Winter solstice: the perfect time to go inside
The winter solstice for 2010 occurred this morning at 3:11 am Pacific Standard Time and 6:11 am Eastern Standard Time. Last night was the longest night of the year.
So tomorrow’s daytime will be a little longer than today’s. It is the very beginning of a new year. During the solstices and equinox, Native Americans celebrate the energy of the earth. They do ceremony. The idea is to allign yourself with the energy of the earth to transition and grow along with it. This is the journey around the Medicine Wheel.
The winter solstice is the time of introspection. It is dark and cold outside. Your field of vision is smaller when it is dark. Long nights make it natural to go inside yourself. It is the perfect time to reevaluate your life. You can look at where you have been and where you want to go. What you have completed and what you want to create next. What is working and what is not working.
It is time to envision the new. And to let the old die and fall away. It is a time to feel. A time to grieve and a time to heal. There ought not to be as much activity to distract you from yourself. It is a perfect time to let it be quiet. And to be sad.
Because before you know it, new things will begin to emerge. And the things that will emerge depend on what you are allowing yourself to envision now.
And the new things need the room that the old things have been occupying. Are you willing to let go of some things that no longer serve you… to make room for the new?
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Michael Hoffman’s passion is guiding people to connect with their natural gifts. He believes that we all have innate gifts that hugely benefit others and the world when we offer them. The purest example of these gifts is the Native American concept of medicine or the gift you offer your people. Michael defines your medicine or gift as the natural effect you have on other people when your heart is open.
Unfortunately, the demands of our current culture to comply and fit in often distract people away from their inherent gifts and the natural expression of their being. Michael believes many of us have forgotten our dreams and what we are about. This sadly results in a loss of purpose, passion, and vitality.
As an innate gift specialist, Michael offers retreats, classes, and individual sessions to allow people to reclaim their natural gifts. These venues allow people to identify, awaken, and offer their gifts. This experiential work incorporates Zen thought, Native American ceremony, rites-of-passage, and releasing limiting belief systems.
Michael also maintains his meta blog to provide knowledge, skills, and awareness for unfolding your natural gifts. He is currently compiling this knowledge and research into a college class and book.
Michael earned his Bachelor of Science in Psychology in 1987 and Master of Social Work in 1996. He is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. In addition to his formal education, Michael studied and apprenticed with a Zen Master and spiritual teacher for 22 years to learn how to guide people to understand themselves. He has worked with people professionally since 1986 as a psychotherapist and teacher.
Michael currently resides in Oceanside, California.
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