a practice of Restoration and connecting to the wisdom of winter, long nights, and rest
The Long Night is a video teaching, a guided practice, and a checklist for meeting your tired self with compassion and presence, and for finding what the dark season has been trying to give you.
exhaustion will inevitably arrive at our door
SOUND FAMILIAR?
You're tired in a way that sleep doesn't quite reach.
Your work hours don't change when the days get shorter. Your inbox doesn't slow down in winter. Information arrives faster than any human brain was built to hold. The expectation seems to be that you should be able to run at the height of summer, all the time, with no season of rest.
It's no wonder so many of us feel worn thin. The part of us that knows how to rest, reflect, and listen to something deeper has been quietly crowded out.
More productivity tips won't fix that. What's missing isn't efficiency.
It's the long night.
the invitation
There's an old story about an exhausted old man who stumbles through the winter forest, his lantern nearly out, and falls through the door of an old woman's cottage.
She doesn't fix him. She doesn't hurry him. She holds him by the fire and rocks him, and says, there, there. And by morning, he has become the sun.
Welcoming The Tired One invites you to find the old woman in yourself, and to let the part of you that's running on its last candle finally be held.
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a video
A spacious teaching on what the seasons have to say about rest, and what this old story from Clarissa Pinkola Estés' Women Who Run With the Wolves is trying to tell us about restoration, soul, and the value of doing nothing. It includes a short guided pause where you meet your own tired self.
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audio guided practice
A gentle audio practice you can return to on tired evenings. No fixing, no advice, no agenda. Just warmth, presence, and a slow rocking to tend to the exhausted one.
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preparing your fire checklist
In the story the old woman was ready before exhaustion arrived. This simple checklist helps you create the conditions for rest ahead of time: a place, a time, a small ritual, one thing to say no to, and the words you'll offer yourself when you're depleted.
The seasons tell us that everything is part of a cycle; activity and rest belong to one another. The exhaustion is reminding us that we can't keep up the pace.
this is for you if:
You are bone tired and even sleep doesn't fully address the exhaustion
You're aware that rest is part of the cycle of everything, but it's so hard to find the time and space for it
Soul feels like it wants more space to live inside of you, but it's hard to slow down enough to hear it
You welcome the idea of sitting with the unknown but don't know how to facilitate connection with mystery
Slowing down sounds like the best thing ever but it's not a practice you've cultivated
You grew up in a family who equated rest with laziness, but you know it's important to address how tired you feel right now
what you may find as you hear the story and apply it to your own exhaustion:
Restoration
A different way of understanding your exhaustion, as information rather than failure
Permission to slow down without guilt
A simple, repeatable practice for meeting yourself with compassion
A clearer sense of what to prepare, so rest doesn't have to be an emergency
Food for thought that keeps working on you long after the video ends
i think this is something you'll keep
This isn't a one-time boost, it's something we return to, often with the seasons.
The video is yours to rewatch each winter (or throughout the winter as often as you like).
The audio practice is there for every tired evening. The checklist is there whenever the exhaustion is getting close to the door.
You're reconnecting with yourself in a way back that you can return to forever.
$59
customer testimonials
J.G.
Thank you Jill for helping to create ways to connect more deeply with nature and inspire growth within ourselves.
L.Q.
Love the discoveries of working with Jill! It's forever unfolding. It's incredibly grounding and connecting.
J.T.
I love story as a way to look at the necessity of rest and explore what's needed.
Hi, I'm Jill Clifton
Some years ago, I spent four months on a remote island, doing conservation work with two other people. With no one around to tell me what to think, something got quiet in me, and then something got clear.
A guilt I'd carried since childhood finally loosened, and I understood it differently. I couldn't have forced that. It came because there was downtime, and enough silence to simply be with what was there.
I've come to trust the long night. I believe it holds a kind of wisdom that doesn't arrive any other way. I'd love to share a little of it with you.
faq
What do I get and how will I receive it?
Instantly after purchase you will be delivered to a page where you can download a PDF that has links to all three; the video, the audio practice, and the checklist.
How long does it take?
The video is about 28 minutes, the audio practice is about 9, and the checklist is a pdf. Watch the video in one sitting, or save it for a quiet moment.
Do I need any particular experience with visualization or anything?
No. This practice is very much accessible to anyone. It simply asks you to find a comfortable place to be, to breathe, and to be curious.
What if I don't have time to rest?
The seasons tell us that rest isn't optional… so that's the very thing this is for. One small, real pause is worth more than a grand plan, and the checklist helps you find it.
Where does the story come from?
The story is from Women Who Run With the Wolves by Clarissa Pinkola Estés. I tell it in my own words in the video, and I'd recommend her book to anyone who wants to go deeper or explore the messages in other stories.
How long do I have access?
You can download everything and keep it forever, if you like. Links will be active until I decide that I can't take Google Drive terms and conditions anymore (some unknown time in the future).
ready to tend to the tired one?
It’s time to connect yourself back to soul