vietnam, India and eventually Turkey.
The first metal leeched out of the rocks forming bread ovens was copper due to its low melting point. Next, nickel sourced from meteorites was added to the mix which gave the gongs a cosmic connection. Interestingly enough gong makers and those who played them were considered spiritual leaders in their community. And to this day all indigenous players of gongs in Asia from Korea to Burma are shamans.
Last weekend I had the opportunity to play and teach in a wonderful studio in Guangzhou called Wind Song Yoga. My gracious host Mini, is one of my gong kittens. She, along with her partner, Gillia and staff offered a warm welcome and full classes where I shared kundalini celestial meditation and performed with my titanium gong for the full moon. It seems like taking coals to Newcastle however the resonance and depth of harmonics from the shimmering blue gong was unlike anything ever heard there before.
Their warm welcome and sincere interest in all things 'gong' will mean repeated trips in the future for which I am grateful to have the opportunity to share my love of the instrument in the land where it all began. Thank you.
Strength in Numbers
One of the first to emerge from the melting snow, daffodils symbolise rebirth and resilience. Their cheerful solitary blossoms remind us of the circle of life while narcissi come in clusters representing friendship. Galantamine extracted from their bulbs is used to treat dementia, while other compounds alleviate pain. It is believed they also possess anti cancer properties - no coincidence they are the symbol for cancer fundraising initiatives worldwide.
I am drawn to these perky blooms as they remind me of the power of group. Current research shows that participation in a weekly scheduled group activity can improve mental health by >20%. Combine that with gongs and the effects and exponential.
Oliver Wendell Holmes said, "Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body." While Oliver Sacks recognised that, “The power of music to integrate and cure. . . is quite fundamental. It is the profoundest nonchemical medication."
My own research conducted during COVID for Svaram Sound Institute reinforced these findings. A group of 11 senior executives participated in 20 min gong baths once a week for 12 weeks. The results were 100% improvement in sleep, 83% decrease in perceived stress and 72% improvement in overall wellbeing. Since then I know of at least four companies in HK who used nearly identical protocols with similiar results.
As we approach the end of winter isn’t it time to transcend and feel in harmony with something else? Whether it’s a glorious sunset, inspiring music or another human being…. Not only do we feel more relaxed and at peace, but this entrained state increases our ability to perform well and offers numerous health benefits? (Doc Childre & Howard Martin)
I invite you to join our weekly events for Music has a great power for bringing people together. With so many forces in this world acting to drive wedges between people, it’s important to preserve those things that help us experience our common humanity." Ted Turner
Saddle Up.
Horses evolved over 50M years ago from a small, forest dwelling, multi-toed browser called Eohippus to what we know today as a large, single toed, grazing beauty.
A dog may be man's best friend but the horse wrote history. - Anon
First domesticated 4000 years ago in what is now Ukraine, the horse was initially a food source and then adapted to use in agriculture, transport and warfare. Now horses are used for recreation, sport and breeding.
A horse gallops with his lungs, perseveres with his heart, and wins with his character. - Federico Tesio
Their courage, spirit, strength and intelligence were immortalised in such films including The Black Stallion, Black Beauty, War Horse, The Man from Snowy River and Hidalgo. While every little girl knows the heroine is always swept away on the back of an elegant steed from Spirit to Donkey.
Horses lend us the wings we lack. - Pam Brown
We fantasize the freedom of the horse galloping across expansive plains however in reality only 1000 truly wild horses remain in Mongolia. The Przewalski Horse was virtually extinct, down to 12 and since 1960 through selective breeding has reached a precarious 1000 in number.
Mustangs (140,000) in the USA and brumbies (400,000) in Australia are feral horses who descend from domesticated stock. Currently the Bureau of Land Management in the USA is undergoing a massive cull in order to manage their numbers. Isn’t it ironic that a treasured icon becomes dog food.
They provide peace and tranquillity to troubled souls, they give us hope. - Toni Robinson
Equine therapy programs are based on the horse’s unconditional positive regard. Simply their presence and touch calms clients inviting them to confront difficult emotions.
A horse is the projection of peoples' dreams about themselves–strong, powerful, beautiful–and with the capability of giving us escape from our mundane existence.- Pam Brown It is the horse's gift to connect us with Heaven and our own footsteps. - Ronni Sweet
As we enter the year of the horse I invite you to saddle up, take the reins and have the courage, strength and determination to gallop into your future.
