Meditation isn’t about becoming a monk; it’s about mental hygiene. It’s the act of sitting with yourself long enough to let the dust settle so you can actually see what’s in front of you.

Before it was a single day on a calendar, Yule was a multi-day midwinter festival of fire and feasting. The ancient Germanic and Scandinavian peoples knew that winter was a threat to the body but a forge for the spirit. These celebrations honored the Sun, the ancestors, and the wild forces of nature that sustained life through winter.