Winter is like a big sigh out, a letting go, a surrendering to lower energy, cooler temperatures & shorter days. It’s a yielding to the inevitability that we are not going to get as much done as we do in our warmer YANG months
If we don’t flow with this ebb in energy peacefully, then we will experience TENSION & RESISTANCE
I am of course speaking from experience which most of you know I always do ! This blog was meant to be up at least a week ago, if not 2, as was my seasonal email to my gorgeous subscribers which still hasn’t been created (I’m probably not meant to tell you this)
But in between COACHING & MASSAGE clients, teaching YOGA, maintaining a day job & sleeping in to 6.30am I had no choice but to LET GO of the deadlines & workload I willingly create for myself. I had to give myself PERMISSION TO REST, knowing all would be accomplished but in a longer, slower time frame than normal. My morning routine went out the window with some rain & my reduced time before my work commitments & as frustrated as that made me I just had to say ‘LISTEN TO YOUR BODY’ & STOP BEING A HYPOCRITE
What have I been spouting to my gorgeous yogis for the last few months??
What I have been saying is this ………Winter is our most YIN of seasons. Its the coolest & darkest & lowest energy of seasons. It is our time for REST, REJUVENATION, RESTORATION, INTROSPECTION & TRANSFORMATION. It’s our time to come within, to WITHDRAW & to RETREAT. We do not have the boost of energy or warmth from the sun so we need to embrace LESS DOING & MORE BEING
Winter is our WATER ELEMENT in 5 Element Theory. Our Water energy is the foundation of our being PHYSICALLY,MENTALLY & EMOTIONALLY. It governs the bones, our spine & our nervous system. The organs associated with Water are our Kidneys & Bladder & these are the meridians we work with in our YANG & YIN Yoga classes
Bladder energy is about maintaining STABILITY & STRUCTURE. From a SOLID FOUNDATION we feel confident within ourselves & we have an INNATE WISDOM that tells us we can handle the challenges that life gives us. Our Bladder energy supports our Kidney energy by providing a STEADY BASE from which our Kidney energy, our POTENTIAL can launch
Kidney energy is our ESSENCE or our JING, it is our DRIVE, our WILL & our MOTIVATION. But it does not come from a place of ego……..if we ALIGN our will with DIVINE WILL & our HIGHEST PURPOSE then our motivation becomes INSPIRATION & we can FLOW like WATER around obstacles TRUSTING ourselves & our JOURNEY
If you would love to know how to support yourself throughout the seasons please
