On this page, we invite you to listen to the
3 Winter Stillness Meditations
devised and recorded by Dr Karen Stead-Dexter
made available to you thanks to a donation to the
Centre for Animal and Nature Assisted Therapy CIC
Winter Stillness and the Turning of the Year
Offer gratitude for the lessons, challenges, and blessings that the past year has brought, and begin to open your heart and mind gently to what the next turning of the year may hold.
The Still Heart of Winter - Being in the Present
Bring yourself fully into the present moment - into the quiet, steady heart of winter - and allow ourselves to rest there, with no need to do or to change anything. Just BE.
Seeds in the Stillness - Welcoming the Year Ahead
Winter marks both end and beginning. Sense the subtle stirrings beneath the surface — the seeds held within stillness, quietly preparing for the seasons to come.
Celebrate Winter Stillness
As the year turns, nature reminds us that rest and renewal are part of the same breath. What we gathered in the past serves who we are right now, and what we give and become in future.
Reaching the end of 2025 and welcoming in 2026, I have chosen to offer a thoughtful meditation collection that, if you are on this page, you have chosen to gift to yourself, or you have received as a gift from someone who cares about you.
All donations received in exchange for this collection go to the Centre for Animal and Nature Assisted Therapy CIC, so your participation is helping others to receive therapy with my amazing birds of prey and in the beautiful private woodland where I find healing through nature connection, to help them deal with trauma or mental health challenges.
These 3 Winter Stillness Meditations are recorded especially to help you integrate the gifts and learning of the past year, ground yourself with gratitude for your life and the lives around you, and to plant intentions for the year to come.
Meditation is integral to my life, my health and well-being, and to my connection with the world around me. As always in my work, each meditation draws on the elements and wisdom of the Earth and its plants and animals. Meditation has been practised and studied for centuries and has been shown to have so many benefits for our emotions and nervous system.
- Improved physical health by reducing high blood pressure and heart rate,
- Better sleep, lower anxiety and stress by reducing cortisol,
- Calmer state of mind by fostering patience and awareness,
- More self-awareness which can help promote empathy and connection.
Energy flows where your attention goes. Whether you practise for 1 minute or 1 hour, indoors or outdoors. My wish for you is that these meditations being you greater well-being and connection, to your inner self, to others, and to this Earth and her nature and animals.
With Winter blessings
Karen
Dr Karen Stead-Dexter, Animal & Nature Connection Teacher and Practitioner
Have Any Questions About CANAT?
The Centre for Animal and Nature Assisted Therapy, CANAT, is a Community Interest Company (CIC) registered in England with company number 13814782, where all profits are reinvested.
You can find our more here, or if you have any questions you can contact Dr Karen directly.
If you would like to donate to help us to continue and grow CANAT's work, you can do so through localgiving - a fundraising platform for small charities and non-profits that enables us to collect giftaid -
or by bank transfer to the Centre for Animal and Nature Assisted Therapy CIC account held at Lloyds Bank, sort code 30-98-97, account number 76069662 .
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