• About
  • Seeding Our Future

Communing

~ with Nature

Communing

Monthly Archives: January 2013

Winter

08 Tuesday Jan 2013

Posted by Lesley Irene Shore in Nature

≈ 3 Comments

Tags

Align, Cycle, Deeper, Earth, Elements, Energy, Hibernate, Inner Composting, Inside, Intention, Nature, Nourish, Reflection, Rejuvination, Retreat, Rhythm, walk in the woods, Winter

I sit in my kitchen looking out at the wintry landscape.   A blanket of snow covers the earth, protecting it from blustery cold air.  Barren trees shift gently in the wind.  The sun hangs low in the sky; its rays readily pass through the glass to brighten the room. 

Winter Scene

Nestled inside my home, protected from winter’s elements, I feel cozy and safe.  Even though I still take my daily walk in the woods, I hunker down during this time of the year. 

Like bears who hibernate during winter months, our rhythms similarly slow during this season.  We feel inclined to curl up by the fire and read a book or simply day-dream. 

Winter prods us to take time for reflection, for inner composting and rejuvenation.  If we nourish our deeper selves during winter’s cold months, we emerge in spring feeling rested and renewed, with energy for manifestation. 

Despite these natural inclinations, we often expect ourselves to continue rushing around – doing, doing, doing.  I believe that we pay a price for this behavior.  We deplete our inner energy reserves. 

This winter I intend to align with the energy of winter.  I plan to slow down and retreat inside – inside my home as well as inside myself.  I aim to embrace each moment and be.  

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Recent Posts

  • Survivor Tree
  • Witch Hazel
  • Nature’s Fury
  • Community
  • Moving On

Categories

  • Aging
  • Elderhood
  • Fox Hill Village
  • Growing
  • Land
  • Nature
  • Spiritual
  • Whole

Archives

  • January 2018
  • October 2017
  • September 2017
  • August 2017
  • November 2016
  • October 2016
  • September 2016
  • November 2014
  • November 2013
  • May 2013
  • March 2013
  • February 2013
  • January 2013
  • December 2012
  • November 2012
  • October 2012
  • September 2012
  • August 2012
  • June 2012
  • May 2012
  • April 2012
  • March 2012
  • February 2012
  • January 2012
  • December 2011

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Blog at WordPress.com.

  • Follow Following
    • Communing
    • Join 92 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • Communing
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...