Program Overview

A 5-week lunar journey into rest, soul memory & the return of light

In a world that celebrates productivity and constant motion, Winter invites something far more ancient:

Slow down. Rest. Listen. Remember.

In nature, nothing blooms year-round. Underground, within the roots and seeds, life restores itself in the dark. Winter is not a pause from life — it is the deep regenerative source of life.

The Art of Wintering 2026 is a mystical yet grounded 5-week journey that honors this sacred rhythm. Together, we will follow the moon, honor plants, and sit at the fireside hearth —each a guide, to help us move gently from stillness to creative emergence — from soul seeds to a clear vision for the year ahead.

This is winter not as endurance, but as a sanctuary.

The Art of Wintering includes guided mindfulness meditations, gentle yoga practices, and three ceremonies: An Imbolc ceremony, a Full Moon ceremony, and a ceremony to connect with the Cacao Plant Spirit as a heart-opening guide. We’ll share nourishing recipes that use food as medicine, and show you how to align this wintering energy with the moon’s phases—plus so much more.

We believe everyone deserves to experience the calming and illuminating benefits of mindfulness and self-care. Without winter rest, we may continue to be unaware or stuck in patterns and behaviors that aren’t supportive of our overall well-being.

This winter, we invite you to join us in regenerating your health and wellbeing.

How the program works

• You’ll receive resources for each week’s activity to incorporate into your days as you choose. The program’s activities and schedule are flexible and adaptable to fit into a full life.

• The material is specially designed to start with the first New Moon in January to help you open to the magic of each moon phase and become initiated into The Art of Wintering in your own way.

• You’ll have access to this material forever, so you can continue to use these resources beyond the five weeks.

• This program includes an in-depth library of videos, instructional booklets, and support throughout your five-week journey.

Week by Week Themes & Actitivies

Week 1: Rest and Reflect—Slow down to honor the past year and create space for new possibilities to emerge. Activities: Starting with our Opening Zoom call, we will mindfully create our group fellowship, a centering meditation, and intention-setting for our wintering experience. Guidance and materials for the week are accessible through our website, the Art of Wintering program portal, which includes:

• Guided meditations to assist you in connecting to winter’s medicine, the moon, hygge energy, and plant medicine.

• Hawthorne Plant Medicine tea recipe to gently ground and uplift the heart

• Moon Bathing & New Moon Practice to align with the moon, and deepen your connection with lunar energy

• Hygge Conversations: Journal prompts are provided to reflect and/or discuss with close friends and family to explore the highlights, lessons, and meaningful moments from the past year.

• Recipes: Hawthorne Tea, Moon Bath, Nourishing Soups

• Creative Practice: Preparing to create Soul Cards

Week 2: Nourish what matters most—dive deeper into reflection to unearth and nurture what matters most. Activities: Guided practice to retrieve wisdom from current life’s challenges and blessings;

• Imbolc Ceremony Guidance

• Guided Yoga flow to connect to the wisdom of your body and release tension.

• Hygge conversations: journal prompts to identify what matters most in the year ahead

• Creative practice: continue collecting images and phrases for Soul Cards

• Lunar alignment and Moon Bath for the First Quarter Moon to build clarity around your intentions

• Imbolc Recipes

Week 3: Dream & Envision— Begin planting seeds for the new year guided by soul message and moon phases. Activities: We begin the week with our second Zoom gathering, when we will be introduced to the Sacred Cacao Plant as a heart-opening ally through a Cacao ceremony; together we’ll explore how this sacred plant can support deep reflection and creative visioning.

• Hygge Conversations: with ourselves and/or others to explore what is waiting to emerge and what seeds need nurturing in the year ahead.

• Creative practice: beginning to assemble collected images and phrases for intuitive Souls Cards; these will serve as a foundation for your 2026 Vision Board.

• Moon practice to align with the New Year’s first Full Moon and what its light can reveal.

• Full Moon Ceremony

• Recipe: Mugwort Winter Dreaming

Week 4: Reemerge & Prepare—Integrate insights, align with the waning moon’s energy, and create clear visions for 2026; Activities: You will receive guided practice to harvest the messages received by creating a vision map; we end the week with our last Zoom Call

• Vision Board creation: using your soul cards as a guide, assemble a 2026 vision board that reflects your soul’s messages, seeds of intention, and creative dreams

• Guided Meditation—Carrying your winter wisdom forward

• Moon practice: connection with the waning moon, guidance on how to release and surrender to open up space for what is seeking expression in your life

• Plant Medicine: Use a plant of your choice to reflect and honor your wintering journey

• Hygge Conversation: to capture your final insights and explore. your next steps to carry winter’s wisdom into the coming months.

