Summer Solstice
How NYC yogis are celebrating the longest day of the year
Yogis often celebrate the peak of light with 108 Surya Namaskar (sun salutations), reflection, meditation, and other types of ceremonies. If you are looking to honor the longest day of the year and tap into your spiritual side, here are a few opportunities throughout NYC:
Daya Yoga Studio - Summer Solstice Sadhana
Saturday, June 21 | 4:30am - 7am | Donation based
Long Ek Ong Kar, also known as the Morning Call, is a powerful meditation that liberates you from the cycles of time and karma
Ishta Yoga - Summer Solstice Restorative Workshop
Saturday, June 21 | 2:30pm - 4:30pm | $40
Cathy Lilly, a certified yoga therapist, will guide you to relax, reflect, and reset, while heightened solar energies shift. Release into spacious restorative yoga poses while welcoming the gifts of midsummer.
Souk - Summer Solstice Cacao Ceremony
Saturday, June 21 | 5:00pm - 8:00pm | $65
The summer solstice marks the longest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, a day to celebrate light! Let us honor the beginning of summer, a season of sunshine, growth, and expansion. Using cacao and sound healing, we will honor this sacred day in a community ceremony.
Samadhi - Somatic Bliss: A Summer Solstice Ritual
Sunday, June 22 | 6:30pm - 8:00pm | $50
Somatic Bliss is an embodied breathwork journey combined with guided contemplation designed to help you attune to the rhythms of nature, your body, and your inner world. Through dynamic breath, reflection, and intentional stillness, we’ll explore how darkness creates depth, and how the body can be a vessel for both release and radiance.
FYRA - Elemental Yin & Sound Summer Solstice
Thursday, June 26 | 7:00pm - 8:30pm | $35
A seasonal event offering an immersion into the 5 Element Theory (5 Phases) of Daoism and TCM, focusing on the Fire Element for the Summer phase of our yearly cycle. This event is supported by a Yin practice, focusing on the meridians of the Fire phase, accompanied with the healing resonance of Singing Crystal Bowls.