About this episode

This episode discusses the December Downshift practice, emphasizing the importance of slowing down and replenishing before the new year.

Tune into this Year's December Downshift & Uplift Episode. A yearly practice we always do, but that varies year by year based on the energy and focus we need. Join us for the full Reflection Ritual www.ReflectionRitual.com The December Downshift signals to our internal systems (and the people and projects around us) that it's time to start the slow down vs. get swirled into the year-end or holiday madness, followed by new year start pressure . It's the cyclical co-creation rhythm and structure we practice to mimic the natural world, who has managed to prosper for billlions of year (and gives us a template for how to evolve, grow and thrive). Think of the practice of downshifting at year end like driving a manual transmission car - you don't want to keep moving through Dec in 5th gear, at a high pace/ intensity/output still running on mental or emotional stressors from the weeks/months prior, and then hard downshift into neutral the last days of the year ... you'll blow out your system. And then likely need to recover. So you start depleted vs. ready to receive. It's a wiser to move through the gears one by one, over the course of weeks, so you can: savor your connections, deeply…

People in this episode

Host: Christine Arylo

Topics covered

• December Downshift
• Uplift Practice
• Reflection Ritual
• self-care
• year-end reflection
• cyclical rhythms

Keywords

• December Downshift
• Uplift Practice
• self-care
• reflection
• replenish
• new year
• cyclical rhythms

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Reflection Ritual

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