Winter Solstice Ceremony
Sunday, December 22nd, 2024
1pm-5pm, Chico Holistic Wellness Center
287 Rio Lindo Ave, Chico, CA 95926
1pm-5pm, Chico Holistic Wellness Center
287 Rio Lindo Ave, Chico, CA 95926
Please join me in celebration and gratitude for the gift of life we receive every day from our Earth Mother, the elements, the Unseen and the All That Is. We will engage in guided meditation, ritual processes with the central altar and a co-creative despacho ceremony during this potent time of renewal.
Marking the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice marks the end of the year, in many traditions. It is thus a time of deep introspection and self-reflection, assisting us in releasing all that no longer serves us so we can open to new beginnings, new revelations and new growth with the return of the sun.
The despacho is an Andean (South American) sacred offering made of natural and human made ingredients that hold the energy of our prayers and love. It is wrapped up like a gift and offered to a sacred fire which carries our prayers to the heavens through the smoke of its transformation.
Marking the longest night of the year in the northern hemisphere, winter solstice marks the end of the year, in many traditions. It is thus a time of deep introspection and self-reflection, assisting us in releasing all that no longer serves us so we can open to new beginnings, new revelations and new growth with the return of the sun.
The despacho is an Andean (South American) sacred offering made of natural and human made ingredients that hold the energy of our prayers and love. It is wrapped up like a gift and offered to a sacred fire which carries our prayers to the heavens through the smoke of its transformation.
THIS OFFERING IS AT NO COST TO YOU :)
Please register below so that I can prepare the ceremonial space and bring
the appropriate amount of despacho supplies.
Please register below so that I can prepare the ceremonial space and bring
the appropriate amount of despacho supplies.
What to Bring:
- Please bring your mesa altar ground, if you have one or
- A small cloth (approx. 8"x8") with a small sacred artifact (object, stone, crystal, carving etc.) that you feel resonates with the energies of the winter solstice (time of letting go, renewal, resoration, rest). You will bring this item back home with you.
- A photo, image, poem or offering that represents what you have learned during 2024. (This item will be given away to the despacho and burned).
- A photo, image, poem or offering that represents what you wish to call in for 2025. (This item will be given away to the despacho and burned.)
- Any fire offerings (tobacco, incense)
- A small amount of fresh flowers (optional). (These will be given away to the despacho and burned).
- Journal & pen
- Non-disposable water bottle
- snack if needed
- Eye mask for journeying if you like
- Music makers
"Heather's deeply accomplished embodiment of both esoteric and exoteric shamanic dimensions of our lineage are shared effortlessly in service of the prophesied re-Membering of our tribe. Her rituals are
of majestic medicine beauty and her understanding
of our soul animated cosmovision, superb."
~ Oscar Miro-Quesada
of majestic medicine beauty and her understanding
of our soul animated cosmovision, superb."
~ Oscar Miro-Quesada
