Winter is not my favourite season and yet ironically it’s probably the one I need the most………. alot of you will resonate with this, read on to find out why

Winter is our coolest & darkest season, we have less sunlight, shorter days and lower energy, in this way it is the season that encourages (I would say almost forces) us to surrender & let go

We are called to yield to the lower energy & surrender to the inevitability that we are simply not going to get as much done as we do in our warmer YANG months of Spring & Summer

If we don’t flow with this ebb in energy peacefully,then we will experience FRUSTRATION, TIREDNESS & 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 running a business, growing a human, maintaining a day job & being unwell,  I’ve had no choice but to LET GO of the deadlines & workload I willingly create for myself

I have had to give myself PERMISSION TO REST, knowing all will be accomplished, just  in a longer, slower time frame than I had hoped. My morning routine has flown out the window with the colder, darker mornings & with both Paul & I being unwell…………

 As frustrated as that has made me, I just had to throw my hands up & say

 ‘LISTEN TO YOUR BODY’ & STOP BEING SUCH A HYPOCRITE’
What have I been teaching all of these years about living in alignment with the seasons and changing with the energy?……….

What I have been sharing & teaching is this ………Winter is our most YIN of seasons. It is the season our bodies & energy starts to contract & slow down. We naturally become QUIETER & MORE INTROSPECTIVE

 It is our time for REST, REJUVENATION, RESTORATION, CONTEMPLATION, MANIFESTATION & 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 or longer days, 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 & energy meridians associated with Water are our Kidneys & Bladder.
Bladder energy is about maintaining STABILITY & STRUCTURE.

It is after all, from a SOLID FOUNDATION we feel confident within ourselves. If we go within and remove the noise, we will hear our INNATE WISDOM that whispers to us that we can handle whatever challenges life sends our way. 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

Water finds it’s way to the deepest places and our water element asks us to do just this, when we know ourselves and connect with our deep places, we create the stillness for our POWER and our POTENTIAL to emerge. Like a seed that holds the potential of becoming more, this season asks us to create an environment so that our seeds being planted in this season can be nurtured to reach their POTENTIAL

If you are out of balance with your Water Element, you will feel fearful and anxious, we lack self confidence and we can feel unsafe in uncertainty. If we are under functioning in our imbalance we will withdraw, feel fatigued, avoid challenges and become disconnected

If we are over functioning in our imbalance we will overwork, do too much, not listen our bodies, avoid rest and deplete our nervous system

When we are in balance however, we rest when we need to, listen to our bodies and cultivate effortlessness – we flow like water around obstacles with ease rather than stressing or worrying and we have trust and courage

When we are balanced we are aligned with divine will and our purpose flows to and through us

The archetype for this season is The Dreamer so take time to rest, to be still, to manifest & to dream so that come spring time you are refreshed, renergised and ready to action on your dreams

If you would love to know how to support yourself throughout the seasons please send a message or book your FREE consult