Here we are, starting new.
There’s something quietly beautiful about the beginning of a year - or at least, there can be.
Not the loud declarations or bold promises,
but the subtle moment when the body exhales and gently asks, What now?
As we enter 2026, I’m not interested in resolutions or reinvention.
What feels truer is honoring - honoring what has carried us here, and honoring what is asking for our care and attention as we move forward.
January seems to invite this kind of listening. The art of wintering.
When the world feels a bit softer, a bit slower, as if it’s offering us space to notice what we might otherwise rush past.
Lately, I’ve been sitting with the yogic teaching of Brahmacharya, often translated as non-excess. While it’s sometimes explained as restraint, I experience it more as the wise use of our energy.
Brahmacharya asks us to notice where our energy is going and whether those places are nourishing us or quietly draining us.
In a world that constantly pulls at our attention, our time, and our emotional bandwidth, this teaching feels especially alive right now. So much is asking for us, often without pause.
Brahmacharya sets us into alignment with what we say yes to, what we give our energy toward, and what we allow into our bodies, minds, and hearts.
For me, it has become a daily practice of honoring my own life force.
A remembering that my energy is precious and how I offer it shapes the quality of my days.
This month, I invite you to let Brahmacharya guide you toward offering your energy only where it feels steady, supportive, and life-giving.