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Ep. 167 Creating Sacred Ritual for the Winter Solstice

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In today’s solo episode, your girl Katie talks about the spiritual meaning of the winter solstice. The longest night of the year doesn’t have to be a dark night of the soul, but it is a time for deep inward journeying. Katie shares practical ways that you can tap into the spirit of the season by creating sacred rituals. Learn what the most solstice advice and practices on the interwebs are missing, and what to avoid on this sacred day.

From Yule alters to setting your intentions for 2024, Katie helps you create solstice rituals that are personal and sacred to you.

In this episode you’ll hear: 

~ Download Katie’s Winter Survival Guide to learn the exact products and practices she uses to stay vibrant all winter long!

~ Registration for Level 1 Ayurveda School is open for just a few more weeks! Join us to learn how to align your life with the solstice and other cycles of nature!

~ The significance of the winter solstice

~ How to tap into solstice energy

~ Why most New Year resolutions don’t work

~ The most nourishing solstice rituals

~ How to create a personalized solstice ritual

~ What to avoid on the solstice 

~ The significance of the Yule log

~ How to set up a Yule alter

Learn more:

~ Click here to register for the free webinar, A New Year for Awakening to Your Inner Feminine, on January 5th

~ Katie’s new book, Glow-Worthy: Practices for Awakening Your Inner Light and Loving Yourself as You Are—Broken, Beautiful, and Sacred is available now!

~ Join us in our monthly membership group, Spirit Sessions

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🌱 Here’s your cheat sheet to understanding th 🌱 Here’s your cheat sheet to understanding this potent seasonal threshold in Ayurveda.

This shift from early to late winter is a dance between staying deeply warm and beginning to gently circulate what’s been stored. We’re still tending the cold - protecting agni, nourishing tissues and guarding against depletion - but now we also start to stir stagnant kapha with movement, spices and a little more lightness. 

It’s less about extreme detox and more about skillful transition: build warmth, invite lightness and honor gentle movement. 🌀

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