I realized something deeply profound about myself. I've learned that a huge part of me that has never existed before has unfolded. It has a profound impact on relationships. Some people who've known be before embrace it and have even acknowledged it to me and told me how deeply they see the petals that have unfolded... and some people probably never noticed there was a flower there at all.

I started my moon 3 days after stopping the hormones. I noticed immediately a profound change in both my physical and mental reaction to it's arrival. I have this gut feeling that allowing my body to go back to its natural rhythm will help me feel more balanced emotionally and that the body truly is the window to our being. My body is truly out of whack.

Don't get me wrong. All choices I've made, the things I've done to my body lately. It's where I'm at and where I will be until my inner self is ready to be opened up more... that's the beauty of ashtanga yoga too. The meditational quality of the practice helps us to see that the practice of yoga truly is in each practice no matter what series, what pose, what teacher, yada yada.

New Moon.