NOTE: Our Wednesday, December 21st offering is full, so we added a Tuesday December 20th ritual from 7:30-9pm.
“Solstice” combines the latin words sol (sun) and" sistere (to stand still). On Wednesday, December 21st, the sun appears to stand still in the lowest part of the horizon and remains steady there for three days, creating the longest nights of the year. At midnight, December 24th, the sun begins to incrementally rise, and marks the “re-birth of the sun,” which has been celebrated for millennia.
Come honor the Winter Solstice with Amy Lefebvre and Machelle Lee in an evening cultivating stillness, peace and ritual through Yin Yoga, Restorative Yoga and Sound Healing.
Pour a cup of hot tea, grab some blankets and props and grow quiet and soft in your body and mind as Machelle guides you in a series of progressively more restful poses from Yin Yoga to Restoratives. Settle more and more completely as you are washed with the healing vibrational tones of Amy’s singing crystal bowls. We will have time to chat and share as we reflect on the year’s seasons and prepare for winter.
During the practice and sound bath will be experienced in a meditative wordlessness with minimal instruction when shifting poses so that each person can fall into that liminal space, soften the talkative mind down to a whisper, and receive some recalibration and healing.
This Winter Solstice ritual will provide you with an opportunity to connect in meaningful conversation, relax and reflect, clear out energies that do not serve you, and make space for creating loving intention for the year to come. From the space of deep rest and stillness will come renewal.
Cost: $30 (12/20) $35 (12/21)
Amy and Machelle have been collaborating in many ways since the incarnation of Roots & River Yoga, even down to our beloved logo, which Machelle imagined and Amy brought to life. Machelle is the studio’s founder and has been teaching yoga for three decades, of which 18 years she has specialized in Yin Yoga. Amy is a sought after tattoo artist working at American Tattoo in Brunswick, MD. She has found sound and vibrational healing to be a powerful tool in her own self-care and has given her heart to learning and sharing this ancient healing art.
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