Have you felt the shift? Our bodies change with the seasons. In the summer, we're full of life and energy. The slowness of winter is gone.
Today’s Summer Solstice marks the official turn of the Wheel of the Year into a new season.
The Summer Solstice is a reminder that it is our birthright to shine brightly, take up space, and live with full vitality. Not only are we celebrating extra sunshine, we are also celebrating the peak expression, full bloom, and fertility abundant in ourselves and in nature that has been building since Spring.
On the Summer Solstice, we are bathed in the energy of the sun feeling alive, refreshed, renewed, and energized, and we may allow the heat of the Sun's fire to fuel our passions, connections, and heartfelt dreams.
The sun symbolizes life and represents energy, vitality, clarity, resilience, and confidence. When you absorb the sun, do you feel it?
Today's Solstice calls for celebration, abundance, and enjoyment.
How will you be honoring the shift in seasons?
Summer Solstice Rituals
Rituals support us by focusing our attention, shifting our consciousness and assisting us in creating more depth, beauty and magic within the mundane or stressful moments of our lives.
A ritual doesn't have to be difficult — it should be doable, easeful, and supportive. You can make a Summer Solstice Ritual out of anything that calls to you, but these are some of my favorites:
~ Celebrate aliveness: Soak in the sunlight, swim, dance, breathe, laugh with kindred spirits.
~ Spend some time in self-reflection: The Solstice is a time to harness the energy of growth and self-healing and to release what's stagnant. What do you most want to create with the last 6 months of the year? Journal, practice visualization, share your intentions with a trusted friend.
~Refresh your altar or clear your space: Bring in bits of nature to adorn your sacred spaces. Dust, mop, tidy up. Burn blessing herbs for smoke clearing. Adorn your altar space with elements that remind you of summer or your intentions for the months ahead.
~ Get your hands dirty: Spending time in nature, be it the beach, your garden or your favorite hiking trail connects you to the energy and uplifting vibration of the summer months.
~Play! It's the start of summer, after all.
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