No hour of life is wasted that is spent in a saddle. - Winston Churchill
Open Doors
My logo consists of the Chinese character for 'door' combined with 'mouth' meaning 'to ask or to question' and if you come through my doors you get answers. Last week a number of intrepid souls passed through the doors of the lovely Lotus Wellness in Bangkok to enter the wonderful world of gongs beginning with the flumie workshop followed by levels 1 and 2.
During my workshops I ask, ' Why play gongs?'. The correct answer is not just 'to make money'.
Simon Sinek first proposed his Why, How and What model at TED where he compares Apple to IBM . With IBM you logically choose a laptop while an Apple purchase has an emotional hook. Apple started with a strong 'Why' to change the world. How they did so was through uncompromising innovation and design of products from i-watches to i-phones. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4ZoJKF_VuA)
My why is to heal the planet. I inspire by example and deliver experiential learning and trainings, as well as corporate, community and private events. When I have noticeably made an impact on my students it warms the cockles of my heart for I know they will now go forth and share their skills with integrity and passion. Their sincere feedback is the fuel to my fire:
'I had the best week ,one of the best teachers I’ve learned from... Martha Collard is deeply steeped in the ways of the gong and an intuitive teacher, mentor and practitioner - she wields not just mallets but also wit and humour. I have learned so much from you and grown so much as a gong player! Thank you doesn't begin to cover my gratitude for you and your teachings....These courses gave me so much more than techniques. Through the way this course was taught, I didn’t just learn how to play; I learned how to trust myself as a sound catalyst. That confidence now lives in my body, my hands, and my presence.... These courses didn’t just expand my skills — they strengthened my relationship with sound, with myself, and with the way I serve others through vibration.
Thank you.
If any of you are inspired to pick up mallets, my next training is in HK starting Feb 14. www.red-doors.com/events
Go well, play well until we meet again.
Be Curious
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all. - Helen Keller
Sir David Attenborough is considered the ‘Willy Wonka’ of the natural world. Ninety nine years young his curiosity and delight in even the smallest of creatures evokes wonder and awe.
When was the last time you felt the same?
I am currently teaching in Bangkok at my second gong home, Lotus Wellness. The look of surprised euphoria of one student is forever etched in my memory. Up until that moment her entire audience consisted of her beloved puppies. Sharing the sound current for a fellow human for the first time was a once in a life time moment. She instantaneously understood the power of her hands, in her mallets and in her heart.
Anyone who keeps learning stays young. - Henry Ford
We began our week with B Love friction mallets. Some students had no previous exposure, others, mixed. Here they were invited to …look at the world with fresh eyes being childlike. Seth Godin. And realised every imperfect attempt was an occasion for a delight unlike anything else on earth. – Stephen Nachmanovitch. They caressed otherworldly sounds from the gongs evoking the depths of the oceans or the far reaches of the cosmos. Every swipe of the mallet, wipe on, wipe off was a magical adventure in sound.
Isaac Asimov said the true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing. Barbara Sher says that the whole world will open up for you if you learn to like being a beginner. For in the beginner’s mind there are many possibilities. – Shunryu Suzuki
In my gong classes we begin with theory, build muscle memory and teach connection to source. We learn to be responsible channels of cosmic energy to uplift our audiences with integrity and authenticity. If you wish to join the wave sweeping the planet to uplift and transform remember It is never to late to learn something new. Anon.
It's time to start something new and trust the magic of beginnings. - Meister Eckhart
My next training is in HK starting Feb 14. www.red-doors.com/events
Bittersweet wheel of time
Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end. – Seneca the Younger
The traditional medicine wheel represents the unending cyclical nature of life with no true beginning or end. The last few days represented a full turning of my wheel as 2026 unfolds.
Over the weekend I hosted Earth Mother Blue Star from Holland - an acknowledged keeper of ancient wisdom of five continents. Our time together was of learning, exploring and unlocking ancient earth energies all for the benefit of humanity. She also led a journey to connect with our guides for the coming year.
On Tuesday I presented my last class to The Shift Network. It was bittersweet. During our seven months together the class grew in confidence and competence as they gained knowledge in all things gong. I felt connected to each and every one of them and will miss our weekly gatherings.
As a parent our responsibility is to teach our children independence yet when they leave the nest we are left with mixed feelings: a sense of emptiness and sadness; joy and pride. I have touched many lives, inspired and uplifted through example. These new gong players represent the future as they craft their own gong journeys.
