The Light of the Season
Hello dear friends!
This is it - we’re headed into the darkest days this week. The shortest day of 2023 will be this coming Thursday - just over 9 hours of daylight!
The darkness invites us to linger with it. And perhaps that’s what we should do. Stay in bed a few extra minutes each morning, if your schedule allows. Wait for the return of the light to begin your day. Head to bed a few minutes earlier each night to spend some extra time with the stillness, with the darkness.
After Thursday, the days will begin to get longer. The light is returning. It’s the same revolution every year. And every year, I am in awe of the change that is taking place.
There are lots of lights to be found – quite literally. Just driving down the street is a riot of twinkling and sparkling.
Our days get darker and we turn on more lights. It’s not a bad response.
Our yoga practice invites us to do more though. From within the stillness of our practice, we are able to connect with our true self and begin to make those tiny ripples of good that will help to change the world. This can happen regardless of the season, regardless of the hours of daylight.
This quote arrived in my inbox this week. It speaks perfectly to the season and to our practice.
“Look for it in the wintertime, if you want to find The Light Of The Season — the real light, not the Hallmark one. Look for the location of resistance. Look for the darkness in which you can be a spark. Look for the opportunity to be bright, to light someone else’s way, to warm their hands, to shuttle them safely through the dark. Look for the crack you can fill or the shadow you can dispel by bringing a little bit of the light of resistance, carefully and tenderly, to just the place where it’s needed.”
While we wait for those longer days, we have the opportunity to be the 'light of the season'. Thank you for continuing to bring your light to where it is needed.
Love & Light,
Nina G