Lunar New Year 2025 opened the Year of the Wood Snake, on a new moon in Aquarius. In the Chinese zodiac, the snake sheds its skin to grow, and wood bends like bamboo and stands like the oak.

Breathe in the scent of new possibilities: gardenia, jasmine, sandalwood. Drop a golden cord of light from the base of your spine to the center of the Earth. Follow a starlit path into a moonlit bamboo forest and grow light as a feather. Shed old patterns like a snake's skin. Kneel at a crystal-clear pool and see your eternal self reflected. Follow the music and laughter to a jeweled pagoda under scarlet and gold lanterns and join the celebration.

This was our first stream from a brand new space, and the bowls sang a little differently there. I played two pentatonic scales, one that Buddhist monks often play on wooden flutes. We don't need to carry everything forever.