The Winter Solstice offers a wonderful opportunity to honor Mother Earth for her nurturing powers and to support the transition into Nature’s

time of rest.

For us, this time offers the gift of slowing down from the rapid pace of life to which we have become accustomed, and  offers opportunities

to become more introspective and mindful of our place within this matrix of life.

The primary focus of this ceremony is to offer our gratitude for the many gifts we each have received during this year and  to plant the

seeds of intentions for the upcoming  year.  As such we will communally create and a Despacho, a traditional Andean ceremonial

offering composed of prayer infused ingredients, that will be offered to a sacred fire.