Embracing Rest And Renewal - January 12

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Embracing Rest And Renewal - January 12

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guided

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Meditation

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Join Liz Scott for 'Five Minutes In Nature', today she's in a serene Devon woodland, as she reflects on the wisdom of the dormouse—a creature that embraces hibernation as a means of rest and renewal. With bare trees and a winter stillness surrounding her, Liz explores the importance of slowing down in our fast-paced lives. Through the dormouse's example, she invites you to consider where in your life you might need to pause, refresh, and find a new rhythm. Take a moment to reflect on how rest can rejuvenate and prepare you to thrive.

Rest Renewal Nature Reflection Slow Down Self Care Nature Reflection Seasonal Reflection Hibernation Life Rhythm Change Self Nourishment

Meet your Teacher

Ivybridge PL21, UK

Meet your Teacher

Ivybridge PL21, UK

Transcript

Hello my name is Liz Scott and you join me for five minutes in nature for this January daily reflection where I go outdoors and find inspiration in the natural world. Today you join me in Ladies Wood. It's a woodland of mixed deciduous trees and the woodland is in Devon in England and as I look up the trees are all naked of their leaves. It's deep in January and it has this feeling of lifelessness like life is waiting to happen but not quite yet and I know that this woodland is looked after and it's a place that encourages dormice because dormice are one of the few mammals in the UK that actually hibernate and this woodland is a place where the dormice are encouraged to hibernate. I've been looking for the nests of a dormouse. I looked it up before I came out and they're like little balls of hay or dried grass that you can spot often at ground level apparently but I've not seen one yet but I did see some delicious images of tiny dormice asleep with their tails curled up around them seeing out the winter to make sure that they are going to sleep and be dormant all the way through until spring and it got me thinking what a great reflection a reflection on hibernation and the need for all of us to seek that sense of rest and renewal in life and I feel that the dormouse can really teach us about the nourishment that is available to us when we slow down. So my question to you is this ask yourself are you seeking a different rhythm to your life? Do you lead a life that's busy? Do you lead a life that feels frantic frenetic? Is your mind always on the go whirring and whirring all the time and do you find that you engage in this pace of life all year round? You see slowing down your mind and slowing down doesn't mean sitting around and doing nothing. Slowing down can just mean taking a break, Finding space for hibernation in your life, Allowing a different rhythm to your life. A bit like the dormouse allowing yourself time for rest and renewal. You see we're not designed to be busy all of the time. We're not designed to be restlessly thinking and planning about what is going to happen in the future. So my question to you is this just reflect for yourself. Where in your life are you being called to slow down, To refresh and to nourish yourself? Unlike the dormouse you don't necessarily need to hibernate or to go to sleep or to take yourself to bed and rest yourself although that might be very much what you're being called to do. What I want you to reflect on is the change in pace of your life, The change in pace of your thinking that allows you time to rest and recuperate. So let's just thank the dormouse today for its wisdom, Its wisdom in showing us the power of hibernation and the need for all of us to reflect on what it is to slow down in our lives and to allow ourselves to naturally replenish and nourish and refresh ourselves so that we can be the best that we can navigating our way through the world.