Touching of Seasons
This spring I enjoyed slow mornings in front of the woodstove, drinking in the wildness found in the touching of two seasons: blustery winds, frosty mornings, warmth of the hearth, and plant life being drawn from the soil, towards the changing light. In previous years I pushed myself. However, this year I am savoring every glorious moment, of slow being fast.
A couple years ago I changed my yearly planner to live in cadence from equinox to equinox. Shifting the heartbeat of our life into a softer rhythm. For example, we no longer celebrate New Year in January. It felt wrong, and when I looked at nature it verifies that it is mid winter. Not a new season.
March has become our new year, and my husband and I marked the occasion by creating a sunrise bonfire experience. I shared the video on IG.
The other thing I changed. As a gardener, normally I mulch in the spring. With some foresight I timed it so that I would have wood chips on hand and ready to apply after autumn's hard frosts. So that there was a layer of leaves against the soil, then the chips. Giving it time to nourish the soil during the season of rest.
The third shift came when I stepped out of living in an eternal season of spring. This lesson has subtle nuances unique to each of our lives. The overarching idea is that creating something new consumes a tremendous amount of energy! Going from project to project without honoring circadian rhythms, or seasonal breaks. There is a price. The price is that and over time the quality of life becomes more and more diluted, and energetically depleted.
I’m not saying sit on your bum, what I am saying that things out of season have a cost. Life in season reap rewards of abundance. The reward is an abundance of spiritual, physical and emotional vitality, strength and longevity.
Living out of rhythm with nature creates an arrhythmic heartbeat in our lifestyle. In a weakened state we have been taught to name the symptom, get or find a diagnosis. Then sadly we are met with a supplemental remedy, or perhaps a bio hack, or quick fix. Keeping humanity stuck in an infinite loop of treating symptoms. It is a trap.
Regardless of our age, we learn through observation. When we adjust our life to honor the Life force, it won’t fix things. It changes things.
My husband's most famous quote, “ slow is fast ''. Slow changes over time transform life.
