Winter Solstice: Sacred Self Love

Practices for Sacred Self Love During the Winter Solstice

In a world that spins too fast, where screens glow brighter than stars and the noise of everyday life never seems to hush — the Winter Solstice arrives as a quiet, ancient gift.

It’s a threshold. A moment between seasons, between breaths. A time to pause — to remember your sacredness. To reconnect with your divine origins and the perfection that has always lived within you.

So many of the old ways have been forgotten. Rituals that once anchored us to the earth and the sky now feel like distant whispers. But they’re still here, waiting for us to listen.

This Solstice, give yourself permission to pause.

A bath becomes a blessing when you enter it with intention.Roses for the heart.Warm water to soften the body.Stillness to remember your sacredness.

This is not indulgence — this is remembering.

A Ritual Can Be Simple

You don’t need anything elaborate. A sacred pause might look like:

• A few minutes of deep, rhythmic breath work

• A whispered affirmation to remind you who you truly are

• A quiet moment with your journal — writing what you're ready to release and what you're ready to welcome in

• A gentle body scrub to slough away the old, followed by a hot bath with essential oils — a personal anointing

You are a master manifester. This is a time to think big. Dream not just for yourself, but for the world. Imagine peace. Equality. A healed planet. A future shaped by love.

Grounding: A Simple Return to Earth

Another beautiful way to honour the Solstice is to simply step outside and place your bare feet on the earth. This practice, known as grounding or earthing, helps discharge built-up energy and reconnects you with the rhythm of the natural world. Even a few quiet minutes standing on the soil, grass, or sand can calm the nervous system, steady the breath, and remind you of your place in the great web of life. No tools, no cost — just your body, your breath, and the earth beneath you.

Hands to the earth.A quiet gesture of return.To presence. To stillness.To the ancient rhythm beneath us all.

The Winter Solstice reminds us: You are not separate from the sacred. You are soil and starlight — Divine by design.

Our Winter Solstice Bonfire

This year, we’re holding a bonfire in our garden. The land is scattered with fallen branches from recent storms — what better symbol for what is ready to be released?

We’ll gather around the flames with pieces of paper in hand — each marked with the thoughts, beliefs, and patterns we’re choosing to let go. Mine includes emotional debris I’ve carried for decades: old stories of unworthiness, self-doubt, and fear.

One by one, we’ll feed our lists to the fire and watch them transmute. What once weighed us down will become smoke, spark, and ash. We’ll sit by the fire under the stars until it burns down to embers.

A few days later, once the ashes have cooled, we’ll gather them and dig them into the soil. They will become fertiliser for a young apple tree gifted to us, planted as a living symbol of our renewal. We hope it will one day bear fruit rich with love, clarity, peace, and purpose.

Let it burn.The old stories.The heavy thoughts.The outdated beliefs that no longer serve.

This is the sacred fire —a place of release, of transformation, of return.Tonight, we offer the past to the flames and make space for something new to rise.

Affirmation:

"I release all that dims my light and return to the truth of who I am — whole, radiant, and rooted in divine love."

Let this Solstice be a moment of remembering — Not just who you are, but what you’re here to become. The light is returning. And so are you.