Summer Solstice
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Overview
In this curation, we introduce the part of the calendar and Wheel of the Year known as Summer Solstice.
Objective
Become familiar with the Summer Solstice and with yoga techniques that may help to align with and balance the energies of this time.
What You'll Get
Explain why yoga teachers might care about Wheel of the Year observations. Define “solstice.” Describe the Summer Solstice and explain why the sun appears to stand still at that time. Provide some themes and yoga teachings that may support a focus on the Summer Solstice.
The Longest Day
The Tilt of the Earth’s Axis
Seasons are experienced because of the tilt of the earth’s axis, not because of distance from the sun.
- The seasons are caused as the earth, tilted on its axis, travels around the Sun.
- Summer happens in the hemisphere tilted towards the sun and winter happens in the hemisphere tilted away from the sun.
- Earth is closest to the sun every year in early January, when it’s winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
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