Mastermind Astrology Group starting soon!

Hello Dear Ones,

In September, I am going to start leading a bi-monthly group to discuss various topics in Trauma Informed Astrology. It will be pay-what-you-can with a suggested donation of $35 – $15 per session. We will start Wednesday September 6th at 2 pm Eastern time. We will be putting a link onto the Trauma Informed Astrology site just for this group.

In the meantime, if you are interested in signing up, please use the contact form here: https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/contact

Let us know that you want to join the Mastermind Group beginning in September. We will hold the second group Sept 20th. We plan to hold them the first & third Wednesdays of each month.

The plan is to hold two of these per month, at least in Sept, Oct, and November. And then resume them again in January.

We will be recording these group discussions, and the recordings will be made available to members by the beginning of 2024.

These meetings will be 90-minutes long, with a 20 – 30 min lecture to start, and then opening up the floor to questions and discussion, centered around that month’s topics. We will do one astrology topic and at least one nervous system repair topic.

Let us know if you are interested or with questions! (use the same link above)

It really is pay-what-you-can, so we want you to attend even if you can only chip in a little $$. We hope to see you in September!

Kirby Moore & the Trauma Informed Astrology team

August Newsletter for T.I. Astrology

Hello Dear Ones,

The August Newsletter just went out. In it, we cover the theme of trauma affects many areas of our lives. This is actually a broad and extensive topic!

Therefore, we covered several areas of it. Including physical health, mental health, beliefs, creativity, and more!

To sign up for our newsletter, go to http://www.traumainformedastrology.com You can also see the services we offer there – personal healing sessions, astrology interpretations, mentoring sessions, and more!

Let us know if you have questions!

Kirby & the Trauma Informed Astrology team

Work on Trauma Informed Astrology resumes – Level Two course

Hello Dear Ones,

After taking the past month to get settled in my new home, I am feeling the muse’s soft whispers to get started again with T.I. Astrology’s Level Two Course – Western Astrology & the Polyvagal System. I am only getting started on the powerpoint slides. Therefore, we may not begin on videos for another few weeks. But I appreciate the idea of moving forward.

This second level course is the next in the T.I. Astrology Certification Program. The first course, Nervous System Foundations is already complete. You can register for this course here: traumainformedastrology.teachable.com/p/ns-foundations-sales

Let us know if you have questions or if you want to sign up for an individual Astrology Chart Interpretation: https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/contact

Level Two will include topics around the Mandala of the Psyche – looking at the anatomy of energy and awareness – the gross (physical) body, the subtle energy body, and the collective bodies and our relationship with each of these, especially in the face of trauma.

We will also work with the Love Cross – looking at relationship dynamics, attachment theory, giving and receiving Love, sharing, care and self-expression in the Astrology Chart.

Then we will look at the hemisphere emphasis in the chart – this is a good way to get a quick glimpse at what someone is working on and working through.

And we will spend the most time unpacking Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto – the influential outer planets and their potent transformative urges. We will look at psychological astrology, developmental topics, and more!

There will be two demos including in this course as well.

This course will go deeper into Nervous System Repair, and the embodiment exercises which can help us to settle and regulate. Plus, we will even cover some Polyvagal Theory. It will be another comprehensive course – going deep into each of the above topics.

We hope you join us!

Kirby & the Trauma Informed Astrology team

Unleashing Your Best Life: Practical Steps to Achieving Your Goals

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Take little steps each day

Life is full of ups and downs, and it’s not always easy to stay on track toward our goals. We face a lot of challenges that sometimes make things hard to manage effectively. However, despite all these challenges, there are simple steps that one can take to stay focused and get back on track when things seem out of control. This guide shared by Meditation Informs Healing Facilitation can help you get started today.

Understand and prepare for burnout

One critical step to achieving your goals is to recognize and anticipate burnout. Burnout is a state of exhaustion, both physically and emotionally, that leads to reduced performance and focus. To avoid burnout, you must take some time out for yourself and avoid the constant grind of life. It’s essential to set boundaries, both with yourself and those around you, and take care of your mental health. Listen to your body, and if you feel like it’s time to take a break, then take one. By taking care of yourself and anticipating burnout, you can maintain your focus and energy, making it easier to achieve your goals.

Establish SMART objectives

Another critical step towards achieving your goals is setting SMART goals. SMART goals stand for Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Timely. By setting SMART goals, you can take charge of your life and achieve great things. With clear, concise objectives that break down your big goals into smaller, more manageable ones, you can stay on track and monitor your progress. Setting SMART goals forces you to define your objectives clearly, specify how progress will be measured, and establish a clear timeline. This will make your goals seem more tangible and within reach.

