Join us for a most magical and sacred evening celebrating the Winter Solstice, a Return to the Light on Thursday, December, 21 at 6 PM at Unity of Appleton. We’ll celebrate with music, mantras, singing, candle ceremony, and festive tea and treat reception. Please RSVP to reserve your space in the circle.
Return to the Light with Loving Awareness
Winter Solstice Celebration
THURSDAY, DECEMBER 21, 6 PM
AT UNITY OF APPLETON (1366 APPLETON RD., MENASHA)
RSVP IS KINDLY REQUESTED
(this helps us prepare in creating a most magical evening)
Please RSVP by 12/17 to info@lovingawareness.org
FREE WILL CONTRIBUTION:
Your Loving Donation helps to support
Unity of Appleton + Savi, Mark, and Brilliant Bliss
to continue sharing Loving Awareness with the commUnity.
(suggested contribution: $15-25/person)
WHAT TO EXPECT | THE EVENING’S FLOW —
Arrive any time after 5:30 pm to settle in.
Mantra Music Journey + Sacred Light Ceremony begins at 6 pm
Festive Tea + Treat Reception to follow.
Please help us hold a winter solstice inspired womb-like space of nurturing love by arriving in honoring-quiet, enter the space in hushed whispers and silence as you are able.
Savi will begin our journey together by guiding us into the breath — breathing, centering, uniting as we prepare to open our hearts and raise our voices and spirits in song.
Together, we’ll sing, honor, reflect, and nurture the Light of Love within All.
Our journey continues as we sing our solstice round, Return to the Light (words below) and flow into our sacred candle lighting ceremony, symbolizing our Solstice Return to the Light.
All in company with us are invited to participate, one by one, until the room is aglow with our collective Light.
In celebration, we invite you to linger for a festive tea and treat reception after the ceremony, music, and singing is complete.
** scroll down to find ‘what to bring’ **
WINTER SOLSTICE —
Celebrate + Honor the Turning with Us
Winter, a time when Mother Nature beckons us inward…
to draw upon our Inner Light, to deepen to our soul’s call,
to nurture ourselves and one another with loving care,
to allow for quiet stillness and peaceful solitude.Come together to celebrate this magical time of
dream-weaving by firelight,
this time of promised germination and creative gestation…For in the stillness, we receive clarity of the
transformation and rebirth that lies ahead.
Embrace the darkness.Allow the gift of slowing down, unwinding, retreating…
and the regeneration that it brings ~
as we return to the LIGHT once more.RETURN TO THE LIGHT by Savi | Brilliant Bliss (sung in a round)
Return to the Light, as Light I Am
I’m coming home, to the Light within
For Love and Light are my compass true
And from within, my way shines through
WHAT TO BRING:
- water bottle
- pillow or meditation cushion if you prefer front floor seating
(there will be chairs for all those who need/prefer them) - anything else you need for your personal comfort
CURIOUS — WHAT IS KIRTAN (MANTRA MUSIC)?
Mantra Music journeys with Brilliant Bliss are a magically uplifting, heart expanding, participatory sound-music experience that include the practice of kirtan.
Kirtan (derived from a Sanskrit root meaning to call-respond, recite, praise, etc) is about community gathering together to raise their unified voices and hearts in joyfully elevating words and song. This experience originates in ancient yogic practices from the Bhakti Yoga path, which is the yoga of loving devotion.
This beloved practice is known to bring balance and joy to the heart.
Mantra Music with Brilliant Bliss expands our own personal practice into an enriching group practice that is a true collaboration + celebration of the Light within us all.
Savi and Mark Gehrke (LovingAwareness.org) and the Brilliant Bliss band of family and soul family members blend ancient mantras with consciously awake lyrics and intuitive sound healing Light Language, for a high vibe musical fusion that’s said to induce Brilliant Bliss.
Come, grow your Love Light!
Brilliant Bliss Kirtan, it’s like sunshine for your soul!
