Close to midwinter, we honour Arianrhod, the Welsh goddess whose name literally means the silver wheel. She is the guardian of mystery and cyclic time, of night, stars and moonlight. We invite starlight and move with the slow arc of constellations through the sky. Spiralling movements and the image of weaving, as well as circular movements also express the turning of time. This practice invites deep presence and sacred inner stillness. We nourish the candle or starlight at our centre, letting it sustain and warm us in the deep wintertime.

We do the following movements:

Wave breathing

Silk reeling wrists (Thai dancers)

Plucking a star

North star

Turning the wheel

Cosmic weaver (Fair lady at the loom)

Circle of time (Zen circles)

Turning the wheel

Candle flame (Bamboo in the wind)