Set up a routine for self-care

One important step towards achieving your goals is to create a self-care routine. By creating a self-care routine, you can prioritize your health and well-being, and it will ultimately contribute to your productivity and success. To create a self-care routine, consider taking a relaxing bath, practicing meditation or yoga, or adopting a skincare routine. Anything that you enjoy doing and that makes you feel good about yourself can be incorporated into your self-care routine.

Financial check-up: Increase your savings

Finances play a significant role in achieving your goals. Assessing your finances and making changes to save more can help you reach your goals faster. It might mean cutting back on spending or finding ways to increase your income. You don’t need to be a financial expert to save money successfully. All you need is a bit of planning and discipline, and you’ll be on your way to achieving your financial goals.

Start looking for a new job

Finding a new job can also contribute to achieving your goals. Whether you’re unhappy with your current job or you’re looking to switch to a new career, finding a new job can give you the kickstart you need. Writing a cover letter can increase your chances of landing a job interview because it shows that you’re motivated and serious about the position. There are many options online to help you craft an excellent cover letter – here’s an option if you’re looking to get started right away.

Give back by volunteering

Volunteering and giving back to the community is an excellent way to achieve personal goals. Not only do you gain a sense of purpose, but it also provides opportunities for personal growth and development. Volunteering allows for meeting new people, expanding horizons, and enhancing skills.

Obtain enough sleep

Sleep is essential for achieving your goals. It’s essential to get plenty of rest each night to allow your body time to repair and regrow. Sleep deficiency can lead to a host of health problems and can reduce your overall productivity. Therefore, make sure you get at least seven to eight hours of sleep each night.

Implementing these practical steps in your daily life can help you achieve your goals and live your best life. By recognizing and anticipating burnout, setting SMART goals, creating a self-care routine, finding a new job, and more, you can transform your life into something extraordinary. Regardless of the challenges you face in life, stay focused on your goals, and remember that your dreams are within reach.

This article was written by guest author Camille Johnson, founder of http://www.bereaver.com

Thank you for reading and visiting,

Kirby Moore, educator, blogger, creator of Trauma Informed Astrology and process-oriented bodywork practitioner, you can see more about my work at his Somatic Process site.

Brief Sabbatical, Changes Afoot

Hello Dear Ones,

In a less-than-sexy, less-than-glamorous message… I am taking a couple of weeks to pull back. It is my intention to rest in spaciousness, to do juicy yoga, Zapchen somatics, and Qigong. Plus, I intend to drop into the ease and abundance that is Dharma practice (at least for me).

Trauma Informed Astrology has been inspiring and keeping me quite busy. I would now like to step back a bit and do some writing. Having finished the first course, Nervous System Foundations, once I transcribe those videos, I suspect half a book is already written.

In August, it seems I will pull back more. I have been too eager to get T.I. Astrology started. I have invested good money into getting more followers and interest on IG and FaceBook, and that is tiring – it feels like pushing more and more. I don’t need to be famous. I am a spiritual being having a human experience. I am a natural educator, yes. All I want is to be of benefit to others. I want what is easy, I need more support, I want to have a good team around me. Perhaps in two or three months, I will lean into starting work on the Level Two Course: Western Astrology & the Polyvagal System.

For now however, I am working on decompressing. I have now moved in with my beautiful partner, and our garden is flourishing – literally and figuratively. We are out in the country – still 15 minutes from my office – but the stars at night are bright, rich, and sublime. I am very fortunate.

I am still offering in-person process-oriented-bodywork sessions and long-distance-somatic-experiencing sessions. I have done great work in these areas, benefited many clients, and these sessions are easy (relatively effortless).

You can see more about my bodywork, in-person & distance sessions here: http://www.mkirbymoore.com

Wish me luck with this deeper listening and spacious presence!

May you all have a great rest of your summer,

Kirby Moore

konchog chakchen

Upcoming Medical Astrology Course

Hello Friends,

We are excited to be announcing this upcoming T. I. Astrology Medical Astrology Course entitled, Medical Astrology: How Trauma Lands in the Body & Psyche.**

Details about the class (logistics):

Eight Thursdays in a row starting September 14th, from 7 – 9 pm Eastern, we will have 16 hours together. The class is online – on Zoom. We will send a link when you register.

There is an early bird discount happening now through August 21st ($600). After the 21st, the price goes up to ($675).

You can register for the class here: https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/purchase/p/medical-astrology-course

Who is this course for?

