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Winter Solstice Guided Meditation; Live Retreat Recording
Today’s episode of Our Mindful Nature - a live recording of my Winter Solstice meditation retreat - is the perfect practice to welcome in the winter season. A mini meditation retreat you can do at home!
The Winter Solstice is always a discussion of light and dark. Mythology abounds, as do rituals of celebration and reflection.
In this class, you will hear some of the mythology surrounding the Winter Solstice. We will explore what it means to ‘harvest the fire’ in this season; we will talk about caves, bees, fire and honey.
At the end, you will experience a longer, guided meditation that takes you through a reflection of the year and an inquiry into what is to come next in 2025. You can use this as a time to set intentions for the season or the new year.
So grab your tea, light your fire, and settle in as we welcome Winter.
In this episode, you hear:
The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper
Wintering by Sylvia Plath
Sounds of the natural world recorded by Nick McMahan
I hope you enjoy! This is the last episode of 2024. We will back in 2025 with all new episodes, guests and practices to share ❄️🔥
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Thank you to Nick McMahan for today’s nature field recordings, sound design, and editing; and thank you to Brianna Nielsen for production and editing support. Find them at:
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КОМЕНТАРІ

  • @Snowstar50
    @Snowstar50 7 днів тому

    Just what I need today. Spirit has told me to pull back. It was a fiery year! Im off to hibernate 😊

  • @soundpilatesandyoga8531
    @soundpilatesandyoga8531 9 днів тому

    Where is this in the video?

  • @marlee-nb8ev
    @marlee-nb8ev 15 днів тому

    ❤❤very tranquilized

  • @attic42
    @attic42 22 дні тому

    I can't get enough of this guy. I find myself searching out every UA-cam bud I can find that features him.

  • @gmamapetey44
    @gmamapetey44 26 днів тому

    Thank you 🤲💕✨

  • @raymondsun5946
    @raymondsun5946 Місяць тому

    This was wonderful. Timely, calming, and inspiring. Thank you!

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 Місяць тому

    So nice seeing the both of you slowly enjoying Octavia's new book

  • @adorablelex6751
    @adorablelex6751 Місяць тому

    So much wisdom and grace, thank you Namaste 🙏🏽

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 2 місяці тому

    The water sounds were wonderful supported loved it

  • @adorablelex6751
    @adorablelex6751 2 місяці тому

    Beautiful, thank you

  • @LavenderHazelwood
    @LavenderHazelwood 2 місяці тому

    The wave sounds here are lovely - really transportive <3

  • @not.samcooke
    @not.samcooke 2 місяці тому

    ~big, long sigh~ this was so deep yet deliciously light, thank you both so much for sharing! going to be chewing on this one for a while

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 2 місяці тому

      I'm so glad <3 deep & light - love that description!

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 2 місяці тому

    Another great meditation thank you!

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 2 місяці тому

    Love this so much looking forward to next weeks meditation thank you

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 2 місяці тому

      I'm so glad!! Green Witch coming your way on Thursday <3

  • @CrueLoaf
    @CrueLoaf 3 місяці тому

    this method goes in direct opposite way to what most people are taught. 'When in pain think of something nice...take your mind away'! Or simple deny that it hurts...it's nothing! THIS! This makes you explore the pain and be involved in it. I love the idea and I get it...but what if in extreme pain you try it and pain still hurts...it doesn't work?

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 3 місяці тому

      it's a good question and hard to answer succinctly - I think the goal isn't to "take the pain away" but instead offer a different relationship/reaction to that pain. And always, if the pain is too much, you can/should take breaks and step away as you need to in order to support yourself. We are just slowly building comfort within our discomfort... <3 wishing you well.

    • @CrueLoaf
      @CrueLoaf 3 місяці тому

      @@ourmindfulnature thanks for the reply. It makes complete sense. It’s the relationship, yes. I’m so impressed by this, I’ve paid for a course by Andrew (via Tricycle).

  • @earthheavenisa
    @earthheavenisa 3 місяці тому

    This is extremely mind opening. It has extended my understanding about meditation. I feel hopeful and curious about learning more about them. With gratitude and appreciation 🙏

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 3 місяці тому

      I'm so glad this was an expansive conversation for you; thank you for listening!

  • @cynthialonardo
    @cynthialonardo 3 місяці тому

    Very touching program to both of you Hi 👋 James

  • @atlanticcenterarts
    @atlanticcenterarts 3 місяці тому

    Thank you for this exceptional interview!

  • @nicholas.j.w
    @nicholas.j.w 3 місяці тому

    GORGEOUS!❤❤❤

  • @JanetLeis
    @JanetLeis 3 місяці тому

    Thank you so much! I recently finished this book, and it was so powerful to hear Andrew talk about it and guide us into the practice.

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 3 місяці тому

      Later this month I have another interview with Andrew coming out about his newest book! Stay tuned...

  • @Christyring47
    @Christyring47 4 місяці тому

    And BG wants to cut down and bury MILLIONS of Trees 🤬🤬🌳🌲🌳🌲

  • @SineadDeRoiste
    @SineadDeRoiste 4 місяці тому

    ❤❤

  • @KelvinYankson-ey4cm
    @KelvinYankson-ey4cm 6 місяців тому

    I love wolfs

  • @hopelittwin
    @hopelittwin 6 місяців тому

    Loved this convo- thank you 🙏

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 8 місяців тому

    Love this meditation the body scan 😘😘

  • @jeanninethompson933
    @jeanninethompson933 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for sharing this conversation. Yesterday I read "Lincoln in the Bardo" and it made me suspect that I am in a kind of bardo state. I had only heard the bardo state applied to the dead and wondered it if could also be applied to the living. I did some quick research on this that led me to Andrew's work and the answer to my question is "yes". I will practice this reverse meditation technique to help with letting go of unhealthy, outdated attachments.

