December Podcast Episodes about the Winter Solstice and Yule (in the classroom) This episode is your invitation to remember: you are nature. You are allowed to rest too. We will walk gently into the heart of winter. We will explore the descent toward the longest night of the year… what it means spiritually, emotionally, energetically, and magically… and how you can prepare your body, your soul, and your home for the Winter Solstice. This is the episode you listen to with a candle lit… a blanket wrapped around your shoulders… and your heart open to whatever wisdom wants to come through. In this episode, we journey deep into the spiritual energies of the Winter Solstice — the quiet moment when the world pauses in its longest night. Before the light begins its slow return, there is a sacred stillness. A dark, fertile space that holds wisdom, restoration, and the seeds of transformation. Rather than rushing toward the light or resisting the darkness, this episode invites you to honor the power of the pause — to surrender into the depth of winter and allow the shadowed stillness to nourish the spirit. We explore why darkness is not something to overcome, but something to enter, to soften into, and to use as a womb-like space for inner alchemy. This episode serves as a sacred guide through the dark season — reminding us that when we stop fighting the quiet, we discover its profound magic. The darkness is not your opposition. It is your initiation. In this episode, we travel back through time to uncover the origins of Winter Solstice and Yule — tracing their roots from ancient civilizations to today’s spiritual revival. We explore how our ancestors celebrated the longest night of the year, honoring the return of the Sun through ritual, storytelling, firelight, feasting, and deep connection to the cycles of Nature. This episode you listeners not just to learn the history — but to remember it. To reclaim the wisdom woven through the darkest nights and recognize that Yule is not just a celebration of light’s return…