before the
long nights.

The Rauhnächte belong to the winter traditions of the Alpine world: nights around the winter solstice and the turning of the year, often counted as twelve, with customs that differ from place to place. They carry stories of spirits, listening, smoke and glimpses of what may come.

In my work, I meet them as a time of threshold. A thinning of veils, a turning towards the worlds within. The long nights invite a different kind of attention, giving what has been quietly waiting in us a little room to unfold.

Our journey begins before these nights. Week by week, we turn towards the potential you already carry, so that you may enter their stillness with a deeper recognition of yourself, and a little more space for what wishes to become.

We begin with where you are. What moves you, what you long for, and what is asking for your attention. I listen as you tell me your story, and we make room for you to hear yourself. From here, we find the beginning of your own journey.

We turn our gaze towards your inner vastness: the widening of the heart, the vibration and pulse of what lives within. An ocean. A kaleidoscope of possibilities. I guide you in exploring a way into this space, and how it feels for you to meet it.

We listen to what begins to show itself. How do you meet your own possibilities? What would it feel like to receive them? Together, we explore giving your potential room to unfold, opening towards what wishes to emerge from your own depth.

What feels deeply your own? What becomes visible as you allow your masks to fall? We turn towards your uniqueness, your vulnerability and the strength they carry. A little space to recognise your particular beauty, and begin to trust it.

How does your potential wish to become visible in your life? Through your words, your creativity, your relationships, your choices? We explore an expression that feels true to you, and find a small, concrete step through which you can give it room.

We look back over our journey: what has shown itself, what you want to nourish, and what is still becoming. We explore the choices and little rituals that help you stay connected with your depth. A way to carry your own strength into daily life, with trust, responsibility and room to choose joy.

In our seventh meeting, we turn towards what has expanded within you, and what wishes to find its place. You name what you have recognised, what you wish to nourish, and what you choose to carry into your life. A word, a sentence or a small gesture becomes your reminder as you enter the long nights [rauhnächte].

As the long nights [rauhnächte] approach, you meet the thinning of veils as an invitation: to listen more closely, to give the unseen a little space, and to let something new unfold in its own time.

this is a beautiful time to let your potential awaken beyond the borders of your skin. What has always been here, lingering within you, can find room to expand. You have learned to let your heart grow wide enough to receive it, and what is true to you begins to find its own expression.

What we have touched in our seven meetings can continue into these quiet nights: in a word you return to, a small gesture, a choice made with greater tenderness towards yourself. Carry it with you, and let your own life give it form.