May 2026 · Off the Mat · by Tiffany Bergin, C-IAYT, CIYT
May 1st brings the Full Flower Moon — the moment in the year when the earth is warm enough to receive a seed and actually do something with it.
I have been thinking about seeds a lot lately. Not just the literal ones, though there is something deeply satisfying about putting things in the ground. I have been thinking about the seeds that were planted in me — in this practice, with this community — years ago. The imprint of a teacher's hand. A breath that finally allowed the release. A posture that showed me something I didn't know was possible.
What was planted in me, I try to carry forward and to continue to grow — more people finding the depths of this practice, more ways of being of service, more connections between people doing this work.
I have such reverence for those who have been here… Through injury, through loss, through seasons that asked everything of you — you have continued. And I have loved watching new people arrive and begin to understand how profound this practice can truly be, learning from those already in the room.
In all of it — the growth and the dormancy, the bloom and the falling away — something is always continuing. That is what a living practice is.
Companion piece: A New Moon Ritual. All issues: Wisdom Library archive.
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