#462 - Energy Update for Sept 6 -13: New Moon in Virgo

And although it's not officially fall yet, I always think of Labor Day weekend as the start of fall.

And it definitely feels like it.

The days are getting shorter.

The kids are back in school.

There's a little chill in the air in the morning.

The leaves are starting to change colors.

And of course, pumpkin spice lattes are back.

And there's this energetic shift that happens as we move from summer into fall.

In Ayurveda, fall is associated with what's called Vata energy.

And Vata is connected to the element of air.

And you might be noticing this shift already.

So it can look like thinking about 10 different things all at once.

Maybe your thoughts are more scattered.

Maybe you suddenly feel like reorganizing your house, starting new projects, or changing up your routine.

That's very much the energy of Vata, which is about movement, change, and transition.

And one of the biggest shifts we experience as we move from summer into fall is a shift from outward energy to inward energy.

Summer is about being out in the world, like we're more active, we're socializing and traveling, you know, staying up later and generally just doing more.

And fall starts to pull us back in.

It's a time to slow down, reflect, get a little more grounded and start thinking about what we want next.

And because Vata is such a light, airy energy to balance and ground ourselves and to help with this transition from summer to fall, we want to add more of the opposite qualities of warmth, nourishment, grounding, and routine.

That means eating more warm, nourishing foods like soup, fall vegetables like squash and pumpkins, going to bed a little earlier, creating more structure in your day, spending some quiet time alone, you know, getting outside and spending some time in nature.

It's really about creating a little more grounding while everything around us is changing.