Winter Solstice Ceremony with Rosemary Gladstar, Emily Ruff, and Kate Clearlight

The Longest Night of the Year

The Winter Solstice marks the darkest night - when the sun reaches its lowest point and darkness holds us longest. In our culture of perpetual brightness and relentless productivity, we've forgotten how to honor the dark. We push through December in a frenzy of shopping, celebrating, and forcing cheer, often arriving at the year's threshold exhausted, disconnected, and longing for something we can't quite name.

But there's another way.

For thousands of years, humans have gathered on this longest night to honor what the darkness teaches: that rest is sacred, that release is necessary, that the light always returns - but only after we've allowed ourselves to fully enter the dark.

An Invitation to Pause

Join herbalists Rosemary Gladstar and Emily Ruff for a live Winter Solstice Ceremony on Friday December 19th at 7 pm Eastern Time as we create sacred space together - a refuge of stillness in the midst of the holiday rush.

This is not another thing to add to your December to-do list. This is permission to stop. To breathe. To honor all that 2025 has been - the grief and the joy, the losses and the lessons, the darkness and the emerging light.

Whether you've been carrying heaviness that needs witnessing, seeking quiet in the chaos, or simply wanting to mark this powerful threshold with intention - you belong here.

What We'll Share Together

In this 60-minute live ceremony, we'll gather in the dark of the year to:

Honor the Darkness We'll acknowledge what this year has asked of us, what we've carried, and what we're ready to release. The solstice invites us to grieve what needs grieving, to let go of what we've outgrown, and to compost the year's challenges into wisdom for what's ahead.

Tend the Inner Light Even in our darkest moments, there is light within us. We'll explore herbal allies and practices for tending that inner flame through winter's introspective season - not forcing brightness, but nurturing the quiet glow that sustains us.

Welcome the Returning Sun The solstice is a turning point. After this night, the light begins its slow return. We'll set intentions for the returning sun - not resolutions that demand perfection, but seeds planted in winter darkness that will germinate when they're ready.

Connect with Herbal Wisdom Rosemary and Emily will share herbal allies for winter wellness, grief support, and inner resilience - plants that help us navigate the dark season with more grace and groundedness.

Celebrate Together Though we'll be scattered across time zones and geographies, we'll be united in this threshold moment. There's profound medicine in gathering with intention, in knowing you're not alone in the darkness.

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Your Guides:

Rosemary Gladstar is a renowned herbalist who has been teaching plant medicine for over 50 years. Founder of Sage Mountain Botanical Sanctuary and author of numerous best-selling herbal books, Rosemary has guided countless people in reconnecting with the wisdom of plants and the rhythms of nature. Her presence brings both warmth and gravitas to sacred moments.

Emily Ruff is a community herbalist and death doula who has practiced the art of plant healing for two decades. As the current steward of Sage Mountain, Emily creates space for the full spectrum of human experience - the grief and the joy, the darkness and the light. Her teaching bridges ancestral wisdom with contemporary life.

Kate Clearlight is a moon poet, beauty tender, coyote lover, and devoted advocate for the world soul. A teacher and practitioner of interspecies communication, her work is a love letter to our other-than-human family. She lives in service to the plants, animals, soil and stars, with hundreds of nights spent alone on wild lands in heartfelt listening.

Together, they offer a ceremony rooted in herbal wisdom, informed by decades of practice, and deeply honoring of whatever you're carrying into this threshold.

What You'll Receive:

This Ceremony Is For You If...

* You need permission to pause in the midst of holiday chaos
* You're carrying grief or heaviness that needs witnessing
* You want to mark this threshold intentionally rather than rushing past it
* You're seeking quiet and stillness in a season of noise
* You long to connect with the wisdom of darkness
* You're drawn to plant wisdom and seasonal rhythms as spiritual practice
* You're ready to let go of 2025 and set intentions for what's emerging
* You feel a tug for community during this tender, transitional time

You don't need experience with ceremony, herbalism, or any particular spiritual practice. You just need to show up as you are, bringing whatever you're carrying, ready to honor the darkness and tend your inner light.

What Past Participants Have Shared
~ "This ceremony gave me permission to stop pretending I was fine during the holidays. I cried, I released, and I felt held by the community and the plants. It was exactly what I needed."
~ "Rosemary and Emily created such a tender space. I attended alone in my living room but felt completely connected to everyone gathered. The herbal recommendations have become part of my winter practice."
~ "I've attended for three years now. It's become my anchor in December - a ritual I protect in my calendar. It reminds me what this season is really about: honoring the dark, tending the light, and trusting the cycle."

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Winter Solstice Ceremony with Rosemary Gladstar, Emily Ruff, and Kate Clearlight$10

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