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Thank you for these beautiful messages each day. The blessing today was wonderful, I may have to copy it out and display it. I celebrated the sunrise with my swim gang, splashing in the surf of the English channel, unfortunately no sign of the sun, just rain and wind and still a lovely ritual.

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A solstice swim sounds wonderful! So jealous. I have a copy of the poem / blessing written out too. It’s pure magic. ✨

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A beautiful poem 🤎

It's grey and windy here so I stayed cosy and warm inside, lit all my candles and will head out later for sunset. Thankyou for this lovely gentle retreat 🙏

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It was the same here. We usually go for a swim or a walk or a picnic or some such, but yesterday I definitely leaned into that cosy candlelit feeling!

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Thank you for the Winter Solstice newsletters! I took more time to enjoy it this year. Where I live, we treat our selves to a hot bath with yuzu (a yellow citrus fruit that has such an aromatic scent). It's so nice to enjoy these seasonal changes.

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That sounds like a lovely and warming winter tradition! ✨

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I watched the solstice sunrise over the sea here in the Straits of Gibraltar.

I have really enjoyed following these posts in the last few days x

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This was so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this gift. Happy holidays.

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Happy solstice, Victoria! I've so enjoyed reading each days post. ☺️

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Thank you for gifting us with this retreat, it has been so inspiring and comforting💫 it has really shown me a new graceful way to enter the Winter season❄️

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What a beautiful poem. Thank you for sharing. It's been a wonderful, relaxing day as the final preparations on gifts, cooking and tidying up draw to a close before family begins to arrive. Looking forward to a peaceful evening around the fire with some Glühwein, blankets and a holiday movie. I hope you had a lovely day!

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Such a beautiful poem ❤️

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Solstice blessings Victoria, I hope it’s been a gentle one xxx

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And to you!

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Such wonderful words, thank you and happy solstice blessings to you ✨

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What a beautiful, beautiful poem! ❤️ Thank you for sharing!

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I’m glad you enjoyed it. There’s real midwinter magic in it ✨

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1:21am or 9:21GMT was northern hemisphere exact moment leans farthest from the sun. Now earth is is returning to the light . Banish the darkness. Light a candle.

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