08/08 is considered a mystical day in astrology and numerology (more below). The Lion’s Gate Portal is the merging of two strong intergalactic cosmic energies, with the star Sirius aligning close to Earth at the same time as our Sun is in the archetypal or astrological sign of Leo.

Here’s five embodiment practices to help you stay grounded while integrating these high vibrational energies with ease and keep a clear mind so your intuition can be heard loud and clearly.

• Wiggle and shake: First thing in the morning (before you turn on your phone) give yourself a wiggle and a shake to wake up your physical body and move any stagnant energy from your sleeping dream state. Dreams have their way of influencing and impacting our waking hours so it’s important to leave these behind so you can stay present with what the day brings.
• Tapping: Start at your crown with light tapping with your fingertips (like raindrops) around your crown, working your way down over your face, back of your neck, enjoy some deep breaths into your heart space while tapping here, continue down the arms, around your torso, over the hips and down the outer legs to the soles of your feet. After tapping on the soles of your feet, work your way up through the inner legs and thighs, gently tapping around the kidneys and adrenals, along the centre of the chest, over the neck, face and back to the crown. Once complete brush three times from the crown to the feet with an optional whooshing sound.
• Scanning the body: In any comfortable position begin scanning your body from the crown to your feet, travelling with your minds eye beneath the surface of your skin, be curious about your joints, ligaments, connective tissue and everything else in-between. Scanning to see, sense or feel into any tension, tightness or unnecessary holding. When you find or feel this tension sensation, take a deep breath here and exhale through your mouth feeling, sensing and seeing this sensation transform and change as it moves and travels through the body back into the earth. Consciously offering this old energy back to the earth as compost as it alchemises back to nature.
• Conscious walking meditation: Take yourself for a walk in nature and as you do consciously feel your feet connecting to the earth, the articulation of your joints and how the body moves doing this simple practice. At the beginning of your walk, ask your intuition or heart mind a specific question. When you feel ready, begin your walk, allow each step to polish your inner awareness while feeling your mind clear any doubt, any noise and anything is not aligned with your highest self. Over and over again with each step, you’re walking towards clarity and away from the noise of doubt. At the end of your walk take a few minutes to write your thoughts, feelings, actions and sensations from that experience and in response to your initial questions.
• Vitamin J: Choose any activity that brings you the highest and purest form of Vitamin J or JOY! Joy is the current of the Heart, it carries high vibrational nutrients around the body and enlivens the cells with positivity, cultivating vitality and wellness!

What is Sirius?
Sirius is a fixed star, sometimes called our spiritual Sun. Our actual Sun illuminates our physical reality and Sirius illuminates our soul, our spirit and our timeless and boundless selves.

What is the Leo archetype?
The Leo archetype is a powerful and courageous force of nature, embodying creativity with a magnetic personality. They are the king / queen of the jungle, they lead with heart and love being in the spotlight.

What does 08/08 mean?
The numerology of 8/8 bridges energy and matter. The process of thought and feeling manifesting into tangible reality. The number eight reminds us that the world around us is a reflection of the world inside of us. We are a mirror for our environment, and all that we express and magnified back to us.

Wishing you a mystical and insightful Lions Gate Portal time!
Leave a comment to let me know what your experience was with any of the practices above.