The December Downshift & Uplift Practice

Feminine Power Time: The December Downshift & Uplift Practice

The December Downshift is a practice we come back to year after year to signal to our internal systems (and the people and projects around us) that it’s time to start the slow down vs. get swirled into the year-end or holiday madness, followed by new year start pressure.

It’s the cyclical co-creation rhythm and structure we practice to mimic the natural world, who has managed to prosper for billions of year (and gives us a template for how to evolve, grow and thrive… in sustainable ways).

Think of the practice of downshifting at year end like driving a manual transmission car – you don’t want to keep moving through Dec in 5th gear, at a high pace/ intensity/output still running on mental or emotional stressors from the weeks/months prior, and then hard downshift into neutral the last days of the year … you’ll blow out your system.

And then likely need to recover from all the OVER indulging, doing, spending, connecting in the new year. So you start depleted vs. ready to receive.

It’s a wiser to move through the gears one by one, over the course of weeks, so you can: savor your connections, deeply replenish, and receive from all you have created the previous 12-13 months. Making choices that support you to be healthy, clear and ready to receive inspiration, insight and clarity for focusing and co-creating next year.

Every year while the process of year-end downshifting is the same, there are 4 phases of downshifting – relax, rest, replenish, regenerate, the flavor and focus is different based on that year. 

This year … I tuned into create this year’s December Downshift practice for you and realized we would also benefit with a Consciousness Uplift.

So we can really replenish our light + shake off the stress + see the progress and difference our effort and care has made + work with the inner “heart alchemy” already happening within us, including releasing inner patterns and past experiences that it’s time to heal and let go.

Our exploration today is framed around the themes below. I’ll guide you through some reflective meditations + give you wisdom inquiries that support you to make choices in Dec + Jan that give you energy, support your system and your alignment.  (Wisdom Inquiries at the bottom of this post)

1. Ritual and Rhythm  
2. Reflect, Recognize. 
3. Release, Reset. Restore. 
4. Resonance. Receive.

We will be shining a light on things like:

• the invisible impact your energy and effort has made
• where there’s momentum created from incremental progress
• rituals and rhythms you can put in place now in Dec and Jan
• making choices from wisdom of what restores, replenishes vs. obligation, guilt, and FOMO

For 16 years I’ve created this structure through December and January for the co-creators, leaders + people willing to do things differently, wiser. We’ll be here again – keep tuning in weekly on the podcast + join us for the live happenings (see below)

With great heart,

Christine

P.S. Elevation Action: Share this podcast with a friend, so you can support each other real time. Invite them to join you for the Year End Reflection Ritual, and do it together.

***

To TUNE IN to The December Downshift+ Uplift Practice:

Listen using the player above or

Subscribe on iTunes – here
Or Access on Your Podcast App – search for Feminine Power Time.

SHARE + REVIEW this podcast. You can share and review it from your podcast app. Or directly on iTunes here.

****

***

WISDOM INQUIRIES 

Ritual & Rhythm 

1. What are the rituals and rhythms that have supported your energy system? What has helped you maintain clarity, move from unease into intuition, and replenished you?
2. What are the things that suck out your radiance and drain it, or mess up your frequency? What keeps you centered and replenished?

Reflect. Recognize. Receive.

* Invisible Impact

1. Who are the people whose lives your presence, energy, or care has made a difference to this year? Picture their faces and feel/recognize your impact.
2. What projects or actions have you given your energy to that were essential but not always externally recognized?

* Incremental Progress

1. What have you made incremental progress on – personally + professionally — even if they’re not finished? Notice the momentum created this year, you can work with next year.

Release. Reset. Replenish.

1. What’s one thing you are ready to release and leave behind in 2025 … could be a habit, a physical thing, relationship, pattern, etc. ?
2. Are there obligations or “shoulds” or FOMO you are making choices from in Dec/Jan? Release and reset by looking for the “sacred third” option or be honest about what you need?
3. What do you need—body, mind, heart, and spirit—to regenerate, reset, and replenish for this next year cycle?

Resonance. 

1. What choices can you make differently in Dec and Jan about how you give your time, money, and resources, so they align with your deeper values?