Lesson 1 - Video - Theme - Summer Solstice Mythopoetic Exploration

Enchant the world as we dive into the season of beauty and bounty with symbols, archetypes, and mythology, and an inner journey of sunshine, plants, and embracing the darkness along with the light. This video is about an hour and a half long. Take this talk on a walk, or listen to it when you’re cooking or cleaning, fill a bath and bring it in there with you, or listen to it on your drives around town. Make it work for you. This is a ceremony you can stretch over a long period of time. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 2 - Video - Embodied Summer Solstice - Ether

In this sacred space we will orient ourselves toward our center, into the threshold of the midline of the year, and move, meditate, chant, and contemplate, ritualize our breath, and connect to our vastness, our expansiveness, our openness, as well as our ability to discern, and collaborate with the power of our changing nature. This ceremony is crafted in a way that invites you to dive deep and stretch wide over as long of a period as you'd like. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 3 - Video - Embodied Summer Solstice - Air

Bring yourself into relationship with all of life as you turn to the east and the rising sun, the element of air, to the power of existence in the form of your breath. This session will invite you to strengthen, to expand your vision, to empower yourself, and to weave the personal and the planetary through inhales, exhales, and our collective relationship with the sun. Gather your confidence and emanate your light through pranayama, asana, mantra, movement, mudras and the art of ritual. This ceremony is crafted in a way that invites you to dive deep and stretch wide over as long of a period as you'd like. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 4 - Video - Embodied Summer Solstice - Fire

We turn to the south and the element of fire, the spark of creativity, the flames of destructive and protective powers, the transformative energy of this element, and with it we alchemize inner and outer difficulties into valuable resources, and empower ourselves and others. This ceremony is made so you can stretch it over a while. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it after a few days.

Lesson 5 - Video - Embodied Summer Solstice - Water

In this session we turn to the west and to the life giving power of water. It spins us into our cyclical nature. We shape shift in the embryonic fluid within the womb of existence. We sip on soma - the intoxicating nectar of the moon, receiving the nourishment of milk, held in the expanse of the Milky Way, in the arms of the Great Mother. This is a ceremony you can play with and engage with over a few days or a few weeks. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 6 - Video - Embodied Summer Solstice - Earth

With the earth we come to our sacred soma, the bounty and beauty of being embodied, the plentitude of the planet. We turn to the north and the element of earth, to flesh and bones and stones, to the abundance and generosity of the season that grounds us into our resourcefulness. Come back to these lessons whenever you feel called to. This somatic ceremony is yours and is meant to support your sacred space within and around you.

Lesson 7 Summer Solstice Prompts

These prompts are opportunities to contemplate the season and where you are in your life. Use them to journal or as conversation starters with loved ones or with strangers. Take your time. You can do a prompt a day, or one in the evening and one in the morning, or you can move through the list in one go, or take a few on a walk here and there. Make this process yours, because it is!

Lesson 8 - Video - Summer Solstice meditation, pranayama, mantra, mudra

In this session we move into the portal of Summer and the middle of the year with breath work, chanting, meditation, mantras, and mudras. Receive the magic of the season, generate resourcefulness, and reclaim your strength. Come back to this ritual practice as much as you want. Use it for your morning meditation, practice in the bath, play it out in nature, or whenever/wherever you feel it calling you.