The Summer Solstice is the Opportunity to Free Old Bonds

The Summer Solstice is the Opportunity to Free Old Bonds

Our life cycles echo that of the sun, making the solstices, perfect times to reflect, clear out and set soul goals. 

In the northern hemisphere we experience the June Solstice in the summer - when the Sun is at its highest, fiercest and brightest. We are physically charged up. Having gone through the planting of seeds in the winter, cultivating the shots of spring, to being in the full bloom of summer. 

At the height of this cycle and its enormous energy is the very time we should let go of what no longer serves us. When we create space at our highest point, we inevitably attract like for like. Bringing us closer to those carrying the same frequency or a higher one. Thus our soul grows. When we don’t follow the cycle of release, we create an environment of stagnation.

The blossoming nature of summer lends itself to the deeper work of releasing outdated soul agreements and expired karmic contracts. In the slower seasons we don’t always have the strength to untether ourselves from the bonds we may have been carrying for life times. 

What is an outdated soul agreement? Before your soul comes to this plane it makes a decision on the lessons it needs to learn in this lifetime. Then it makes agreements with all the people and places that are going to bring forth those lessons. The thing is, once the lesson has played out on this plane, we don’t always know or understand that we are free to move on. If the other player (or players) involved are soul family (those we have known for life times) we may want to stay (or they with us). But it is necessary for us to continue evolving and expanding. At that point the agreement has been fulfilled and its energy becomes heavy. The weight is a sign that you should drop it - literally. It is no longer part of your growth, it is actually restricting it. 

Signs you are in an outdated soul agreement

• You feel physically drained just thinking of the person, place or thing

• The thought of this person, place or thing causes you knots in your tummy or your breathing to become shorter (anxiety response) 
• You experience anger at situations that don’t necessarily deserve the rise of emotions
• Emotions come in floods 
• You feel stuck or even contracting
• You feel weighed down

How to release outdated soul agreements

• I recommend doing this on summer solstice morning when the day's energy will be building and the sun’s light will hold you through the day. 

• Love is at the beginning and end of everything. Connect to your sense of love before moving into this practice. It will both protect and guide you
• Sit in a quiet space where you won’t be bothered. 
• If you know the agreement you want to release, skip this step. Without judgment bring your awareness to the time (or times) you have experienced a heavy or negative energy this week. Removing emotion, ask ‘what did I learn from this situation?’
• Let the answer come to the fore of your thinking. 
• Inwardly express gratitude for being able to learn and evolve. 
• Before you can release you need to also forgive anyone (including yourself) so that balance can be restored. Forgiveness and love run parallel. Feel love if you can not feel forgiveness in that moment. The universe will understand your intention. 
• Then let go - imagine everyone and everything dissipating, returning to universal energy. 
• Finally say “That which is for my highest good returns to me now.”

Karmic Contracts. Most people relate these to romantic relationships, but their scope is far broader and they are often found in our most important life lessons. It isn’t just romances that break our hearts; its friendships, jobs and even places we physically move from. We also experience karmic bonds to beliefs and ideology. 

A karmic contract is drawn up when there is sort of debt between your soul and another. Mistakenly we can stay in these contracts, depleting ourselves with over repayment even though the debt was settled long ago. When that happens the energy has to shift as the balance is now off and what builds up is a toxic form of energy. No one wants this sort of energy to follow them around so it is necessary to release it safely from your life. In these situations, you do not need to be in contact with the player/s involved. In fact, they do not need to be alive. 

Unlike outdated soul agreements where the energy is dull, heavy and fatigued, expired karmic contracts feel toxic - think frantic, pulsing, panic. This is because staying in these contracts is a form of self harm. You are stopping your soul’s growth. You are being forced to look at the situation and take assertive action. Toxicity of any kind pushes us further away from others and our main purpose is to create oneness. 

How to break a Karmic Contract

• I recommend doing this on summer solstice morning when the days energy will be building and the sun’s light will hold you through the day. 

• Always approach with love. Love is the only thing that is real.  It will both protect and guide you
• Sit in a quiet space where you won’t be bothered. 
• Imagine that you are able to hold the karmic contract in your hand. See the words and hear the sentences. 
• Keeping the contract in your hand, feel the debt being completed. Experience the emotional energy of freedom. 
• Imagine a golden light - like an aura - settling around your body. As it glows, take the contract and tear it up. Let the pieces fall to the earth. 
• This may be hard, but try your best with this. Thank the contract for the lessons you have learnt. 
• Inwardly express gratitude for being able to learn and evolve. 
• Before you can fully release you need to also forgive all those involved (including yourself). Forgiveness and love run parallel. Feel love if you can not feel forgiveness in that moment. The universe will understand your intention. 
• Then let go - imagine everyone and everything dissipating, returning to universal energy. 
• Finally say 

“I forgive myself for the ways I have hurt myself and others. 

I free and forgive others who have hurt me. 

I release any outdated karmic contracts that no longer serve me

from all space and time. 

I am love”

When in doubt, remember - we are made of light. No harm can come when you create more space for it. Light seeks loving spaces. On the longest day of sun/light of the year, allow yourself to remove darkness so that only your light and your shadow remain.