Entering the Dark A Winter Solstice Gathering & Winter Journey Through the North

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Winter Solstice Celebration · Sunday, December 20 · 4–6 PM
Winter Journey · January 3–March 14
Spring Equinox Celebration · Sunday, March 21 · 4–6 PM

Winter asks something different of us.

The days grow shorter. The natural world becomes quieter. We spend more time inside—sometimes by choice, sometimes because the weather gives us little alternative. It can be tempting to push through the darkness, fill the silence, and wait for spring.

But what if winter isn't something we need to get through?

What if the darkness gives us an opportunity to go inside, slow down, listen, and notice what becomes visible when we stop trying to illuminate everything?

Winter Solstice: Entering the Dark

We'll begin on the Winter Solstice with a two-hour in-person gathering to mark the turning of the season and prepare for our journey into the North.

Together we'll create space for stillness, reflection, and the willingness to enter the darkness—not as something to fear or fix, but as a place where something new may become visible.

Come for the Winter Solstice gathering on its own — $45
or continue with us through the winter.

The Winter Journey

Beginning Sunday, January 3, we'll gather every other Sunday from 3–4:30 PM, continuing our journey through the North and the darker months of winter.

Each gathering will offer a new practice, exploration, or question to carry with you into the weeks between meetings. The intention isn't to give you another list of things to accomplish. It's to invite you to experience winter differently—to make room for stillness, listening, reflection, warmth, connection, dreams, and seeing what may be difficult to see in the ordinary light of day.

The every-other-week journey gatherings will be offered in person or online, giving you the flexibility to participate in the way that works best for you.

Participation in the gatherings is strongly encouraged, as the journey unfolds from one meeting to the next, but you don't have to attend every gathering. Recordings will be available if life, weather, or circumstances keep you away. You may also choose to pause and continue your own winter practice between gatherings.

There will be no gathering on March 7 while I am in Scotland completing my shamanic practitioner training. The March 14 gathering will be online only, in case I have not yet returned.

Spring Equinox: Emerging from the Darkness

We'll conclude our winter journey on Sunday, March 21 · 4–6 PM with an in-person Spring Equinox celebration.

After spending the winter looking inward and learning to see in the dark, we'll gather to honor what we've noticed, what has shifted, and what may be beginning to emerge as the light returns.

Come for the Spring Equinox gathering on its own — $45
or include it as part of your Winter Journey.

The Details

Winter Solstice: December 20 · 4–6 PM · $45 standalone
Winter Journey: January 3–March 14
Journey gatherings: Every other Sunday · 3–4:30 PM · in person or online
March 7: No gathering
March 14: Online only
Spring Equinox: March 21 · 4–6 PM · $45 standalone
Complete Winter Journey: $300

The Winter Journey includes the Winter Solstice gathering, scheduled winter gatherings, practices to explore between meetings, recordings of the sessions, and the Spring Equinox closing celebration.

You can come for one of the seasonal gatherings, join us for the entire journey, or find your own rhythm along the way.

The wheel turns. We don't have to force it.

Winter Solstice Celebration · Sunday, December 20 · 4–6 PM
Winter Journey · January 3–March 14
Spring Equinox Celebration · Sunday, March 21 · 4–6 PM

Winter asks something different of us.

The days grow shorter. The natural world becomes quieter. We spend more time inside—sometimes by choice, sometimes because the weather gives us little alternative. It can be tempting to push through the darkness, fill the silence, and wait for spring.

But what if winter isn't something we need to get through?

What if the darkness gives us an opportunity to go inside, slow down, listen, and notice what becomes visible when we stop trying to illuminate everything?

Winter Solstice: Entering the Dark

We'll begin on the Winter Solstice with a two-hour in-person gathering to mark the turning of the season and prepare for our journey into the North.

Together we'll create space for stillness, reflection, and the willingness to enter the darkness—not as something to fear or fix, but as a place where something new may become visible.

Come for the Winter Solstice gathering on its own — $45
or continue with us through the winter.

The Winter Journey

Beginning Sunday, January 3, we'll gather every other Sunday from 3–4:30 PM, continuing our journey through the North and the darker months of winter.

Each gathering will offer a new practice, exploration, or question to carry with you into the weeks between meetings. The intention isn't to give you another list of things to accomplish. It's to invite you to experience winter differently—to make room for stillness, listening, reflection, warmth, connection, dreams, and seeing what may be difficult to see in the ordinary light of day.

The every-other-week journey gatherings will be offered in person or online, giving you the flexibility to participate in the way that works best for you.

Participation in the gatherings is strongly encouraged, as the journey unfolds from one meeting to the next, but you don't have to attend every gathering. Recordings will be available if life, weather, or circumstances keep you away. You may also choose to pause and continue your own winter practice between gatherings.

There will be no gathering on March 7 while I am in Scotland completing my shamanic practitioner training. The March 14 gathering will be online only, in case I have not yet returned.

Spring Equinox: Emerging from the Darkness

We'll conclude our winter journey on Sunday, March 21 · 4–6 PM with an in-person Spring Equinox celebration.

After spending the winter looking inward and learning to see in the dark, we'll gather to honor what we've noticed, what has shifted, and what may be beginning to emerge as the light returns.

Come for the Spring Equinox gathering on its own — $45
or include it as part of your Winter Journey.

The Details

Winter Solstice: December 20 · 4–6 PM · $45 standalone
Winter Journey: January 3–March 14
Journey gatherings: Every other Sunday · 3–4:30 PM · in person or online
March 7: No gathering
March 14: Online only
Spring Equinox: March 21 · 4–6 PM · $45 standalone
Complete Winter Journey: $300

The Winter Journey includes the Winter Solstice gathering, scheduled winter gatherings, practices to explore between meetings, recordings of the sessions, and the Spring Equinox closing celebration.

You can come for one of the seasonal gatherings, join us for the entire journey, or find your own rhythm along the way.

The wheel turns. We don't have to force it.

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