{"id":5929,"date":"2011-08-29T06:39:32","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T10:39:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/beyondblue\/?p=5929"},"modified":"2012-01-23T10:21:25","modified_gmt":"2012-01-23T15:21:25","slug":"3-ways-to-change-with-the-seasons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/beyondblue\/2011\/08\/3-ways-to-change-with-the-seasons.html","title":{"rendered":"3 Ways to Change with the Seasons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"mt-enclosure mt-enclosure-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"s-AUTUMN-LEAVES-large.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/71\/import\/imgs\/s-AUTUMN-LEAVES-large.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"190\" class=\"mt-image-left\" style=\"float: left;margin: 0 20px 20px 0\" \/><\/span><br \/>\nI enjoyed this post from (former) FreshLiving blogger Valerie Reiss:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/how-to-change-with-the-seasons.html\">suggestions on how you can change with the season.<\/a> Even as I love the four seasons, I do experience some anxiety with the transition from one to another. Here are her three suggestions of how you can change with the seaasons. <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/how-to-change-with-the-seasons.html\">Get to her original post by clicking here.<\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/freshliving\/2009\/09\/how-to-change-with-the-seasons.html\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>1) Mark the Moment. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Notice and acknowledge to yourself that a shift is happening. It sounds corny, but see how that makes you feel&#8211;anxious, excited, ambivalent? There may even be some grief associated with letting go of the past season or entering the next&#8211;minor or major. Seasons come around every year, but they can still a big deal&#8211;let yourself fully experience whatever is real for you.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2) Honor the Shift with a Ritual. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This can mean everything from changing over your closets to throwing a cocktail party or potluck. Most of us live far from the land so we&#8217;ve lost many cues from the natural world. Summer is about bounty, in fall we enjoy the harvest and prepare for winter, a time of inwardness, and spring is the poignant new beginning that allows us to bloom all over again. See what you can do to honor the flavor of each.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3) Take Stock and Look Ahead.<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p>I like treating each season like a new year&#8211;I get a surge of hope about who I might be and what&#8217;s next. You can sit down, reflect on the last season and what you&#8217;d like to get out of the new one&#8211;from mundane to profound. For example, looking at fall, I&#8217;d like to: a) Find a new yoga class to attend regularly b) Buy a couple of new sweaters and a denim skirt (why, oh why is every denim skirt I see bleached, ripped, and crotch-high??) c) Throw a holiday party d) Allow more love, pleasure, and joy into my life.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I enjoyed this post from (former) FreshLiving blogger Valerie Reiss:&nbsp;suggestions on how you can change with the season. Even as I love the four seasons, I do experience some anxiety with the transition from one to another. Here are her three suggestions of how you can change with the seaasons. 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