COLOUR WITCH'S ADVENT ~ GREEN ~ 14th December
Empathy. Compassion. Love. Balance.
Green is (literally) the heart of it all. The colour that holds us steady when everything else is spinning.
The colour that says: you can care about others and still take care of yourself. You can give and still have boundaries. You can love without losing yourself.
Green is balance, where you soften instead of pushing through. Where you breathe instead of holding on.
And green's Mystical Companion is The Stag.
Stoic. Present. Calm strength. The stag doesn't rush. It doesn't fight unless it has to. It stands with dignity, grounded in its own quiet power, but without ego.
That's the energy we need right now.
We're at the halfway point of December. The madness is building. The to-do lists are getting longer. And most of us are running on fumes, trying to keep everyone happy, trying to hold it all together.
Green asks: what if you stopped trying so hard?
What if you softened instead?
Use Your SOUL
This is the practice I come back to time and time again.
It's simple. It's immediate. And it actually works.
SOUL stands for:
S - Soften your forehead Notice where you're holding tension. Your forehead, your eyebrows, the space between your eyes. Let it go. Smooth it out. You don't need to carry it here.
O - Open your chest Roll your shoulders back. Lift your heart. Breathe into your ribs. Make space. You've been folding yourself inward - unfold.
U - Unclench your jaw You're probably doing it right now. Holding. Grinding. Tightening. Let your jaw drop slightly. Let your tongue rest. Let your teeth separate.
L - Lower your shoulders They've been creeping up toward your ears all day. Drop them. Let them hang. Let gravity take the weight.
Notice how much you were holding that you didn't even realise.
Green Reminds Us
Empathy starts with yourself. Compassion starts with yourself. Love starts with yourself.
You can't pour from an empty cup, but more than that - you don't have to keep pouring until you're empty. You're allowed to soften. You're allowed to rest. You're allowed to say no - that's enough.
That's what green teaches us. Balance isn't about doing more. It's about knowing when to stop.
Use your SOUL today, and as many times as you need over the coming weeks.
You're allowed to take up space without tension.
How does that feel?
