Yul.

Blessed winter solstice to you all.  May all darkness and cold help us to listen more deeply and to rest more fully. To slow down as an antidote and revolution against the ever-pressuring maze of modern digitalized capitalist society. To honor the cycles of growth, the ebbs and lows - the rhythms which structure life hidden from our daily perception.

May we cherish the eternal dance between light & shadow and be open to receive the lessons & blessings of each part of the cycle.

The space of belonging here and now - the space of remembering.

Stopping and relaxing means putting down all the guards and armor. Softening the places which protect the pain. Being strong and powerful by not trying to always be strong.

Trust that what is shown to the world even when it is so dark and frightening is the necessary medicine to heal all there is. Always remembering that even in the darkest places we still shine a very bright light… That there needs to be darkness for us to even be able to shine a light in the first place.

May we walk with grace, truth & courage through the dark night and may the radiance of our hearts show us the way - step by step.

I pray for humanity to return to its origins with humility, devotion & curiosity

Re-membering all which is needed for us to weave in with the future timelines awaiting us.

May we all realize the light within and give birth to the original Christ - the consciousness of love, compassion, devotion, humbleness and wisdom.

I wish for us all to recognize the destruction inherent in our compulsive distraction through consumption. How our attachments fuel the toxic system based on  extraction. How our addictions are aimed at filling a hole which can only be healed through truthful connection, to ourselves, within our Self. 

I wish for us all to realize the absurdity of cutting down trees and decorating them within our homes removed from Nature, while the abundance of our Mother is stripped away for our pleasing and comfort. How our disconnection and oftentimes resentment towards ourselves is mirrored in the way we relate to other living beings, to the natural realms, seen and unseen. 

I wish for us all to raise our voices not only to talk mundane politics or small talk at the dinner table, but  choose to point out the ways in which we can contribute to a more human, liberated Earth in justice and peace. How we can be the change we want to see - instead of relentlessly pointing fingers… or needing another glass of red wine to forget the stance or perspective of each other and “be in harmony” (which is the micro of the macro of the sick & ignorant state of the world).

I wish for us all to pray and act for the abolition of white supremacist systems of oppression. To dismantle through our reflections and open-minded conversations how we are complicit in colonial structures of violence, domination and greed. How our own actions serve that which is not only not serving humanity, but obliterating life on Earth. 

I wish for us all to re-member and embody the knowingness that we already have it all. I wish for us all to gift to each other our time, space, presence, compassion and love. I wish for humanity to open hearts and spirits and see where we have been led astray, and where we have blindly followed. I wish for this sacred period in between the years, the time “out of time” for us all to turn inwards, to refuse the distractions and chaos in the external, and breathe. Deeply and slowly. And again.