Episode 153
Practices to honor wintertime
in your body and beyond
[episode snippets w/ Jade
Alicandro + myself]
hosted by clinical herbalist & integrative health educator Kay'aleya Hunnybee
Practices to honor wintertime
in your body and beyond
[episode snippets w Jade Alicadro and myself]
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Ahh, solstice has passed and winter has officially arrived - into the landscape and into our bodies.
While this holiday time can feel like a lovely time to connect with family and community, it can also be a time of a lot of conflicting emotions.
But when we tune into the energy of this season, the impending wintertime, the wombspace of the year,
it's actually so much more about quiet, reflection, inner listening than it is about outward connection like the holidays ask of us.
On today's medley episode, you'll find snippets from three previous episodes oriented to the winter season, and ways to engage with the energy of it:
First I share some ideas about practices, and even some self-reflection prompts to explore in the weeks surrounding solstice, or the yin time of the year (right now).
Then, herbalist Jade Alicandro speaks to the qualities of winter from a western and Chinese medicine perspective, and some foods and herbs you can incorporate aligned with this season.
And finally I share about ways to honor not only the rite of passage in the wheel of the year, but also the rites of passage in the wheel of our lives, and particularly the major transitions that occur in our womb phases.
I hope these glimpses into some wintertime practices, including embodied seasonal herbalism and how to engage more intentionally with the season offer you ideas of how to find meaning in this potent time of the year.
A time that so many turn away from... and instead encourage you to consider turning towards it.
Resources (listen to the full episodes here):
- Free Womb Connection + Clearing Guided Visualization
- Episode 45: Embodying Winter with Seasonal Herbalism
- Episode 48: 9 ways to honor winter solstice
- Episode 100: Rites of passage in your womb story
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