Loved your poem and pictures! For me too the seasonal change this year really feels like "a time to nourish and nurture all that has already been laid in the ground." There’s something different, I feel it in my body. Now it’s time to listen more intently, and that’s why I feel the need for even more grounding practices and time out by myself.
Love that you are also feeling this energy, and I don’t think there can be too much grounding at this part of the year. Thank you so much for your lovely words. xxx
Loved this reflection and the poem. Also the concept of winterspring and going to get the book about 72 seasons as I think you can feel those smaller shifts. ❤️
I really love the 72 seasons concept - there is a group here in the UK that do a similar thing but reframed for UK natures timings and they are such a joy to follow on social media
Oh yes I follow them on Instagram and love the little micro season moments they share, they always make me more conscious to look out for those things. xx
So many sweet reminders, thank you Lauren. I remember hearing you and Lyndsay talk about 'winterspring' during Holding Stories (how was that nearly a year ago!?) and it rang so deeply true for me. It was like the key I'd been missing. I had forgotten it until recently and again, the acknowledgement of it brought such soothing to my body and soul. I thought I was ready to emerge, but I am not. I find this transition so challenging too but putting a name to it helps immensely xo
Ahhh thank you lovely one, yes Lyndsay really shone a light on this seasonal transition so beautifully and it supports and guides me so much. Thank you for being here even in the in between xxxx
Thank you for sharing your beautiful seasonal reflections and your hope at the emergence of spring, it is something I didn’t realise how much I needed until I felt the warmth of the sun on Ostara day! Thank you also for mentioning my musings and our ongoing conversations about ‘winterspring’, I absolutely agree that it can be quite excruciating for so many reasons. I too, feel a bit of a shift this year (though who knows, I think I have said that before…!). I find that anchoring into the ebb and flow of the season, and using this time to take it slow, rather than putting too much pressure on (the weather/myself etc!) really helpful. I loved your beautiful everyday rituals for the season, all so helpful and nourishing for grounding into the experience of this season xx
Ahhh yes that warmth was just utterly delicious. I didn’t know how much I craved it until that moment either. I definitely thinking taking it slow is the most sustainable way of staying grounded and I think I’m learning to honour a gentler pace more and more as I get older… while also letting my MG energy fizz around too when it’s there of course!! Xxx
The poem is amazing and, as per usual, I resonate with so much of what you have written. I’m very much feeling that inner winter at the same time that I’m yearning for spring. Enjoying brief moments of the season are the best I can do right now and that has to be enough 🙂
Ahhh I truly feel you Ashley, spring is such a hopeful season so I think it’s very natural to want to get there quicker than we can. I certainly feel that with the outer seasons anyway. Winter can be sooooo long. Definitely being open to glimmers of spring and trusting that all of our seasons are necessary has helped me. Thank you for reading and being here xxx
I always feel so hopeful at this time of year. And like you emerging out of a few years of intense mothering, so I’m excited to see what Spring has in store for me this year.
I really enjoyed listening to your beautiful poem, Lauren. This transition is always a funny one, isn't it? With each cycle of the wheel I feel I winter more deeply and there is then that spell you talk about of one foot in each season, before full emergence into the spring energy. Like you, learning to go with it all and allow things to unfold in their own time.
Thank you so much for listening Kelly, I am so glad you enjoyed listening. I agree… I feel as I grow older I winter deeper and then find it harder to emerge… but I wonder if there is an opportunity to then really flourish more in the summer energy. Will have to see how it pans out but definitely learning to let things unfold a little more than I used to. xxx
The concept of 'winterspring' is such a good one. I have often struggled with this transition from winter to spring and so often have set off with a whole swathe of good intentions only to find my energy flagging a few weeks later.
This emphasis on it being a gradual, more measured transition has been so helpful to me.
It was a bit of a revelation when Lyndsay highlighted that word to me to be honest and helped me embody what I was feeling a little more as opposed to resisting it and thinking I was ‘wrong’!! A gentle emergence is how she often speaks of it and that really sits with me and I am learning to go where the energy is and then be OK with it if that energy isn’t there for a little bit. Thank you so much for being here and reading. xxx
Thank you for acknowledging the slow creaky way of some transitions. I love the ideas you listed. And this excellent reminder: “It is remembering to pro-actively rest rather than waiting until depletion hits to react to that.”
Loved your poem and pictures! For me too the seasonal change this year really feels like "a time to nourish and nurture all that has already been laid in the ground." There’s something different, I feel it in my body. Now it’s time to listen more intently, and that’s why I feel the need for even more grounding practices and time out by myself.
