Autumn Equinox 2022 - Find Balance

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At the Autumn Equinox event we embraced the themes of fruit harvest and balance. We surrounded ourselves with homegrown offerings of pumpkins, marrows, sweetcorn and apples. We especially observed the five-pointed star inside a horizontally cut apple, which symbolises life itself.

 


We continued our sensory immersion in the season with woody scents, incense, crystals, water, candles, singing bowl and rattle, and invoked the elements of earth, air, fire, water and spirit.

We grounded ourselves and became present with some breathing and a tree meditation.

  

At this time of equal day and night and also the new moon in Libra we observed the turning point of stillness, a time to reflect and review. We reflected on some qualities from the list to see where we might feel out of balance in our lives.

 

Feminine

Masculine

Receiving

Giving

Listening

Expressing

Allowing

Resisting

Flexible

Structured

Being

Doing

Collaborative

Competitive

Intuiting

Analysing

Flowing

Forcing

Emotional

Logical

Creative

Rational

Community

Individual

We enjoyed a drumming meditation and deepened our connection with Mother Earth while listening for messages and guidance from within.

Finally, we each received an apple from the altar, and then enjoyed hot drinks and a small feast of homemade pumpkin crumble and carrot cake!

“Thank you, I love earth meditations”

“I enjoyed that”

“I’m really feeling the peace and stillness”

 


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