The next chapter of my life is always more interesting than the last one. - Michael Lipsey
Go well, play well until we meet again.
Ithaka
Ithaka is the mythical home of Odysseus (also known as Ulysses), the hero of the Odyssey. The story describes his arduous ten year voyage after the Trojan War to return home and reassert his place as king. In the following poem it serves as a metaphor for our life’s journey and the wisdom gained from experience.
As you set out in search of Ithaka
Pray that your journey be long,
full of adventures, full of awakenings.
do not fear the monsters of old...
you will not meet them in your travels
if your thoughts are exalted and remain high,
unless you bring them along inside your soul,
Constantine Peter Cavafy 1911
A gong bath is also a metaphor for returning home. Their immersive sounds transport us across the cosmos to connect with our true self, a place of unconditional love and inner peace. Join us tonight to begin your trip.
Ring Out the Old
Frosty was a magical whimsical snowman who brought joy and happiness before fleeing to the north pole to escape the warming effects of spring. We can't control the inevitable passage of time however we can commemorate and celebrate its passing. Tonight we take inspiration from Alfred, Lord Tennyson for our all night gong puja.
Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky,
The flying cloud, the frosty light:
The year is dying in the night;
Ring out, wild bells, and let him die.
Ring out the old, ring in the new,
Ring, happy bells, across the snow:
The year is going, let him go;
Ring out the false, ring in the true.
Ring out the grief that saps the mind
For those that here we see no more;
Ring out the feud of rich and poor,
Ring in redress to all mankind.
Ring out a slowly dying cause,
And ancient forms of party strife;
Ring in the nobler modes of life,
With sweeter manners, purer laws.
Ring out the want, the care, the sin,
The faithless coldness of the times;
Ring out, ring out my mournful rhymes
But ring the fuller minstrel in.
Ring out false pride in place and blood,
The civic slander and the spite;
Ring in the love of truth and right,
Ring in the common love of good.
Ring out old shapes of foul disease;
Ring out the narrowing lust of gold;
Ring out the thousand wars of old,
Ring in the thousand years of peace.
Ring in the valiant man and free,
The larger heart, the kindlier hand;
Ring out the darkness of the land,
Ring in the Christ that is to be.
Happy New Year and may all your dreams come true.
The gift of giving
The holiday season is traditionally a time of family, feasting and the exchange of presents. One simply has to venture to central to see the frenzied flurry of shoppers fulfilling obligatory lists. I invite you to check in to the true meaning of gift giving. John D. Rockefellar Jr said to Think of giving not as a duty but as a privilege. Frank Sonnenberg suggests the following:
The Gift of Giving
Give out of love, not obligation. (For it is in giving that we receive. St. Francis of Assisi)
Give when it's least expected.
Give without Strings attached.
Give from your heart.
Give of yourself.
Give to show that you care.
Give help without causing helplessness.
Give somethings that takes personal sacrifice.
Give to make a difference.
Give without keeping score.
Give for no reason at all.
Give a little if you can't give a lot. (No one has ever become poor by giving. Anne Frank)
Give without attracting attention to yourself.
Give without being asked.
Give of your experience.
Give to those who need it most.
Remember that our presence is present enough.
Crystal Clarity
The art of scrying is to gaze into a crystal or other reflective surface to foretell the future.
Yet To see the things that others can't see, You need crystal clear clarity. -Srinivart
We are fast approaching the longest night of the year.
the clarity of
winter dusk, the still sharp air
and one bright blue star - anon
n the Northern Hemisphere the angle of the sun offers spectacularly clear skies, sunrises and sunsets. One can't help but feel that our vision has improved. The time between Dec 24 and Jan 6 or the 12 nights of Christmas is believed to be a time when the portals to the heavens are open for two way communication. Now is the time to set your sights on the coming twelve months.
Your focus determines your reality. George Lucas
The Theosophical society founded in the early 1900's by notables including Carl Jung, Rupert Steiner, Alice Bailey and others resurrected an ancient practice to help us set intentions. There is now proof that written intention setting is highly effective. Dr. Gail Matthews (Dominican University) found that written planful intentions with weekly check-ins were 33-40% more likely to be achieved versus those that were just fleeting ideas.