• Last Zoom call- closing circle to share vision boards and insights, and close our fellowship with gratitude and affirmations

Overview of Key Wintering Practices

• Earth-Based Plant Medicine: Create your own personal relationship with Hawthorn, Mugwort and Cacao plants.

• Guided Journeying: Tap into your inner wisdom to access meaningful lessons and clarify what matters most.

• Soul Cards and Vision Board: A creative and intuitive process to guide what your soul is calling you to nurture in 2026.

• Moon Medicine: Learn how to use each phase of the moon to align your energy with nature's cycles.

• Moon Baths: Gentle practices to immerse yourself in the lunar mystery and deepen your alignment with moon medicine.

• Hygge-Inspired Conversations: Journaling and conversational prompts to incorporate the sweetness of hygge.

Who this program is for…

• Anyone who wants to explore earth spirituality from a place of groundedness, humor, and gentleness

• Anyone who believes in earth magic and is ready to enhance seasonal awareness and practices in their lives.

• Anyone struggling to find time for personal development while juggling a demanding job and family.

• Beginners to earth-based and mindfulness practices, as well as seasoned practitioners

• Those who are drawn to spiritual practices rooted in nature and community as a path for deeper holistic healing for self and others.

Three pricing paths

Choose what honors your circumstance.

Tier Price

Supported $175

Standard $225

Abundance $295 (supports scholarships & community care)

Patreon members receive $30 off enrollment.
Discount code provided inside Patreon (link below)

For Returning Winterers

If you have taken The Art of Wintering in a past year, a Returning Winterer rate is available to honor your continued journey.

You will receive a private invitation email with details and your discount code.

Testimonials

Robin has a way of bringing peace and comfort through her soft-spoken voice. Her words are nurturing. Her wisdom on how to connect with oneself and the earth is enlightening. I would encourage everyone to give themselves the gift of self-care by joining one of her classes.  ~ Diane O. The Art of Wintering

Robin offered me the opportunity to learn the value of taking time to connect with the rhythms of the natural world. I am forever grateful for her willingness to accompany me on my life journey in a loving, open manner. ~ Betty D. The Art of Wintering

Robin created a program that helped me make a deeper, more meaningful connection with myself and others. Robin is a creative, loving, authentic support for those interested in taking this journey. Participation in the program helped make the sometimes too-long days of Winter more welcoming and refreshing.

~Elizabeth D. The Art of Wintering

Below is a video recorded several years ago ** to offer more information about this program and the inspiration behind The Art of Wintering.  **Please disregard the dates shared in this video.

Frequently Asked Questions

Do I need to attend every Zoom ceremony?
No. Everything is recorded and uploaded to the portal within 24 hours. You are welcome to take part live or watch the recordings on your own time. You cannot fall behind.

I’m new to spirituality/plant medicine/moon practices — is this still for me?
Yes. Everything in this program is gentle, beginner-friendly, and grounded. There is no pressure to “do it right.” Curiosity and comfort are more important than previous experience.

What if I’ve taken The Art of Wintering before?
Returning Winterers are warmly welcomed at a special reduced alumni rate. You’ll have access to the new 2026 portal and will continue to have access to the year(s) you previously enrolled in.

Is this a therapeutic program?
This is an educational and mindfulness-based spiritual program rooted in nervous system awareness and seasonal rhythms. It is not a therapy group and does not replace medical care, but many participants find it deeply soothing and supportive.

How much time will I need each week?
Most women spend 1–2 hours per week — but there is no required schedule. Some only come to the ZOOM calls and feel content. Others savor every meditation and prompt. Your pace is your wisdom.

What if I can’t draw or write — will I struggle with Soul Cards?
Not at all. Soul Cards are not art projects — they’re intuitive storytelling through magazine or self-created artwork images, symbolism, and color. This process requires zero artistic ability and works beautifully for anyone.

Is there a refund policy?
Full refunds are available up to 48 hours after the first Zoom ceremony. After that time, because materials are fully accessible, refunds are not available

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A 4-week online journey + optional in-person retreat to nourish inner peace, renew your strength, and grow a culture of compassion—together.