This course is for individuals with some astrological knowledge. If you are a professional astrologer, do astrology as a serious hobby, or use it to enhance your practice of other modalities, you are welcome to take this course.

You need to know your way around the astrology chart – knowing the signs, houses, elements, qualities, and aspects; this is the minimum requirement. If you know a bit about medical astrology, that is great too.

What will you get out of taking this course?

After taking this course, you will have a better understanding of the Astrological Signs and the ways in which these individuals hold energy and emotions in their bodies, and how that can show up in terms of symptoms and health concerns. You will go through the Mandala of the Psyche lecture, where you will get a fresh perspective on how trauma lands in the gross physical body, how it affects the subtle energy body, and how it can even influence our relationship with archetypal collective bodies.

In this course, we will go through 8 – 10 Embodiment Exercises and Somatic Tools for the Astrological Signs and various aspects. How can we invite stuck energy and emotion to move? How can we work with difficult aspects, both in the chart and in the body? What are some easy ways to come back to well-being and ease and resources?

There will be plenty of time for questions and answers. And we will even spend one class doing a demo – with time to debrief.

You can see more info about this Medical Astrology course here: https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/events

Let us know if you have questions here: https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/contact

We hope to see you in the course, or hear from you! Thank you for visiting and have a great day,

Kirby Moore & the Trauma Informed Astrology team

** Please note: Kirby Moore and Trauma Informed Astrology do not claim to treat, cure, prevent, or diagnose any medical disease or problem. If you have a significant health issue, please visit your appropriate licensed health care practitioner.

Video on the benefits of taking N.S. Foundations course available on YouTube (and the website)

Hello Friends,

I recently completed a video discussing the benefits of taking the Nervous System Foundations course (available for purchase on Teachable now).

You can find the link to the trauma informed astrology YouTube channel here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwBAYm1B-6ab7fMmcvaxX8A

You can go to our main site to find it: (just scroll down to the video) https://www.traumainformedastrology.com/classes

You can go here to purchase the course – the sales page: http://traumainformedastrology.teachable.com/p/ns-foundations-sales

Click the Previous button below to go to the previous post about Pre- and Perinatal Astrology Interpretations:

Thank you for visiting!

Kirby & the Trauma Informed Astrology team

Pre- and Perinatal (PPN) Astrology Interpretations

Hello Readers,

Kirby here… I have been doing PPN Astrology interpretations for the past year, and my clients have been reporting great things!

In this post, I will discuss PPN Astrology, why am I especially qualified to offer these sessions, talk about the benefits of receiving an interpretation, and have a button where you can purchase one.

First – why me, why PPN Astrology? I have been studying and practicing various embodiment techniques, nervous system repair modalities & theories, pre- and perinatal birth process work (PPN psychology), emotional-process-oriented bodywork and more for the past 18 years. I love working with Moms and babies in helping to resolve difficult birth trauma and ancestral double binds – from 2016 – 2018, I worked with 60 different families and led several workshops in nervous system repair for Moms and Babies. I love diving deep when clients are ready to go there, and working to resolve inner or interpersonal conflicts. In other words, my intention or purpose for being here on the planet is to help resolve and transform suffering.

Of course, I have been studying and practicing Western Astrology and Spiritual Astrology since 2003. That is get close to 20 years! Blending all these modalities together, I founded Trauma Informed Astrology – and those courses, workshops, webinars and the T.I. Astrology platform is going strong. I love that dynamic work as well!

Second, what are the benefits of receiving a PPN Astrology interpretation? In a typical PPN Astrology interpretation, we can look to see the conditions prior to your birth. What was happening in your mother’s life, your father’s life before and around the time of your conception? Yes, that is visible in the chart when you know what you are looking for. (I plan to teach a PPN Astrology course next year, once I have a good number of students who have done good embodiment work.) See below to sign up for our newsletter (trauma informed astrology) – that is where we make course announcements, webinar topics, monthly themes for educational material and more!

Comprehensive 90 min PPN Astrology Interpretation

In this session, we will cover a lot about your early development – from conception onward! We will have time to cover two or three questions and areas that you specify. You will get great benefits, insights, and clarity around early patterns, family questions, and we will discuss ways to start healing your nervous system! These sessions can be done in-person if you are in Central Virginia, or easily done online over distance.

$250.00

You can see many conditions around the time of conception, you can see what discovery was like (when your mother discovered and told people she was pregnant). You can look at the stages of gestation – and see any interruptions to healthy psychological growth and conditions for ease and safety. And of course, you can see a lot about the birth itself.

