I am writing on day eight of being in isolation with Covid. As I look out my window there is fresh snow on the ground and a crisp chill in the air, it’s the end of May. Many emotions arise inside me wondering when the official start of spring will begin. Yet, as a collective motto of the state right now, I am grateful for the moisture.

Spring isn’t sure if it wants to fully arrive here in the mountains. One day it is sunny and warm, the next, 30 degrees cooler and snowing. It isn’t sure what it wants to be quite yet. I know what I want to be, bathing in the warmth. I am practicing some rituals to honor the spring in hopes of summoning the warmth to arrive and stick around for good, well at least until next season. I hope you enjoy these rituals and find warmth and light in them. 

Spring arrived on Sunday with the spring equinox, a day of equal sunlight to moonlight. Now we begin to thaw our wintered selves out, and reignite the fire within ourselves. This time is a gift to relish in the fluctuating weather; an uncertain time in nature. When winter still feels to be with us, but signs of spring are beginning to greet us. It’s a time to savor the ups and downs that transition brings, reminding us that growth is not linear.

This month brings the welcoming of spring with the equinox on March 20th. As we begin to move out of our wintering and into our blossoming it is important to honor this time of great transition. I love to use this time to declutter and nourish on a physical, mental and emotional level. I invite you to join me in the practices I will be doing, to do just that, in the coming weeks.

Slowing down allows us to find a deeper connection to everything around us. Instead of a continuous consumption mindset that can easily disregard how things came to take form in our lives. This slowing down invites us to have a connection to the process of creation and bringing anything (physical or non-physical) into our lives. 

As the weather begins to move from those warm summer days to cold moody ones this season is the time to add warming foods into your diet. Warming foods help warm you from the inside out which helps ground, nourish and strengthen your immune system. Enjoy this round-up of my favorite vegan autumn recipes.