5 Things You Can Do During This Yin Season

The crisp, white snow has smothered summer. It appears as if someone has laid a sparkling white sheet over what was once summer and put it to bed. I love winter. I love the hot chocolate with marshmallows melting into the whipped cream, snuggling up with a fire burning, blankets draped over me, and most of all a brilliant book.

In winter and as the world becomes cold, we go inside. Nature tends to freeze and die and there is a stillness like no other time of the year. It is in the deep stillness that gives us a moment to look into our depths, reconnect to our inner being, and embrace the darkness that surrounds us. 

This is the season that we celebrate holidays, we eat and drink, and go to parties with our friends, but it is also the season where our inner world is most accessible because winter is represented by the water element, the most yin of all the five elements. This is a time of contemplation and reflection. 

Here are a few things I do during this yin season:

1. Practice self-acceptance –  for me this means spending five minutes a day looking in a mirror at myself and I don’t criticize what I see.
2. Listen and recharge – Listen more to others and listen closely to what your heart might be saying. It is a time of receiving, not doing.
3. Drink lots of water – in this yin season we lose a great deal of moisture out of our bodies so it is important to hydrate.
4. Dream – we all have ideas and dreams and this season allows us to slow down and have these thoughts germinate as if we were planting a garden. Nurture these images and allow them to develop and grow naturally. Do this and see what sprouts in the spring.
5. Serve – so many are in need during the winter. Perhaps gather coats for the homeless shelter or make a pot of soup for the older people in your neighborhood. Each season provides us all with unique chances to help those around us.

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