2 Fertile Dark & New Moon (10 September 2026)

This class moves with the moon cycle, at the turn of the dark to the new moon and the start of a new cycle. We connect this threshold with the Earth element and the capacities of Stomach and Spleen: receiving and assimilating what nourishes us, breaking down what has completed its purpose and creating ground for what wants to grow next. We work with the moon in several ways, for example lots of clearing movements to release the old cycle, awareness of the breath waxing and waning, filling and emptying. Without swelling our saliva, we collect the moon milk or saliva, we search for moon in sea to feel the opposites of action and receptivity, and finally with the fire breath sequence we rest in the fertile dark and witness new light emerge.

We do the following movements:

Wave breathing

Eagle shelters from the storm

Deer running

Shaking

Knocking on the door of life + iron shirt martial arts variation

Fire / Bellows breathing + Yin breathing

The pump

Iron ox ploughs the earth

Fire / Bellows breathing in the Water buffalo posture + Yin breathing

Pulling down the sky

Clearing

Quadriceps stretch (preparation pose for the Dancer)

Forward bend

Opening the flow

Eating the moon cream (moon or earth orbit)

Breath work practice in the Pearl of Consciousness sequence

1. 1- 3 minutes: Fan Fire

2. 1 minute: Exhale - breath hold

3. As long as: Inhale strongly to LDT - hold breath, upper diagram down, squeeze PC

4. Slow breathing nose: imagine, feel pearl of light

Looking for moon in sea flow

Breath work practice in the Pearl of Consciousness sequence

Pulling down the sky

Bamboo in the wind