Hey Rebel Reader !

Over the past year, I’ve been deep in training with Awake in the Wild.​

It’s been a slower, quieter season of learning, reflection, shedding and deepening my practice.
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Less about doing more, and more about unlearning the habits of pushing, effecting and trying to be "enough" for everyone but myself.

My mindfulness practice has always mattered to me, but this year, something shifted as my relationship with nature deepened.

Being outside regularly. Letting the weather, light, and seasons shape the practice. Listening instead of striving. Working with resistance...nature holds so much wisdom.

Nature doesn’t rush the cycle. It doesn’t skip the dark parts.
And it doesn’t confuse stillness with stagnation.

That way of moving has changed how I experience transition in my own life.

I notice thresholds more clearly now. The moments when something is ending. They require care and attention.
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Moments when something is quietly beginning do too.

The Winter Solstice has become one of those anchors for me with it's longest night and the unmistakable turn toward more light.

Each day after, the light returns a little more. Enough to remind me that reflection and forward movement are not opposites.

They belong together.

This way of practicing has opened up a different relationship to cycles. In work. In identity. In relationships. In how I relate to effort, rest, and change.

Less forcing. More attunement.

That shift has quietly shaped everything I’m building now.

It’s become the foundation of my Quiet Rebellion 1:1 coaching work, the through-line for the Wild Rebellion retreats I’m beginning to offer, and the spirit behind the Rebellion Collective community I’ll be opening in January.

Not as a philosophy or theory, but as a living practice. Learning to move with cycles instead of against them. To notice thresholds as they arise. To trust that clarity and momentum don’t come from constant effort, but from right timing and enough presence.

On December 21st, I’ll be hosting a live Awake in the Wild gathering to mark the Winter Solstice.

It’s a simple space to pause and practice presence with the season as it is. To honor what’s resting, and to notice what’s beginning to stir as the light returns.

If this resonates, you’re welcome to join us.

Winter Solstice
Honoring Darkness, Welcoming Light

December 21
9:00am PT / 12:00pm ET
90mins / Live on Zoom
$15 + dana

Recording available for 6 months

You can find the registration link below.

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Be Rebellious. Be Wild.
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In solidarity ✊
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Nicholas Whitaker​
Founder, The Rebellion Collective​
​rebellioncollective.co​

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