My mom turned 80 this year.
It has been a big year for her. After 56 years of marriage and four children, my mom made the bold choice to divorce my dad. She is now partnered with an incredible woman named Jus.
I have never seen my mom so happy.
I wrote about the courage of her choice, my dad’s generosity, and the way both of them are teaching me to keep my heart open to love in all its forms:
This season has offered other kinds of harvest too. The Reiki Retreat gathered so much beautiful energy and prayer. I am still feeling what we created together and how it continues to move through our community.
Today is the Full Harvest Moon.
One of the gifts of the Harvest Moon is how quickly the moonlight returns.
Across much of the Northern Hemisphere, the moon rises only a little later on successive evenings. Darkness barely has time to gather before the moon comes back.
These closely spaced moonrises give us more evening light to bring in the harvest and prepare for winter. What was planted in the spring can now be gathered.
What are you harvesting this season?
Which prayers and intentions did you plant in the spring that have now ripened?
If you would like a moment to step out of the noise and return to seasonal alignment, the latest episode on Alchemy with Bronwyn is a guided sound ceremony for the Autumn Equinox. As the world begins to exhale into fall, we turn inward through sound, stillness, and intuitive rest. Let this practice mark your shift into a slower, softer rhythm.
Listen here:
The Harvest Moon carries the power of gathering.
For the past five years, I have been holding a gathering of my own: the field we now call the Sanctuary.
Every Thursday at 11 a.m. Pacific, I gather online for one hour with a community of people who want to make space for their inner lives.
Each week is different. We might work with sound, meditation, prayer, seasonal teachings, or whatever is asking for our attention.
What makes the Sanctuary powerful is the rhythm of returning.
Five years of listening, practicing, learning, and showing up together.
The things that truly change us need space, attention, and somewhere to take root. The Sanctuary gives us a place to keep tending them, week after week.
If you would like a weekly place to reconnect with yourself, receive direct guidance, and practice within an incredible community of lightworkers, you are welcome in the Sanctuary.
With love,
Bronwyn
For a full list of upcoming events, visit bronwynayla.com/events.