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Wheel of the Year

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Themes

Overview

In this lesson, we explore the Wheel of the Year — the eight seasonal markers from Imbolc through Winter Solstice — and how tuning into nature's rhythms can inform yoga teaching themes and personal practice.

Objective

Become familiar with the eight seasonal points of the Wheel of the Year and how to weave nature's cycles into yoga teaching, class theming, and personal reflection.

What You'll Get

There's a rhythm to the year that most modern life ignores, and this study brings it back into focus. You'll move through the eight seasonal markers — solstices, equinoxes, and the cross-quarter days between them — learning what each represents and how to draw on that energy in your teaching and practice. It's a grounding framework for class themes, workshop planning, and your own relationship with the natural world. Practical for teachers looking for fresh, rooted inspiration and meaningful for anyone who wants their practice to move with the seasons rather than against them.

0. Tuning into the Rhythms of Nature

1. Wheel of the Year Intro

2. Imbolc / Candlemas

3. Vernal Equinox

4. Beltane

5. Summer Solstice

6. Lammas / Lughnasadh

7. Autumnal Equinox

8. Samhain

9. Winter Solstice

Tuning In to the Rhythms of Nature

Tapping Into the Underlying Intelligence

Honoring the Wheel of the Year attunes us to the cycles and rhythms of life’s sacred flow.

There’s a natural cycle of life: it begins, it sustains, it lets go.
By attuning to this cycle and learning to align with it, we experience ourselves within the natural flow of which we are a part, and tap into the underlying fabric that connects all life.
Attuning to natural cycles helps us tap into the intelligence from which the cycles originate. You might think of this intelligence as consciousness.

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