Hibernation

After fall comes winter, the season of hibernation and stillness. Once the autumn leaf lets go, it transcends gracefully to rest on the cold hard ground, ready to experience the next season. The frost then rolls in, freezing the ground where the leaf has landed to rest. The frost is the catalyst to the leaf's next transition during the winter months. Winter is a time to lie dormant; we can only ever be truly dormant when stuck in stillness. Once frozen, we become completely static. To be frozen is to persevere; while in a numbed state, we’re unable to move. If we’re unable to progress forward, then the shift would need to occur within the Jack Frost home of solitude before any change can commence. If the leaf doesn’t land to rest, it will always blow around aimlessly in a whirlwind, unable to remain calm in order to evolve. The stipulation of sleep during chilled months is the period of real growth. Eventually the snow will come and the leaf will enter full hibernation under a white blanket. It will be frozen and grounded for the entire season, alone and still, isolated in complete darkness from the flakes of winter. During this dormant time, there will be periods of thaw, where daylight will glaze the frosted and snow-covered translucent ground, shining its ray of light on the resting leaf. Within that beam, it will feel the suns warmth penetrating on its lifeless appearance. The appearance of light in the moments of darkness during rest and rejuvenation is validation that things are always changing; everything is transient in nature, including nature. However, we always need the change of each season to evolve.

Anything in life can only truly be recharged after it has had time to rest. We can only really rest once we have surrendered to lying still in the cold with nothing but our breath. When we take the time to become dormant, we are renewing our souls, which is our true essence. We are quietly evolving our own element within the elements of life. Even during sleep, our energy is still “vibing” on low frequency within our hub. It’s simply recharging to full capacity within the stillness of cold winter nights. We are preparing to awake with fresh eyes to a new season of growth. Winter is simply the stimulant to spring; it's an incubation period of silence followed by rebirth. When we wake up, the world has transformed into many tiny buds, ready to bloom.

The magic of the winter wonderland is that it’s the only season when one can really see their breath crystallize in the frigid air. We can all find comfort in this, because it’s our soul, truly seen by the eye of the beholder, who is frozen in the glacial season; the most influential cycle of life.