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Embracing the In-Between: The Power of Seasonal Pauses

There are moments each year when the world seems to hold its breath. Not quite the season we’re leaving, not yet the one we’re entering. A soft in‑between. A hinge. A threshold. A pause.

This pause is subtle. It’s the way the light shifts — not dramatically, but with a quiet insistence that something is changing. It’s the way the air feels different on the skin, carrying a new texture, a new temperature, a new intention. It’s the way the body senses a turning before the mind has language for it. In these in‑between days, nature loosens her grip.

The trees stop striving upward and begin listening downward. The soil exhales. The wind rearranges itself. Even the birds seem to linger a little longer on the branch, as if deciding which direction to take next.

We, too, are invited into this pause.

The pause between seasons is a reminder that transitions aren’t meant to be rushed. They are meant to be felt. This is the space where we gather ourselves — the pieces we’ve scattered, the lessons we’ve lived, the parts of us that grew quietly while we weren’t paying attention.

It’s a moment to ask gentle questions: 
What am I carrying that no longer fits the season ahead?
What wants to be softened? 
What wants to be tended? 
What wants to be released?

In this sacred pause, the body becomes a listening place. The nervous system loosens. The breath deepens. The mind stops reaching for answers and instead leans into awareness. We remember that change doesn’t happen in the moment of arrival — it happens in the space just before.

This is the wisdom of the in‑between: life is not a series of clean beginnings and endings. It is a continuous unfolding, a slow turning, a rhythm that asks us to trust the spaces where nothing seems to be happening.

But something is happening. 
Integration. 
Reorientation. 
Recalibration. 
A quiet gathering of strength for whatever comes next.

When we honor the pause between seasons, we honor our own becoming. We step into the next chapter not by force, but by attunement — aligned with the deeper pace of the world around us.

Allow yourself time today to pause and listen. Listen to the pause in the breath between the inhale and the exhale. Listen to your body as it whispers what it needs. Listen to the earth beneath you- steady, patient, unhurried, let the small moment of stillness be a reminder that you don’t have to rush your way into the next season of your life. You can arrive slowly with presence, with softness, and with trust in the quiet wisdom that’s already guiding you.

Try a one-minute grounding pause to help you soften, settle, and come back to yourself with gentle cues to release your shoulders. Feel your weight supported and find one steady point in your body. This quick reset helps you remember that you are here and you are safe. You can begin again at any time.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0HUwHKkhD0LeO2c78Dfvq8?si=DqRSKHK-SMifM_DNi1t9iQ

One of the oldest known “windows”

Light opening (center of image) above the entrance to the passage at Newgrange.
For a few days around the winter solstice, a ray of light shines through this opening into the chamber at the end of the passage at sunrise.

May 2014

#Newgrange #PassageTomb #Boyne #SiAnBhru #CountyMeath #Ireland #Neolithic #Neolithicperiod #wintersolstice #sunrise #solstice #Irland #Neolithikum #Jungsteinzeit #passage #Wintersonnenwende #Sonnenaufgang #FensterFreitag

Another Gorgeous Sunrise on Fifth Street. #nature #natureswonders #sunrise #sunset #sunrises #fifthstreet #lewistown #sky #skywatching #skywatcher #skywatchers #pink #inthepink #jettrail #jettrails #colorful #autumnsky #wintersolstice #solstice #wintertime #cold #frigid #freeze

The light returns, returns, returns...

Sharing my fav sunrise pic for this Solstice and wishing everyone inspiration, comfort, and joy. Taken by me on Tybee Island, Georgia.

#Solstice #WinterSolstice #TybeeIsland #Sunrise

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 20 but posted today on the 21- the #WinterSolstice where we celebrate the imminent (albeit slow) return of the #Sun in the northern hemisphere, but we also ought to remember the importance of darkness which is at its strongest now: rest, soil, womb, rebirth. 2 images to emphasize the #duality #pagan #animist #Ragana #Saule #winter #garden #nature #SeasonalRhythms

Follow what touches your heart.

