Winter Solstice ❄️ Cacao & Transformational Breathwork Ceremony

The Winter Solstice, the shortest day and longest night of the year, has long been revered as a turning point and special time for inner connection. as we prepare for winter and for the gradual return of the light. This is a time where the veil is particularly thin, and our connection to the spirit realm, natural world, and inner guidance is especially heightened and alive.

We'll be blessed by the New Moon coinciding with this year's Solstice - a potent opportunity to gather in ceremony and journey together with Cacao, Transformational Breathwork, and our other sacred plant allies on this winter's eve.

☕️ Cacao is a medicine of the heart who shows us how to open more deeply to our authentic selves. We will work with cacao and other plant allies who wish to join the space through intention-setting, partner and group connection, and guided meditation, and then explore some guided pranayama practices to release physical and energetic blockages in preparation for our transformational breathwork journey.

🌬️ Transformational Breathwork helps us to deepen our inner connection, improve our physical vitality, elevate mental and emotional clarity, and awaken our spiritual connection. It works by helping you to bypass the conscious mind and move into the subtle body to access the deeper layers of emotion, while gently supporting the nervous system.

❄️ Winter Solstice Ceremony: As we enter winter, we really enter into a season of slowing down, quieting, and going within. It's a time for releasing, reflecting, shedding and honoring. And while many associate the Winter Solstice with darkness, it also signifies the balancing point between light and dark - and the light beginning to return. We will honor the stillness of this long night together, laying our intentions and connecting with the elements and natural world that supports our own inner rhythms as we move into this new season and cycle.

Our ceremony will begin with an opening, intention-setting and sharing of ceremonial cacao alongside gentle reflective and connective practices to honor the Winter Solstice time. We will then enter into a conscious connected breathwork journey, an invitation to connect with your inner wisdom and light and to embody the balance and reflective state supported by this energetically potent night.

During our breathwork journey, you will lay down on your mat and be gently guided into a rhythmic breathing pattern supported by the music and my voice helping you to travel deeply into your body, allowing the breath to create space for release and renewal.

For many, the breath utilized in this way can help to release stored emotional energy that has been keeping them blocked and stagnated for years. And for many others, it is a portal to their innate wisdom and medicine within, an activation of their true essence and gifts.

Our journey will conclude with a group integration, with time for journaling and sharing insights and further support for one another.

Together we will co-create a playful and insightful experience of somatic release, heart-centered expression, and tending and nourishing your

Note: If you tend towards elevated blood pressure or have any heart issues, please contact me before the session so we can determine if this particular form of breathwork will be appropriate for you.

Limited spaces available (up to 22); please only RSVP if you are you sure you will be joining us!

What to Bring: Please bring a mug for cacao, a water bottle, a journal and pen, and comfortable clothing (layers are good for temperature fluctuations that can happen during breathwork!) We will have blankets and yoga mats available at the space.

I also welcome you to bring any special item you'd like to place on our collective altar (this might be a stone, a special totem, or anything else you'd like to share in the space and charge up with our communal energy from the evening!)

When: Saturday, Dec 20 from 5:00pm - 8:00pm

📍Where:
Wildhearts Wellness
4230 NE Fremont St,
Portland, OR 97213

Contribution: $35-$45 sliding scale

Cash, Venmo, or Paypal accepted (Zelle is also fine)
http://www.wildsoulmedicine.com/payment

Venmo: @Kristen-Yates-8

Please read and sign this waiver if we have not breathed together before:

https://form.jotform.com/250676286876676

I will be available for integration support after this experience should you find yourself needing it, as a cacao & breathwork journey can initiate deep emotional healing and clearing.

Looking forward to sharing the beautiful medicines of Cacao, Connection, and Breathwork with you in our space on this sacred evening together! 💙❄️

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