Most of us grow up learning that summer begins in June and ends in September. The school calendar says so. The weather often agrees, at least where Denise Elysa lives on the coast of British Columbia. But astronomically and energetically, something more significant is happening at the summer solstice than the start of a social season. The summer solstice is …
The Summer Solstice: A Turning Point and Opening to Receive the Medicine of this Season
Summer Solstice is the longest day of the year, arriving in June in the Northern Hemisphere and December in the Southern Hemisphere. The sun reaches its peak, the light is full, and somewhere in that fullness is an invitation most of us walk right past. Denise Elysa, somatic practitioner and intuitive energy healer, has been working with the rhythms of …
What is The Seasonal Pause?
Throughout the year, there are natural turning points where something within us begins to shift. The Equinoxes: when day and night meet in balance, offering equal light and darkness. The Solstices: when we experience the longest and shortest days of light mark these quiet thresholds both in nature and in us. If you’re moving through life quickly or without presence, …
Summer Solstice 2025
It’s Summer Solstice! Today we celebrate the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere. Beginning at the Winter Solstice, the days have been slowly getting longer, we’ve been embracing more light and many of us have been using this time to plant our seeds, whether of intention or physical. This day of Summer Solstice invites us to pause …
