May I be Free...
Monday Mettā
a new + beautiful way to experience Mondays
May I be free from injury. May I live in safety.
May [insert someone you love without restraint] be free from injury. May they live in safety.
May [insert someone you have neutral feelings for] be free from injury. May they live in safety.
May [insert someone you struggle with] be free from injury. May they live in safety.
May all beings be free from injury. May they live in safety.
These words, or this prayer, is attributed to Thich Nhat Hanh, and is the second line of his Nine Prayers.
I think of this line specifically, as our fellow human beings are in the midst of enormous, consistent, explosive, and surprising physical, mental, economic, emotional, and spiritual harm. All beings are entitled to a safe home and future.
As you meditate on these words, start with yourself— the importance of self-loving-kindness is vital. Then, send mettā out to others. Begin with someone you deeply love, with no complications. Move to someone you simply know, with no expectations. Then send these words to someone you struggle with, imagining them with love. Finally, send out these words to the planet.
The Nine Prayers
May I be peaceful, happy, and light in body and spirit.
May I be free from injury. May I live in safety.
May I be free from disturbance, fear, and anxiety.
May I learn to look at myself with the eyes of understanding and of love.
May I be able to recognize and touch the seeds of joy and happiness in myself.
May I learn to identify and see the sources of anger, craving, and delusion in myself.
May I know how to nourish the seeds of joy in myself every day.
May I be able to live fresh, solid and free.
May I be free from attachment and aversion, but not be indifferent.
So glad you’re here.
Intuitive Tarot Card Reading
Use your intuition to guide you to a specific card below. Choose the card with the crystal on it that calls to you.
At the end of this newsletter, you’ll see the cards flipped over, with a reading for each one. The card that you choose here will have your reading for the week.
Wait to scroll down to the bottom until you’ve chosen your card!
Reading today from The Original Rider Waite deck.
Card 1: Peach Quartz Choose this card if you’d like opportunities to learn and grow.
Card 2: Green Tourmaline Choose this card if you’re looking to attract a little happiness!
Card 3: Jade Choose this card if you’d like to awaken some potential.
Class Schedule This Week:
Interested in scheduling a private yoga class? Info is here.
Online classes for any and all:
Tuesday: Noon // 1-hour flow
Tuesday: 5:30pm // 45 minutes Yin Yoga
Zoom link to all classes at themobiyogi.com and DM/email Rachel for the password. All times in Eastern.
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Thank you thank you!
Much love and gratitude,
Rachel
xo
PS- I love hearing about the cards you pick and your related experiences! Please email me or comment below to let me know what comes up from your card reading this week! 🔮
Your Tarot Reading, Revealed!
Card 1: Peach Quartz // Five of Cups
Ok, the message here is twofold: to retreat a little and look inward (think of The Hermit from last week), and to remember that although things may look bleak in front of you (those three cups turned over), you have what you need if you just look around a little (the two behind the figure). This card is a reminder that often, growth happens when we are at our most uncomfortable. When we feel at our most depleted. If you take a moment, or a few days, to become aware of what is still upright in your life, and of where you could go with the changes you are making, you’ll begin to make steps towards what you need.
Card 2: Green Tourmaline // Ace of Wands
You are at the beginning of a creative adventure! You have chosen happiness and happiness is giving you a gift right back: a beginning. What are you thinking about starting in the upcoming weeks? Where are you thinking about going? (I mean this geographically OR figuratively.) What new ideas and experiences have you started to attract? This card is your very clear message: get going! It will be worthwhile, exciting, and fun!
Card 3: Jade // King of Pentacles
Grow, grow, grow… and then keep growing. What do you need to water the seeds of prosperity, fertility, abundance? Do you need a business loan? Help from a mentor? An investment—in time, money, or yourself? Gather all of your resources around you and lay them out, noticing all the ways you are supported, see what more you need, and then ask. By mapping out what you already have, and where you want to go, you’ll actually grow (or manifest) what you need.
✨intuitive tarot inspired by Sarah Greenman, who was in turn inspired by Chris Corsini, because inspiration is contagious✨