Meditation
Winter Solstice
Embracing the Darkness and Celebrating the Returning Light
I have created a special 30-minute visual meditation to explore the winter season in our outer world and how it can support us now in deepening our exploration of our own inner world. The meditation weaves in my native language, Gaeilge, the Irish language (with English translation), taking you on a journey through a winter night in Ireland, waking to the solstice at dawn. You will hear early Irish poems from the 8th Century in the Irish language, whose authors we do not know, but wrote them in Ireland over 1000 years ago. In this experience, you will deepen into the darkness of Winter, embracing the potential within these short winter days. Then, we will celebrate the returning light of the solstice morning, bringing new hope and inspiration for the Spring season to come.
About
Eileen Ní Shuilleabháin
BSocSc, MSW, MA Psychotherapy, Dip Supervision, Dip Jungian Studies, Certified Coach (WCI)
I am a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Depth Work Coach with over 20 years of experience. I am dual-located in the US and Ireland (In Northern Nevada and on the West Coast of Ireland, in Galway).
I grew up in Connemara, a wild and rugged landscape on the Atlantic coast of Ireland. Oscar Wilde famously said of the region, “Connemara is a savage beauty”. I grew up in a small, rural Gaeilge (Irish) speaking community where Gaeilge is still spoken today in people's homes. This area was a major centre for the work of the Irish Folklore Commission, recording endangered folklore, mythology, sean-nós (old-style) songs, and oral literature. I have been greatly influenced by the wild physical landscape and immersed in those ancient songs, stories, customs, myths, legends, and music since childhood.
I desire to share with you a sense of that culture and spirit and, as a Psychotherapist, to support how that connection can nourish and guide you on your personal development journey.