The winter solstice is a significant cosmic and biological event that deeply affects sensitive individuals, signaling a time for introspection, rest, and attunement to natural rhythms, rather than a period to be pushed through.
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The winter [music] solstice is trying to
tell you something and you're probably
ignoring it without even [music]
realizing it. If you're like most
people, you're feeling more exhausted,
maybe a little on edge, more emotional
honesty [music] this time of year, and
maybe feeling the grind of the holiday
stress. These [music] things are
especially true for sensitive bodies,
and intuition is [music] much higher
this time of year. For years, I've been
studying what happens to sensitive
systems during seasonal [music] and
cosmic shifts across history, sematics,
the limits of [music] science, and the
patterns are undeniable. You're feeling
what your body is designed to notice. In
this episode, I'm going to show you why
the solstice lands so much harder in
sensitive bodies [music]
and how to work with it instead of push
through it. You'll discover ancient cultures,
cultures,
what they understood and what we forgot,
what science measures and what it
doesn't, and the four psychological
shifts in your [music] sensitive body
that happen this time of year. And I'm
going to end [clears throat]
with a simple [music] sematic ritual
that you can use to reset your system
for the return of light. Before we get
begin, let me introduce [music] myself.
I'm Amanda.
For most of my life, I've been studying
what happens [music] in the places where
science gets quiet.
I work with sensitive, high-erforming,
deeply intuitive, but maybe not
understanding that they're deeply
intuitive people. The ones who feel
seasonal shifts in their body. They
notice emotional undercurrents before
there's language for it. And they have
often been told they're too much or too
sensitive for the world that we live in.
My background bridges structured systems
and subtle ones, science, sematics,
nervous system work, and the ancient
wisdom traditions that paid attention to
the body long before we had instruments
to measure it. Over the years, I've
noticed something very consistent.
Sensitive bodies don't break during
darkness. They respond. And yet, modern
culture teaches us to override the very
signals that were meant to guide us,
especially during moments like the
winter solstice.
This episode exists because too many
sensitive souls are pushing through what
their bodies ask them to honor. So if
you've ever felt exhausted,
introspective, emotionally honest to a
fault or unusually intuitive this time
of year, you're exactly where you're
supposed to be. Let's talk about why.
Winter solstice is the oldest and most
globally celebrated holy day in human
history. Let me say that again. Winter
solstice is the oldest and most globally
celebrated holy day in human history.
Long before Christmas, before Hanukkah,
before Satinelia, before Ule or Dongshi,
before astronomy became mathematics, and
before science tried to explain away the sacred.
sacred.
Why? Because every living thing,
animals, trees, humans are regulated by
light. And the solstice marks the exact
moment when darkness reaches its peak,
the sun pauses in its path, and the
light begins to return. Our days get
longer. Even cultures that never
interacted came to the same conclusion.
This night matters. Ancient global
solstice celebrations included,
let's see, Egypt with the rebirth of
Horus, Rome with Saturnalia,
Norse lands with Ule, Persia had Yalda
night, China had the Dongshi festival,
the Americas had the Mayan ceremonial
time, and what I'm learning from my
indigenous sheima Maria,
the long night ceremonies.
She just recently sent out a notice of
what she does during this time and it
completely tracks with what I'm sharing
in this episode.
This is as close as humanity gets to a
shared holiday. Why? Because no matter
where you live, the sky told you this
night was different. So did your body.
Here's the astrophysical part. The
solstice is the moment when Earth tilts
farthest from the sun in the northern
hemisphere, giving you the longest
stretch of darkness. In the southern
hemisphere, they're in spring or excuse
me, summer solstice. So, they're
experiencing the longest day of the
year. We've measured the angle. We know
the time. We have the math. But science
stops short. Science measures light. It
measures our body and it measures our
mind. But does it measure them together?
It doesn't measure how this particular
holiday, holy day, winter solstice,
affects the body, affects the psyche.
And they especially don't measure how it
affects the soul. Your sarcadian rhythms
shift. Science. Your hormones shift.
More science. Your emotional processing
shifts. Science. Your energetic
boundaries shift. Jod dispens.
All of this is especially true if you're
a cosmic sensitive. Sensitive bodies run
on lower thresholds. They notice things
others miss. They feel solar changes in
their fascia, in their nervous system,
and in their mood before their brain has
words for it. Your body doesn't lie. It
tracks light. even if you're not
consciously aware. Here's what happens
in a sensitive body between December
19th and the 22nd, which is coming up.
Our melatonin spikes. Your body your
body is literally inviting you to rest
more. Your cortisol dips. Melatonin and
cortisol work in opposites. This is the
natural exhale of the year. Unless, of
course, you're overriding it with
caffeine, hustle, and holiday stress.
Our intuition heightens. Your lyic
system becomes more active in the
darkness, meaning you have deeper
reflection. You become more creative.
Your intuition gets heightened and
dreams get more intense. Or for those of
you who don't even dream, maybe you're
having dreams this time of year. And
then last, your nervous system becomes
honest. Anything you've been suppressing
will rise to the surface, not to punish
you, but to complete a cycle. Sensitive
bodies feel these shifts amplified.
That's not weakness. That's attunement.
You were built to notice what others
ignore. Across every solstice tradition,
the theme is the same. Darkness is not
the enemy. Darkness is where the next
version of you is justestating. Humans
gathered, feasted, prayed, sang, and
kept fires lit on this night. Because
you don't move from darkness to light
alone. You don't transform in isolation.
You don't rebirth without witnessing.
The solstice is a cosmic reminder. Your
darkest moments were always the
beginning of your return to light. And
this night, this exact one, is the
energetic handoff. So, here's what to do
for a little seatic ritual. I call it
the sensitive body solstice reset.
First, if you can go outside in the
darkness, shut off any lights that are
around you. Try to find the darkest
space you can find. And if it's snowing
and you don't feel comfortable being out
in the snow since it's winter, stay in
your house. Turn off all the lights.
We're going to be here for 2 minutes.
We're letting our body register the
dark. We're getting quiet. We're
allowing whatever needs to bubble up.
Bubble up. And then I want you to say
out loud, "Light returns to me now.
Light returns to me now." A simple
prayer, a simple affirmation. Then place
your hand on your belly and over your
heart. and feel the shift. If you're
outside, ask Mother Earth to show you a
sign. If you're inside,
ask to be shown a sign. Feel the shift
in your body. Feel the shift around
[music] you. Wait for that sign. And
then turn the lights back [music] on and
write the answer to this one question.
What part of me is ready to come back
into the [music] light? If this episode
helped your body exhale, if it helped
something [music] click inside you,
trust that you're not imagining things.
You're not too sensitive. You're tuned
to the [music] same rhythms ancient
cultures built their whole lives around.
And if you want support moving through
this [music] coming season with
attunement, clarity, and empowerment,
the new cohort of immersion, mentorship [music]
[music]
begins January 9th. You can explore that
at bodywisperhealing.com/services [music]
or find it in the show notes. Until next
time, [music] honor the dark, welcome
the light, and trust your sensitive
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