January at The Yoga Source Hi Friend, January settles into the Valley without urgency. The swirl of the holidays dissolves with the simple turning of a calendar page, and the world feels wrapped in wool. What’s left is dark and cold, wide and quiet – a kind of spacious nothing. There’s still more darkness than light, but if you pay attention, something subtle is shifting. The days stretch a little longer. The mornings brighten a little earlier. It’s almost imperceptible, but

Written by Christine Mock As the world tilts toward its darkest weeks, nature does something we often resist – it rests.  Winter is nature’s way of gathering itself; like the great exhale of the year. What looks like nothingness is actually preparation. Nature does not rush in winter, and neither should we.  In many wisdom traditions, winter is the season of deep listening. The sense organ for this time of the year is the ears , not just in the physical sense, but in the meta