Cancer Full Moon Mudra: create safety in sensitivity, soften into courageous vulnerability, and embody the devoted self-nurturer within.

Welcome to the Cancer Full Moon:

The Cancer Full Moon arrives as an invitation to come home to yourself — to feel deeply, rest fully, and honor the wisdom of your emotional body. As the Moon illuminates Cancer and the Sun holds steady in Capricorn, this lunation marks a moment of awareness between feeling and doing, rest and responsibility, inner care and outer structure. Cancer reminds you that sensitivity is not something to overcome, but something to protect, tend, and trust. This Full Moon invites courageous vulnerability, devoted self-nurturing, and the creation of safety from within. Let its light reveal where you are ready to soften, release emotional armor, and embody the care you have always deserved.

Our featured Pala Mudra reflects this energy of receptivity, calm, and emotional ease — a hand shape that supports you in being with your feelings and releasing what’s ready to move through. You can use this mudra as an anchor for your Cancer Full Moon ritual, or pair it with the reflections and movement practices from the Cancer Full Moon Embodied Workbook to deepen your experience.

And if you’d like to move through the lunar cycles in community, our memberships are here for you. We hold safe space through live studio and virtual classes, new and full moon workbooks, astrological season practices, and an ever-growing library of on-demand content. Check out ways to practice mudras and more with our empowering yoga community on our live class schedule.

Above all, Katrina Marie Yoga is a space to practice, reflect, and remember that you don’t have to unravel everything at once — or alone. You can simply start where the moon is — right here, right now — and let her guide you back to your breath, your softness, and your inner safety.

So take what you need and leave what you don’t. Perhaps for now, begin by aligning with the energy of the Cancer Full Moon through the following mudra and the tools that accompany it.

🫶🏻Practice Pala Mudra:

WHEN:
Around the Cancer Full Moon, when emotions rise to the surface and the moon illuminates themes of safety, sensitivity, vulnerability, and self-nurturing. This is a powerful time to soften, feel, and release what has been held in the body and heart.

WHY:
The Cancer Full Moon invites you to come home to yourself. Pala Mudra supports receptivity, calm, and emotional ease, offering a gentle container for feeling deeply without overwhelm. This hand shape creates a sense of holding and being held, allowing emotions to move through safely and compassionately as you release what no longer needs to be carried or wasn’t yours to begin with.

BENEFITS:

• Encourages receptivity and emotional softness

• Supports calm and nervous system regulation

• Creates a sense of safety while feeling deeply

• Helps release emotional tension held in the body

• Supports compassionate self-nurturing

• Encourages embodied emotional processing

HOW:
Find a comfortable seat with both sit bones anchored.
Cup your left hand facing up just below your navel.
Cup your right hand facing down above your navel.
Leave space between your hands as you let the shape rest gently against your body.
Soften your shoulders. Align your spine. Let the shape feel supportive and easeful.

BREATHE:
Inhale slowly through your nose in one long, steady breath, allowing your belly to fill and expand.
Pause gently at the top of the breath.

Exhale powerfully through a rounded mouth, bringing your belly back toward your spine.
Let your exhale be as long as possible. Pause gently at the bottom.

Continue for 3–5 minutes, allowing your breath to help you feel, soften, and release.

MANTRA:
Repeat silently or aloud:

• My sensitivity is safe and filled with wisdom.

• I soften into vulnerability with courage and trust.

• I embody the devoted self-nurturer I have always needed.

EMBODY YOUR RELEASE:

When your practice feels complete, release the mudra and let your hands rest anywhere on your body that feels grounding or nurturing. Notice the quality of your breath, and see if you can sense softness or ease moving through your chest and belly.

Let the Cancer Full Moon illuminate what’s ready to be released — emotional armor, old protections, or patterns that no longer serve your well-being. Allow your feelings to move, knowing they are wise messengers, not heavy burdens.

Invite your breath to soften.
Invite your body to feel supported.
Invite yourself, and your inner child to rest in safety.

As you release, may you remember that sensitivity is strength — and that nurturing yourself is a powerful act of devotion.

May this Cancer Full Moon remind you that it is safe to feel deeply, soften fully, and come home to yourself.

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