My friend Frances Stahnke, director of the a yoga studio in Northern Virginia, wrote me with the following morning meditation and blessing, which she says came to her “on the spirit airways” Monday morning. You may recite it or think it as you bless the four directions, facing each direction in turn with open arms:

I am the Goddess of the north, bringing love, and the potential of all things.

I am the Goddess of the east, the joy of what is.

I am the Goddess of the south, that which is no longer seen but is felt, letting go into freedom.

I am the Goddess of the west, bringing forth reconciliation, some call it healing.

I am the Goddess of the north, bringing love and the potential of all things.