The darkest day of the year is here (Winter solstice). Afterwards, more and more light will filter in with each coming day.
W๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ช๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ง ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ช๐ต?
To go inward.
To let go.
To empty out.
To purge the things in your mind and spirit that are not supporting you.
Have a ceremony! Wear your most magical clothing, anoint yourself, light candles, burn herbs, sip tea, drink cacao, dance to a song (or many), sit with yourself, write in your journal.
Celebrate the depths of yourself, the experiences
you've had, the lessons youโve learned, the things youโre letting go of. Honor them, and bid them farewell so you create the deep empty space necessary for your truest dreams to take root.
People talk a lot about letting go, as if it's easy to just let go and step into the next best thing. (Maybe it is for some people, and yay for them!) I've found that there is a deep grieving process that happens as I empty out, as I morph and change and let go of people and places, patterns and habits.
Feeling that grief is an incredibly important part of letting go. It's part of digesting what's happened, what was, and what is no longer. There's a sadness/grief/forgiveness that has to be acknowledged & felt.
๐๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ช๐ต'๐ด ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต, ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅ, & ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ๐ฅโฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ด ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ต๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฉ๐ช๐ด ๐ช๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต๐ช๐ข๐ญ ๐ฑ๐ข๐ณ๐ต.
Feeling empty is not "bad". It's the outbreath, before you breath in. It's the moment before the next magical thing pulses through you. Itโs OK to feel empty. ๐๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐ฅ๐ ๐ ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐ง๐๐ฐ ๐ฌ๐๐๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ .
Then the joy and lightness can begin its journey through you. Weโre cyclical beings, mirrored by the cyclical-ness of nature. Surrender to the current of it, and magic will begin to pulse through you in ways you could only begin to fathom.
Happy Solstice.
May you feel, grieve, and empty out, so your dreams can flow in and take up the space they so deserve.
Xo
๐๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ด๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐บ๐ญ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฃ๐ช๐ต ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ด ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ฆ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ฅ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฎ๐ด, ๐ด๐ช๐จ๐ฏ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ผ ๐ธ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฌ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ด๐ฆ: ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฏ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐-๐๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฌ๐๐ฅ๐, ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ท๐ฆ๐ญ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฐ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ.