Release, Reconnect and Renew

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Winter Solstice at Sobo Beach

Monday 22nd December | 3.30pm to 9.30PM

Afternoon ticket £25

Evening Ticket £35

Whole Event £50 with Goodie Bag

Join us for a soulful afternoon and evening celebrating the Winter Solstice and the return of the light. We’ll gather by the sea to move, breathe, reflect, and reconnect with nature, community, and our own inner spark.

This will be a day of wellness, gratitude, and joy, blending ancient wisdom and practices - yoga, meditation, soulful connection, ecstatic dance, and sound healing.

As the sun begins to set on 2025, we come together at Sobo Beach to release what no longer serves, honour all that we’ve learned, and call in light, warmth, and renewal.

Throughout the afternoon, you’ll find outdoor wellness stalls, and delicious cacao, mocktails and winter drinks available from Sobo Beach Café. The wellness sessions will take place both inside and out on the beach in the venue, and the beach itself will be part of the flow of the day.

Winter Solstice at Sobo Beach Schedule

Afternoon £25 - Evening £35 - Whole Event £50 with Goodie Bag

Afternoon £25 - Evening £35 - Whole Event £50 with Goodie Bag

Winter Solstice at Sobo Beach a time to Release, Reconnect & Renew!

This event is held at Sobo Beach, celebrating the longest night and the return of the light, a time to pause, release the old, and call in warmth, gratitude, and new beginnings. Through mindful movement, breathwork, ceremony, sound, and soulful community connection, you’ll be guided to shed what’s no longer needed and make space for the light within to grow.

🌤 Weather & Comfort

This is a true Solstice celebration, rooted in nature and connection, and we’ll embrace the elements together! If the weather turns wet or wild, don’t worry - the event will still go ahead.


We have a beautiful indoor space at Sobo Beach available, so you’ll stay warm, dry, and cosy throughout the sessions.

The Sound Bath will take place indoors with gentle heating and atmospheric lighting, while other moments of the celebration may still include short, optional connections to the beach, sea and elements (for those who wish).

Please bring layers, a blanket, and anything else that helps you feel comfortable and grounded — this is all about warmth, community, and renewal, whatever the weather brings. 🌙✨

DETAILED EVENT CURRICULUM

Winter Solstice at Sobo Beach

We gather at Sobo Beach to honour the Winter Solstice, a sacred turning point in the year that invites stillness, reflection, and renewal. As the sun rises on the shortest day, we come together by the sea to welcome the returning light and reconnect with the natural rhythms around and within us.

These moments by the shoreline offer a peaceful space to pause, breathe, and tune in to yourself, to nature, and to the collective energy of the community.

Through gentle movement, grounding breathwork, and mindful connection with the elements, you’ll be guided to release the heaviness of the past year and open your heart to what’s to come. Feel the sand beneath your feet, the salt air on your skin, and the quiet power of renewal as the waves meet the shore.

Leave feeling restored, centred, and aligned, carrying the Solstice energy of balance, gratitude, and new beginnings into the days ahead.

Afternoon Session

3:30 Arrival and Settle In

3:45 Afternoon Opening Circle & Meditation with Monika and Jane

We’ll begin by grounding ourselves in the powerful energy of the Winter Solstice, a sacred pause in the year that invites stillness, reflection, and renewal. As the sun reaches its lowest point, we’ll gather in quiet connection to arrive fully, breathe deeply, and set intentions for the evening ahead. Through a soothing blend of breathwork and guided meditation, you’ll gently release the noise and tension of the outside world, allowing your body and mind to settle into a state of presence.


The rhythmic heartbeat of drums will anchor you into the earth’s energy, while the resonant tones of singing bowls will wash over you, clearing stagnant energy and opening space for peace, light, and alignment. This grounding ritual will prepare you to step into the rest of the event - calm, centred, and deeply connected to both your inner light and the collective energy of the circle.

4:15 Southbourne Beach Yoga with Hayley

Flow through a gentle, soul-warming yoga practice by the sea, designed to awaken your body and calm your mind. As you move through each posture, you’ll feel the cool winter air on your skin, hear the steady rhythm of the waves, and connect deeply to the earth beneath your feet.

This isn’t about perfection or performance, it’s about presence. Each breath becomes a prayer of gratitude, each movement a reminder of your connection to nature and the cycle of light returning. Together, under the soft glow of the winter Solstice sky, we’ll create warmth through mindful flow, shared energy, and community spirit. A truly grounding way to honour the season and prepare your body for the magic of the evening ahead.

5 :00 Closing the Year with Gratitude Workshop With Jane & Monika

An interactive and heart-opening creative session to reflect on the year that’s been - a chance to pause, honour your journey, and recognise the wisdom you’ve gathered along the way. Together, we’ll look back with compassion, celebrating moments of joy, growth, and resilience, while gently releasing the experiences that no longer serve you.

Through a nourishing blend of mindfulness practices, guided journaling prompts, and visualisations, you’ll be supported to bring awareness to your inner landscape. Noticing where you’ve evolved, what you’re ready to let go of, and what you wish to carry forward.

This reflective space offers time for stillness and sharing, inviting you to release the weight of the past year and step into 2026 with lightness, clarity, and renewed intention. It’s a moment to close one chapter with gratitude and open the next with purpose and possibility.

5:45 Sobo Beach Nourishment Break

Take a moment to refuel and enjoy a pre-ordered meal or snack from Sobo Beach Café. Enjoy good food, warm drinks, and soul chats before the evening session begins.

SOBO Beach brings chilled vibes to Southbourne, including Flamin-Go Grill & Wok-Shack kitchens, The Upper Deck, palm trees & beach bar - https://sobobeach.co.uk/menus/

Evening Session

6:15 Evening Opening Circle with Judy

As the sun sets and the night embraces us, we’ll come together once more in a sacred circle, a moment to reconnect, welcome new guests, and honour the turning of the season. Guided by Judy, this evening opening invites you to ground your energy after your day’s experiences and gently shift into the deeper, more expansive rhythm of the night.

Through intention-setting, gentle movement, and grounding breathwork, we’ll open our hearts and prepare our bodies to receive the energy of dance, sound, and stillness that follows. This circle marks a beautiful transition from reflection to release - a reminder that we are both part of the Earth’s cycles and creators of our own. Under the Solstice sky, surrounded by community, ready to move, flow, and celebrate the returning light.

6:30 Ecstatic Dance Facilitated by Judy

Step into a space of freedom, movement, and pure embodiment. In this guided Ecstatic Dance session, Judy will hold a safe and welcoming container for you to let go of thought, expectation, and inhibition, allowing your body to move however it wishes.

The playlist will take you on a musical journey from grounding beats that root you to the earth, through uplifting rhythms that open your heart, to soft, expansive sounds that invite deep release and connection. There are no steps to follow, no judgments, and no performance, no drink, no drugs, only presence, rhythm, and flow.

As you move, you may feel emotions surface, joy rise, and energy shift. This is the medicine of movement. Together, we’ll dance away the darkness of winter, celebrating the returning light and the renewal that the Solstice brings. It’s not about how it looks, it’s about how it feels. Let the music move through you and reconnect you to the pulse of life itself.

8:00 Sound Bath Facilitated by Robin Freeman Sacred Sounds Healing

As the day’s energy settles, we’ll close with a deeply restorative Sound Bath guided by sound practitioner Robin Freeman. This immersive experience invites you to lie back, relax, and be gently held by waves of healing sound.

Singing bowls, chimes, gongs and other therapeutic instruments will create a symphony of frequencies that calm the mind, open the heart, and soothe the nervous system. Each vibration works on a subtle level, helping to release emotional tension, clear energetic blockages, and restore natural harmony within body, mind, and spirit.

The Sound Bath offers a moment of stillness after the movement and expression of the day, a space to integrate all you’ve experienced, to ground into peace, and to awaken to the renewed light of the season. Simply close your eyes, breathe, and let the sounds wash through you, a final act of surrender, rest, and renewal under the Winter Solstice sky.

9:00 Sobo Beach Social Drinks

Take a moment to centre, socialise and enjoy some drinks, mocktails, hot drinks, cacao and soul chats before the evening ends.

SOBO Beach brings chilled vibes to Southbourne, including Flamin-Go Grill & Wok-Shack kitchens, The Upper Deck, palm trees & beach bar - https://sobobeach.co.uk/menus/

Meet Your Hosts

Judy Lancaster is a conscious dance facilitator, Ecstatic Dance DJ (DJ Jude[z] Sunfire) and the founder of SunFire Dance. She holds free-flowing movement sessions in the woods, sunrise and full moon beach dances, and Ecstatic Dance in Wimborne and Boscombe.

She is a certified Ecstatic Dance Facilitator and Drama, Dance & Voice Therapist, and weaves together various modalities into her sessions.

Jude[z] invites you to move freely, as gently or wildly as you wish. She believes that there is tremendous power, healing and transformation in the dance.

Ecstatic Conscious Dance is an embodied practice of movement and free-flowing dance that integrates emotional, physical and spiritual wellbeing. You will embark on a movement journey that allows for moments of gentle flow, natural rhythm, release, elation, stillness, and reflection. When you move, you quieten the mind and innately embody the rhythm of the music, freeing yourself and opening new perspectives of being.

There are no steps to follow, just your own feet and your own heartbeat. There will be moments of guided meditation and others where you can deep dive into the music.

Follow SunFire Dance on social media Facebook and Instagram: @sunfiredance.community and her website: www.sunfiredance.com

Host & Afternoon Facilitator

Monika Mudra, founder of Meaningful Massage & Organiser of Ecstatic Dance Bournemouth

Monika Mudra is a Trauma-Informed Embodied Facilitator, Intuitive Bodyworker, and Temple of Radiance apprentice devoted to sacred touch and connection.

Her work weaves together Tantra, Ritual, and Embodiment, inviting others to soften into presence and remember the wisdom of their bodies.

With a background in Holistic and Intuitive Massage, she helps others heal through touch, nervous system regulation, and embodied awareness. MM - Meaningful Massage

Based between Bournemouth and London, Monika is the organiser of Ecstatic Dance Bournemouth.

Through her workshops and 1:1 sessions, she creates safe, sacred spaces for healing, connection, and embodied remembrance.

Rooted in devotion, Monika walks the path of embodiment, guiding others home to themselves.

Get in touch:

WhatsApp: 07545 547654

Instagram: @mudra_monika_mm

@ecstaticdance.bournemouth

Facebook: Monika Mudra

Host & Afternoon Facilitator

Jane Scanlan from Magic Moon Crew - Jane Scanlan

Jane Scanlan is a wellness practitioner, an intuitive and grounded individual, and the founder of a community devoted to helping people reconnect with the natural rhythms of the Earth, the Moon, and themselves.

Through moon circles, meditation, sound, and sacred rituals, Jane creates spaces where people can pause, breathe, and rediscover their inner calm. Her gatherings - whether by the sea, under the full moon, or in sacred ceremony - are rooted in connection, community, and the belief that healing begins when we return to nature and to our own hearts.

Jane blends her background in holistic therapies, mindfulness, and energy work with her deep love for the elements. Each event she leads - from Full Moon Circles to Solstice Celebrations - is crafted to support release, renewal, and soulful transformation.

The Magic Moon Crew’s ethos is simple yet profound:

Honour the cycles.

Create sacred space.

Connect deeply with nature, spirit, and one another.

Jane believes that spiritual practice doesn’t have to be “fluffy and complicated”, it can be grounded, heart-led, simple and infused with a sense of joy and authenticity.

Follow Magic Moon Crew on social media for upcoming circles, ceremonies, and moon wisdom:

Facebook & Instagram: @magicmooncrew

Website: www.magicmooncrew.com

What

As daylight fades and the longest night begins, we’ll honour this ancient turning point at Sobo Beach through shared stillness, soulful practices, and the simple magic of gathering as a community reminds us that even in darkness, the light always returns.

When

Monday 22nd December

3:30-9:30pm

Where

Sobo Beach
Southbourne Coast Rd, Southbourne, Bournemouth BH6 4BE

Tickets start at £25+

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This Winter Solstice gathering at Sobo Beach offers a sacred space to pause, reflect, and realign as the seasons shift. It’s a time to honour the stillness within, to release what no longer serves you, and to welcome the light returning, both in nature and in yourself.

Through grounding practices, connection, and soulful guidance, you’ll gently restore balance, replenish your energy, and reconnect with your inner wisdom.

Come as you are - wrapped in layers, open-hearted, and ready to be held by the elements and the warmth of our community. Together, we’ll create space for renewal, gratitude, and deeper connection under the Solstice sky.

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