Amazing Winter Journal Prompts to Support Your Inner World
Winter is a time of reflection, rest, and rejuvenation. When you think about it, the whole world has slowed down, which means you should too. This is a wonderful time to begin exploring your inner world; journaling is a great way to do just that. Every season changes us whether we realize it or not. We are a part of the rhythm of nature, and honoring that can benefit us.
I want to share some guided journal prompts to support you through the cold months. So grab coffee or tea, a soft blanket, and your favorite pen and journal. It’s time to dive in and find yourself this season.
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A Little About Winter…
Winter is a time of stillness, stillness, and death. It can teach us about the power of self-reflection and allow us to retreat within.
- Winter Solstice(marked beginning of winter): December 21st in the N.H. & June 21st in the S.H
- Element: Earth (Chinese element: water)
- Energy: yin/feminine
- Time: late night/elder/crone
This is a great time for:
- naps
- yin and restorative yoga
- loving-kindness meditation
- soups & stews
- light therapy
30 Best Winter Journal Prompts
Winter Journal Prompts:
- What does winter represent to me personally?
- What kinds of feeling come up during this season? (happiness, depression, anxiety, etc.)
- What is my favorite memory of winter?
- Write a short letter to your older crone version of yourself.
- Write down three shadow aspects that live within you and what you can learn from them.
- In what ways can you slow down this season?
- What do you find most beautiful about winter?
- What do you love least about winter and why?
- Write down 3 words that immediatly come to mind when you think of winter.
- What keeps you hopeful during winter?
- Meditate in the silence for 5 minutes and write about it.
- How can you practice compassion during the winter?
- Sit and gaze out at the world and decribe in great detail the scene before your eyes.
- What activities could you do in winter to apprieate the season more?
- How can you connect to love ones more deeply this winter?
- How does winter inpire you in a creative way?
- Write about an event that has made you more resilant.
- What are ways you can find meaning and light in this dark season?
- What are my darkest fears and how might I overcome them?
- Where could I give more forgivness?
- Is there anything in my life that I am avoiding? How can I change it?
- Write a deep secret and use a candle to burn it (use candles responsibly) and it let go.
- What feelings rise up when I sit in silence?
- How can I use the my shadow side to grow from within?
- Write a list of things that you cannot control.
- Write a list of things that you can control.
- What is the biggest obstacle you have overcome and how did it feel?
- Write about someone who has hurt you and what you can learn from it.
- Free write about the word “darkness”.
- What do you want to learn about yourself by the end of winter to prepare for spring?
Conclusion
Remember that winter is a time to slow down and enjoy what we have. Journaling can be helpful when we are feeling closed in or suffering from the winter blues. Writing out our feelings can be healing and inspirational when the world is dark.
Remember that although winter can be dreary, there is so much we can learn and appreciate and know that spring lies beneath the surface.
In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.
~Albert Camus~
Stay cozy & journal this winter!
