Please join the Red River Gorge Play Ashram community for this opportunity to pray, celebrate and deepen our relationship with the powerfully transformative element of fire, on the longest day of the year. Offer your worries, your desires, and your experiences of this past year to the fire. Make room for the new year and a new version of yourself and your spiritual journey.

This retreat is simple: chanting, fire, prayer, contemplation and time on the land and with nature for 24 hours. It is designed for those who would welcome unstructured time being alone yet also in community. You may use this time to journal, to create, to practice, to read, to sing, to play in the woods or to just breathe and focus on being yourself.

We will begin on Monday December 20th with a potluck dinner, followed by our opening circle.

We will rise before sunrise on Tuesday December 21st for an asana and meditation practice, followed by the ceremonial lighting of the fire at sunrise. We will be in silence and fasting from the time we awaken until sunset, with regular gatherings at the fire for chanting mantras. We will tend the fire through as much of the night as possible and conclude with a sunrise “closing” of the ceremony on Wednesday December 22nd followed by a potluck

Sleeping arrangements for this retreat will be dormitory style only… shared floor and some bed spaces. There are nearby hotels if you would like to go that route, or you may bring your own tent or car camping set up.

No meals will be provided or organized on Tuesday, for those who would like to fast. You may consider bringing snacks and beverages to support yourself.

Please register here by December 16, 2021