Winter invites us to slow down. As the days grow shorter and the natural world turns inward, we’re given a rare opportunity to step out of the momentum of everyday life and listen more closely—to ourselves, to what's ending, and to what's quietly beginning.

In this immersive winter workshop, Eve Gaines, founder of Rituel, a land-based sanctuary for healing and renewal, will explore the ancient traditions and practices that have long honored the darkest time of year as a season of reflection.

Through historical context, sensory experiences, guided reflection, and ritual practice, participants will explore ceremonies that honor stillness and the planting of seeds for all that is yet to arrive.

This is an opportunity to pause before the year rushes forward—to honor the wisdom of stillness and reconnect with your inner knowing.

Come ready to slow down, listen deeply, and welcome the possibility of what’s next.

MORE ABOUT EVE GAINES For more than two decades, Eve has translated this cross-cultural scholarship into lived ceremonial practice. Through intentionally designed rites of passage, immersive mentorship, and integrative healing experiences, she creates environments where change is given form, aesthetic coherence, and meaningful integration rather than being endured in isolation.

Her work bridges psycho-spiritual coaching, eco-psychology, embodied leadership, yoga therapy, somatic integration, and apprenticeship with respected teachers and elders across diverse traditions. Central to her practice is a devotion to beauty and meaning—the understanding that space, rhythm, land, and architecture are not neutral, but actively shape how transformation is experienced and integrated.

This event will be hosted in our third-floor loft space, which is only accessible by stairs.