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Meditation #32 - The Solstice
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Meditation #32 - The Solstice

A healing meditation at this sacred time of the year

Happy Solstice to you all.

Hello my dear one,

Did you know that the word solstice is derived from a Latin word - sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still)?

Each year the sun “stands still” twice…once at Winter Solstice and once at Summer Solstice.

What hemisphere do you live in?
Are you in the Northern Hemisphere experiencing the shortest day and longest night?
Or are you in the Southern Hemisphere knowing that the longest day has just happened and from this point on the days will slowly get shorter?

The Solstice,
whether Winter or Summer
invites you to be still.
It invites you to pause.
It invites you to acknowledge the light
and the darkness
and how important each are to the overall web of life.

And then…

after the pause,
after the standing still,

the sun will move again in another direction

offering more light
or less light…


Either way,
both hemispheres pause at this time of the solstice…
to breathe out
to exhale,
and then to slowly inhale once again.

The solstice is an invitation
to slowly open the gateway for the current season to be honoured and respected
to slowly open the gateway for the current season to be lived through and experienced
to slowly open the gateway for the current season to be felt and known deep within one’s being.

What do you do at this time of year?
What special ritual/ceremony do you honour/facilitate/hold dear to your heart?

Please share,
so that others can experience the solstice -
winter or summer -
in a new and empowered way.

So my dear one,

When you are ready press play. In this meditation I invite you to approach a sacred threshold. Before you cross you will be invited to sit with the Guardian of that threshold and share some sacred time.

What does it feel like to be still?
What does it feel like to know that the space beyond is calling you?
What do you chat to the Guardian about?
What message does the Guardian give you?
What does it feel like to cross this threshold?

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In honour of the Solstice and the blessings that it gifts you.

Until we meet again,

Blessed be.

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