This Saturday I will hold a special gong for the solstice preceded by an introduction into the ancient practice of intention setting for the 12 nights of Christmas. One night, one month. We implant the seeds of upcoming success, protection and fruitful endeavours. This is your invitation to join us. Details below. https://www.red-doors.com/events/p/journaling
Full Circle
This is not a full circle, It's life carrying on. It is the next breath we take It's the choice we make to get on with it. Alexandra Fuller
The Enso practice for Japanese meditators involves the daily drawing of a circle with one brush stroke. This reflects the state of the meditator on that day. It represents the emptiness from which all things arise yet it is not complete – giving the impression of being part undone.
I am currently attending a kundalini yoga intensive program called the 21 Stages of Meditation in Bali. Comprising three ‘journeys’ we explore the hindrances to meditation, our crystalline self and then graceful enlightenment.
Today we will share our experiences of yesterday’s 5 x 31 min meditations repeating the Laya yoga mantra. It was a marathon to hold difficult mudras, maintaining the chant, shifting position to ease aching knees and observing my mind running a full circle of the 5 stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression, acceptance.
Just getting into position was a challenge. Then the clock starts and we begin to chant. Within minutes I start wondering why are they going so fast? Why doesn’t someone stop them? I chant louder, frustration sets in, then shutting down and pausing before a change of heart. ‘They know not what they do” comes to mind. I decide to laugh, readjust the arms and spine and to lighten up. Literally. We finally reach the end for a much deserved gong bath.
By shifting my mindset I joyfully completed these difficult seemingly endless meditations without irritation. How to translate this learning to my daily life? We know we’re coming full circle when we stand at a very similar crossroad where we made such a mess of life before, but this time we take a different road. Beth Moore You just stay the course, and do what it is that you do, and grow while you’re doing it. Eventually it will either come full circle, or at least you’ll go to bed happy. Jon Bon Jovi
Cold Moon
It is always important to know when something has reached its end. Closing circles, shutting doors, finishing chapters, it doesn’t matter what we call it; what matters is to leave in the past those moments in life that are over. -Paulo Coelho
This week we witness the last supermoon of the year, shining ever more brightly due to its proximity to earth and the winter solstice. The Mohawks called it the ‘cold’ moon reflecting the typical drop in temperature. It is a time when collectively the earth exhales.
In yoga we work with the four stages of breath – inhale, pause, exhale and pause. The exhale is an act of "letting go", purification, and release thereby creating space for renewal. The pause is a still point, of clarity and of seeing things as they truly are.
On full moon nights, there is a heightened level of energy within and without. And there are ways to harness this energy towards health, blissfulness, and success. – Sadhguru. It begins by lying down immersed in the sounds of gongs.
Out of the Fire
This week's message is rather difficult to craft. On the one hand it is a time of thanksgiving and joyful connections with family celebrating the bounty of life while on the other Hong Kong has experienced the worst tragedy in living memory with thousands of individuals losing their homes, friends and family members. Hundreds are still missing and the death count rises each hour. As I write the fire is still out of control with it expected to be contained over 24 hours after ignition.
Started by a simple careless cigarette (current theory) compounded by extremely dry conditions and flammable materials the fire quickly engulfed not one but at least seven apartment blocks that were under repair shrouded in bamboo and plastic netting. Thank you to all of you that have reached out to check on my status. Fortunately the fire was miles away however the impact on the citizens of Hong Kong is far reaching.
In tonight's gong bath we will send the mantra Akaal to all those who have lost their lives. We will also contemplate the cycle of birth, life, death and re-birth. We cannot turn back the clock but we can honour the innocent victims, the heroic efforts of neighbours, our firefighters and police by sending energy to survivors so that they may heal on all levels.
Out of the fire comes hope. - Norah Colvin
Push Back
The new moon this week coincided with not one, but five planets in retrograde. If a planet is in retrograde, it means that as seen from Earth, the planet seems to move backwards in the night sky. The ancients believed these planets were journeying through the underworld gathering insights, perspectives, and information.
With so many planets in retrograde we are asked to pause and to go within. Many might feel a sense of stagnation by losing momentum. Instead I invite you to think of this as a time to reflect and redirect: a chance shed light on limiting beliefs and behaviours that are no longer serving you. Taking a moment to step back to move forward is not new.
Remember push back cars where you pushed the car backwards, released, to see it speeding off down the track? In archery, an arrow can only be shot by pulling it backward. So when life is dragging you back with difficulties, it means that it is going to launch you into something great. So focus and keep aiming. anon