Flower Moon Tradition

We are once again on the cusp of a full moon. The first nation tribes had names for each moon cycle throughout the year. These moon cycles were a lunar calendar helping the first nation people keep track of the time of year. The names of these full moons were given in recognition of their environment which means that depending on where a tribe was located, their name for the full moon was its own representation of that location.

I decided to take up this topic for the year as a way to foster my connection to a new land. Having just relocated my family to Western New York, there has been a deep disconnect and longing to grow roots and establish a loving relationship to the land we live on. What better way, than to honor the first peoples that inhabited this land. My hope is to have a similar living relationship with this place both for myself and my family. Not in an appropriative sort of way, but as a way to create new traditions with this land that carries so much history and knowledge. So we turn to the wisdom of these peoples, and each in our own way are then able to kindle a new appreciation for the bounty and beauty that surrounds us every day.

This next full moon is the flower moon. Isn’t that the most romantic idea ever? It makes me want to forage wild flowers and make a circle out of them, to weave flower wreaths, and study the flowers native to Western New York.

I have written this blog before the full moon hoping to prompt you, to find you own way to honor the flower moon. Perhaps you want to make a flower mandala, or if that’s a bit to hippy dippy for you perhaps even just taking the time when you are outside or driving of the wildflowers in bloom. Whatever it is find your own unique way of celebrating this flower moon, knowing that this is a relationship you can be aware of and working on until the next full moon.

If this is something that intrigues you then stay tuned for what Mindful Tradition has coming up for 2022. In the meantime always know I am here for you if you are ready to find your own Mindful Tradition Today.

My wish for you on this day and every day that follows is peace of body, peace of heart, and peace of mind.