Reflective questions for the summer solstice

As we approach the summer solstice, the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere, our energy may be at its peak. We’re open to joy, energy, playfulness, flourishing. What have you cultivated so far this year to bring you to this point? What would you like to acknowledge and celebrate? 

There’s something magical to me about the summer solstice being a moment (rather a whole day marked on the calendar). Where I am in Manchester, it falls on 20th June, 21.50 British Summer Time. It feels like an opportunity to connect with people as we share the moment together and to connect also with our planet and to nature.  

As a moment in time, the Summer Solstice offers a great opportunity for reflection, particularly around the elements which are prevalent now: joy, celebration, energy and connection. Here are a few questions here to support summer reflection:  

What has brought you energy this year? Maybe it’s people, events, moments, ideas.
What has depleted your energy stores? How have you taken care of yourself? What
learning is there for you in this?
What does joy mean to you? Can you draw it or sense it maybe? How do you know you
have felt joy – in your body, your heart, your thoughts, your breath?
Where have you noticed joy and where has joy been missing? What was the impact
for you and those around you? What have you learned about joy that is important for
you?
What would you like to acknowledge and celebrate? What are you proud of and what
are your accomplishments, however small?
And what is the quality of your connection to others? To nature? To yourself?
What are you noticing about what connection means for you? What does it feel like?
Where and when do you notice it’s presence? And how will you celebrate connection
in all its aspects, both now and as the days peak and then grow shorter?

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