I know, I know. There’s a whole lot going on these days.
Our modern society often runs counter to our energy and instinctual way of operating. And particularly for those of us in the northern hemisphere, where now the days are short, we have to find the balance between moving within and saving our energy and the draw to be social and busy throughout the holidays.
But there are some really good reasons why you should take time to slow down and work with your energy now…even if you think you are just too busy. We have several energetic “events” doing their best to capture our attention and practically corner us into doing the work of self healing.
So, here’s a short list of 3 reasons why you should slow down and be working with your energy right now. (Plus a few ways you might do that!)
Mercury is retrograde (November 24-December 13)
Mercury’s retrograde always gives us the change to re-think, re-envision, respond to our energy in new ways. But to do that we must tune-in and follow the energetic path within us to see where the work needs to be done.
This inner work isn’t hard to find. It often finds us. What it does take is some commitment to your own process and making time to simply sit with what you are experiencing — without judgement.
Follow the flow of what is within to get in touch with how you feel (physically or emotionally). And then stay with the energy to follow the path that your own energetic intelligence and higher self can show you. Let the energy show you what inner transformation can take place which will bring in a flow of new energetic information for you to then act upon.
Mercury’s retrograde is cause alone to slow down and spend time with your energy. It has a tricky way of bringing you what you need to look at in your life. So you might as well take a pro-active stance. My experience is when we actively seek out what change is needed, it’s a whole lot easier!
The Solstice is in a few weeks (December 21st )
Whether you are about to celebrate the winter or summer solstice, it’s a big energetic event. Most people don’t celebrate this as a bona fide holiday, but maybe they should!
Those who do celebrate the solstice know it is an energetic event. In fact, the energetic shift is palpable. And the energy brings with it a transformative power. How could it not?!
But again, this type of energetic shift needs to be worked with. Often as we gear up to the solstice we begin to feel that vibrational shift starting its process and we begin to process right with it. The type of healing that we do with this solstice energy is usually geared toward our deeper creative process…what we want to create at that Soul level. And these being the transformational times that they are, this type of clearing out comes on top of countless waves of change that keep asking us to stay focused on, and working with, this soul-purpose energy.
So, your job over the next few weeks is to stay aware of your process; but also begin to ask yourself what creative forces want to move through you. It’s a perfect combination to the mercury retrograde energy and cleaning house as you set the stage for what can be ushered in with the power of the Solstice energy. (Stay tuned to this blog for some ritual ideas for the Solstice.)
Your “horizontal” energy and energetic boundaries need to stay clear in times of change.
We often energetically work more vertically when we are doing the kind of growth and healing that I mentioned above with the mercury and solstice energy transforming us around our Soul work. But we also transform as we encounter energy from other people’s energy and ideas, as well as through societal changes. And to me, that energy flow is more on a horizontal axis.
And change is truly a’foot in that arena.
So, be on the lookout for your own energy moving out all around you. How clear is your energy field? How are you tied into (on an energetic level) what is happening with people around you? Are you getting triggered or can you stay centered and hold a more integral view of what is going on around you. In other words can you keep enough awareness of how you need to grow inside of, and with, what is transforming around you?
This takes effort and a daily – if not hourly – checking in with your energy, and then working with what you do get triggered by. It also can best be served if you slow down and really tune into what you are thinking and feeling… make the connection within.
If you’d like to learn to work with this energetically, I have a home study energy work course to help you tune into your own energy and learn a powerful, yet simple tool to get information for yourself about what’s going on within.
The truth is, there is no shortage of reasons these days to be slowing down enough to notice what is truly within your awareness and then working with your energy — that energetic and vibrational information that is within and all around you. It does take some multi-tasking as you focus on the energy for your growth across all levels of who you are. There’s change happening at just about every level of our awareness these days.
But when you do take that time to do your healing work, and work energetically, you will open up to a world of transformation right there within you!
But perhaps that is why there is a need for some energetic quiet time — time to go within, reflect and get a sense of deep clarity about what we want to see in our world and in our own lives.
When I look at the energy of June, I see stepping stones.
