Winter Solstice Celebration (pdf)
Sunday, December 12, 2010, 9:30 am - 5:00 pm at Green Gulch Farm, 1601 Shoreline Highway
Muir Beach
Winter Solstice has been celebrated in cultures all over the world for thousands of years. The start of the solar year is a celebration of Light and the rebirth of the Sun. A solstice occurs twice a year, whenever Earth’s axis tilts the most toward or away from the Sun, causing the Sun to be farthest north or south at noon. The name is derived from the Latin sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still). At the solstice, the Sun stands still in declination, that is, its movement north or south is minimal. This is the time of greatest darkness when we seek within ourselves to comprehend our true nature.
We’ll begin the day with a yoga practice & meditation, a turning inward, and letting go of what we no longer want in our lives. After our closing meditation, we will take time to be silent and open to what we want to manifest in the coming year. There will be time set aside to journal or sit, as you prefer. After lunch, we will enjoy some walking meditation, weather permitting outside and close with a restorative yoga practice and final meditation, sealing in our intentions for the new year.
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