Yule (pronounced you-elle), also known as the Winter Solstice, marks the Earth’s biggest exhale of the year and holds a tremendous amount of seasonal wisdom. Yule is one of the quarter festivals – along with Ostara (Spring Equinox), Litha (Summer Solstice), and Mabon (Fall Equinox) – of the Celtic calendar with the cross-quarter festivals of Imbolc, Beltane, Lammas, and Samhain celebrated in between. […]
Halloween: Origins + Ancient Seasonal Wisdom
Seasonal wisdom shifts our attention to Samhain (pronounced sow-in), meaning “summer’s end”, which is the final of three harvest festivals. Did you know that Halloween (aka. Samhain) is a sacred time to honour the changing seasons and the ancestral realm? It is a BIG deal in the Celtic calendar (kinda like the New Year) as […]
Seasonal Wisdom: Letting Go with the Fall Equinox
Seasonal wisdom shifts our attention to Mabon (pronounced may-bon), also known as the Fall Equinox, the second harvest festival of the Celtic calendar. In the Celtic calendar there are 8 high holy days that involve nature festivals. Mabon is one of the quarter festivals – along with Ostara (Spring Equinox), Litha (Summer Solstice), and Yule […]
Seasonal Wisdom: Connect to Nature with First Harvest
Seasonal wisdom tells us that we’ve reached a turning point in Summer. I know, I know, this is something that summer worshipers don’t care to admit: Solstice has come and gone, and though summer is at its zenith in the Northern Hemisphere, daylight is slowly fading. Lammas (pronounced lah-mass) sometimes called Loaf Mass, or the Gaelic, Lughnasadh (lOO-nah-sah), […]
Alchemy of Sisterhood + Golden Apple Myth
Have you ever felt the Alchemy of Sisterhood? Personally I’m a bit more on the loner side. I’m definitely an extroverted introvert! Can I get an Amen, Sistah?! In my past, friendships were H-A-R-D, especially with other women. But I find the more I courageously show up as myself that, like the saying goes: My Vibe […]