on the equinox

A PSA from your therapist-friend on the Fall Equinox: let yourself be tired, let yourself be tough to motivate, let yourself cocoon.

This is a day of equanimity, of equal balance between night and day. Your senses are aware of the lengthening of nights and the shortening of days, even if your consciousness hadn’t caught up yet. What provided balance through the sun-drenched energy of the summer months might not provide balance during the cold dormancy of winter. This is ok. It is ok to allow yourself to be a living creature following the cycles of the seasons.

Your body knows the nights are growing longer, the days shorter and colder, and it knows this is the time to turn in, find quiet, and rest. Allow yourself to honour this cycle.

Know that light follows dark and that the winter freeze sets the soil for the spring rebirth. Surround yourself with comforts, nourish your body and your mind, access community (social, virtual, humans, pets…it all counts), stay warm and prepare yourself for your next season.