The beginning of January can feel deceptively quiet. The decorations come down, the calendar pages turn, and suddenly the world expects us to be refreshed, motivated, and ready to move forward.
But the body often tells a different story.
After a busy season, emotionally and energetically, many of us feel tender, tired, or slightly disoriented. And that makes sense. Nature is still resting. The soil is still dormant. The trees are not rushing to bloom just because the year has changed.
So as we move into the first full week of January, this is your permission slip to begin gently.
🌙 Lunar Flow: Today Through Next Saturday
We are moving through the disseminating phase of the moon, a time for integration rather than initiation. This is not about pushing forward, but about letting things settle.
Now | Moon in Cancer → Leo
Today begins with Cancer’s soft, emotional waters before shifting into Leo. This is a beautiful time to tend to your inner world first, then gently reconnect with joy, warmth, and simple pleasures. Keep things light. Nourishment over effort.
Monday–Tuesday | Moon in Leo
Leo invites play, creativity, and heart-centred joy, but in January this doesn’t need to be loud or performative. Choose what genuinely lifts you. Laughter, warmth, colour, and moments of ease are medicine right now.
Wednesday–Thursday | Moon in Virgo
Virgo supports gentle order and nervous system regulation. This is an excellent time for small, practical acts of care. Not a full reset, just tiny adjustments that help your body feel safer and more supported.
Friday | Moon in Libra
Libra reminds us to rebalance. Notice where you may be overextending, people pleasing, or saying yes out of habit. Harmony begins with honouring your limits.
Saturday | Continuing Libra Energy
A perfect day for soft reflection, boundary setting, and restoring equilibrium before the next phase unfolds.
Gentle January: Nervous System Care Through the Week
Rather than a full overhaul, this week asks for regulation, not reinvention.
Some simple offerings to yourself:
Your nervous system doesn’t need fixing. It needs reassurance.
Resting Like the Earth
At this time of year, the earth is conserving energy. Roots are deepening. Nothing is wasted, even though nothing appears to be happening on the surface.
We are part of that cycle too.
Rest is not falling behind.
Slowness is not failure.
Quiet is not absence.
This season invites recovery, not performance.
Blessing for the Year Ahead
Instead of resolutions, let this be your blessing:
May this year meet you gently.
May your body feel safe enough to rest.
May your boundaries be strong and kind.
May you grow slowly, steadily, and in your own time.
Haven Highlight | An Evening of Remembrance, Reflection & Nourishment
A special collaboration with Mary from Bristol’s Death Café
This January, I am honoured to be co-hosting a deeply held evening with Mary, one of Bristol’s dedicated Death Café facilitators.
An Evening of Remembrance, Reflection & Nourishment is a gentle space to honour loved ones, explore our relationship with death, and sit together in shared humanity. This is not a counselling session or support group, but a compassionate, invitational gathering combining Death Café–inspired conversation with meditation, sound, and quiet reflection.
Held with care, warmth, and respect, this evening welcomes Listening without fixing, Speaking or silence, Reflection, remembrance, and nourishment
Thursday 8th January 2026 7-8:30pm
Willsbridge Mill, Bristol, BS30 6EX
Limited spaces available
You can read more and book here:
I begin this year gently.
I listen to my body and honour its pace.
I rest when the earth rests.
I move forward when the time is right.
Until next week
With love,
Marie xx
