Winter Wellness - 12 small moments of experience for a conscious 2026

A moment of peace in dark days, to really experience this winter.

It won't be long before the year is over. As soon as December arrives, the days seem to fly by faster than ever. There are lists, appointments, lights in the streets, dinners following one another: drinks one week, the next planning for the new year. The days fill up by themselves, without us really thinking about it, and before you know it, it's January again. And it's precisely then that we often forget to reflect on winter itself. On that quiet season that actually invites us to catch our breath. While nature slowly comes to rest, we often remain in overdrive. Winter is meant to be a respite, a season that should be gentler and more peaceful.

Perhaps you recognize it on your way home, when the sky is already dark and your breath is visible in the air. The city around you seems to go on as usual, but something inside you longs for peace… and that's not surprising. That longing is very natural. Our bodies sense what the world around us also shows: everything could be quieter, slower, simpler.

Even though we live among buildings and screens, deep down we know that each season has its own pace. Winter is for slowing down, restoring ourselves, and recharging our batteries. Just as nature retreats to catch its breath, we too can use this time to slow down and appreciate the silence. It's a season that creates space to rediscover what's important, something we so easily forget in the hustle and bustle of everyday life.

What if, instead of letting winter fly by this year, you truly lived it? With twelve small moments of experience that help you find peace, recharge, and mindfully shape the new year. A winter you experience consciously, in a way that suits you, helping you start 2026 with more energy.

Why winter is the perfect season to slow down

Winter invites us to slow down a bit. Nature slows down, the days get shorter, and somewhere deep inside, we feel it's good to take a breath. You know how it is, that moment when you stay under the covers a little longer in the morning because it's dark and quiet outside, or when you suddenly realize you just want to be home more often.

But in the modern world, we've lost our natural rhythm a bit. We live by fixed hours, at a pace that continues year-round, from deadline to appointment, from screen to screen.

Especially if you live in the city and aren't paying attention, you barely notice it. The lights stay on, the traffic rushes by, your schedule fills up as if the seasons no longer matter. Yet, sometimes you feel it, at the end of a long day or on your way home. You realize how dark it already is, how tired you actually are, and how wonderful it would be to just do nothing for a while.

We often only find peace on vacation or during a weekend getaway, when we finally take the time to breathe. But what if we used winter itself to live more mindfully? Not to wait for that one week at the seaside or that cabin in the mountains, but to find small moments of healing right here, in the midst of our daily lives.

The Winter Wellness Guide helps you listen to this more attentively. Not by completely overhauling everything, but by choosing small moments that align with the rhythm of the season. Moments that help you experience winter with more mindfulness and gentleness.

A cup of tea without a phone. A short walk in the cold winter air. An evening without appointments. Small moments that help you not only get through winter but truly experience it and use the season for a fresh start in 2026.

A 12-week winter trip

The Winter Wellness Guide from Glimmery Moments is a peacefully designed journal that takes you on a 12-week journey through winter. Each week, it invites you to take a step back, reflect on what truly matters, and create space for yourself. Not to do more, but to do less.

It's not a to-do list or productivity planner, but a gentle guide full of writing exercises and small experiential tasks that help you find clarity, get out of your head for a while and feel what you really need.

Whether you live in the heart of the city or prefer to seek out the quiet, this winter guide will help you experience the peace of winter in your own way. Sometimes by writing, sometimes by observing what's changing outside.

For twelve weeks you follow the natural rhythm of the season, slowly, attentively and at your own pace.

Experience this winter together

Glimmery Moments is giving away two copies of the Winter Wellness Guide especially for Happlify readers. This way, you and a friend, partner, or colleague can experience winter consciously.

Anyone who takes part in the competition will also receive a small winter moment in their email for twelve weeks.

A small moment that reminds you to pause, take a deep breath, and enjoy the season. Mini-rituals that help you slow down step by step and start 2026 more consciously.

Would you like to experience this winter more consciously and participate in the competition?

Register via Happlify and you might soon receive one of the Winter Wellness Guides. Treat yourself to twelve winter weeks filled with rest, mindfulness, and small moments of happiness for a more mindful start to the new year.