Photo credit: Haldan Block
Date: Mon December 21, 2020
Time: 4:00 pm
Place: Banningwood Preserve. 19 Town St., Lyme CT
Contact Email:
openspace@townlyme.org
!!! seems it only displays well the 2nd time? ugh.
Winter naturally invites us to slow down in rhythm with the landscape around us. This seasonal cycle of rest and reflection offers balance to our inner lives. When we are quiet and listen, we can often give ourselves what we need. A restorative time of year, the winter solstice marks a solar turning point, where the darkest day turns the corner to renewed light and we welcome the season of winter.
Please join us for a Sacred Earth Celebration of the Winter Solstice – a rebirth of the sun, with a luminary walk along Roaring Brook to Diana’s field, where a bonfire awaits.
This walk is offered in quiet reflection with invitations to deepen your connection to nature and yourself. A small closing ceremony will take place at the bonfire as we then prepare for our return walk along the illuminated path.
Registration required. To register.
The group is limited to 10 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. Bench seats are available at the bonfire. You may wish to bring along some water or a warm beverage. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The walk is about 1-mile round trip over easy to moderate terrain. Map of Banningwood Preserve.
Rain cancels. Rain date: December 22.
FREE Event.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
Winter naturally invites us to slow down in rhythm with the landscape around us. This seasonal cycle of rest and reflection offers balance to our inner lives. When we are quiet and listen, we can often give ourselves what we need. A restorative time of year, the winter solstice marks a solar turning point, where the darkest day turns the corner to renewed light and we welcome the season of winter.
Please join us for a Sacred Earth Celebration of the Winter Solstice – a rebirth of the sun, with a luminary walk along Roaring Brook to Diana’s field, where a bonfire awaits.
This walk is offered in quiet reflection with invitations to deepen your connection to nature and yourself. A small closing ceremony will take place at the bonfire as we then prepare for our return walk along the illuminated path.
Registration required. To register.
The group is limited to 10 participants. Social distancing guidelines will be followed. Please wear a mask to the parking lot meet-up.
Folding stools are available for your use or bring along your own stool or sit upon (towel, cloth or mat) for our sitting sessions. Bench seats are available at the bonfire. You may wish to bring along some water or a warm beverage. There are no restrooms at the preserve.
The walk is about 1-mile round trip over easy to moderate terrain. Map of Banningwood Preserve.
Rain cancels. Rain date: December 22.
FREE Event.
Regan Stacy is the founder of Awaken the Forest Within, an organization that offers forest bathing walks. Forest bathing is a supportive practice that invites us to slow down, open our senses, and engage with nature and ourselves as we take in the restorative health benefits of being in the forest. These benefits include lowered stress, blood pressure, and heart rate, increased creativity and focus, and a boost to our immune system. Leave calm and refreshed for the day ahead.
