I’m feeling the shifting of the seasons right now. Its almost as if there is a lull or a heaviness in the air, as we meet the in between time—the time between the Fall Equinox and the Winter Solstice here in the Northern hemisphere.

Each day I feel the presence of that energy directing me to slow down. I feel it in my chest; a wanting to move within. And as each day grows shorter, more and more of the dark rises up and takes a bit of the light away.

Throughout my adult life I have always liked this time. It gives me the chance to connect with Innana and move into the underworld, to shed my layers. Some Winters call me deeper into this process than others. This year, it feels as if the call has already started.

Perhaps what I am feeling is more than just the seasonal change. After all we are undergoing a global evolutionary change which pulls and tugs at our consciousness in new ways. And those who are aware of this pull seem to have a growing sense of responsibility to change…the time is now.

But of course change is afoot all around us. And for me in this “time between,” I am asking myself the question over and over, “Where must I go within to hold a new way of being?”

The answers to this question, I am sure, lay in the rich darkness waiting for me.