Winter(ing)
Stillness. Quiet. Dormancy. Energy below ground. Nourishment from the roots. Darkness of the womb. Origin. Creativity. Cocoon. Rest. Replenish. Sleep. Dream
What is wintering?
How can we learn to winter?
Why is wintering important?
What can our wintering bring to these times?
Wintering resists the pull of busy, modern life and instead attunes to the need in our body to slow down as the land around us sleeps
Wintering is remembering that despite everything we have been taught, that we are still animal.
That we still have a body.
It is remembering that we are an extension of the earth and we too benefit from wintering, like so many of our animal and plant kin.
Wintering is saying NO to the extra to-do’s and social demands this time can bring
It is claiming much needed time to rest, replenish and resource ourselves.
It is understanding that phases of dormancy are vital if we want to move away from cycles of depletion and towards cycles of regeneration in our health, fertility and capacity for life.
It is saying NO to the extractive culture that tries to push us beyond our limits
It sets the scene for us to receive what we truly need so we can give in more life sustaining ways.
Wintering is having the permission to say YES to slowing down, feeling more connected and being more resourced
As menstruators we hold an inner key to becoming great, wise winterers
Our fertility cycle apprentices us to wintering through the inner winter we experience each time we bleed.
Each cycle we get an opportunity to practice being in winter and practice what supports us to stay with ourselves so we can surrender to winter.
Through our bleed, we can learn about the many gifts and challenges winter can bring
When we hold ourselves through our inner winters, we see and experience the true gifts of winter by finding the gold waiting for us in the dark. With practice, we can then embrace the outer winter in a resourcing way.
Why does our wintering matter?
Because this is a hard time to be alive.
So much is maddening and unravelling.
Do you feel the descent we are in?
The world needs our gifts more than ever
We need women resourced and wintering can help us get there.
Because when the women and menstruators are resourced, we will see the change we need for our families, our communities and the earth
We're being called home to our innate cycle
Are you connecting to your inner winter?
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