{"id":1711,"date":"2022-11-30T09:21:28","date_gmt":"2022-11-30T17:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/diviningbeauty.com\/?p=1711"},"modified":"2022-12-02T01:33:43","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T09:33:43","slug":"no-wonder-you-are-exhausted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/diviningbeauty.com\/no-wonder-you-are-exhausted\/","title":{"rendered":"No wonder you are exhausted…(and a downloadable meditation that might just help)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are you exhausted? Maybe here\u2019s why, Dear One\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the hundreds of thousands of years of human existence \u2014 as hunter gatherers or agrarian peoples \u2014 this time of less daylight during the winter brought rest. Before electricity made it possible to ignore the yearly cycles of light and darkness, it\u2019s likely that our ancestors spent much more of the winter asleep. Ah ha!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But we have a multitude of flashy distractions to help us deny or ignore our own evolutionary need for quiet and rest. Human evolution can\u2019t possibly have caught up with the speed of our modern technological advances. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With all that light, we can\u2019t help but be drawn outward toward all that must be done. We indulge our fascination with the endless possibilities for work and play, always occupied, always busy doing, doing, doing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are a culture addicted to doing. If we\u2019re not catching up on work, these dark evenings are likely to find us exhausted, scrolling through social media or watching Netflix.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

When you\u2019re not running at breakneck speed or collapsed in distracted recovery the subtle messages that draw you back to our own wisdom will want to emerge. Only we\u2019d rather avoid them, right? Something like, \u201cI just can\u2019t take this anymore!<\/em>\u201d or \u201cThere\u2019s got to be a change!<\/em>\u201d or \u201cI want to give up!<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Maybe that\u2019s why we stay so busy. Amped up on caffeine to get through our long list of have to\u2019s, we block the deeper primordial ancient impulse calling us back to quiet and rest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Beyond just our bodies\u2019 need to harmonize with our surroundings, if we allow it, this time of year offers a chance to tune in and listen for a deeper calling from our essence. And settling in to listen for the longing beneath all our doing opens us to the Wisdom this time can reveal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But what December usually brings is parties and staying up late. Then we can\u2019t help but be distracted from going inward to nourish ourselves with what we most naturally crave. Usually we don\u2019t even feel the longing. Instead we call it depression. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019ve been wondering lately if SAD \u2014 Seasonal Affective Disorder \u2014 is less about the lack of light in our lives near the Winter Solstice<\/a> and more about how we don\u2019t attend to our very real human need \u2014 body and soul \u2014 for downtime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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But maybe this year, it could be different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As we move day by day into the December darkness and the approaching Winter Solstice on 21 Decembe<\/a>r, I invite you – maybe for just a few minutes each day – to let yourself off the hook of all that over-doing, and receive the gift of spaciousness and revelation that this growing darkness has to offer you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As much as we may try to distance ourselves within the comfort of our homes, we are undeniably a part of nature and it\u2019s cycles. During the few weeks before and after the Winter Solstice<\/a> there is less than one minute\u2019s change in the amount of light and darkness. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

At this darkest part of the year I invite you to experience your body\u2019s natural alignment with its surroundings, with the natural world that you are undeniably a part of<\/em>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

So I invite you to take 4 minutes right now to take this short relaxing journey with me \u2026 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I encourage you to let the simple pleasure of a few quiet minutes be something you might like to infuse into many of your evenings as we draw closer to the Winter Solstice on Wednesday, December 21st.<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

And, if you are within an easy commute from my home in the Berkshires, why not consider joining me and a small group of women who will be gathering together for a Retreat Day to rest and explore the wisdom of this pivotal point of the wheel of the year? Click here<\/a> for full details and to register to join us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

With so much love,<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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