{"id":3533,"date":"2010-12-20T19:14:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-21T01:14:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/?p=3533"},"modified":"2010-12-20T19:14:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-21T01:14:43","slug":"winter-solstice-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/2010\/12\/20\/winter-solstice-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Winter Solstice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Winter Solstice<\/em><\/strong> ~ What seeds will you be planting on the shortest day of the year?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3537\" title=\"Winter Solstice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/wintersolsticegoldenthreads.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/wintersolsticegoldenthreads.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/wintersolsticegoldenthreads-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The long nights of winter ~ when all life sleeps beneath a wintry night blanket ~ precious seeds cradled within the earth&#8230; sleeping &#8230;. waiting for the sun to return.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3541\" title=\"Ornament\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/ornamentwebsiteblkwhite.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"231\" height=\"293\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Sipping a cup of\u00a0 earl grey, watching geese fly overhead and thinking about the ebb and flow we call life. I&#8217;ve been enjoying this holiday season on a deeper level &#8230;\u00a0 letting gratitude and hope flow over and through me like a river.<\/p>\n<p>I find myself giving more attention and focus to things that are really important and making deeper connections with mother earth. The best gifts of this season are family and community. A season to forgive and mostly to love each other and turn the wheel once more.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3542\" title=\"Mandala Solstice\" src=\"http:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mandallastaindglass.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"384\" height=\"288\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mandallastaindglass.jpg 384w, https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/mandallastaindglass-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 384px) 100vw, 384px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mosaic mandala of reflected light ~ pulling me deeper into to the circle of life.<\/p>\n<p>I live my life<br \/>\nin widening circles<br \/>\nthat reach out across the world.<br \/>\nI may not complete this last one<br \/>\nbut I give myself to it.<\/p>\n<p>-Rainer Maria Rilke, poet and novelist (1875-1926)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #800080;\">\u201cEveryday Goddessing\u00a0 is about    sharing magical techniques and sacred wisdom with other beautiful    Goddess women. I believe that within every woman there is a goddess, a    wise woman, beautiful, creative, powerful, with a deep soul, and that    everything we need and are looking for is already inside\u00a0 each of us.\u201d \u2013    Rose Arizmendi<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Winter Solstice ~ What seeds will you be planting on the shortest day of the year? The long nights of winter ~ when all life sleeps beneath a wintry night blanket ~ precious seeds cradled within the earth&#8230; sleeping &#8230;. waiting for the sun to return. Sipping a cup of\u00a0 earl grey, watching geese fly [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,74],"tags":[908,894,807,903,642,139],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3533"}],"version-history":[{"count":19,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3556,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3533\/revisions\/3556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3533"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3533"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gaiasgarden.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3533"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}