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all sorts of head problems at the time of the full moon. Then as the moon waned, the chronic arm problems would flare up, then the chests, then the abdominal troubles such as peptic ulcers, irritable bowel, etc. then the urinary tract, and finally the legs at new moon. Sometimes it was a new condition, at others it was an ongoing chronic one 'flaring up', but in each case its location was usually in time with its phase of the moon. I thought it was rather funny that I was getting credit (and payment) for relieving those people of their symptoms within a few days, when the moon should have received most of the credit. It also suggested something else too: maybe people who are having ongoing treatment, only need it at their 'flare up' phase of the moon cycle. It is something to think about in the healing professions. In later years, as I travelled around the world teaching yoga and learning all sorts of things, I noticed other effects from the moon phases. People in general were more impulsive and agitated in the two days or so before the full moon, and I see it nowadays in my psychiatric patients. I realized it first when I was driving a car in the United States of America, both in other people on the road and in myself. We were more impatient, would push into small spaces, pedestrians would hurry in front of the car, everybody seemed in a hurry. Then like a miracle, as soon as the moon started to wane, we all settled down. I still see it now. However, some people experienced the opposite effect. At one time, in a place where I stayed, one woman, who had been born in early July, was (not surprisingly) the cook. Every month (not related to her menstruation) at new moon she was depressed, surly and withdrawn; she used to hide in a cupboard and we had to coax her out to cook the dinner, which usually turned out to be awful. Then as the moon waxed, so did she. She started to exude vitality, she became friendly and loving, and the food became better and better. Then at the full moon she absolutely glowed and the food was cordon bleu. It occurred in the yoga classes, too. The joints at the level of the moon phase would stiffen up and had to be given extra gentle stretching to avoid straining them. It was obvious especially in the pawanmuktasana series 1 practices, in which all the joints of the body are stretched in turn. It is best to give extra stretches to the stiffer ones. In the major asanas people in the class would say, It's funny, I could do this asana easily during the week, now I can't get into the position. It was usually an asana for the chakra area which was being 'lit up' at its phase of the moon. Maybe in meditation, and in daily life, the mental material we are working on is predominantly that of the chakra activated by its phase of the moon. Such as
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intellect and intuition at full moon, communication as the moon starts to wane, love, hate and hurt as anahata becomes active, power and self-esteem at middle moon, sexuality when it is swadhisthana's turn, and security at the new moon. My observations over the three decades lead me to believe it is true. Of course, the events around us will help to determine our mindset, but maybe they also are influenced by the moon's phases because the people around us are similarly influenced, and they trigger most of our joys and sorrows. Moreover, no matter what is impinging on us, maybe we react to it differently according to the phase of the moon and which of our 'buttons' can be pressed most easily at that time. Paramahamsaji has said that we are all slowly evolving anyway, yoga hurries it up. In yoga we practise techniques to activate and awaken the chakras and empty ourselves of the personality blockages associated with them. Maybe the moon as it passes through its phases is one of the instruments that is driving our natural evolution, by activating the chakras and forcing us to confront the pains and pleasures of our expanding personalities.
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