Honoring Fire, Honoring Water

Winter is the time to tend to our vitality- that spark of Yang fire energy within us- by preserving it, and thus not letting it burn out.  In other words, by not burning the candle at both ends, which may mean simplifying our holiday to do list. In winter we revitalize deeply, and we do this by allowing ourselves to have a sacred pause.  A long winter's nap.  A curling up in the cave, like the bear.  Would a bear be as powerful an animal as it is if it did not hibernate?