Living Lunarly: Moon-Based Self-Care for Your Mind, Body, and Soul

Living Lunarly is the nature-inspired self-care book powered by the cycles of the moon.

As you follow the lunar cycle, you’ll set monthly intentions, explore plant care, crystals, and meditation, and find new emotional strength in aligning with nature.

Never has the idea of mindfully checking in with yourself and creating a “whole body” health—health that is more than simply the absence of illness—been so appealing. This book reveals how introspection, ritual, and love can help you lead a more spiritually fulfilling life.

You will learn how to use the phases of the moon to guide you in your intention-setting practice. As the moon waxes and wanes, use it to set a path of persistent self-reflection. Suggested practices and exercises for 12 moons across the year echo the seasonal properties of each moon. For each of the 12 moons, you’ll find a unique ritual or exercise for every lunar phase, from new moon to waning crescent. These include:

Intention-setting rituals connected to the new moon and full moon Exercises centered around growth, including plant care and other rituals rooted in nature Meditation and breathwork to help you calm and ground yourself Tips for nourishment, deep sleep, and beauty rituals to celebrate your body Journaling prompts to help you explore your monthly intention Other techniques to help you process your emotions and give and receive loving-kindness in everyday life

By following the book through the moons of the year, you’ll gain a natural sense of the powers and properties of each season and phase of the moon, and of which rituals and practices resonate most deeply with you. As you incorporate these practices into the rhythm of your days, you’ll find yourself moving in greater harmony with natural cycles, and benefiting from your deepening connection to the world around you.

Living Lunarly gives you an accessible yet thorough guide to creating a self-care practice linked to the lunar cycle that is meaningful, individual, and powerfully healing.

From the Publisher

Living Lunarly: Moon-Based Self-Care for Your Mind, Body, and Soul

Whether we are born in the dark of night or take our first breath with the rays of the morning sun, the moon becomes a part of our lives from our first day.

You may have already cultivated a deep relationship with the moon—perhaps you feel your moods, creativity, sleep cycles, appetite, and inherent wildness rise and fall with her phases. Or you may be more disconnected from her: aware that she lights the night sky, but not intimately involved with her rhythms.

Regardless of your current relationship with the moon, she has always had a relationship with you. The moon is powerful enough to dictate the sleeping, eating, mating, energy, and mood cycles of countless animals on this planet, and dramatically influences the tides of the largest bodies of water on Earth.

This book will help you harness the power of the moon, understand her cycles, get in sync with her rhythm, and develop your own self-care and intention-setting rituals in harmony with that ever-changing sphere.

HOW TO USE THIS BOOK

This book will help you get in alignment with nature, with your desires in life, and—most importantly—with yourself.

By learning about the lunar cycle and how to harness its power, you can elevate your life. This process will help you find clarity, purpose, and fulfillment.

To further supplement your journey and help strengthen your practice as you set, affirm, and manifest your intentions each month, this book has a variety of rituals, self-care practices, and holistic exercises that you can incorporate into your daily life.

You will learn about the power of ritual. You will also learn to create unique rituals that work specifically for you.

You will learn the importance of planting and growing—literally and figuratively—by incorporating houseplants into your space, understanding their influence, and recognizing the growth of your plants and your own growth over time.

You will understand what meditation is (and what it is not) and you will practice different types of meditation.

You will add breathwork to your mental wellness toolbox and learn how to create an environment of peace.

You will create a journaling practice that sharpens your focus, clarifies your goals, strengthens your gratitude, and allows you to get to know yourself more deeply.

You will prioritize your emotional state and become versed in what you need to do to stay emotionally open and available.

You will develop a rich self-care practice. This helps maintain the healthy mindset needed to successfully set and achieve your intentions.

WANING CRESCENT | BEDTIME RITUAL

Your ritual will be unique to you. You may incorporate the following suggestions, in any order, or add your own.

Try 5 minutes of meditation.

Write a nightly entry in a gratitude journal.

Spray calming essential oils—like lavender or frankincense—on your pillow.

Follow a multistep skin-care routine tailored specifically to your skin’s needs.

Perform a hand or foot massage with lotion.

Sip a soothing cup of noncaffeinated or herbal tea—chamomile is great for bedtime.

Spend 10 minutes reading.

Turn on a bedside humidifier.

Listen to meditation music or nature sounds.

Take a series of deep cleansing breaths.

Stretch lightly to prepare your body for bed.

As you practice this routine, you may find that you want to change the order. Continue trying new combinations until you find a routine that makes you feel calm, relaxed, and ready to sleep. Once you solidify the order and items you will include, your routine becomes a ritual. This ritual can be done once or incorporated into your daily life.

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rock Point
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 2, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Print length ‏ : ‎ 208 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1631067834
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1631067839
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.1 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.95 x 7.95 inches