The world is hurting. Many of us are feeling the weight of it: the grief, the injustice, the overwhelm. And yet, we also carry the seeds of change. Mindful Summer is here to nourish those seeds.

This is not a program for fixing yourself—or fixing the world overnight. It’s an invitation to pause, to breathe, and return to what matters most. Through mindfulness, gentle reflection, and community connection, we’ll tend our nervous systems, deepen our resilience, and root ourselves in what gives us life.

Designed with summer in mind: We know this season brings its own rhythms—vacations, caregiving, outdoor invitations, and precious time with loved ones. That’s why Mindful Summer was created with spaciousness in mind. Each session is short, restorative, and designed to recenter rather than overwhelm. Recordings are available if you miss a class, and reflection practices can be woven into your summer days with ease.

You will be supported, if this feels beneficial to you, in nourishing conversations with trusted friends or like-minded participants as part of your weekly integration—and if you wish, you can deepen your experience through an optional retreat at the end of the month. The retreat includes creative practices, gentle movement, and grounding somatic activities.

Whether you’re new to mindfulness or returning home to your practice, this series offers a place to replenish your body and spirit, reignite your courage, and reconnect with what truly sustains you—in yourself and our world.

The Why Behind Mindful Summer A gentle refuge. A growing ground. A way forward.

We are living through a time of profound uncertainty. Political and social unrest, climate disruption, isolation, and collective grief have left many of us feeling anxious, helpless, or quietly overwhelmed. Some of us are protesting. Some of us are frozen. Some are tending to family or community in quiet ways that go unseen.

Despite diverse backgrounds and opinions, most of us share this common ground: We care deeply. We long for healing and change. And we know that doing it alone isn’t working.

Mindful Summer is for those who are looking for a way to stay present—to grow our capacity to face what’s here with care, courage, and clarity. Whether you are new to mindfulness or an experienced activist seeking steadiness, this is a space to slow down, remember what matters, and begin again.

Inspired by the teachings of Rev. Angel Kyoto Williams, Adrienne Maree Brown, Tara Brach, Vivek Murthy and others, this program invites us to understand how social habits and disconnection have shaped our world—and how personal awareness can begin to transform them.

This is not a space for judgment, perfection, or one-size-fits-all solutions. It is a container for:

• Building sanctuary in uncertain times

• Growing the nervous system resilience we need for collective care

• Creating the foundations of a ‘mycelial’ network—quiet, connected, alive beneath the surface to support both reflection and action

Contemplative practice helps us meet the moment from the inside out. It brings the brain into coherence, softens reactivity, and opens up creativity and clarity.

We become better able to:

• Navigate stress without shutting down

• Move from urgency into sustainable action

• Reconnect with others in honest, meaningful ways

And perhaps most importantly, we become more available to what this moment is asking of us—not out of pressure or fear, but from a deeper truth rising up inside us.

We change when we are ready to stop running. We grow when we are met with kindness.

Let Mindful Summer be your place to pause, grow, and belong.

Overview: This four-week online mindfulness series will provide participants with tools to stay grounded, inspired, and engaged. It is designed to support growth, resilience, and compassionate action during this time of uncertainty. It is rooted in meditation, nature connection, emotional awareness, and community.

Who It’s For:

• New and experienced meditators

• Those seeking grounding and sanctuary

• People feeling overwhelmed by current events

• Changemakers longing for sustainable inner resources

• Anyone who senses the need for a more connected, compassionate way forward

Format:

• Weekly live 75-minute Zoom sessions (recorded for replay)

• Mindfulness practices each week

• Optional buddy pairing for reflection

• Private community discussion group

• Discount to attend an In-Person Retreat at THE FOREST HOUSE, Hampton, CT

WEEK BY WEEK FOCUS

Week 1: Inner Sanctuary – Grounding in Uncertain Times

Theme: Finding inner refuge when the outer world feels shaky.

Week 2: Meeting the World with Care – Compassionate Presence

Theme: Cultivating compassion for self and others in a time of collective pain

Week 3: Finding the Edge – Mindful Engagement

Theme: Learning to stay present with discomfort, complexity, and urgency.

Week 4: Living the Questions – Becoming Culture-Bearers

Theme: Tapping into your values, creativity, and voice to be part of the shift.