Springtime, Ostara & The Sacred Void
There is a moment in early spring that isn’t often talked about.
The snow has melted and the air has shifted.
The light lingers longer in the evening.
And yet - nothing is blooming.
The trees are still bare. The ground looks empty, and our gardens appears unchanged.
This is the season of Ostara, the equinox, where light and dark stand in equal.
Not full spring… but the beginning of it.
And beginnings are rarely loud.
In our recent Quiet Spark circle, we explored what we are ready to release in order to make space for the new.
Letting go sounds powerful. Like it’s decisive and clean.
Which is can be, but here’s what I’ve noticed - both personally and in the women I sit with:
When we release something, we expect immediate relief, some sort of clarity, or a new plan to emerge.
But often what comes first… is space.
And space can feel unsettling.
Welcome To The Sacred Void
The sacred void is that in-between place.
The place where what was is gone - and what will be is not yet formed.
It can feel uncomfortable, uncertain, and lonely.
We are so conditioned to fill space quickly - with noise, decisions, relationships, productivity, and certainty.
But if we pay attention to nature, we see nothing blooms the day after the thaw.
The soil rests. The roots reorganize. Energy start to gather underground.
The void is not a mistake. And it’s certainly not failure. It is a formation period.
This is where the nervous system recalibrates.
This is where identity loosens.
This is where something more honest begins to take shape - quietly.
We are not meant to rush through it.
We are meant to tolerate it. (which is often a skill we need to learn)
Because the sacred void is where we stop recreating the old simply to avoid the emptiness.
And that is holy work right there.
A Simple Somatic Practice
Place one hand on your heart.
One hand on your belly.
Take three slow breaths.
On each exhale, whisper internally:
“I don’t have to rush this.”
Let your body feel that.
When we let go of something familiar - even something that wasn’t good for us - the nervous system notices.
Familiar patterns, including stressful ones, create predictability. So when we release them, there can be a sense of disorientation. This is part of recalibration. The body is learning a new baseline.
It takes time for safety to catch up with change.