Acclimating to the season

There are few things more beautiful than natural light glinting off of ice. The oak trees behind my house reflected some of the moonlight from the full moon last week. It gave an otherworldly glow to the night.

While we are a couple weeks away from the solstice, it certainly feels like winter here in the Northeast. I am now taking a winter coat with me when I run errands, just in case. I can feel my body start to acclimate to the cold. It's funny--the temperatures have such a bite to them when they first drop, and then my body adjusts, and 30 degrees just doesn't feel as cold.

I am acclimating to the dark too, and feel myself getting tired earlier in the evening. Our busy way of living often feels like it doesn't allow us to slow down, but I do what I can to let my body do what it wants to do. This is living with seasons, being in relationship with nature and weather. Why shouldn't we get tired when the sun goes down?

Part of this work for me has been allowing myself to reacquaint myself with the flow of nature, and allow that relationship to move my body, my energy, my sleep cycles, and my activity. Can you allow yourself to rest? Can you see nature beings to go to sleep for the season, and let yourself do the same? How does relationship with nature move your body and your energy? Can you let it?