The winter solstice marks the shortest day of the year and the longest night. This is the season to go inwards, to become reflective, to allow ourselves to stop, and to design the new year to come. The winter solstice is an invitation to surrender into being, to accept the darkness—inside ourselves and others—and to plant our seeds of intention for the new year that lies ahead.

You might want to sit in a dark room, and light a candle for this meditation. You can focus on the flame of the candle while you follow my words.