Surrender into Shadow- Seasonal Centering & Offerings for November
“Sleep’s weird. Time’s glitching. People are snapping. Truth’s spilling. You’re not losing it — you’re waking up.
You’re not falling apart — you’re falling in. Awakening isn’t linear — it’s a spiral. Each time you circle back, you love deeper. You embody more light.”
— Sabrina Lynn
Hello dear seekers,
As we enter November, the call to slow down and listen deepens.
With the daylight shifting, it truly feels that shadow season is here — falling toward winter. Meet yourself here. Post Monday, post weekend of spooky play, reverent spirit, advocacy, or rest. For all that you maybe carrying — remember: permission to exhale.
Release your breath. Let yourself exhale.
Let yourself feel.
Your Soundscape Playlist: Coming Home Playlist- Consider for this short read: 369 Seconds of Bliss- To meet your waters within shadows.
As always, take what serves and leave the rest. A letter today- a pulse check, a few therapeutic practices to ground you, and your invitation to practice together this week.
Scorpio season alongside the deep waters of the Sacral Chakra calls for your courage — to feel, to soften, to trust that emotion is energy moving through you. Strength doesn’t always roar; sometimes it’s a pause. A simply deep breath.
“Sometimes strength is taking a deep breath.”
— Morgan Harper Nichols
As for me, in my own practice, it’s work to surrender — to give over with kind presence to the effort of letting go while being with all that arises. The parts that shake, resist, fatigue, and grasp for comfort or control— with everything in between.
Svādhyāya (self-inquiry) meets Svādhiṣṭhāna (the sacral chakra): a time of strength and surrender, of presence within what feels unsettled or unresolved — a deep embracing and a rallying of heart.
We get to meet these winds within shadow. The days grow cooler, crisper, darker. Sharing with you this week 3 free practices to help ground Vata’s restlessness, enliven Kapha's lethargy, and explore the sweetness of shadow honing your inner flame, focus, and fortitude of heart.
Therapeutic Practices for Late Autumn - Free Centering
🌊 Deep Listening in Shadow Season
Yoga Therapy for Emotional Awareness — 15 min
A practice for emotional awareness and sacral chakra balance — inviting presence, transformation, and visualization that includes Kubera Mudra and Bhastrika Breath.
💫 Blog: Scorpio Season, Shadow & Samhain — A Richness of Reverence
✨ Creating Room to Renew
Lymphatic Yoga Therapy — 20 min
Kriya, breath, and mantra for renewal and clearing Kapha’s heaviness.
💛 Blog: Creating Room — Rest & Renewal for the Jewel Within
Nervous System Reset for the Winds of Autumn
Heart, Neck & Lungs Yoga Therapy – 22 min
Grounding movement that includes Mantra, Lions Breath, Nadi Shodhana to balm a restless body, a windy mind.
👉 Blog: Purity & Contentment — The Winds of Autumn
Blessings for the Week Ahead
Shadow season calls for reverence and aliveness. To let curiosity be the wind, shadow be the teacher, and the flame within your guide.
To that in you that is grounded, connected, strong and spacious.
November Weekly Offerings
🌿 Community Circle (Online) — Wednesdays @ 11 AM PT
A free, 30-min midweek pause for grounding, breath, and nervous system support.
➡ Join Us From Anywhere
✨ Friday Flow (Online) — Fridays @ 8 AM PT
A mindful 45-min practice with pranayama and seasonal themes to ground and uplift.
➡ Flow @ Home
🌻 Morning Yoga @ Humberside Loft (In-Person) — Saturdays @ 9 AM
A cozy indoor flow to start your weekend among autumn light.
➡ Details & Registration – Nov 8 & 15 (Spots limited)
🪶 Heart Spring Health (SE Portland) — Wednesday Evenings
4:45 PM | Slow Flow Yoga (75 min)
6:15 PM | Ground & Release (Yin–Restore) (75 min)
“Maya, time spent in your classes is some of the most cherished of my week. Your skill and patience combined with the care you show for all of your participants is phenomenal.”
— TJ, Heart Spring Health student testimony
💛 Yoga Therapy 1:1 Sessions
Personalized, trauma-informed support for nervous system balance and embodied healing. Online and In Person.
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🕯 Root Support Membership
Access 80+ replays, playlists, and seasonal practices — or offer a one-time donation to support accessible yoga therapy.
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Closing
May you find warmth and resonance in the darkness, courage in your waters, and vitality from your returning. Again and again to that wholehearted place in you that is forever unbroken.
Grounded. Connected. Strong & Spacious.
“Some days I am a goddess, some days I am a wild child, and some days I am a fragile mess. Most days I am a bit of all three. But every day, I am here. Trying.”
— S.C. Lourie
In radiance & rest, with love & light,
Maya
11/4/2025
