{"id":1847,"date":"2020-10-28T17:56:22","date_gmt":"2020-10-28T17:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2022-04-06T12:19:48","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T11:19:48","slug":"healthy-winter-mindset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/10\/healthy-winter-mindset\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting a Healthy Winter Mindset"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>If you are finding yourself dreading (or at least not looking forward to) the shorter days and colder days as winter approaches, spare a thought for the people of Troms\u00f8 \u2013 a city in Norway.  Not only is Troms\u00f8 two hundred miles north of the Arctic circle, but it does not see the sun from mid-November to mid-January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Whilst such conditions can cause low mood and SAD (Seasonal Affective Disorder), it seems that Troms\u00f8\u2019s inhabitants\u2019 wellbeing barely changes throughout the year.  Recent research suggests that this is due to people adopting a mindest that bestows a high level of resilience.  It seems that, rather than view the winter as something threatening, people are more likely to see it as an opportunity to learn and adapt.  Such a mindset leads to more positive moods as well as physiological responses such as lower blood pressure.  Apparently, Troms\u00f8 residents show a high propensity to agree with statements such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cThere are things I enjoy about the winter months\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cI love the cosiness of the winter months\u201d<\/li><li>\u201cWinter brings many wonderful seasonal changes\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Like Denmark which has \u2018hygge\u2019, Norway has a similar concept \u2018koselig\u2019.  In fact, even closer to home, there is the Scottish word \u2018courie\u2019, which means to snuggle close somewhere warm and safe.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In her book \u2018Wintering\u2019, Katherine May uses the metaphor of winter for those times in our lives when we need to slow down and recuperate from things that have taken a toll on us:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cOnce we stop wishing it were summer, winter can be a glorious season when the world takes on a sparse beauty, and even the pavements sparkle.  It\u2019s a time for reflection and recuperation, for slow replenishment, for putting your house in order\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Modern-day druids recognise eight times of significance throughout the year \u2013 roughly every six weeks.  For example, Samhuinn is from October 31st to November 2nd and then the Winter Solstice is in December just before Christmas.  In the modern world many of us have lost the connection to nature that our ancestors took for granted as well as an understanding of the changing seasons that would have kept them alive.  Being more mindful of the natural cycle of the year may help us to view seasonal changes more positively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As Katherine May says:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cPlants and animals don\u2019t fight the winter; they don\u2019t pretend it\u2019s not happening and attempt to carry on living the same lives that they lived in the summer.  They prepare.  They adapt.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To arrange a free 30-minute consultation to discuss how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/services\/brainworking-recursive-therapy.html\">BWRT\u00ae<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/services\/hypnotherapy.html\">hypnotherapy<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/telephone-online-counselling.html\">counselling<\/a> can help you to change your life for the better, contact Jonathan at The Body Matters on 01702 714968.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you are finding yourself dreading the shorter days and colder days as winter approaches, spare a thought for the people of Troms\u00f8 \u2013 a city in Norway. <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn-primary m-posts-readmore\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thebodymatters.co.uk\/blog\/2020\/10\/healthy-winter-mindset\/\" title=\"Read more\">Read more <em class=\"iconfont-logo-arrow\"><\/em><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1853,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[264,344],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1847","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mindfulness","category-other-therapies"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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