Then, if there is time, we can look at the stages of childhood, and even narrow down exact years where things would happen, and even look at these things going forward – stages of maturity.

If you want, I can include embodiment exercises and tools to help support your nervous system and your healing process. I can answer a lot of difficult questions – I have training in working with subtle energy body, with trauma resolution and many more modalities, so I have a unique perspective!

60 min PPN Astrology Interpretation

This is a shorter version of the comprehensive PPN session above. We can easily cover your early stages, and answer one or two large pressing questions in this time. Your intention will direct the session. These sessions can be done online (Zoom) or in-person if you are in Central Virginia USA

$175.00

(Keep in mind that I highly recommend going to see the appropriately licensed health practitioner if you have a medical condition or concern.)

Clients have been amazed at what I can see in the chart. They get deep insights into early patterns (often very difficult to identify and work with), they learn so much about how their personality evolved the way it did due to early conditioning, and answers to difficult or challenging family questions, secrets or patterns, and many more benefits!

I thank my teachers everyday – I have been so blessed to work with incredible heart teachers, Tibetan Lamas, excellent bodywork teachers, mentors, nervous system repair faculty and many more altruistic, healing practitioners! I am not special – anyone who has the proper training can use these techniques to see what is happening in their own or their client’s charts.

Click on the link below to subscribe to the Trauma Informed Astrology newsletter! (it is on the main page of the T.I. Astrology site)

www.traumainformedastrology.com

Theme of the IG Live today: Trauma is the Root of All Suffering

Exciting things are happening with Trauma Informed Astrology! Even though we are busy with summer plans (I am doing a two-week meditation retreat in July, and then 5 days at the beach in August), we are still staying active planning and offering value for T.I. Astrology IG followers and FB. So follow us and see some awesome posts – blending Embodiment Tools, Nervous System Repair, and Western Astrology!

We are doing IG live videos twice a month for T. I. Astrology. Unless we do a webinar (the first one of those is planned for August – stay tuned!).

We will resume course content work in July and August. We are super excited for the Level Two: Western Astrology & the Polyvagal System course. Plus, we will work on the Preliminary Astrology Tools course in August and September as well (for beginners who aren’t quite ready to dive into Level Two just yet).

In the IG Live video, we started by discussing how we first have to be clear about resource, we want to get in touch with the Health Which is Never Lost in ourselves, in our clients, in our students, etc. The first thing we are looking for (always) is health. We do not go digging for trauma – that would be taking their nervous system the wrong direction.

We discussed how trauma is behind so many various symptoms and issues – I personally see much of the myopia (short sightedness) in the U.S. and much of the world as an artifact of trauma. Keep everyone busy, it is hard to raise a family, save money, attempt to practice self-care, and work on transforming our nervous systems! We are very fortunate if we can engage in healing work. Take advantage of it if you can!

We talked about how it is vitally important to understand what is happening in someone’s (and our own!) nervous system. Especially if we are working with trauma or with a population that has experienced a lot of trauma. We looked a little at how to understand what is happening for someone when healing happens for them.

And this was all referring to the Nervous System Foundations course which is ready right now on Teachable. In this course, we go much deeper into what is Embodiment?, what is trauma?, unpacking resilience further, the Autonomic Nervous System, the Functional Range, and the Trauma Informed Principles! It is an awesome course – 17 hours of quality material – it is really a comprehensive course. And it comes with 4 one-hour discussion groups as well – live, online sessions where students can deepen their knowledge further.

You can find the N.S. Foundations course here: http://traumainformedastrology.teachable.com/p/ns-foundations-sales

Please visit the Trauma Informed Astrology site as well – there is much more information there!

Thank you for visiting!

Kirby and the Trauma Informed Astrology team

IG live tomorrow! (for Trauma Informed Astrology)

Hello Dear Ones,

We are staying busy with Trauma Informed Astrology – getting the first course out there (it is complete and available to purchase – Nervous System Foundations), we are looking at webinar topics for August, and getting started on future courses!

You can see more at http://www.traumainformedastrology.com

Visit the course sales page here: Sneak Peek at Upcoming Trauma Informed Astrology Offerings

(Let us know if you have any questions about the course, that are not answered on the site.)

Tomorrow, we are doing an Instagram live video on the topic, “Trauma Is the Root of All Suffering.” It should be interesting!

Follow us on IG and ask your questions now, and then the recording will be up in the Stories for a couple days once Emily posts it. Or better yet, attend the live video tomorrow! We are doing it at 2:30 pm Eastern time.

Hope to see you there!

Kirby & the Trauma Informed Astrology team