Yoga Studio 🌿 Gathering on Wiradjuri country 🌿 Hatha, Vinyasa, Yin & Trauma-informed Yoga 🌿 Meditation
11/05/2026
“Sometimes when you’re in a dark place you think you’ve been buried, but you’ve actually been planted”
- Christine Caine 🌱
In Traditional Chinese Medicine, each of the seasons energetically is attributed to the life cycle stage of a plant.
You may guess that this cycle begins in Spring, but it actually commences in Winter, where the sapling is simply a seed beneath the soil. Dark, cold, and unsure of which way is up, the stage of the seedling can feel lonely, stagnant and uncertain of what comes next. We enter this phase many times throughout our life, and most often we meet it with resistance, sadness, feelings of failure or that we aren’t “doing enough”.
Rather than pushing through to hurriedly find the surface, the energetics of winter call us to pause, slow down and preserve our vital energy. There is an inherent trust in the unknown that is required. There is a quiet knowing that no matter what we do, whether it be surrender or struggle, that the coming of Spring is inevitable either way.
And so, with the fast approaching season of winter, perhaps you have observed your energy start to lessen, or your motivation start to dim. Accept this phase without judgement, self criticism or resistance. Now is the time to begin preparations for rest and more intentional usage of our precious energy. Winter prepares us to be planted, to retreat into the dark and trust in the
