Winter Solstice Celebration: Rewilding the Soul (Online)

6:45 – 9:00 pm ET

All are welcome to celebrate the Winter Solstice with us! If you are registered for the Rewilding the Soul series, you do not need to register separately for the Equinox and Solstice events.

Join the EcoDharma sangha of Natural Dharma Fellowship and guest teacher Deborah Eden Tull for our annual Winter Solstice Celebration as we honor the longest night and the quiet turning of the year. Together we’ll cross this threshold with guided meditation, community ritual, shared contemplation on the return of the light, and the deep listening and connection of Council practice.

The celebration will begin informally at 6:45pm with 15 minutes of shared shrine-making. During this time, we invite you to prepare your own Wild Winter Altar that reflects this season of stillness, reflection, and renewal. Your altar might include evergreens, bare branches, stones, shells, or other natural reminders that speak of the turning year and the promise of returning light. Feel welcome to gather what calls to you from your local landscape. Candles, incense, or fragrant herbs may also be included to awaken the senses and create an atmosphere that both grounds and uplifts. We encourage you to point your camera toward your altar during this time so we may share in one another’s sacred creativity.

At 7:00pm, we will formally begin our celebration. Our evening will include guided meditation, community ritual, and shared contemplation on the return of the light, culminating in small group Council Practice—an intentional practice of listening and speaking from the heart that builds community and trust, and provides a context for collective wisdom to emerge. Whether or not you have been participating in the annual Rewilding series, all are encouraged to stay for the council circles as we deepen in relationship with the Earth and each other, reflecting on how the process of rewilding is manifesting for us this season.

Further details about preparing Wild Altars and Council Practice will be included in registration emails.

Rewilding the soul is inner work that attunes us to the wisdom and love that are always flowing around and through us, the non-conceptual voices of the natural world that seek to draw us home to our deepest being, our core of deep compassion, kindness, and availability to extend ourselves to each other and the wider world.

Zoom Link

The Zoom link will be sent several days before the retreat to all those registered by then. If you register after that date, you’ll receive the link with your confirmation email shortly after submitting your registration. If you don’t see an email from Natural Dharma Registrar or Wonderwell Mountain Refuge, it may have mistakenly gone to your spam folder or to Promotions or Updates in Gmail.

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• register@naturaldharma.org

Program Cost

Our program fees provide essential support to our non-profit operations and NDF’s mission to spread the Dharma in accessible, relevant, and creative ways. Our goal is that no one misses out on our events due to lack of funds. Thanks to our generous donors, we are able to offer tiered pricing and additional support to fit varied financial situations: 

• May All Beings Benefit! *– supporting access for all and general support for NDF operations
• A Middle Way – covering the base cost
• Held in Sangha Loving-kindness – offering ease when financial resources are limiting

If the lowest cost tier creates an obstacle to your attendance, please see our financial support options on the registration page. The process is simple and does not require extensive information. Financial aid is immediately approved using discount code options that allow you to contribute the most you are able while honoring your particular resources.

* The difference between the May All Beings Benefit! tier and the Middle Way tier will be considered a tax-deductible donation and will be acknowledged as such in writing. Contributing at this level helps us offer financial aid to other participants. Thank you!!

Access to Recordings

NDF offers unlimited access to recordings, which are accessed in your user dashboard (more information about user accounts provided in a pre-retreat letter). If you have a user account, please register with the same email you use to log into your dashboard. If not, an account will be created for you using your registration address.

Availability will vary depending on the type of event and the backlog for our precious resource volunteers. Thank you for your patience.

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