23/09/2025
I didn't think I had been very engaged with the autumn equinox this year. But taking some time this morning to reflect, I realised that what had been keeping me busy, and unable to focus, had been the equinox itself.
The seasons are changing, we are in the loss and shedding cycle of nature. But because of that we are also in the reflection and summation period of the year, where we consider what has been gained in the past warmer seasons, and what we want to make way for in the growing seasons before us.
I had been busy with the garden, removing the dead flowers to make way for new ones next spring, cutting down the stalks so the plants can conserve energy in the harder winter months to come, and collecting fruit from the summer blessed fruit trees (and all the baking that comes along with that!).
I had been busy with my family, and the shifts and changes of schedules that come with September. Scrambling to remember old routines that worked this time last year, but also adapting to the inevitable newness of this specific autumn as well. And I had been changing clothes over from Spring/Summer to Autumn/Winter, thinking of cosier meals and seasonal activities, in preparation for the cold and darker times to come.
I had been so busy in fact that I found myself completely disregulated and discombobulated. Simply because I had focused on the chores of transition, and forgotten the reflection, rest, and recuperation that is especially important during these more difficult months. So going forward I am remembering to add a bit of hygge wherever possible, to balance out the darker times. My clients will know that balance is one of my commonest used reflections, and I must address this with myself as often as anyone does.
