SELF-IMPROVEMENT
Sleeping and Walking Are More Valuable than Gold Now
By night and by day, you can be healing too

Winter is a time for resting. The trees have gone into a fetus position. Saving their warmth. Saving their food and drink. Slowing their valuable streams of energy. They sleep.
Many animals hibernate. They find a safe and comfortable spot. And slow their bodies down. Slow their heartbeats.
Well, I’m an animal. I can do that.
So, I sleep. And I walk my path of self-improvement.
My Sleeping Hours
During my sleep, my walk is unconscious. But I do walk my path. My dreams are sometimes fierce. And I let them be. I don’t believe in writing them down because I know the wisdom of flow is doing her work anyway.
My sleep and dreams are meant to process my past. Daily doings, experiences, thoughts, and emotions flow through the wide-open rivers. And when the daily processing is done, the river uses her remaining capacity for my karma pasts longer gone. That’s why it’s so important that I sleep enough hours. And that I sleep as relaxed as possible.
First, the karma from my own life flows through the river. Then there might be karma from my ancestors or my past lives that need healing. I involve them all. Although I don’t want to know what they are exactly. I just want to heal.
My river of healing has become wide and turbulent before she slowed down and showed me my calm heart. After my 7 years’ learning cycle, that’s the case now for me. I think I processed lots and lots and lots.
But for everybody this is different. Some people are born rather clean. Other people are healers of the past. They can handle it if they figure out during their lives how the alchemy of healing works.
For me, it was very important to stop trying to understand. I’m a rational woman, longing for knowledge. Wanting to know. But by wanting to know I also held onto everything that needed healing. I slowed down my process big time. The huge streams of sh*t couldn’t flow through because I used valuable time trying to figure it all out.
So, now I prefer the methods I don’t understand. Like sleep. I surrender.
And she works her magic.
My Waking Hours
When I’m awake, I’m on a journey. Learning and doing for a regenerative future. But in winter, my doing is minimal. I make an exception for long walks in nature. My feet on the soil find their path.
It feels like a pilgrim’s path.
Rhythm and rhyme. Wind and rain. Smells of cleansed earth.
The birds guide me with their songs. The moss bounces underneath my feet. And the fallen leaves give me plenty of opportunities for play.
Happy hibernating, my friends. Time is patient. And the grass won’t grow faster when you pull at it.
I invite you to write your stories about hibernating. And walking and playing in nature. When you tag me, I promise I’ll read.
Takeaways
- Feel the rhythms of the seasons. Feel the cycles of the moon
- Winter is a time for slowing down. Rest. Recuperate. Do the bare minimum
- Right now, the virus makes it even more important. And urgent. We need to slow down. Our bodies need it to strengthen our immune systems. And that happens best when we relax, cleanse, and allow the flow of thoughts and emotions go unhindered
- Our planet needs us slowing down as well. Changing course is always preceded by a full stop
Let’s be that full stop. For now.
And here is one more for those of you interested in my 7 years’ cycle of learning about a regenerative future of abundance and the Great Transition. About how nature is abundant and how we have built our human world on scarcity. Next year, our birthing of the new world will continue.
Thank you, Mike, for adding your wise energy to my words.
If you want to connect, you can find me somewhere on this beautiful planet. My hands in the soil and my gaze focused on the stars. Or you can find me via Linktree.
© Désirée Driesenaar