Mindfully Speaking: December Newsletter
By: Sylvia Clare Msc. Psychol
Tags: Yoga, Mindfulness, Poetry, Newsletter, Spirituality

Mindfully Speaking: December Newsletter

What a month again!

Dear Mindfully Speaking Followers,

Thank you all so much for reading Mindfully Speaking, a little pub with a massive heart. Thanks to you, our readers, and our fabulous writers, we are approaching 1,000 followers. We’re so excited to bring stories and poetry about mindfulness, yoga, compassion, spirituality, and philosophy to you.

As the season turns to darker days and chilly nights (at least in the northern hemisphere), it is natural to feel a sense of greater need for introspection, a drawing inwards. It’s a time for nurturing ourselves and our loved ones. Many Nordic cultures have words to describe all the things that make you feel cozy and warm inside. In Norway the word Kos (coos) can refer to anything from enjoying a cup of hot cocoa with friends to snuggling up by the fire. The Danish equivalent is “hygge.” And the Swedish term, “lagom,” translates to “enough, sufficient, adequate, just right” and embodies the concept of “not too much, not too little” — more commonly recognized as balance and moderation.

We’d love to hear from you, our readers — what brings you balance? What spiritual path do you tread, and where has it led you in life? Do you have any stories you’d like to share, or topics you’d like to see covered in Mindfully Speaking?

Ann Litts, one of our editors has suggested we might offer prompts to our readers to get you all writing too. Here is a link to the first one: Gifts Of The Spirit. Every religious tradition finds a reason this time of year to celebrate. The Light cometh. Be it the turning of The Solstice, the birth of the Christ Child, or the burning of The Menorah — we all share this inner knowing. December is sacred. To begin our prompts series — we invite you to share moments from Your Life where the season brought you Gifts Of The Spirit.

If you are not yet one of our writers but would like to join us, please respond to this newsletter for submission guidelines.

In this month’s round up edition, we have the following in store for you:

New Writers & First Contributions

Take a look at the work of our new writers for November. Thank you for sharing your wisdom and Welcome!

Lilac India— Lucid Dreaming

Kimberly Fosu— How to Learn to See Your Regrets in a New Light

Poetry

Moving poems about spirituality, especially exploring the outer reaches — what and how might all forms of spirituality end up showing us the same thing or are they really so different?

Erika Burkhalter — Third Warrior

Lilac India — Thoughts Like Butterflies

Yoga

On and off the mat — how we yoke our minds, bodies, and spirits in our practices. Lessons unique to this ancient practice.

Ann Litts — Friends & Yogis

Erika Burkhalter— I Hit the “Pause” Button on Teaching Yoga, and I’ve rediscovered the thrill of being a student again.

Ann Litts — Yin Yoga

Mindfulness

The art of meditation, loving kindness, and enlightenment. Stories and insights of fellow travelers who walk the path.

Lacey Quintel — The Kids Aren’t Alright: 9 Ways to Help Your Adolescents Cope With Covid

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol — Nirvana

Ann Litts — Begin Again

Lacey Quintel — Be With the Breath

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol — Karma — a Basic Law of Existence

Lacey Quintel — Wellness Wednesday: Be in the Moment

Spirituality

The journey of the soul. Stories with a personal slant on where we are and how we got here.

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol — Quakers

Hanna Maria — Beyond Patriarchy is Balance

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol — Auras and Energy Fields

Ann Litts — Curiosity

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol — Tarot — Playing your Cards Right

Erika Burkhalter — Into the Eye of the Fire

We, your Mindfully Speaking Editors, wish you a cozy December, filled with good reads and warm thoughts.

Sylvia Clare MSc. Psychol, Ann Litts, Erika Burkhalter, Lacey Quintel, David Hughes, Aline Müller