Season 3 Episode 7: Reclaiming The 13 Sacred Nights Of The Winter Solstice: A conversation with Lara J Day

Send us Fan MailThis is a conversation FULL of healing modalities. This is a conversation that shows just how exploring one practice can lead to many, many more. Lara J. Day is an author, movement educator, and someone who has spent more than three decades helping people reconnect with the intelligence of the body, the rhythms of nature, and the deeper meaning beneath ritual.Her primary focus, centres on the tangled, often hidden history of our holidays and the urgent need to reclaim them. She is the author and creator of The 13 Sacred Nights Oracle, a non-denominational Winter Solstice practice published by Beyond Words. Her research into the spiritual, mythic, and historical roots of our holiday traditions revealed how our rituals have been repeatedly reshaped to influence the behavior of the masses. Her mission is simple and bold: to return the Soul to the Solstice, and the "holy" to all of our holidays.The 13 Sacred Nights Oracle is a 52-card deck and guidebook that creates a 13-day Solstice practice beginning on December 21st, with each night corresponding to a month of the coming year. It's designed to help people slow down, reflect, receive guidance, and set meaningful intentions from a place of stillness rather than frenzy. A direct and meaningful alternative to the revolving door of shopping, sugar, and alcohol that our holidays have become.She is also the founder of Neurogenic Qigong, a healing modality that blends Chinese energy medicine with tension and trauma-releasing tremor work. This somatic practice supports nervous system regulation and helps people reconnect with their own inner intelligence, which she finds is often exactly what's needed before someone can truly receive the gifts of a ritual practice.You can buy The 13 Sacred Nights Oracle Deck on Amazon Here:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Sacred-Nights-Oracle-Tradition-Guidebook/dp/1582708843And find out more about her offerings and how to work with her here:www.larajday.comIf you have any comments, questions or anything you would like to hear about related to this podcast, I'd love to hear from you.Please feel free to message me on Instagram or email me here: [email protected] can follow me on Instagram here: https://www.instagram.com/shraddhaya_yoga/Or why not find out how we can work together with Yoga & meditation classes, courses and 1:1 coaching here: https://www.shraddhayayoga.co.uk/With love and light,Helen xxx