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~ Annual Womxn's Winter Solstice
Circle & Sing ~
with Debbie Nargi Brown + Amanda West
SUNDAY December 19th
{ Today!! }
globally accessible
on ZOOM
@ 4:30 - 6pm (pacific time)
Join us in a loving, supportive circle of womxn for an early evening celebration of the Winter Solstice. Through meditation, song and simple ritual we will drop into the deeper parts of ourselves and align with the season while nourishing our hearts and spirits.
Bring a candle to light in your own home and an item to add to our virtual collective altar if you so desire.
Sliding Scale Donation: $30 - $10
no one turned away for lack of funds
GET TICKETS HERE
{ You will be emailed the zoom link the day before the event begins as well as the morning of the event. We are so excited to sing & be with you!}
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THE STORY:
In searching for new ways to connect with and honor the winter solstice season that do not include rituals tied to capitalism, I found the Waldorf/Steiner tradition of the celebration of the four weeks of Advent.
In this practice, each of the four weeks leading up to the Solstice/Christmas, honors one of the "four kingdoms" ~ mineral, plant, animal and human. {What about the fungus kingdom you ask? Yes, I wonder that too. Maybe we need 5 lights? In any case...}
I learned about this tradition through our Waldorf-inspired homeschooling journey, and I have been deeply moved by this practice. For me it invites a very spiritually fulfilling focal point to the winter season.
Some of the words are pulled from quotes attributed to Rudolf Steiner I have found circulating in Waldorf communities during the winter time. Some of them I wrote after some research into the deeper essence of this Advent practice. Some of them came from my own heart. The music came through my harp with a feeling of being a gift from the other realms.
I offer it here to you, with a wish that it may bring you the same heartfelt peace it brings me every I time I sing it.
THE INVITATION:
Find a quiet, comfortable place where you can be undisturbed for a little while. Put on a pair of headphones to catch the full spectrum of sound, close your eyes, and listen.
With each verse, allow yourself to give thanks for that aspect of our world. Feel those qualities resonate within your deepest Self. Feel your wholeness as you remember your connection to each of these realms.
Allow yourself to experience the spiral inward, in which you find at your center, your inner light, returning like the sun of the Winter Solstice.
And so it is.
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JOIN ME
DECEMBER 19th | Sunday
4:30 -6pm (pacific time)
Annual Womxn's Winter Solstice Circle & Sing
ONLINE with Debbie Nargi Brown
TICKETS HERE
Returning: January 17th | Monday
7 - 8:30pm (pacific time)
Womb Song Prenatal Singing Circles
1st & 3rd MONDAYS @ The Circle Family Center
www.thecirclefamilycenter.org
ONGOING
Private lessons
Voice, Guitar, Ukulele & Songwriting
online + in person
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Hooray! You made it to the end of the newsletter!
In thanks, here is a peek at my cute family
that I don't share on social media -
they are definitely some of the lights that keep me going
through the darkness
and connected to the beautiful cycles of life!
sending blessed holiday greetings from all of us
to you & yours!
XOXOXO
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