✨ December Isn’t About Throwing Things Away. It’s About Turning Them Into Light!
- Zoë Tolkowsky
- Dec 2
- 3 min read
Every December, everyone talks about “decluttering,” “removing what doesn’t serve,” “cleaning out your life before the new year.”
And honestly? It’s exhausting. Another month of trying to fix, change, purge, and improve.
But what if December 2025 could be something else?
What if this month is not about removing, but about surrendering? About letting things be what they are…and seeing what beauty is already hidden inside them.
In Kabbalah, everything has a spark inside, even the difficult moments, even the “negative” emotions. Nothing is random. Nothing is wasted. There is no “trash” in your soul’s journey.
There are only sparks waiting to be lifted, little lights waiting for you to notice them.
So instead of fighting yourself, maybe the invitation is to accept, soften, breathe, and let life show you what it’s trying to teach you.
It’s not about changing who you are. It’s about changing the way you see yourself.
When you accept yourself, your nervous system literally shifts. You go from survival mode to creation mode. You stop reacting. You start living.
You start stepping into the next movie of your life with clarity and intention.
✨ Hanukkah: The Light Inside the Darkness
Hanukkah is around the corner, and this holiday always hits me deeply.
Because the miracle wasn’t the oil. The miracle was the courage to light the candle in the dark, even when no one knew if it would last.
Kabbalah teaches:
A tiny light pushes away a lot of darkness.
And maybe that’s December’s message for us.
Even if you’re tired, overwhelmed, confused, or in transition, if you light one small inner candle (a breath, a prayer, a moment of acceptance, a simple act of kindness) you shift the whole energy of your life.
You don’t need to remove everything. You just need to transform it. That’s real alchemy.
✨ You Are Perfect As You Are (And Even the “Imperfect” Parts Are Holy)
Kabbalah says your soul came here with a specific “tikkun”, a unique correction, a unique journey, a unique flavor of light.
So the parts you call “negative”? They’re not flaws. They’re doorways.
They’re invitations to grow into the version of you you already are beneath the noise.
The moment you accept yourself exactly as you are, your system relaxes. Your breath deepens. Your body stops fighting you. Your nervous system begins to reset naturally.
This is why I created my 6-Week Nervous System Reset Program, to help you meet yourself with breath, movement, and softness…not from a place of “I need to change,” but from “I deserve to feel at home inside myself.”
Let’s move into 2026 together with depth, softness, breath, and inner power.
✨ A Short Kabbalah-Inspired Breath + Movement Ritual (5 Minutes)
1. Sit comfortably and place one hand on your heart, one on your belly. Close your eyes.
2. Inhale through the nose for 4, exhale for 6. Long exhale = instant nervous system reset.
3. Set the intention: “I’m here to lift the light inside the moment.”
4. Imagine a small flame inside your chest. Kabbalah teaches that this flame is your Ner, your soul-light. Every breath feeds it.
5. Begin slow spinal waves. Inhale: chest moves forward. Exhale: round the spine. Move like water. Let your body guide you.
6. Shake the body for 10 seconds. Hands, shoulders, hips, legs. Shake out old energy, old patterns. This is how the nervous system releases.
7. Place both hands over your heart. One deep inhale through the nose for 5. Hold for 3. Exhale for 8.
Whisper to yourself:
“I transform everything into light.”
“I am exactly where I need to be.”





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