Since ancient times our ancestors have celebrated the winter solstice as the return of the sun after the longest night of the year. The solstice can represent for us the the release of what ever we have been carrying around with us from the past year. As the fire burns the yule log and releases the stored energy of the sun, we too can release that which has been holding us back, or darkening our aura. As the days now begin to grow longer I hope you can see the light within you brightening as well. Welcome Yule!