restorative reset
reflections for a therapeutic winter outside and inside
Winter outside looks like a water rich landscape with muted colors and low light. I make fires and warm drinks, breathe cold air, and walk quietly. Winter inside the body is for women to behold each month. As the moon moves through its cycle every 29 days, so do we. The moon time of menstruation is like a winter cocoon, a call to go inward, rest, reset, and release.
Below are a few reflective prompts for clarity in this Winter season, and the inner Winter cycles you may move through. Welcoming any reflections you have in the comments. Thank you as always for being here.
winter instincts inward trickling water subtle currents reflecting light solid ice drifting making space momentary art arising slower and subtle listening
prompts for your journaling hand
S p a c e
Rise above and zoom out. What widening perspective is on the horizon?
S l o w e r
In what ways could you move, live, work, or tend more slowly?
L i s t e n
What would your inward instincts like you to know during this season?
winter season entries from the the natyrë journal archives:
calling in the medicine of winter
on wintering: honoring devotion to darkness
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Loving your winter imagery, even as I swelter in Southern hemisphere humidity 😄
I sat down to meditate when I saw your post come in. The sound of the moving water was such a soothing balm this early, chilly morning. Thank you.