#reading #wintersolstice #nature #photography #voiceofheart #innervoice #leaves #heart #poetry

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⛄Artist: #DavidZinn in City: #AnnArbor MI USA 🇺🇸 12/2022 - Title:
🟡 "Nadine Relights the Sun"🕯️
🔴 "Nadine zündet die Sonne neu an"
#StreetArt #Art #Chalkart #Artist #SidewalkChalk #Light #Mouse #Repost #Wintersolstice 🌥️ #GoodMorning ! ☕

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 21 #WinterSolstice #MidWinter here #MidSummer for those on the currently sunny side of the globe!
In the North we celebrate the beginning of the slow return of #Saule #Sun but don't forget to give #Darkness its due: life, #regeneration begins in the darkness of blood, soil, womb, heart, brain! Darkness is #rest #nest Take time to repose and #reflect and appreciate the long quiet nights.
#AncientWays #pagan #animist #GoddessCulture #Latvian #Ragana #Alberta #WinterBright

A preview of the improvised masks I made for #WinterSolstice Tomorrow is a work day, so I plan to drag the Jul log today- these masks are for that- though prob just for a photo op as they aren't super functional..lol- just paper + measurements weren't what they might have been, but lessons learned! #Ragana #Baltic #Goddess of #nature #balance #death and #regeneration is strongest at the time of Winter Solstice; we celebrate her #darkness + #Saule #Sun we #celebrate the beginning of her return

#ArtAdventCalendar Day 19 didn't spend too much time outside yesterday (bit of shovelling, restocking wood etc) but just as I was going out in the afternoon, noticed the sun coming through the trees. Almost #WinterSolstice I walked down the road allowance beside the acreage + just a little way out on the farm following that light #Saule #Sun was playing peek-a-boo through the clouds Her power is at its lowest of the year, but her beauty is great #WinterBright #pagan #Latvian #animist #Alberta

#ArtAdventCalendar
Day 16 (no oomph to post last night!) A few colder days- warmer again on the weekend- but beautiful with #fog #frost new #snow +great #light from the distracted #Saule #Sun when she appears, as we near #WinterSolstice
#frostodon #nature #Alberta #Pagan #animist #Latvian #BorealForest #photography
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#ArtAdventCalendar Day 14 view in the bush while out collecting firewood 2 days ago-
#frost bit of sun, some lingering
#fog in the distance
Days get shorter as #WinterSolstice
approaches and #Saule Sun will begin her return #Alberta #landscape #Pagan
#animist #BorealForest #Latvian #photography
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#GoOutsideForMe #SolaceInNature

Happy #Solstice!

Here's what 5:30 PM looks like from #Boorloo, #Whadjuk #Noongar #Boodjar (#Perth, #WesternAustralia), 32 degrees south of the equator, where we have the #Makuru #WinterSolstice. Our nights are 14 hours long now!

#OneOfOurAircraftIsMissing (42) #TheWayAhead (44)
#Odette (50) #HotelSahara (51) #TheMagicBox (51)
#QuoVadis (51) #LePlaisir (52) #TheEgyptian (54)
#PeerGynt (54) #LolaMontes (55) #TheSpies (57) #Spartacus (60) #TheSundowners (60) #BillyBudd (62) #Topkapi (64) #HotMillions (68)
#BlackbeardsGhost (68) #Gideon (71) #RobinHood (73) #OneOfOurDinosaursIsMissing (75) #LogansRun (76) #DoubleMurder (77) #DeathOnTheNile (78) #TheThiefOfBaghdad (78) #Ashanti (79)
#EvilUnderTheSun (82) #DeadMansFolly (86) #StiffUpperLips (97) #AnimalFarm (99) #TheBachelor (99) #WinterSolstice (03)

#GoneButNotForgotten
#PeterUstinov (1921-2004)
#KnightsOfFilm #FilmMastodon 📽️ 🎬

Last Saturday, from this bed, I posted a picture of our cat, Artemis, and said I just might stay in bed with her… Little did I know I’d come down promptly with the Flu and end up doing just that. So I spent the last four days, between bouts of sleeping, doing a little holiday reading… I managed to find something that combines my love of the season and my love of horror. #HorrorBooks #horror #reading #books #Christmas #HappyHolidays #Perchten #WinterSolstice #SecretSanta #AndrewShaffer