What Wants to be Seen

Last Friday was the Spring Equinox - the point in the year where night and day are equal, and from here, every day the light begins to grow.

If I’m honest, I haven’t always paid attention to days like this. But over time, I’ve come to realise how much they matter. They bring us back into relationship with the earth, with our home, with the natural world we’re a part of - whether we choose to notice it or not. And just as every other living thing is affected by this threshold moment, so are we.

I also find myself thinking about this in the context of the world we’re living in now. The more we move toward what is artificial, the more important it feels to stay connected to what is real - to what we can feel, to what grounds us, to what reminds us who we are.

The night before the equinox, I went to a beautiful breathwork session with Sarah Evans, and something unexpected came up for me that has stayed with me.

At one point, we were guided to imagine ourselves lying under a new moon on the Arctic surface, with nothing but pinhole stars above us. It felt strangely personal. My dad was an oceanographer and spent time in the Arctic, so just being invited to place myself there felt like a gift in itself.

But what surprised me most was what came next.

The word that floated above me was visibility. A clear sense that I want to be more visible. And when I questioned it, when I asked myself why, the answer wasn’t what I expected.

It wasn’t about ego or recognition. What came through was my grandmother, my great-grandmothers - women down the line - almost as if they were saying, we want to be seen.

I actually got chills when I felt that.

It made me realise that this desire so many of us feel - to use our voice more, to take up space in a fuller way - isn’t just about us as individuals. It runs deeper than that. It’s connected to something we’re part of, something that’s been waiting to be expressed for a long time.

That’s what I carried into this morning’s Spring Equinox Sanctuary inside Supernova, and it shaped the way I held the space - as something to notice and honour for the women who were present.

Even if you didn’t mark the equinox on Friday, there’s still an invitation here.

To take a few minutes this weekend or in the coming days to step outside, to feel the shift in the air, to notice the light lingering just a little longer than it did before, and to check in with yourself in a simple, beautiful way.

Where do you feel yourself wanting to show up differently right now? Perhaps at work, at home, in your relationship or in your health journey?

Where are you feeling the pull to step forward right now? What could be the next step?

There is something powerful about choosing to meet a moment like this consciously, rather than letting it pass unnoticed.

Because the seasons are changing - and we are changing with them.