Solstice Poem & Summer Yoga
Jun 23, 2025
Happy Sunday! We are officially two days into Summer. The Solstice was this past Friday and we had our wonderful Summer Solstice online Retreat yesterday.
If you didn't join us, I hope you took a moment to honor the threshold of the longest day of this year, and the shortest night. The fullness of life and growth now can sustain us in the months to come.
Here is a lovely poem to honor this transition into Summer.
Solstice
How again today our patron star
whose ancient vista is the long view
turns its wide brightness now and here:
Below, we loll outdoors, sing & make fire.
We build no henge
but after our swim, linger
by the pond. Dapples flicker
pine trunks by the water.
Buzz & hum & wing & song combine.
Light builds a monument to its passing.
Frogs content themselves in bullish chirps,
hoopskirt blossoms
on thimbleberries fall, peeper toads
hop, lazy—
Apex. The throaty world sings ripen.
Our grove slips past the sun’s long kiss.
We dress.
We head home in other starlight.
Our earthly time is sweetening from this.
Pitta season is here! As this season of verdant growth arrives, this time of expansion, sweetness, play, fun, and nourishment invites us into collaboration with all that is alive within us and surrounding us.
You are growing just like the plants which will bear flowers and fruit this season.
You get to feel into your own sensuousness, play, and whatever makes life juicy for you. Go for it!
May we be nourished as we navigate personal, communal, and planetary evolution. May beings everywhere be safe, happy, and well.
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