I'd never heard of Romjul before reading this, but I’m completely in love with the concept of the “rest after the feast,” the exhale between what was and what’s coming. There’s something so grounding about treating this little pocket of time as intentional rather than aimless, a soft landing before the new year begins. Thank you, Kiran, for giving me a new word (and a new way) to honor this in-between space.
This made me smile. I was actually born and brought up in Norway, and Romjul is just how Scandinavians do this time of year. We don’t rush straight into resolutions or reinvention. We rest. We soften. We let the body and soul catch up after the feast, the noise, the year itself.
That in-between pocket you described so beautifully isn’t aimless at all. It’s intentional by design. A collective exhale. A quiet honouring of what’s been before we start reaching for what’s next.
I love that the word has found its way to you. May you give yourself full permission to inhabit that soft landing this year. It’s a very wise place to begin.
So lovely 😍
I'd never heard of Romjul before reading this, but I’m completely in love with the concept of the “rest after the feast,” the exhale between what was and what’s coming. There’s something so grounding about treating this little pocket of time as intentional rather than aimless, a soft landing before the new year begins. Thank you, Kiran, for giving me a new word (and a new way) to honor this in-between space.
This made me smile. I was actually born and brought up in Norway, and Romjul is just how Scandinavians do this time of year. We don’t rush straight into resolutions or reinvention. We rest. We soften. We let the body and soul catch up after the feast, the noise, the year itself.
That in-between pocket you described so beautifully isn’t aimless at all. It’s intentional by design. A collective exhale. A quiet honouring of what’s been before we start reaching for what’s next.
I love that the word has found its way to you. May you give yourself full permission to inhabit that soft landing this year. It’s a very wise place to begin.