{"product_id":"fall-equinox-ceremony-september-22nd","title":"Fall Equinox Ceremony Sept. 22nd","description":"\u003ch1\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFall Equinox Ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eHarvest • Compost • Wisdom\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTuesday, September 22nd\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e6:30 to 9:30pm\u003c\/strong\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHeld at Katherine's Home Studio at 3148 Birmingham Drive, Fort Collins, CO\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoin the Fall Equinox Ceremony to harvest the wisdom of the year, release what has completed, and cross the threshold inward to the wisdom of the Soul.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Fall Equinox is the \u003cstrong\u003egateway into the West of the Medicine Wheel\u003c\/strong\u003e. The Sun enters Libra and day and night meet at the threshold, but the deeper movement is toward increasing darkness. The inner movement into the night and the darkness is into the realm of mystery, gestation, ancestors, dreams, intuition, and the parts of yourself you can only encounter when you stop looking outward for illumination.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003eHarvest — Gather What Has Become Wisdom\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBefore entering the darker season, you gather your harvest. Not simply accomplishments. \u003cstrong\u003eWisdom.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eWhat did this growing season teach you? What became stronger within you? What did you discover about your needs, boundaries, desires, relationships, creativity, body, or soul? What did you experience that changed you?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe question becomes: \u003cstrong\u003eWhat wisdom am I harvesting from the life I have lived this year?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is something important about claiming that before releasing anything. You don't want to throw the whole experience into the fire. \u003cstrong\u003eYou take the medicine first.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003eCompost — Return What Has Finished\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThen comes the fire. The West teaches that death feeds life. Leaves fall. Plants return to Earth. Fruit decomposes. What appears to be an ending becomes fertile ground. That gives release a very different meaning.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou can ask: \u003cstrong\u003eWhat has completed its purpose in my life? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat am I willing to stop carrying? \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat can now become compost for the person I am becoming?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat to expect:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatherine Skaggs will smudge and clear your energy upon arrival.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA medicine wheel circle will be opened to hold sacred space.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eYou will then be invited to share what you are harvesting in your life at this time, what you are composting, and what you are leaning into to find the wisdom of your life journey.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHarvest, Compost, Wisdom Ceremony - with the fire if weather permits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThere will be a drum journey and guided mediation with the West and ally of Owl\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKatherine will also offer a card reading if time permits\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFire Ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe fire ceremony (if weather permits) will be a time to give offerings to the fire. It is a place to honor what we are harvesting at this time, as well as what we are releasing and composting in our lives that cannot go into the next cycles. It is also a place to be cleaned and illuminated in energy and medicine of the fire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat to Bring for the Fire Ceremony\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrganic offerings for the fire\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHerbs or plant materials of meaning (representing harvest and compost, blessings)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten prayers acknowledging your harvest\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten prayers acknowledging what you are letting go\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBlessing for self, family and friends, and the world at large\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe evening will end closing the medicine wheel\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Katherine Skaggs Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50328757666149,"sku":null,"price":33.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0869\/4828\/2725\/files\/fallequinoxart.png?v=1787927330","url":"https:\/\/katherineskaggs.com\/products\/fall-equinox-ceremony-september-22nd","provider":"Katherine Skaggs Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}