Spring Equinox Celebration
This Spring Equinox gathering offers a supportive space to gently awaken and balance your energy as you transition into the new season. Through embodied yoga, sound, and ceremony, the nervous system is soothed, circulation and vitality are encouraged, and tension held from winter can soften and release.
The experience will support mental clarity, emotional grounding, and a deeper sense of connection—to your body, your inner wisdom, and the natural rhythms of spring—leaving you feeling refreshed, centred, and renewed.
The Spring Equinox and the rise of Ostara, the Fire Goddess
The Spring Equinox marks the moment when day and night stand in perfect equilibrium, a liminal threshold where darkness and light meet as equals. Astrologically, it is the true beginning of spring—a turning point in the year when the Earth exhales after winter and life begins to stir once more.
In Celtic folklore, Ostara is the fire goddess who rises with the sun in the east at the Spring Equinox. As she walks the land, warmth returns, seeds awaken beneath the soil, and everything she touches is called back to life. The frozen ground softens, green shoots emerge, and the world remembers its fertility and abundance. This is a time of rebirth, balance, and gentle awakening, both within the land and within ourselves.
The flow of the evening
We will welcome in the directions and the elements, creating a ceremonial container through which we can connect to the energies and wisdom of the Spring Equinox. Through an embodied yoga practice, we will explore this energy of emergence—gradually awakening the body, building warmth, and inviting energy to rise. Movement will be woven with breathwork, vivid visualisations, Celtic folklore, and the deep resonance of ancient instruments, guiding you into a felt sense of expansion, vitality, and seasonal attunement.
From this place of activation and openness, the practice will gently descend into a cocooning sound bath, allowing the vibrations to ripple through the body and nervous system. This immersive sound journey creates space for integration, insight, and deep rest.
We will close our gathering with a seasonal tea ceremony, sharing herbal infusions and nourishing snacks as we toast to the Spring Equinox, Ostara, the return of light, and the personal journeys stirred within.
The Power of sound and Ceremony
Sound and ceremony have been used across cultures and centuries as powerful ways to mark time, create meaning, and deepen our connection to ourselves and the living world around us. Through vibration, rhythm, and intentional ritual, sound gently quiets the thinking mind and opens a spacious inner landscape where we can listen more deeply. Ceremony invites us to pause, step out of everyday patterns, and attune to our own natural life rhythms as well as the wider rhythms of nature we are part of. Together, these practices help calm anxiety, release stress, and create space for feelings of presence, consolidation, love, joy, and inner spaciousness to arise. In this shared, held space, reflection arises organically—allowing us to honour where we have been, celebrate what is emerging, and reconnect with inner wisdom that often goes unheard in the noise of daily life.
✨ Hosted by Ailie Tam (Yoga Rewild) & Sofia Barnes (Always Love Love Always)
Venue: St George Community Centre, Bristol, BS5 8AA
Date: Sun 15th March 2026 - 6-8pm
The yoga practice is adaptable, please let us know when booking if you have any injuries or conditions so that suitable adaptations can be offered.
Suitable for ages 15+
Pay what you can afford sliding scale.
£30 - Reflects the true value of this offering; for those on a healthy income)
£25 - Yoga Rewild class pass holders, Blue Light Card holders & for those in receipt of benefits or experiencing financial difficulties