Full Moon in Śravaṇa · Guru Pūrṇimā
Sound Bath · Breathwork · Movement Circle
Wednesday, July 9 · 5:30pm
In-Person at The Shala, Mendocino · Live Online
Śravaṇa means to hear. It is the nakṣatra of deep listening — of Viṣṇu resting on the cosmic ocean, of knowledge that arrives not through force but through receptivity. Its symbol is the ear. Its gift is transmission.
And Guru Pūrṇimā — the full moon consecrated to the lineage of teachers — is the most luminous night of the year to receive.
On this night, the light is full. The channel is open. The tradition is alive.
We gather to listen — to sound, to breath, to the body's own intelligence — and to honor the thread of transmission that runs through every genuine practice. Whether you carry a living teacher, an ancestral lineage, or a practice that has quietly shaped you, this night is for gratitude and for deepening.
Come to receive.
The Practice
Sound Bath — crystal bowls, overtone, and sacred resonance attuned to Śravaṇa's listening frequency. Let the sound do what sound does: move through you.
Breathwork — prāṇāyāma sequenced for the Full Moon: expansive, integrative, illuminating. We breathe to receive what the month has been building toward.
Movement Circle — lunar and somatic, an honoring of the body as the first temple. We move in gratitude. We move in surrender. We move as an act of devotion.
A Note on Guru Pūrṇimā
In the Tantric and Āyurvedic traditions, Guru Pūrṇimā is not merely a sentimental occasion. It is understood as a night when the subtle channels between teacher and student are most permeable — when the śakti of lineage flows most freely. It is a night to offer what you've received back into the field, and to open yourself to what is ready to come through.
You don't need to have a living teacher to belong here. The tradition itself is the teacher. The moon is the teacher. The listening is the practice.