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Summer Solstice Meditation to Fire up Our Inner Strength

Tune in to your inner solar power.

Hilda Carroll
Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
3 min readJun 21, 2021

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Photo by Andrew Bui on Unsplash

The meaning of ‘Solstice’ is ‘sun standing still’ and honouring the sun twice per year is a pre-Christian custom that was celebrated throughout the American and European continents.

In the northern hemisphere, the summer solstice was a time to give thanks for the blessings of the coming fruits of summer.

And while today’s technology has allowed us to circumvent nature’s seasonal cycle of food production, we can still tune in to the energy of the solstice to reconnect to a sense of gratitude for the bounty of nature. And to celebrate the sun, this vital source of energy and life.

If you’d like to take some time to tune in, I’ve written and recorded a short meditation to help you reconnect with your own inner fire, and inner power.

If you’re familiar with the chakra system, you’ll know that one of the seven main energy centres in our body is the solar plexus chakra (Manipura in Sanskrit). This particular chakra is our source of inner strength and power.

When it is activated and balanced, it provides us with a strong sense of identity, purpose, and self-esteem. Unbalanced, it can create feelings of low self-worth — or the opposite: a need to dominate others in order…

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Know Thyself, Heal Thyself
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Hilda Carroll
Hilda Carroll

Written by Hilda Carroll

Hilda Carroll is a writer, meditation teacher and interior designer who helps people create sanctuary in their homes and lives. www.hildacarroll.com

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