Winter Solstice Celebration
Winter Solstice Celebration with Wisdom Dances
Affirming the Joy and resilience of life even in our darkest season
Live music, reflection, and the healing power of circle dances.
Let’s gather for an evening of beauty, connection, and reflection to welcome the return of light. Gorgeous music and meditative circle dances have a calming power that can break through the hectic or heavy energy of this season. This embodied, participatory celebration awakens connection to life energy that embraces and flows through all the ups and downs of life.
This year’s celebration will begin and end with dances that honor Mary, evoking her fearlessness, her faith, and her presence with us as we cross over one threshold to the next. There will be opportunity to reflect on your past year’s highs and lows and small group sharing. Dancing by candlelight will help us attune to the inner light within. We will also continue the Wisdom Dances tradition of drawing a word which can accompany you through the year.
Friday, December 19, 6:30 – 8 PM
Olivet Congregational Church.
1850 Iglehart Ave, Saint Paul
Led by Emily Jarrett Hughes
Music by Greg Herriges
Learn More About Wisdom Dance’s Winter Solstice Celebration in Minneapolis
You are Welcome!
Welcome, especially if you are new to dancing. No experience is necessary to participate in these simple circle dances from the Balkans, Greece, and Asia Minor. Everything will be taught first and the group together helps the dances dance themselves. The dances are very gentle and many people report their aches and pains feel better after dancing. Often we have some in our midst who have a health challenge requiring them to sit for some of the dances and this is still a rich experience for both those sitting and those dancing. All genders welcome.
Pay What You Can
To make this gathering as accessible as possible, register for all four sessions at one of the donation-based price points below. Choose the one that makes the most sense for your current financial situation.
Actual Cost
$25 - This amount supports Wisdom Dances and Eye of the Heart Center.
What Works
$18 - This amount reflects a discount for those who need it. Please do not use if you are able to pay more without issue.
Scholarship Support
$32 - This amount is for those who can afford to give above the basic cost as a way to cover those needing a discount.
About Emily Jarrett Hughes
Emily Jarrett Hughes is a mother, dancer, healer and wisdom teacher. She completed a two-year intensive training in women’s ritual dances with Laura Shannon. The weekly dance circle and seasonal celebrations she leads through Wisdom Dances are dedicated to joy, community, and connection to nature. She gets tremendous satisfaction witnessing how the dancing helps women cultivate their inner authority, a grounded sense of purpose, and ease amidst change.
Emily is also a qigong healer and loves to teach qigong to help others activate their own healing power. She is a Spring Forest Qigong Certified Instructor.
About Greg Herriges
Guitarist, bouzoukist, vocalist, multi-instrumentalist, and composer Greg Herriges creates an eclectic mix of original and traditional "whirled music," with a unique approach honed by his studies of Asian and other international styles. A virtuoso performer and award-winning composer, his music and writing have found international recognition. Greg Herriges is: a recipient of composer/performing artist fellowships and grants; a soundtrack artist; and author of seven (and counting) internationally published music books. He is a long time Wisdom Dances collaborator.
