Days will be getting longer and, though the warm months are still some time away, we will be finding more light in our worlds.

What did you learn about yourself in your journey into the darkness?

The main theme that keeps coming to me is resilience.

We are continuing on our journey towards the Winter Solstice as the darkness wraps itself closer and closer around our days and the cold climbs more easily into our bones.

This is a time of stillness, of cooling. Of slowing down your awareness and breathing deeply into your bones.

Very often, in the midst of difficulty or suffering it can be almost impossible to imagine that you are strong and your soul is invincible.

As humans, we feel weakness, failure and disconnection from our true self. We go through dark nights, feelings of helplessness or powerlessness. These are unavoidable aspects of the human experience.

Yet the soul perseveres and endures.