How to Work with The Winter Equinox

Growing Joy with Plants - Wellness Rooted in Nature, Houseplants, Gardening and Plant Care

Maria Failla- Happy Plant Lady and Author of Growing Joy: The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness

Education, How To, Health & Fitness, Mental Health, Home & Garden, Leisure

4.8 • 883 Ratings

🗓️ 17 December 2024

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

As the winter solstice–or the longest night of the year–approaches, how does it reflect and represent you? This is the season of dormancy, a time when plants, the earth, and even we are drawn to rest, recharge, and prepare for growth. In this final installment of our 2024 seasonal sessions, on the pod once again is my dear friend and our resident green witch, Rachael of Our Infinite Nature. She shared with me how the winter solstice can help us honor cycles of rest and renewal. It was a lovely way to end a year of seasonal explorations, covering everything from the practical ways we can live in harmony with the season to what the quiet time of winter can teach us.

In this episode, we learn:

[03:55] What is the cyclical nature of life?
[05:38] How to rebrand winter inside ourselves
[10:38] How does the earth respond to winter?
[13:48] How to prepare your winter garden
[15:25] Give your plants the sunlight, even on the coldest days, with Soltech Grow Lights!
[16:47] Find peace in the chaos with personalized Wind River Chimes!
[19:26] Why focus on your inner growth
[23:06] Astrological guide to winter solstice (Capricorn season)
[29:39] Shop exclusive garden gifts and essentials at Gardener's Supply Company!
[30:45] How to honor the winter solstice
[37:08] What is the role of our nervous system?
[39:19] Rest and digest
[42:02] Winter solstice visualization/meditation
[55:53] Where can you follow Rachael?

Mentioned in our conversation:

Growing Joy Episode 229: Why You Should Care About the Spring Equinox
Growing Joy Episode 242: Why You Should Care About the Summer Solstice
Growing Joy Episode 256: What You Need to Know About the Autumnal Equinox
Get Rachael’s book, Self-Care for Eco-Anxiety
Join the 2025 Intuitive Magic Group Coaching

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check out the full show notes and blog here!

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0:00.0	Imagine the longest night of the year, a moment when it feels like time slows down and the world gets cozy, sunsets at four o'clock.
0:09.1	And we almost hold our breath. It's the winter solstice. And as it approaches, ancient traditions and modern rituals invite us to pause, reflect, and embrace the darkness before the return of light. So today, in the final installment of seasonal sessions,
0:23.8	we step into winter.
0:25.5	Join myself and Raquel as we explore the mysteries of the winter equinox,
0:29.8	from its impact on plants and nature to the ways it helps us reset
0:33.1	and find joy even in the darkness.
0:41.7	Music and find joy even in the darkness. Welcome to the Growing Joy with Plants podcast, where we not only learn how to care for
0:46.1	plants successfully, but how to simply and affordably use our plant babies to cultivate more
0:50.9	joy in our lives by doing so. I'm Maria, former plant killer turned happy plant lady,
0:56.6	author of Growing Joy, The Plant Lover's Guide to Cultivating Happiness,
0:59.7	speaker, podcaster, and most importantly, your new best plant friend.
1:03.8	On Growing Joy with Plants, you'll find conversations about house plant care,
1:07.4	gardening tutorials, and wellness through the lens of plants.
1:10.9	Plant care is self-care on growing joy.
1:19.9	Hello, plant friends. I'm Maria. I'm here to help you care for plants and grow joy if you're new here.
1:24.8	And if you are a returning listener, welcome home. I'm so excited to be a part of your plantie journey. And I'm honored and excited to share our final of the seasonal sessions with Raquel. You've probably known Raquel. She's been a repeat guest because she has joined me for every solstice in the last four turns of the years. So we started with the spring equinox. We then moved into
1:46.3	the summer solstice, then into the fall equinox. And now we close the loop with the winter equinox as we move
1:53.3	into it. In this seasonal session series, we've explored how the changing of the season affects
1:59.4	the earth, affects our plants and affects us as humans and how we can of the season affects the earth, affects our plants, and affects us as humans,
2:03.1	and how we can see the turning of the seasons as a metaphor for our lives and be either in
2:09.1	alignment or out of alignment with the season and also disclaimer, you can be in a different
2:13.7	season internally than what is presenting outdoors. And I'm so happy that you now have
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