Sunday 07

november 9, 2025

It’s going to be 35 degrees tomorrow. It’s safe to say that the cold months are basically here and I am all for it and also not for it at the same time. We can exist with both feelings right? On the one hand, I’m looking forward to the slowing down of nature’s pace and following suit. Evenings ending earlier, more time spent under the covers, and slower mornings are all things that I love about the season. But at the same time, of course I miss the warmth of the sun blazing down on me.

But if there’s one thing that Ayurveda has taught me is that we are meant to ebb and flow with our surroundings. And when She tells us it’s time to slow down and hibernate, well, we’d be dumb to think that we are smarter than Her.

What’s really fascinating about these very specific moments at the turn of the season, when the weather actually changes drastically, I feel this overwhelming desire to declutter. If you’ve been with me long enough, you know I’ve been on a mission to simplify and minimize my belongings month over month, trying my best not to accumulate. But besides that, what struck me in thinking about what to write for this Sunday post was that the subtle energetics of decluttering is to make space. The question always is though—make space for what?

If we are really in tune with the seasonal shifts, we in theory should be making space for what that season gives us. Autumn? The subtle transition from external-ness to internal-ness. With this particular transition, it’s often hard to make that move to going deep within if there isn’t a clear path forward. Our wants and mind and ego and all of the other things that make up our subtle body can quite literally block the path and make it very difficult to see what even the next step could be.

I very firmly believe that we have to actively take part in clearing things out making space—on all planes and aspects of our lives. So, next time you are being called to declutter, take a closer look and see what it is you’re being asked to do. It could very well be a calling for something much deeper.

And on that note, although I couldn’t find much to get rid of inside my house, we did take some time to clear up our backyard and reorganize a little bit. We planted a few trees in our yard, and I’m in this moment realizing that clearing space can also be to restructure a given space to make it more conducive to where you are in this moment. I don’t think that anything needs to remain static. We can change our surroundings with that point in life. God forbid if I kept myself in the constraints of my young 20s or even in the emergence of my 30s. I am a totally different person now and everything that we do should reflect that.

It’s funny because we were recently at a wedding for my cousin, and N and I were picking out outfits for the week and he brought up a really good point— “I want to look my age, I don’t want to dress as a 20 year old, because I’m not. There’s an appropriateness that we have to honor.” And that just hit me so hard. Honoring not only seasonal transitions but our life transitions is so important. In doing so, there is so much gratitude we can have for all that we were and all that we ever will be! Coming of age and life transition ceremonies held such a specific role in many traditions. Why aren’t we doing a better job of making space to step into the new version of ourselves? When did we forget that this is the beautiful side of the human experience? Who cares to wallow in the past…why not find celebration in all that you are right now?

This is what the current inner journey is showing to me. That with each and every transition, we have to hold a sacred pause to honor what is to come. The next step and the future you (in whatever that looks like) is wild and who knows what will come of it—it may not even be your favorite version of you. But who cares? There is significance and importance in each every step, whether internal or external.

So, here’s to Autumn and the next great transition! Here’s to the honoring of and the celebration of! Here’s to the next step! Here’s to clearing space and making it work for you.

There is so much to look forward to this week. I hope it’s one that is filled with so much love and pauses.

xx, n