Celebrate the Summer Solstice and Pagan Holiday of Litha Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary.
Summer Solstice is a celebration of Litha – Midsummer, marks the first harvest, and begins the journey waning towards dark. We will gather at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary for a spacious emergence from the brilliance of the longest day, shifting to twilight, and then the first Stars in the sky. A community picnic starts at 4 pm for relationship building with the land and each other.
We will transition together into a meditative walk through the Sanctuary to connect us more deeply to the land and drop into liminal space together. We will visit floral and herbal gardens, old growth trees, and magical forest portals before settling into circle for our Summer Solstice Litha Ceremony.
Focused on the theme of balance between light and dark in our lives and how we are holding up in our inner and outer worlds, this ceremony will be tender, vulnerable, and heart-centered. We will build an herbal altar, sing, vocal tone, heart share, and drink herbal tea brewed with medicinal plants grown organically at Grandmother Cherry Sanctuary. The evening concludes with a singing bowl sound bath accompanied by twilight spring sounds in a magical forest sanctuary.
