Our bodies know that, despite what Roman calendars would have us believe, January is not fit for new beginnings, it’s peak hibernation time. It’s for rest, recovery, reflection, finding ways to keep warm. It is NOT well suited to resolutions, changes or anything that requires injections of energy.
At imbolc, there is the promise of light and new life, just round the corner. It’s thought to originate from the Old Irish i mbloc, meaning ‘in the belly’, relating to the lambs brewing in the ewes tummies at this time of year.