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Soul of solstice is an annual event hosted at Ravenswood through the Subtle Shift every June for the past couple years. It is an opportunity to celebrate the summer solstice time by gathering visitors in the yurt, participating in discussions and meditations, and moving through various workshops such as yoga, sound baths, crafts, lunch and more. The effort is a collaboration between Denise, Rachelle of Yoga Mojo and Angie of Cedar Dance Designs To find more information on how you can participate in the following solstice events or other Subtle Shift events to come, be sure to follow the Subtle Shift either by newsletter or by social media.

In the summer of 2022 we made our final touches on what is the offical Ravenswood YURT. Denise made it one of her missions to own one of these special yurts, and a dream was accomplished in that summer. Our yurt was purchased from the Pickering based, family run company Yurta.

Spring is traditionally marked by the month of March. The sun rises on the equinox and sets twelve hours later dividing the day into two perfect halves. We call this the beginning of spring. It’s a day we look forward to from the beginning of the end of our winter festivities, and a day encouraged by the hope we place in a Pennsylvanian Groundhog called Phil. We call it the beginning of spring, but still we shelter in for the next few weeks until our newly acquired daylight starts to work away the snow that kept life dormant for five months.

Anuk Atush came to Ravenswood in the summer of 2020 and a series of synchronistic events lead to him living with us for an entire year. Many stories were shared around an open fire about his younger years in Newfound Land and Labrador and his effort around the property was enormously valued. Through the year of him living with us we decided to help each other with earnings by running drum making workshops on our back porch. To share Ravenswood and to share Anuk’s great talents with others was a seamless and natural consolidation for our relationship.