21/12/2025
❄️ Winter Solstice ❄️
The shortest day... a day when darkness dominates and light remains low. A pause, a rest, a call within... a time to slow, a time to reset and just be.
The sun remains still in the skies for the next 4 days, leaving us in a liminal space of gentle quietness. Traditionally the 25th was celebrated as the return to light, the day the sun starts to move once again... slowly and surely leading the days to elongate as the world starts to awaken and we move towards tentatively towards spring.
For now there is a steady void like pulse, a nothingness, a stillness. Our bodies are screaming at us to ease up, to listen to natures call and to just be.
The irony of modern day culture demands us to be at our most sparkling, performative and social selfs during the festive period while nature calls for rest, reflection and recuperation.
While we can not shut out the noise, turn off the lights or in essence become the social grinch, we can make a choice to not get swept away by the expectations and demands of a consumer driven world, chose to step back from the more, more, more narrative and embrace the natural energy of the solstice period.
Enjoy time... the slower pace, the darker mornings and evenings to snuggle under the covers with a good book, a movie or a heartfelt conversation. Hearty meals around the table... movies, pj's and popcorn... gentle winter walks while the sky dances in muted frosted tones... the fire crackling, candles flickering... give yourself permission to sink in to rest. Rest is not laziness, it is essential. Listen to your body's call. Nature's cycles ensure spring will come again, a hive of activity and a faster momentum. For now, just be.
Amy 💛😇
