Winter is the season of stillness. The days grow shorter, the air crisper and the landscape often cloaked in a blanket of snow. While some may feel a sense of melancholy, winter offers a unique opportunity for inward reflection and a profound sense of renewal.
Letting go can be challenging, but it's crucial for personal growth. By releasing what no longer aligns with our highest selves, we create space for new possibilities and allow ourselves to bloom anew in the spring.
Winter also provides the perfect time to set intentions for the months ahead.
What are your deepest desires?
What kind of person do you wish to become?
What experiences do you yearn for?
By consciously setting intentions, you can cultivate a sense of direction and purpose, guiding your actions and choices toward a more fulfilling life.
Just as a seed lies dormant beneath the winter snow, nurturing its potential so too can we cultivate our inner seeds of possibility during these quiet months. By embracing the stillness and honoring our inner wisdom, we can emerge from winter renewed, refreshed, and ready to embrace the blossoming spring.
Here is a meditation to help you embrace the stillness of winter and
dive deeper into self-reflection:
Begin by finding a comfortable position in whatever way works for you. If you can find a place where you can be alone preferably in a cozy and safe place. Now, gently close your eyes, allowing the weight of your eyelids to feel heavy and restful.
As you settle into this stillness, become aware of your breath. Notice in your body where you feel your breath rise and fall. For some, it's in the chest, for others the lower down in the stomach where your solar plexus lies.
Notice the gentle rise and fall of your breath as it moves through your body, the cool air entering your body and the warm air leaving. With each exhale, allow your body to sink deeper. Feel the pull of gravity as it weighs you down. With each breath, feel yourself become heavier and heavier.
When you feel relaxed, imagine yourself nestled within a cozy cave, protected from the winter winds. The air is crisp and still, the only sound is the gentle snowfall outside.
Visualize a ball of pure white light high above your head. Imagine it being right outside the cosmos where our atmosphere begins to fade into the darkness. (This is the stargate chakra that connects us to the heavens.)
Now imagine, see in your mind if you can, this ball of light spiraling down as it descends from the cosmos, connecting with the crown of your head. (Your crown chakra) Feel this divine energy flowing down your spinal column as it activates each chakra alongside your spine.
When you reach your tailbone (muladhara/root chakra), imagine a golden light extending down from the base of your spine, deep down into the heart of Mother Earth. Feel the cool, stable energy of the Earth pulling you down, anchoring you firmly in the present moment.
Allow the golden light to continue flowing through your spinal cord creating a powerful, balanced flow within your entire being. Feel the tension melting away with each breath, as you center yourself within this harmonious energy flow between heaven and earth.
When you are ready, take a deep breath in, feeling crisp, fresh energy as winter fills your lungs. Hold it for a moment, then exhale slowly, releasing any lingering tension or doubt.
Now, imagine yourself standing in a serene winter landscape. The air is still, the ground blanketed in pure, white snow. This snow symbolizes clarity, renewal, and the infinite possibilities that lie ahead.
Feel the peace and quiet of this winter moment surround you, reminding you that this season of rest is also a season of preparation --- a time when the earth and your spirit align to make space for new growth.
As you begin to return to the present, take a moment to carry this stillness and clarity with you.
Trust that just as winter gives way to spring, your journey is unfolding perfectly, and all that is meant for you will come in its time.
Take one final deep breath, and when you're ready, gently open your eyes. You are grounded, renewed, and ready to step forward with grace and purpose.
I hope this meditation helps you to become more clear on your deepest desires, what kind of person you want to be and what experiences you would like to have. I have found that combining meditation and journaling really helps me to become clearer about what I want. When we are crystal clear about our intentions, the path to our next steps will be revealed.
May the calm of winter stay with you, and may its quiet strength guide you forward.
Thank you for reading,
Angela
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