Facilitated by Serena Roschman
{Online in real time via Zoom}
Some seasons of life pull us inward whether we agree to it or not: illness, exhaustion, grief, caregiving, a body that asks for less than the world demands. Katherine May calls this wintering, and in her book of that name she treats it as a season to be lived, with its own skills and its own nourishment. Over six Sundays, as the year darkens toward the solstice, we'll read passages from Wintering together and set them beside contemplative traditions that have long counted the fallow time as part of the path.
Our anchor is spanda, the Tantric teaching of the sacred pulse. Everything alive moves through unmeṣa (opening) and nimeṣa (closing), and the closing is as holy as the opening. Along the way we'll draw on pratyāhāra (the turning inward of the senses), vairāgya (letting go), and the Tibetan teachings on the bardo (the in-between).
Katherine May's winter eventually thaws. Some winters keep no such schedule, and this series is for those too. We're not here to hurry anyone toward spring.
Bring a blanket and something warm to drink. Readings will be short and manageable, and you’re welcome to come even if you don’t make it to that week’s readings. You don't need any background in yoga philosophy. Come as tired as you are.
Six Sundays on Zoom: November 8, 15, 22 and December 6, 13, 20 (no session November 29).
Each session includes a reading, discussion, journaling, gentle movement, and yoga nidrā.
Sliding scale pricing is for all 6 weeks: