It's easy to let your energy fall right through the floor in winter. It's usually too cold to go outside; the holidays are over, the bank account is empty and it gets dark at what seems like just after lunch. In fact, in my 1950s ranch house (with its original construction elements firmly in place), it got so cold in my office yesterday that there was a sheet of ice on the INSIDE of the windows. Indeed, there is a lot of yin energy about. So, how can this wintry energy serve us?
The answer is: lots of ways. Nature is asking us to slow down, go to bed early, get up a little later, and eat root vegetables. It's the most yin time of year and we should be restocking our energy stores. It's time to rest. This is not the time to act on the New Years resolution; but, we can be thinking about what we want to do come spring. The natural world is moving at a snail's pace right now. It would behoove us to do the same. Create your personal meditation space at home--it's the perfect time of year to do it. See if you can find a spot in the northeast part of the house for this--the place of stillness on the bagua. Find some large, beautiful pillows for the floor and some beautiful candles. Perhaps buy a stick or two of frankincense to put in a brass holder to put you in the mood to contemplate. Have a throw blanket or two handy if you get chilled. Put up some artwork that reminds you of your spirituality.
To further tap into winter's natural energy, bundle up and try to get outside for just a few minutes every day. Watch what nature is doing: the streams are partially frozen, the trees are leafless and show off their underlying structure; the sky boasts many shades of silver and blue and gray. Like winter, we also have our underlying structures that come into sharp focus in winter. Somehow, we are exposed in this cold season. As you take time to meditate in your newly-set up space, you may catch a glimpse of yourself without all the artifice that we all typically layer on every day. You may see that you have scars carved in your bark, a few broken branches, and that you lean at a pronounced angle due to some harsh winds blowing from the same direction all the time. But, still--you are rooted in the earth, provide a home and shelter for other beings, and continually grow toward the sky and the sunlight. You are an integral part of nature and an important part of the world--with or without all your leaves.
In fact, on a particularly dark, cold winter night, you might discover that you are at your most beautiful -- in winter.
Until next time,
Tracy
Tracy Miller
Gazelle Feng Shui
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