Jill welcomes you this week as she discusses the current winter season. With the Winter Solstice coming up (which is, of course, the shortest day and longest night of the winter), she discusses her reasons for personally loving winter and how she regards it as a time for slowing down and reflecting. If you go outside during the winter, you will notice that nature takes this time to pause and be still, but humans so often don’t. Why is that?

Society tends to encourage us to keep going and pushing on, but it’s so important that we honor slowing down and becoming insular because it helps enhance our health in multiple ways, including physically, mentally, and spiritually. So many of us don’t not only because of external pressures but also because trying to be still can drive us crazy which is why Jill encourages conscious, committed, and consistent effort. 

Jill encourages listeners to allow themselves to really embrace winter and to be still, but what exactly does that mean? She gives some examples such as becoming more insular, focusing on rest and nourishment, limiting social media and phone usage, and spending time outdoors even when it’s cold. She discusses why it’s important to connect with nature and to be outdoors more often, especially for people who suffer from Seasonal Affective Disorder.

This episode of Be YOU is an invitation for you, an invitation to give yourself the gift of winter stillness and calm and all of its rewards, to make peace with the season of winter, and if you are able to, Jill also invites you to join her for about ten minutes of guided meditation at the very end of the show!

Show Notes:

[1:32] - Today’s episode is about winter. [3:04] - Learn what inspired Jill to do this episode. [5:43] - “In winter stillness, the body whispers what the soul needs most - rest, reflection, and renewal.” [7:52] - The Earth uses winter to restore its energy. [10:47] - Stillness, for some of us, requires adjustment and embodiment. [11:49] - Jill encourages listeners to tune into their bodies and acknowledge what they’re feeling. [13:37] - A way to connect with oneself is to connect to nature. [16:11] - Jill encourages listeners that there are rewards to be experienced in the spring by being still in the winter. [18:49] - Jill guides listeners through a 10-minute meditation. [22:21] - Winter wants us to know that slowing down is not weak. [25:09] - What can you release in this season of rest?

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