#celticwheel

[omgkristenthings]

What's this? Progress on Celtic wheel!? Omg! I ran out of dmc 832, so I cannot do the final quarter until I get more 😑 I'm hoping to finally finish this darn thing before this Christmas!

[omgkristenthings]

Done 😋 going to it's new house tomorrow!

[omgkristenthings]

I have finally begun the back stitching leg of this project. I am crying from relief! Work has me working from 1pm till 11pm (with a break from 5-6pm, so I'm ok, sort of) but because of my working so many hours, and by the time I get home at night, I'm too tired to work on this for very long. So I've decided to bring it in to work on during my break. This coming Saturday, I'm not leaving my house so I will be working primarily on Celtic wheel. As much fun as it's been stitching this, I'll be glad when it's finally done.

[omgkristenthings]

Holy shitballs!!! I am nearing the finish line! The gold is completely finished, I have a few small areas to complete and then it's on to the back stitching! Then it'll get a nice gentle wash and press before I frame it- minus the glass... This bad boy will be done in time for this Christmas! YAY!

[omgkristenthings]

My current wips, including Celtic wheel which has been at the front of my rotations. Well basically the only wip I've been working on for the past month and a half, I think.. Gingerbread people and the mitten are going to be made into ornaments when I'm done stitching them. Then jack & sally I'm stitching 'simply meant to be' on it and it's done! Ravenclaw house crest will probably be the next wip to be finished. Sailor Venus will be stitched on but not as frequently since she's mine I. Am not in a rush to finish her. The eevee-lutions however need to be done either by March or by Christmas 2019, my brother has requested them since apparently they are his favorite evolutions in Pokemon... And I didn't get a picture of rapidash, she's almost finished too, I think just three more colors and I'm done with her. I have a list of new starts for next year, I'll post them later :)

[omgkristenthings]

More progress! I started that final corner, I still need dmc 832, but I figured I'd do what I could :)

[whatonyogaearth]

Teaching Seasonal Yoga: In Rhythm with the Celtic Year and the Lunar Body

In the natural world, nothing blooms all the time. And yet, modern life asks us to do just that, to be endlessly productive, energised, and available, regardless of the season. But our bodies, like the land, speak in a different tongue. A cyclical one. A remembering. 

At Yoga Nature, we teach in rhythm with the Earth. Not just in broad seasonal sweeps, but in the subtle shifts between, guided by the Celtic calendar and moon phases, both of which offer a gentler, truer sense of time. 

🕈 Why the Celtic Calendar? 

The familiar four seasons are based on equinoxes and solstices. But the Celtic calendar is rooted in Earth-based wisdom, agricultural rhythms, and the lived experience of the land. It divides the year into eight key festivals, spaced evenly through the turning wheel: 

Imbolc (early Feb) – first stirrings of life 

Spring Equinox – balance of light and dark 

Beltane (May 1st) – fire, fertility, flowering 

Summer Solstice – peak light and outward energy 

Lughnasadh (early Aug) – harvest begins 

Autumn Equinox – balance again, but waning 

Samhain (Oct 31) – the veils thin, descent begins 

Winter Solstice – deep stillness, and the spark of return 

Rather than locking us into rigid seasonal boxes, the Wheel honours the thresholds between, where much of the inner work happens. It helps us orient our practice not just around what we see, but what we feel. 

🌝 Moon Phases as Inner Weather 

Just as the Celtic festivals map the outer terrain, the moon charts our inner tides. Over 28–29 days, the moon mirrors the cycle of expansion and contraction that we experience in our nervous systems, energy levels, and emotional states. 

Here’s how lunar and seasonal energies interweave: 

🌿 Living the Cycles: Tips for Tuning In 

Let the season speak through you, not as something to copy but something to notice. You are not separate from the Earth’s rhythms. 

Use the Celtic festivals as markers, not rules. portals into different energies. What is stirring at Imbolc? What is releasing at Samhain? 

The moon is your mirror. Track its phases not as a doctrine, but a conversation. Let it guide your sensitivity, not your schedule. 

Rest is not the opposite of progress. Rest is its own intelligence. You are allowed to rest in spring, to bloom in winter, to pulse with the unpredictable. 

Hold the paradox: you can feel both inward and outward at once. There’s no wrong rhythm, only your own. 

🌸 A Gentle Practice: Your Cyclical Self 

At any point in the month or year, you might take a few moments to check in - with breath, with body, with being: 

Where is the moon now? 

Where are we in the wheel of the year? 

What is the felt sense of that in me, not as a concept, but a texture? 

What is my inner season, in this moment? 

What does that season call for - not what should I do, but what would feel kind? 

Let the answers rise without force. Let your body speak before the mind. 

Let your practice respond, not perform. 

You are not late. You are not early.  You are right on time with the turning world. 

💬 Join us for seasonal yoga in Sheffield

If you live in Sheffield you can join us in-person for yoga that honours the seasons and rhythms of the year. Or you can join our online studio for a wide selection of seasonal classes.

🌐 www.yoganaturesheffield.org.uk 📧 [email protected] yoganaturesheffield on Facebook and Instagram

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