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 8 місяців тому

      I'm so glad you found this interview helpful. Bardo can absolutely apply to the living in my experience. Hope the practices here continue to support you.

  • @evecarter617
    @evecarter617 8 місяців тому

    Ive been that person that can sit here and it shows up without me doing anything. But usually only when im aligned

  • @gaiagoddess5360
    @gaiagoddess5360 8 місяців тому

    Amazing interview, I just bought the book! I love nature and journaling and seasonal living, this sounds right up my alley!

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 8 місяців тому

      I’m so glad you enjoyed; love this book so much ❤

  • @DialogueAuthentique
    @DialogueAuthentique 8 місяців тому

    Karla said "when you say dont have judgments you say don't have boundaries". That too makes sense. I find it essential to make room for our own experiences and learn, progressively to decipher them. Engaging with our own experiences as not only a language of life but as an alive phenonmenon, like we say in french that a language is alive or dead meaning used or ancient and not much used.

  • @DialogueAuthentique
    @DialogueAuthentique 8 місяців тому

    "What is means, to create a safe space for you and your body in the room that you're in and your own experience? Yeah, I think it is really important to highlight this " Oh, my... thank you for saying this (at 13'14). Thank you for your work and having Karla talk with you. I felt deeply moved hearing what you said above as it create a sense of clearly I am not alone to see this importance of growing and learning about what really help us being who we are. Rémi

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 8 місяців тому

      I'm so glad this conversation resonated with you! Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

    • @DialogueAuthentique
      @DialogueAuthentique 8 місяців тому

      @@ourmindfulnature❤

  • @Shinebrightlikeadiamond810
    @Shinebrightlikeadiamond810 8 місяців тому

    So Beautiful 💓 powerful and appreciated ❤❤

  • @woodcabinasmr5266
    @woodcabinasmr5266 9 місяців тому

    Carlo rovelli is yoir favorite scientist? He is a materialist...

  • @ThePeaceExperiment
    @ThePeaceExperiment 10 місяців тому

    🙏 Ty, ty, ty. This conversation is life changing. Just the place on the path that I am and just the tool I needed to go deeper and clean up the dark corners of my life. 🧎‍♂️‍➡️ I bow in thanks to both of you for leading me to the next key of my self discovery. Love and peace to you both. I hope you feel the healing you are bringing to the world.❤❤❤❤❤

    • @ourmindfulnature
      @ourmindfulnature 10 місяців тому

      I'm so glad this landed at the right time for you; thanks for listening!

  • @vanesssaguevarahypno743
    @vanesssaguevarahypno743 11 місяців тому

    This was a beautiful conversation and amazing meditation. Thank you

  • @ourmindfulnature
    @ourmindfulnature 11 місяців тому

    I’m so glad you enjoyed; thank you for listening 💛

  • @cherylowen3710
    @cherylowen3710 11 місяців тому

    Beautiful!! Thank you!❤ I always feel an immense sense of peacefulness and joy when I listen to your podcasts and whilst I do frequently experience awe as I go about my day, this helps me hold on to it for a little longer and keep the magic flowing. Thank you 💖

  • @pmarq32
    @pmarq32 Рік тому

    I'm getting through the book on Audible. It's excellent and highly recommend it.

  • @keithaitken4007
    @keithaitken4007 Рік тому

    ❤❤❤❤ I came across this book about a month ago, looooooove it, love this interview. Thank you. So needed right now❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

  • @michellebradley8980
    @michellebradley8980 Рік тому

    "Can't hold it any longer" 😿😿😿So real, so true

  • @brkelly8803
    @brkelly8803 Рік тому

    *promo sm* ✔️

  • @timdoherty1767
    @timdoherty1767 Рік тому

    What a wonderful final meditation; I caught a glimpse of my fear and opened to it.

  • @FarooqKhan-jz7vb
    @FarooqKhan-jz7vb Рік тому

    Excellent interview! Thanks so much for sharing this!

  • @bennguyen1313
    @bennguyen1313 Рік тому

    Reverse meditation, kinda sounds like the practice performed by the Aghori that intentionally seek the abhorrent to break from the habitual good vs bad judgement. Speaking of which, I understand meditating helps you in your normal day-to-day living, but a deeper way is to use it as a tool to grasp the deeper nature of reality (Buddhadharma/liberation/ego or self-dissolution ). Siddhis suggest there are forms of meditating that allow you to perform extra-ordinary abilities, like alchemy, clairvoyance, astral projection and summoning aliens! However, do these practices help with your spiritual evolution? For example, I think bardo and Liminal dreaming would be in the same category as Yoga (Shambhavi Mahamudra), but not quite as powerful as Kundalini (ascetic)/ Tantra (the more esoteric practices of Hinduism/Buddhism), nor the the occult-like (Freemasons /Black-Magick/hermetic-order).

  • @Seanism71
    @Seanism71 Рік тому

    Hiyeee Meryl, I hope you see this and it finds you well. I hope you remember me from PI, you taught me to meditate back in 2016, seems so long ago. Thank you so much for opening my mind to the art of meditation. Congrats on all your accomplishments, I'll keep listening and meditating.

    • @meryla1
      @meryla1 Рік тому

      Hey Sean!!!! I LOVE that you found me here, and I am so glad to hear that yoga & meditation have made a difference for you. I'm actually back at PI teaching mindfulness & yoga again. It is such a special place. Hope you are well <3

  • @susanmb79
    @susanmb79 Рік тому

    Thank you for this, Meryl! Came at a time when I needed to hear it.