Host reflects on the winter solstice and choosing rest over obligation, exploring darkness as a time for renewal and replenishment and saying yes to rest instead of a scheduled long run while training for a marathon.
Winter solstice is upon us. Today on me time, I'm going to talk a little bit about the winter solstice, but also talk about time for refreshment replenishing. Do a heart or a thumbs up or say in the chat what you love about thewinter solstice.
Winter solstice is the longest day of darkness and the smallest day of light. What we focus on is what we create. For me, I am supposed to be on my training plan, going for a long run today. But I'm saying yes to rest.
How many times have you found that you have chosen yourself to say yes to rest in 2024? Most of us will sayYes to others before we say Yes to ourselves. Maybe there's a responsibility that we feel to sayyes to everyone else, but we don't always say Yes To ourselves.
Hello, Cadre family. Happy Sunday. My name is Jean Nicholls. I'm here on this magical Sunday, December 23rd, 22nd, 22nd. Popping in for a little me time. Hello, everybody. Hello. Hello, rays of light. Welcome. My name is Jean Mitchells. Winter solstice is upon us. So if you know about the winter solstice, maybe do a heart or a thumbs up or say in the chat what you love about the winter solstice. So today on me time, I'm going to talk a little bit about the winter solstice, but I'm also going to talk about time for refreshment replenishing.
My zipper stuck. So I'm trying to like undo my zipper at the same time and pulling a JC hanging out my car, calling in from Minneapolis, Minnesota. So today on me time, I am sharing with all of you that I'm doing something that I don't usually do and I am saying no to something that's in the obligation checkbox for today. And I'm saying yes to resting my body. So I'm training for a marathon. I don't do great with running in the cold and I use it as an excuse sometimes. But I'm taking to heart winter solstice.
And so with winter solstice, if you don't know it is the darkest day of the year. And when I say that, I say that with intention. There are different ways we could frame that. But when I say the darkest day of the year. Hi, Anna. It's not about heavy. When I state that the winter solstice is about the darkest day of the year, it is the absence of, and in this case it's the absence of sunshine. It is the longest day of darkness. It is the smallest day of light. And again, our minds, we can change our perspectives.
What we focus on is what we create. So if I want to focus on the lack of light, then I can focus on that. If I want to focus on the beauty of the darkness and all that happens in the darkness, then I can choose to focus on that. So it's always going to be our choice. So on me time today or on just Sunday? Today I am saying yes to me. I did a huge project yesterday which, where I had to take a spin class. I got to, it was my friend's birthday and I took a class with her. And then I did a huge painting project at our studio and I painted these walls that were red and now as of today, they're white.
So whenever you cover up a dark color with a light color, it requires more. So it Feels a little apropos right now. In the longest day of the year, the longest day of darkness, right? That energy is about going within. It's about honoring the quiet. Bears, animals. In the winter, they hibernate so that they can rejuvenate, so they can rest. So it is a day of rest. It's a day of reset. And so for me, I am supposed to be on my training plan, going for a long run today, and I am saying no to running, which is hard because I want to be on track with my plan.
I want to stay healthy and injury free. But I'm saying yes to rest. How many times have you found that you have chosen yourself to say yes to rest in 2024? Maybe there's not a number, doesn't have to be a number. But I'm going to anticipate that most of us will say yes to others before we say yes to ourselves, because we feel this need psychologically, emotionally. Maybe there's a responsibility that we feel to say yes to everyone else, but we don't always say yes to us. So last night I said no to a holiday party, which I really wanted to go to, but I got done painting at like 9 o'clock last night.
I knew I needed to teach a class I was gonna try to run this morning. My body just needed rest, so I said no and I went home and I took a bubble bath and I watched a TV show for a little bit that fills my heart with warmth. And I slept. And then I woke up this morning and I had to teach my spin class.
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