As winter is approaching here in the Southern Hemisphere, with days getting shorter and nights longer, I am reminded of the cycles that Mother Earth goes through – seasons of growth and seasons of rest and hibernation. These cycles are necessary for plants and animals that inhabit our beautiful planet. And it is also important for us to acknowledge and embrace these cycles.
Living in sunny South Africa I sometimes struggle with the longer hours of darkness and the cold – not cold as in snowing and freezing, but by our standards, cold, nevertheless. It is as if everything just sort of slows down and comes to a halt. The exhale. The pause. The time out. Before the joys of spring, rebirth, renewal, and a hype of new activity.
In winter everything lies dormant in the silent earth, and it is considered a sacred time of rest and reflection before the awakening, rejuvenation, and rebuild that Spring and its brighter days would bring about.
This is not just a seasonal period of rest, but something we all need to embrace and participate in. We are always so goal orientated, chasing our next accomplishment, and fixed on our next achievement – in life in general but particularly so in our spiritual journey. We are so busy pushing forward in our healing journey that we forget to stop and rest… to take a break, take a breath and linger in a moment of rest to contemplate and consolidate.
And what better time than winter. During the winter months it is the ideal time to slow down and reflect on your journey so far. Take a time-out and evaluate with gratitude how far you have come, how beautiful and absolutely perfect the present moment is… linger in joy and pleasure of where you are. Pause in the perfection of where you are and be mindful of the here and the now, refraining from chasing your next healing and/or spiritual goal. Know and trust that everything is exactly as it should be at this specific moment.
The darkness and cold of winter also remind us of the divine feminine within us. Winter provides us the opportunity to honor the divine feminine by thinking and contemplating how you express yourself in the world through your feminine energy. It is an opportunity to become quiet and notice the situations in your life and how you behave within them – going within and changing your inner world in order to transform your outer world.
Winter is a good time for a time-out, to rest and to consolidate. Going back to the basics is a good place to start…
Make sure to do your daily Reiki self-healing
Doing your daily Reiki self-healing is good for the health and well-being of the body, mind, and spirit to pull you through the sometime doom and gloom of the winter months. It is also essential for your immune system and being able to cope with the onslaught of winter’s colds and flues… complicated by new Covid-strains.
I prefer to do Reiki self-healing as a dedicated session for myself (as opposed to doing it…
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