Love that you are also feeling this energy, and I don’t think there can be too much grounding at this part of the year. Thank you so much for your lovely words. xxx
Loved this reflection and the poem. Also the concept of winterspring and going to get the book about 72 seasons as I think you can feel those smaller shifts. ❤️
I really love the 72 seasons concept - there is a group here in the UK that do a similar thing but reframed for UK natures timings and they are such a joy to follow on social media
https://72seasons.co.uk/collections
Oh yes I follow them on Instagram and love the little micro season moments they share, they always make me more conscious to look out for those things. xx
Yes!! Lyndsay uses this book a lot and it’s wonderful xxx
So many sweet reminders, thank you Lauren. I remember hearing you and Lyndsay talk about 'winterspring' during Holding Stories (how was that nearly a year ago!?) and it rang so deeply true for me. It was like the key I'd been missing. I had forgotten it until recently and again, the acknowledgement of it brought such soothing to my body and soul. I thought I was ready to emerge, but I am not. I find this transition so challenging too but putting a name to it helps immensely xo
Ahhh thank you lovely one, yes Lyndsay really shone a light on this seasonal transition so beautifully and it supports and guides me so much. Thank you for being here even in the in between xxxx
Thank you for sharing your beautiful seasonal reflections and your hope at the emergence of spring, it is something I didn’t realise how much I needed until I felt the warmth of the sun on Ostara day! Thank you also for mentioning my musings and our ongoing conversations about ‘winterspring’, I absolutely agree that it can be quite excruciating for so many reasons. I too, feel a bit of a shift this year (though who knows, I think I have said that before…!). I find that anchoring into the ebb and flow of the season, and using this time to take it slow, rather than putting too much pressure on (the weather/myself etc!) really helpful. I loved your beautiful everyday rituals for the season, all so helpful and nourishing for grounding into the experience of this season xx
Ahhh yes that warmth was just utterly delicious. I didn’t know how much I craved it until that moment either. I definitely thinking taking it slow is the most sustainable way of staying grounded and I think I’m learning to honour a gentler pace more and more as I get older… while also letting my MG energy fizz around too when it’s there of course!! Xxx
The poem is amazing and, as per usual, I resonate with so much of what you have written. I’m very much feeling that inner winter at the same time that I’m yearning for spring. Enjoying brief moments of the season are the best I can do right now and that has to be enough 🙂
Ahhh I truly feel you Ashley, spring is such a hopeful season so I think it’s very natural to want to get there quicker than we can. I certainly feel that with the outer seasons anyway. Winter can be sooooo long. Definitely being open to glimmers of spring and trusting that all of our seasons are necessary has helped me. Thank you for reading and being here xxx
I always feel so hopeful at this time of year. And like you emerging out of a few years of intense mothering, so I’m excited to see what Spring has in store for me this year.
It’s such an exciting time full of hope, I’m looking forward to seeing what’s emerging from you Kendall xx
I really enjoyed listening to your beautiful poem, Lauren. This transition is always a funny one, isn't it? With each cycle of the wheel I feel I winter more deeply and there is then that spell you talk about of one foot in each season, before full emergence into the spring energy. Like you, learning to go with it all and allow things to unfold in their own time.
Thank you so much for listening Kelly, I am so glad you enjoyed listening. I agree… I feel as I grow older I winter deeper and then find it harder to emerge… but I wonder if there is an opportunity to then really flourish more in the summer energy. Will have to see how it pans out but definitely learning to let things unfold a little more than I used to. xxx
The concept of 'winterspring' is such a good one. I have often struggled with this transition from winter to spring and so often have set off with a whole swathe of good intentions only to find my energy flagging a few weeks later.
This emphasis on it being a gradual, more measured transition has been so helpful to me.
It was a bit of a revelation when Lyndsay highlighted that word to me to be honest and helped me embody what I was feeling a little more as opposed to resisting it and thinking I was ‘wrong’!! A gentle emergence is how she often speaks of it and that really sits with me and I am learning to go where the energy is and then be OK with it if that energy isn’t there for a little bit. Thank you so much for being here and reading. xxx
Thank you for acknowledging the slow creaky way of some transitions. I love the ideas you listed. And this excellent reminder: “It is remembering to pro-actively rest rather than waiting until depletion hits to react to that.”
Something I always have to remind myself of! But yes… approaching it gently has been a big change for my transitions xxx