December 20 - 22, 2026

Winter Solstice Portal

A shared passage through the turning of darkness toward light

Solstice: a turning point and opportunity.

The Winter Solstice marks a turning point in the natural cycle: the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere and the beginning of the return toward longer days. It offers an invitation to pause, listen, and consciously make space within ourselves for a new cycle.

During this time, the sun appears to “stand still” in its place of rising and setting on the horizon for three days before the shift toward light resumes. Some consider this to be a potent time to pause and reorient ourselves with the rhythms of Earth, Sky, and Self, so that we can live more fully.

This year, PranaBeing brings together three practitioners and three complementary experiences to create a shared passage through the Solstice Portal.

Across three days, we'll gather in community to listen, move, breathe, reflect, enter deep into presence, connect with intention, and renew ourselves. Through sound, embodied practice, and integration, we'll release what has run its course, reconnect with our innate vitality, and plant seeds of intention for the cycle ahead.

Each gathering offers a distinct experience and can be attended individually. You are also welcome to join us for two or all three gatherings and experience the full passage together.

a river flowing between mossy banks of stone
“If we are a drop of water and we try to get to the ocean as only an individual drop, we will surely evaporate along the way. To arrive at the ocean, you must go as a river. The sangha (community) is your river.”
— Thich Naht Hanh

The Three Gatherings

December 20- Opening the Portal

Create A Clearing: Winter Solstice
Movement & Sound Journey

Alice Smyth | Salida Sound Journeys

Gift yourself two hours of presence in preparation for the longest night of the year…the turning point when the days begins to lengthen again. 

An invitation to receive, slow down, honor the light within and create a clearing in order to plant seeds of intention for the future.

We will begin with some gentle movement to create space in our body,  gradually moving to breath work and chanting to create space in our hearts, and transition to a lying down sound journey to create space in our minds and return to our center.  You will leave feeling nourished, clear and grounded.

December 21 - Winter Solstice Practice

The Light Returns: Solstice Practice

Priti Chanda Klco | PranaBeing

At the darkest point of the year, we'll gather by candlelight to move, breathe, reflect, and journey inward.

Harnessing the energy of our collective practice, we'll release what we're ready to leave behind, cultivate vitality, and welcome the returning light through heartfelt intention and embodied presence.

December 22 - Closing the Portal

Event TBD

Brandy Wade | Brandy Wade Healing Arts

Details TBD.


देवान् भावयतानेन ते देवा भावयन्तु वः।
परस्परं भावयन्तः श्रेयः परमवाप्स्यथ॥

devān bhāvayatānena te devā bhāvayantu vaḥ parasparaṁ bhāvayantaḥ śreyaḥ param avāpsyatha

“Through sacred offering, nourish the forces of life, and may those forces in turn nourish you. Sustaining one another through reciprocity, may you attain the highest good.”

Bhagavad Gītā · Chapter 3, Verse 11

Registration Options

A light in the darkness under stars

Join us for all three Solstice events, and experience what’s it’s like to travel through this turning point anchoring yourself in the potency of practice, presence, and community.

One registration will reserve your place at all three events on Dec 20, 21, & 22.

Joining for the whole Portal offers continuity...and the best price.

$108

Winter Solstice Portal

Not available all three days? Join us for any two Solstice events and receive 10% off. One registration will reserve your place at the two events listed below.

$79

Join Us for Any Two Events

Choose a single session that speaks to your heart and make space for yourself to receive the gifts that Solstice offers. Click on the image to register below.

Join A Single Session

Opening the Portal:

Create A Clearing
Movement and Sound Journey

with Alice Smyth

$44

The Light Returns:
Winter Solstice Practice

with Priti Chanda Klco

$44

Closing the Portal:

TBD
TBD

with Brandy Wade

$TBD

Meet Your Guides

Alice Smyth

Salida Sound Journeys
Priti laughs with Nataraja

Priti Chanda Klco

PranaBeing
Brandy Wade

Brandy Wade

Brandy Wade Healing Arts