December's Energetic Invitation: Embracing the Darkness Before the Light

There's a reason you feel different in December...

It's not just the holidays. It's not just the end of the year. Something deeper is happening. Something energetic. Something ancient. Something your body already knows, even if your mind hasn't caught up yet.

As we move toward Winter Solstice on December 21st, we enter one of the most powerful windows of the year for transformation. And if you understand what's actually happening, in the natural world and within your own energy field, you can use this time to release what's been holding you back and step into the next version of yourself.

This is the real invitation of December. Not more doing. More becoming.

The Science and Spirit of Winter Solstice

Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year. After this point, the light begins to return — slowly at first, then building momentum toward spring.

Ancient cultures understood this wasn't just an astronomical event. It was an energetic one. The solstice represented death and rebirth. The old self dying in the darkness. The new self emerging with the returning light.

This pattern isn't symbolic. It's biological. Your body responds to light cycles. Your nervous system shifts. Your hormones change. And your energy field? That electromagnetic signature you carry with you everywhere, becomes more receptive to change during these transitional windows.

The question is: will you work with this energy, or against it?

What You May Be Feeling Right Now

If you've been more tired than usual, that's not a problem to fix. It's information.

December asks us to slow down. To go inward. To stop pushing and start listening. But most people fight this. They override the fatigue with caffeine. They fill the stillness with noise. They run from the discomfort of being alone with themselves.

Here's what's actually happening when you feel that pull toward rest and solitude:

Your system is trying to recalibrate. Old emotions, ones you thought you'd dealt with, may be surfacing. Dreams may be more vivid. You might feel inexplicably sad, or nostalgic, or raw. This isn't regression. This is your energy field clearing out what no longer matches who you're becoming.

The darkness of December isn't something to fear. It's the cocoon. And nothing transforms without first surrendering to the cocoon.

How to Work With This Energy

Most people wait until January 1st to think about change. They set resolutions from a place of forcing — willpower, discipline, grinding through resistance.

But real transformation doesn't work that way.

When you align with the natural energy of this season, change becomes less about effort and more about allowing. Less about adding and more about releasing.

Here's what that looks like practically:

Rest without guilt. Your body is asking for downtime because it's doing important work beneath the surface. Honor that.

Let things come up. When old memories, emotions, or patterns surface, don't shove them back down. Witness them. Feel them. Let them move through you. Energy that isn't processed stays stuck in the body.

Create space for stillness. Even ten minutes of sitting quietly. No phone. No distractions can shift your nervous system out of survival mode and into a state where healing actually happens.

Set intentions from a place of being, not doing. Instead of “I want to lose weight” or “I want to make more money,” ask yourself: Who do I want to become? What would it feel like to already be that person? The energy you embody is what creates your reality. Get clear on that first.

Why Energy Healing Is So Powerful Right Now

This is exactly why energy healing work — particularly shamanic healing — is so aligned with this time of year.

Shamanic practitioners have understood for thousands of years what we're now beginning to validate through science: that trauma, limiting beliefs, and stagnant emotional patterns aren't just “in your head.”

They're stored in your energy field. In your body. In your nervous system. And they don't release through thinking alone.

Energy healing works directly with your energetic body to clear what's blocking you. Soul retrieval brings back fragmented parts of yourself that disconnected during past trauma. Energetic clearing removes densities and attachments that aren't yours to carry. This isn't abstract. People feel tangible shifts. Physically. Emotionally. Mentally. Because the change is happening at the level of energy itself.

During the Winter Solstice window, when your system is already primed for release and renewal, this work goes deeper. The results amplify. You're not fighting against your biology — you're working with it.

If you've been feeling called to do this kind of work, that feeling isn't random. It's your higher self recognizing the opportunity.

An Invitation

This December, I'm offering 15% off all shamanic services when you book before January.

If you've been waiting for the right time, this is it. Not because of the discount — but because of the energetic window we're in. The universe is already supporting your transformation. Shamanic work simply accelerates what's trying to happen.

You don't have to know exactly what needs to shift. You just have to be willing to show up.

The world will tell you December is about hustle. Shopping. Parties. Obligations. Pushing through until you collapse into the new year.

But your soul knows different.

This is a time of sacred darkness. A time to shed the old skin. A time to get quiet enough to hear what's been trying to reach you all year.

The light is returning. But first, honor the night.

That's where the real transformation lives.