New Moon and How It Can Be a Positive Phase for Your Fitness!

Image Credits: JCCC Astronomy

The moon revolves around the Earth, which puts it in 4 main phases: New Moon, First Quarter, Full Moon & Last Quarter.

The New Moon is the beginning of the Lunar Phase, and it looks like a slender, crescent in the sky. Spiritually it means for new beginnings and renewal, a chance to start over with a clean slate! When it comes to fitness there are many times you will fall off the bandwagon, but it does not mean you can't start over! As I have been practicing my photography skills lately, taking shots of the moon in distinct phases, I started looking up more information about it and saw how the spiritual meaning can really help my clients organize themselves mentally and spiritually to reach their fitness goals. 

Shot with My Nikon D3400

New Moon Journal Ideas:

You should be writing down your workouts, how much weight you used, your food intake and how you feel in your fitness journal. If you have not, this could be the reason you are not seeing the changes that you want. As a personal trainer, I always make note of clients' workouts, changes in training phases, their triumphs and failures besides also creating their meal plans. This is why you pay so much for personal training because we do all the paperwork (journaling), motivation, implementing and changing the plan that you are not capable of doing on your own. So, make sure if you do not have a personal trainer that you work with, write down everything when it comes to reaching your fitness goals. 

Here Are Some Other New Journaling Ideas to Consider Adding:

• What motivates you? 
• Release unhealthy habits that are hindering your fitness success and try out healthy ones. 
• Write down 3 - 5 reasons why you want to get healthy. 
• Visualize how you want to feel and look inside and out. 
• What is your favorite way to get yourself delighted over working out? 
• What fitness goals would you like to achieve by the next Full Moon? 

2013 Austin, Tx.

Write a goodbye letter to something that is no longer helping you reach your goals and fitness goals. Burn this letter under the New Moon as a way to release anxiety, anger, guilt, shame, fears, stress, and old habits. Make a visualization board for your regular and fitness goals! Seeing your goals in front of you really helps you to stay focused! Try out a new healthy recipe you found online, or a friend shared.

My Beginning 2007

 

Another thing to try is making a list of your greatest fitness accomplishments. This also includes just staying consistent with going to the gym. That is a huge accomplishment because most would rather be home. Make a playlist of your favorite songs for workout and cardio sessions. 

Stay focus, stay consistent and the changes will happen!

Candace

Beaver Full Moon is a Time to Rid of Bad Habits & Negative Thoughts that Effect Your Fitness Goals

Blood Moon Eclipse

During the Beaver Full Moon is a great time to start dump the bad habits and negative thoughts. Take on this Holiday season free of any impediments holding you back from reaching or maintaining your fitness goals. It is time to reach those goals and intentions before the Winter holidays are here. The Beaver Full Moon symbolizes the beaver's ability to be creators of their own lives which is the perfect time for self-reflection, meditation, and celebration for changing your life to the best it can be health wise. 

Blood Moon Partial Eclipse

On the other side, the Blood Full Moon Eclipse in Taurus symbolizes indulging in "the good life", comfort and pleasure is prioritized. Make sure to keep a healthy balance of the "good life". Taking part of too many Holiday celebrations that coincide with drinking alcohol and decadent foods can ruin all that hard work you have spent training and eating clean. Lots of pleasure can be found with maintaining an equilibrium of being healthy, keeping your fitness goals intact and enjoying the Holidays with friends and family.  

Beaver Full Moon 

Beaver Moon Spiritual Meaning and Intentions for Health and Fitness

• Protection
• Protect yourself from negative influences that will ruin all the demanding work you have put into getting healthy and strong.
• Release
• Release all those negative thoughts and bad habits that will steer you away from your fitness goals.
• Cleansing
• Drink lots of water, eat nutrient dense foods, get 7 - 9 hours of sleep, destress with fitness and meditation. Get outside and take a walk, run or bike. Getting in tune with nature has a very cleansing and relaxing effect on the human body. 
• Empathy
• Don't feel negative thoughts towards people who don't understand your fitness journey. Just remove Negative Nancys from your circle and surround yourself with likeminded, positive people. Remember, they lash out at you because they feel they must be responsible for their own fitness. 
• Transformation
• You are the creator of your own life. It is never too late to transform it into a healthy one physically and mentally. 
• Preparation
• Everything takes preparation. So does eating healthy, maintaining a weekly workout schedule and regular life. Our phones have made it very easy to schedule the week/month for work, family life and play. You can also use a pocketbook journal with a calendar. Schedule your workouts and meal preps just like you would schedule any other important appointment. You will have enough time to prepare for anything if you schedule it beforehand. 

Become and maintain the dream version of yourself you have always wanted to be. Make a visual board of your next goals for the end of the year to the beginning. Review your New Year's resolutions from the beginning of this year. Did you reach all or most of them? Get rid of old clothes that do not fit any more. You do not need to hold onto an item of clothing out of guilt. Donate, sell or throw them away. Having these clothes will only give you the opportunity to get comfortable with gaining weight again. 

There is nothing selfish about taking care of your health and well-being!

Candace Foxx