An AstroYoga Guide to Leo Season

Dates: Approximately July 22 – August 22

Element: Fire

Modality: Fixed

Ruling Planet: Sun

Body Connection: Heart, spine, upper back

Chakra: Third Eye

Seasonal Themes: Radiance, courage, self-expression, vitality, visibility, leadership, devotion

Leo Season invites you to shine from within. This is a time to embody your creative power, awaken confidence, and let the fire in your heart lead the way. Ruled by the Sun, Leo teaches us to radiate outward from a centered core—moving through life with purpose, warmth, and bold authenticity.

In yoga, Leo energy calls for practices that activate the spine, open the chest, and connect to the subtle inner fire that lives just behind the heart. It’s the perfect season to claim your light and let your practice reflect the soul of who you are.

Leo energy and the body

Leo rules the heart, spine, and upper back—but its influence goes deeper. Just behind the physical heart lies the cardiac ganglia—a bundle of nerves often referred to as the "heart brain" that governs emotional regulation and intuitive strength. This powerful center is activated by postures that elongate the spine and energize the thoracic region.

Leo is also associated with the Third Eye Chakra, reminding us that true leadership is guided by vision, not ego. Through the bridge of breath and awareness, we align the heart and intuition, leading from inner wisdom.

During Leo Season, you may feel called to rise into your full presence. Practices that center the spine, expand the chest, and integrate the heart with the Third Eye awaken Leo’s radiant strength from the inside out.

Energetic practices for Leo season

Shine, Lead + Align

Leo energy teaches that your inner light is your greatest power and authority. This is a time to align with your heart’s truth and act with courage and generosity.

• Practice heart-expanding breathwork and brow vision (third-eye meditation) to anchor purpose with vision

• Journal with prompts like: “Where am I being called to step forward with more confidence?” or “What truth in me is ready to be expressed?”

• Spend time in sunlight or firelight to energize your body’s solar rhythms

• Reflect on how your actions can align with your joy and creativity

Yoga Poses for Leo

These postures activate the spine, open the chest, and awaken the energetic bridge between your heart and intuition:

• Camel Pose (Ustrasana) – Expands the heart and throat, activating the cardiac ganglia and clearing emotional stagnation

• Crescent Lunge with Cactus Arms – Strengthens the back body and energizes the heart while staying rooted

Bonus: As you move, visualize a golden light radiating from behind your heart and into your aura. Let this light guide your alignment and intention.

Key Astrology Dates for Leo Season 2025

• 🌞 Sun enters Leo — Let the heart lead. Step into your power, July 22, 2025

• 🌑 New Moon in Leo — Set intentions around creativity and the willingness to see your own light, July 24, 2025

• 🌌 Chiron Retrograde begins — Remember that you already are whole and wise. Healing is simply remembering, returning, and reclaiming what is already yours, July 30, 2025

• 🌌 Venus enters Cancer — Dare to go all in for who and what you love. Nurture yourself and protect your tender parts, July 30, 2025

• 🌓 First Quarter Moon —A time to recommit to the intentions you set at the new moon by facing the shadows of old habits and inner resistance, August 1, 2025

• 🌌 Mars enters Libra — Take action to create harmony in areas where you’ve experienced suffering. Invite yourself to create balms for wounds you did not cause, August 6, 2025

• 🌕 Full Moon in Aquarius — Release collective forms of thinking and successes for those that personally resonate with you, August 9, 2025

• 🌌 Mercury Retrograde ends — A cycle of exploring your inner radiance concludes as you take that knowledge and begin to radiate it out into the world, August 11, 2025

• 🌗 Last Quarter Moon — Release false forms of power and light, lay down your problems, and listen for solutions found within the heart, August 15, 2025

• 🌞 Sun enters Virgo — Listen with discernment and arrange life in the manner of your choosing, August 22, 2025

Final reflections on Leo season

Leo Season reminds us that courage isn’t about perfection—it’s about presence. You’re allowed to take up space, share your joy, and lead with both heart and vision. Let your practice this season be a ritual of empowerment: one that bridges the intuitive insight of the third eye with the radiant pulse of the heart.

Did you know you can practice yoga that helps you flow with the current astrology in a way that promotes well-being, ease, and energetic alignment? AstroYoga is a kind of magic that will have you embodying your full potential in a way that flows with the natural world and the cosmos. Join Emily Ridout, author of AstroYoga for an Aquarian Age and founder of the International School of AstroYoga, for this month's Zodiac AstroYoga flow class on Zoom (replay included). Try AstroYoga and see what shifts in your practice and your life. These classes are live and recorded if you can't make it. 

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