Hola Mi gente:
Que frio, No? I absolutely LOVE snow days, as a child we would play all day, snow ball fights, forts, snow men/angels! I would only come in when the 'lights came on'. Now, everything slows down, plans cancel, the world a little quieter, quite beautiful and our nervous system may be quietly exhaling right now. Breathe, knowing that slowing down doesn't mean you're missing something, or you are behind. It simply gives you a beat to breathe.
Snow days remind us of something trauma often interrupts:
Rest is not earned. It’s allowed.
When we carry ancestral trauma, survival patterns often live in the body long after the original threat is gone. Hypervigilance, urgency, guilt for resting, and the constant sense of “I should be doing more” aren’t personality traits—they’re inherited strategies.
And yet… snow has a way of saying:
Pause anyway.
❄️ What Trauma Knows About Snow Days
From a somatic lens, cold, stillness, and quiet naturally invite:
- Down-regulation of the nervous system
- Reduced sensory input
- A felt sense of containment
- Permission to soften vigilance
Your ancestors may not have had the luxury to stop when the world demanded productivity—but you do.
Today, healing doesn’t look like insight.
It looks like:
- Sitting without rushing (con cafe y pan)
- Warming your body intentionally
- Letting your muscles drop instead of brace
- Saying “not today” to urgency
That is ancestral repair.
🌿 A Gentle Snow Day Practice (3 Minutes)
Try this wherever you are:
- Place one hand on your chest, one on your belly
- Take a slow inhale through the nose
- Exhale as if you’re fogging up a window
- Whisper (or think): “In this moment, I am safe enough to rest.”
- Let your shoulders melt—no fixing, no forcing
That’s it. That’s the work.
✨ A Question to Reflect On
What part of you learned that rest was dangerous… and what would it need to feel safe today?
You don’t need to answer with words. Your body already knows.
💛 Want Support Holding This Kind of Rest?
If you’re ready to explore:
- How ancestral trauma lives in your body
- Why rest feels unsafe even when life is stable
- How to release survival patterns without re-traumatizing yourself
I’d love to support you.
👉 Schedule a somatic consultation
👉 Join an upcoming healing circle or REST retreat
You don’t have to heal through force.
Sometimes healing begins with a pause.
With warmth (and a blanket),
Mayra Figueroa-Clark LCSW, LICSW, CCTP
CEO/Founder of Your Restoration Place, Where Leaders find Rest
Somatic Therapist | Ancestral Trauma & Nervous System Healing
