Take a full conscious breath

We are in the season of deep rest. The darkest of hours. The time to go deep within.

In Chinese medicine, this is the water time of year during the darkest time of the yin season. Water Element represents the essence of life—a profound reservoir of potential, adaptability, and wisdom. We need a season of stillness, reflection, and renewal in order to keep carrying on our path with joy. We must slow down and listen to our own intuition. This isn’t a time to plant new seeds or start a new project. It’s the time to sit with the hollowness or perhaps the nothingness and feel into its energy.

This is the time we learn to flow with life’s currents, conserve our vitality, and cultivate resilience in the face of challenges.

Less resisting, less achieving, and more surrendering.

If you feel like things are shedding/ending for you right now, the work is already happening.

If you feel like you’re stuck and in the void of no motivation, no drive, holiday blues, the work is also happening.

If you’re doing great and on cloud nine, beautiful, the pause is still worth experiencing.

Just know you are right where you need to be.

This isn’t not just a pause. It’s a preparation for what’s to come.

Use it to your advantage. Take time to not retreat from your worries, but return to your guiding voice that will clear the way for you.

Answers aren’t outside of you honey, it isn’t in ChatGBT, or in a supplement, or another course, or advice from a friend…the wisdom is within. Then once you have that wisdom, it takes action (yang energy) and that is where the fruit of your rest unveils.

This month we will be focusing on the kidney and gall bladder meridians. Our powerhouse and vitality center. Here we will replenish our reserves. Weak Kidney energy may lead to fear, indecision, or listlessness, while excess drive can result in burnout, restlessness, and a sense of being ungrounded (sound familiar anyone?!) However, when we take the time to rejuvenate ourselves healthy Kidney energy will give us determination to overcome obstacles and fulfill our destiny moving with purpose (this comes in due time).

See you on the mat,

-Luna with sol ☯️