Luminous Night
A Community Winter Solstice Ceremony
Saturday, December 20th, 2025
5:00 – 8:00pm
A peek at what happened last year…
GIFTS OF THE SEASON
The Winter Solstice offers the perfect moment to pause, reflect, and nurture the light within.
On the longest night of the year, when the sun stands still, we’re naturally called to turn inward—but the holidays often pull us outward.
Luminous Night offers a a rare opportunity to enjoy a quiet, candlelit evening to slow down, reflect, reset and savor peaceful space in loving community. To nurture the light within as the seasons turn.
Since before recorded history, humans have observed solstices and equinoxes as a powerful time of self-reflection, ritual dancing, and feasting. These are among humanity’s oldest traditions—deeply rooted in our collective memory. The rhythm of light and dark lives in our bones.
The longest night invites us to honor stillness.
To exhale. To release. To return to ourselves.
The Ceremony
COMPLETING THE YEAR
Whatever this solar year has brought, this longest night marks its end. There is nothing we can do to make it come sooner or stop it, but we can exhale with it.
With breath, sound, movement and meditation we’ll put this solar year to bed. You’ll have the opportunity to reflect, express, feel, and release anything you’re done with, so you can move forward into this next solar cycle renewed and energized.
A gathering of luminous hearts uniting to move in harmony with the rhythm of stillness.
Together, we descend into the quiet embrace of the dark,
discovering the light within that will carry us forward in times of uncertainty.
BEGINNING AGAIN WITH HEART AND SOUL
Journey into the dark and silence of yourself to connect with your inner light. In sacred space, light a candle with your own intention, create a personal ritual, or simply rest in the gift of stillness.
Simple facilitation will guide you, but this night is yours to honor in your own way.
Photos by Darcy Butcher
As the great wheel turns and the light begins its return,
may we each find our own sacred ways to greet the dawn of a new day,
a new year, and a new vision!
Luminous Night: A Community Winter Solstice Ceremony
When:
Saturday December 20th, 2025
4:00 pm – Doors Open
Be warmly welcomed and blessed with the ancient scents of frankincense and myrrh as you enter silent, sacred space.
5:00pm – Doors Close
Plan to arrive early, as there is no admittance after 5:00pm.
5:15 pm – 7:15 pm:
Luminous Night Ceremony
A guided experience of movement and reflection. Plan to stay from start to finish
7:15 pm:
Emerge from the silence to share nourishing food, drinks and warm connections.
Register now:
Give yourself the gift of a gorgeous, quiet night of nurturing the Light within.
All proceeds support our collective vision to restore Warm Springs as a sanctuary in the city.
This beloved solstice tradition sells out every year, so be sure to reserve your spot now.
Get Tickets
Where:
Episcopal Retreat & Conference Center
75 S 200 E, Salt Lake City, UT 84111
Park on north side
Enter at Northwest doors
Who:
Open to all who can honor silence for 2 hours
What to wear:
You’re invited to dress comfortably in white (optional) to create an ethereal, otherworldly atmosphere.
Metallic temporary tattoos will be available to adorn yourself with more light.
Co-hosted by the Women’s Full Moon Dance this year’s event is a fundraiser for the Warm Springs Alliance, a 501(c)3 non-profit formed to protect and preserve the Warm Springs landmark site at 840 N Beck St (300 W) Salt Lake City, revitalize the hot springs and create the sanctuary in the city that we all need.
We hope you join us to continue the legacy of this 23rd annual gathering to honor the solstice, nurture your light, and reconnect with the rhythm of life itself!
