Celtic Light Rising: A Winter Solstice + New Moon Ceremony

Michelle Orwick

Celebrate Winter Solstice + New Moon with forest bathing, Druidic ritual, sound healing, and fire magick. Step into the light.

At the turning of the year, when the longest night gives way to the returning light, the veil opens— and the ancient Celtic currents begin to sing.Celtic Light Rising is a full-day, multi-sensory ceremonial immersion weaving Druidic tradition, forest bathing, sound healing, sacred oils, and fire magick into a single transformational journey. Guided by Lady Eve of Singing Pines and Magical Michelle Orwick, this experience invites you to step through the winter threshold with intention, reverence, and deep soul presence.This is not a regular solstice gathering. This is a pilgrimage of the senses, an initiation of the heart, and a ceremony of becoming. 🌲What Awaits You…<h3>✨A Living Temple in Nature</h3>We begin inside the moss-covered embrace—moving from grove to bridge to water’s edge as each landscape becomes a temple in the rite. You will be welcomed through a portal opening, guided into Druidic circles, and invited into forest-bathing journeys that open the senses, quiet the mind, and reconnect you to the ancient intelligence of the land.<h3>✨Rituals That Awaken the Inner Flame</h3>Through Celtic ceremony, somatic nature practices, storytelling, and subtle awareness work, you’ll release the heaviness of the old year and attune to the returning light. Each step prepares the body, mind, and spirit for the renewal carried by the Winter Solstice and the New Moon that follows.<h3>✨Sound, Oils &amp; Embodiment</h3>At the pavilion, you will enter a sanctuary of sound bowls and sacred anointing oils—blended from temple traditions and applied with care to activate your inner radiance. The vibrations, scents, and energies weave together to open intuitive pathways and deepen your connection to Source.<h3>✨A Closing Bonfire Ceremony</h3>As twilight settles, we reconvene at Michelle’s home for a private bonfire ceremony. Here, we honor the ancestors, offer our prayers to the night sky, and ignite the seeds of what we are calling into the returning sun.This final rite is where the whole journey integrates— the release, the renewal, the blessing, the becoming. 🕯Why This Day MattersThe rare convergence of Winter Solstice and a New Moon creates a once-in-years gateway for deep inner alchemy:<ul><li>The Solstice invites rebirth</li><li>The New Moon invites vision</li><li>The forest invites presence</li><li>The fire invites transformation</li></ul>If you’ve been longing to reset your soul, receive guidance for the year ahead, or step into a new version of yourself, this is your moment.This ceremony is for mystics, empaths, seekers, and anyone who feels the call of ancient pathways returning. 🌿Your Guides

<h3>✨Magical Michelle Orwick</h3>Dedicated Myrrhophore • Initiated Priestess • Spiritual Activator Master ThetaHealing Instructor • Reiki MasterMichelle has spent over two decades walking the mystical path—activating light, guiding transformation, and helping hundreds awaken their inner truth. Her ceremonies weave Egyptian oil temple work, sound healing, energetic activation, and priestess lineage practices into grounded, life-changing experiences. When Michelle opens a portal, you feel it. When she speaks, energy moves. When she leads, your soul remembers.

<h3>✨Lady Eve (Singing Pines)</h3>Forest Bathing Guide • Bardic Druid • Soundscape Artist Musician • Sensory-Somatic FacilitatorEve’s work lives at the crossroads of nature, art, and deep listening. Her forest bathing invitations create profound shifts in awareness—teaching participants how to move through nature as ceremony, as communion, and as transformation. Her Druidic wisdom, sensory practices, and somatic soundscape experiences bring a rare and luminous magic to every gathering.Together, Michelle and Eve weave a ritual tapestry that is powerful, gentle, ancient, and utterly unforgettable.

🔥Will You Walk With Us Into the Light?If your soul is whispering yes… If you feel the pull of the old ways and the promise of renewal… If you’re ready to open the next chapter of who you’re becoming…Then this ceremony was created for you.Celtic Light Rising A return to the sacred. A return to your senses. A return to your light.

Agenda

Meet at Michelle’s Home to move to wooded location nearby

Portal Entry with Michelle

Druid Circle & Calling the Directions with Eve

 Forest Bathing + Sharing Circle

Forest Bathing to Bridge

Bridge Crossing with Michelle

Forest Bathing by Water’s Edge

Walk to Pavilion

Druid Circle for Winter Solstice

Sound Bowls & Sacred Oil Anointing

Sunset Departure

Bonfire Ceremony at Michelle’s home

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}