Winter Solstice Mini-Retreat: The Longest Night
🌙 The Longest Night: Winter Solstice Mini-Retreat
📅 Wednesday, December 16, 2026
🕕 6:30 – 8:30 PM
📍 Hearth Cowork & Cowellness, 5720 75 Street NW, Edmonton
💫 About the Event
HONOUR THE DARKNESS, TEND YOUR SPARK, WELCOME THE RETURNING LIGHT
The Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year, the quiet turning point when darkness reaches its fullest expression, and the light slowly begins to return. Most of us move straight past this threshold, rushing toward resolutions or trying to force a new beginning before we've made peace with the one just ending.
This candlelit mini-retreat is part of our ongoing Wheel of the Year series, exploring the eight seasonal turning points and the wisdom each one carries. Rather than rushing forward, this gathering offers space to honour the year that has been, listen inward, and enter winter with greater intention.
Through seasonal teaching, herbal tea, gentle movement and light breathwork, we'll explore the traditional meaning of the Winter Solstice and its themes of darkness, rest, renewal and returning light. You'll then be guided through a sound-healing meditation and winter vision quest, creating space to meet the quiet wisdom of the season.
You'll leave having reflected on:
What the past year has asked of you
What deserves to be carried forward
What small spark you want to protect through the winter months
What you're ready to release before the Wheel turns again
This isn't a rush toward New Year's resolutions. It's an evening to slow down, sit with the dark, and let your next chapter take shape at its own pace.
Bring with you: a journal and pen
🌙 Your Ticket Includes
Seasonal teaching on the Winter Solstice and its themes of darkness, rest, renewal and returning light
Herbal tea, gentle movement and light breathwork
A guided sound-healing meditation and winter vision quest
Guided journaling and oracle-card pulling
A simple candlelit ritual to mark the turning of the Wheel
A seasonal workbook to use during the gathering and continue exploring at home
💛 Who It's For
Anyone ready to slow down before the holiday season reaches full gallop. No previous experience with ritual, sound meditation, the Wheel of the Year, or earth-based spiritual practices is needed — come curious, all welcome.
🎟 Pricing & Accessibility
$44 suggested price, with the option to pay-what-you-can.
👤 About Your Host
Alicia is an Intuitive & Psychic Tarot Reader and Mentor and Facilitator of The Woman's Medicine Circle. Her work brings together the Moon, the Wheel of the Year, seasonal ritual, intuition, and the changing cycles of womanhood. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in women's wellness, spiritual education, and group facilitation, Alicia creates meaningful experiences that help people reconnect with themselves and the rhythms of the natural world. She is also a 500-hour yoga instructor, nutritionist, and herbalist who has taught more than 20,000 students in person and online.
🌿 About Hearth
Hearth is a cowork and cowellness space rooted in care, accessibility, and community. We host pay-what-you-can events in wellness, education, and the arts, with proceeds supporting local needs.
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📩 Questions? Email: hearthcowork@gmail.com