Solitude & Sereni.tea

On the last day of 2025, I did a meditation with my group, about beginning the new year by letting go of the pain and stress of 2025. It worked. During the 30 minute session, I had a vision that the upcoming spring would be watercolour like. Muted, watery, colourful, a little messy but beautiful. Incredibly beautiful. After the image of cherry blossoms and irises and other flowers faded away, a vision of me as a salmon emerged. A salmon swimming upstream (as they tend to do) but without the struggle. Instead my salmon self was swimming with ease against the current, just as if we were swimming downstream. In that moment, it became clear. For me, 2026 is going to be about ease. I will still work hard – but this time it will be different. It will be without the struggle. I am no longer going to chase for what I want – or rather what I deserve. It will come to me freely on its own. I am the salmon with ease. All day around my home, I was singing, “Be the river! I am the salmon!” I sound a bit like Angela Lansbury / Mrs Potts while singing it -but it just makes me smile, and I encourage myself to keep singing (just keep singing, just keep singing).

So what does this ease mean for me this year? Good question. It hasn’t completely revealed itself yet, but so far it means the following:

*trust my intuition – it doesn’t lie
*start looking for work that is aligned with my values
*keep following the plans I started in 2025 – especially financial goals, boundaries, and my cultivating my most important relationships
*let go of my friendships that are holding me back and no longer serve a purpose for me – and find new friends who are more supportive and encouraging of my growth and potential.

*stop feeling bad about the roadblocks that I have or am currently coming into contact with – and find creative ways around them. This can be done by just taking a pause. A few deep breaths, some stretching or a longish walk, and then get back to the thinking about the problem with new data. It will all be solvable. Or it’s not worth worrying about.

I am ready for the ease. For all you people out there enjoy your year of the fire horse, I will be swimming upstream but with downstream energy with my friends the salmon.