Returning to the Heart

As winter continues to hold us quietly, this full moon arrives like a small flame, steady, warming, and present.
Not a call to rush forward, but a moment to pause and notice what is already alive within us.

There is a subtle shift in the air now. The days are lengthening, almost imperceptibly. Somewhere beneath the stillness of the season, something is beginning to turn. This moon meets us in that in-between space, where rest and renewal quietly overlap.

This full moon carries the energy of the heart.
It draws attention away from the noise of the mind and back toward what feels true, warm, and gently life-giving.

Where the mind often seeks clarity through effort, the heart knows through presence.
Where thought can over-analyse, the heart simply recognises.

This moon does not ask for performance or transformation.
It does not ask you to shine harder, reach further, or become something new.

Instead, it offers a softer invitation:
to return to what already warms you.
to let joy be simple.
to allow yourself to take up space without justification.

Joy, here, is not excitement or achievement.
It is familiarity. Ease. The quiet pleasure of being at home in yourself.

You may notice this moon illuminating places where you have been holding back, not out of fear, but out of habit. Or revealing small sources of warmth that have been easy to overlook. Neither needs fixing. Both are simply being seen.

If it feels supportive, you might gently reflect on one or two of these questions without needing answers right away:

 • Where does warmth already exist in my life?
 • What feels quietly nourishing, without effort?
 • What part of me is ready to be acknowledged, just as it is?

Sometimes reflection does not need words.
It needs a pause.
A breath.
A soft light in the room.

You might choose to light a candle, something soft and heart-opening, like Prema.
Notice the way the flame steadies the space around it.
Allow your breath to slow, just a little.

As we move gradually toward the balance of spring, this moon reminds us that renewal does not arrive all at once. It begins as warmth. As presence. As a gentle return.

This is your invitation to come back,
not to striving,
but to the quiet truth of the heart.

Mabhu 🤍