Creating a Waldorf-Inspired Winter Rhythm

We’re in the heart of Winter and many of us are making new year’s resolutions for ourselves and our family. Winter is a time of introversion, stillness and reflection. It contains the gesture of curling up or moving towards the inner most part of a spiral. Each season our activities, celebrations and daily rhythm can reflect these seasonal archetypal qualities. I have created a ‘Winter Vision Board’ (see below) to inspire a mindful Winter Rhythm that is unique to your family.

Within the quarters you can include:

• holidays you would like to celebrate
• crafts, recipes or project ideas your would like to create
• activities you want to do as a family together
• chores or cleaning you would like to do
• ideas for inner work, charity work or other service you would like to participate in

Some ideas to help you get started creating a Winter Rhythm:

Celebrate

• Yuletide, Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanzaa
• St. Nicholas Day, St. Lucia Day, Three Kings Day
• Winter Solstice
• Valentine’s Day
• Imbolc/Candlemas

Create

• make watercolour lanterns
• make ice mandalas
• make cinnamon saltdough
• make bird feeders for the birds
• dip and make beeswax candles

Reflect

• read chapter books by candlelight together
• give footsoaks with essential oils and salts to children in the evenings instead of nightly baths
• journal and paint together
• work together at a local soup kitchen or donate clothes to a local charity

Play

• make a snowman or snow fort
• animal track in the snow
• go to a maple sugaring festival
• go ice skating