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by Jessica Girija Jewell With electricity at our fingertips, it’s easy to drift out of conversation with the Moon.  We stay up late, wake too early, and lose the wise counsel of the ancient night sky. Let’s pause now for a moment and return to our relationship with Mother Nature — remembering that she has her own moods, her own intelligence, her own sacred potential, and that her currents move through us as well. As I write this, the New Moon in Scorpio has just passed and is

by Jessica Girija Jewell After a yoga class one day, a friend said, “ That was some transformational stretching. ”  The phrase made me laugh, and the more I use it, the more I like it. Maybe it’s because it holds a kind of truth — yoga is stretching, but also something far more meaningful. I think of it as a way to approach the practice — where something as ordinary as a stretch can open into something sacred. The Practice Begins Most of us show up for yoga practice a bit sca

by Jessica Girija Jewell A friend and I were talking recently about how we make plans — and how life so often rearranges them. She joked that it would be nice to know when those surprises were coming, when the clock was quietly moving us into the next hour. I said that astrology is used for just that — to understand the timing of our lives, when the clock is ready to strike and something new is set to unfold. The Science of Time In Jyotish — the astrology of ancient India — t

by Jessica Girija Jewell Each of us is born into a particular patch of cultural soil. It shapes how we see ourselves, what we value, and even what we imagine is possible. Every culture holds an idea of what a body should look like. In the United States, the ideal has shifted many times—from soft and rounded, to thin and angular, to today’s visibly muscular and athletic form.   All of these ideals share one thing in common: they judge the body from the outside. Yet a truly hea

by Jessica Girija Jewell Spiritual life is never effortless.  It may seem easier in curated environments — at the yoga studio, church, or...

by Jessica Girija Jewell This week’s note comes to you from New Mexico, the place I call home. I’m here visiting family and also...

by Jessica Girija Jewell  We all know the pull to keep going—doing more, staying busy, pushing past our edges. But that rhythm doesn’t...

by Jessica Girija Jewell What a week. I’ve spent a good amount of time resting, practicing yoga, and searching for guidance on how to be...

by Jessica Girija Jewell Paying Attention In yoga, practice begins with paying attention. Astrology supports this attentiveness—it helps...

Eclipses come to us in regular cycles, woven into the rhythm of the sky. Their predictability is part of what makes them compelling: they...

Once upon a yogi time , a man came to the edge of a great and mighty river. He hired a young woman to row him across. As the boat pushed...

Practice has a way of showing us not only what’s peaceful and luminous, but also the patterns that cloud our view. This week I found...

by Jessica Girija Jewell There are many ways to approach asana practice: You might aim to master a challenging posture. Use postures to...

by Jessica Girija Jewell Monday brought a familiar kind of overwhelm. Emails, small tasks, cooking, conversations—one thing after...

by Jessica Girija Jewell Saturn turned retrograde this past week, and while astrologers often describe this planet as serious or even...

Recently, my youngest daughter was out later than expected. I couldn’t reach her. Her phone was off. I didn’t know where she was or if...

Ah, Just a Gentle Dissolve of Illusions, Nothing Major. Except Maybe Everything. On July 4 , Neptune turns retrograde in the deep...

On June 14, 2025 — the very day the “No Kings” protests ignited across the U.S. and a military parade for Donald Trump fizzled out —...