Winter Solstice Art & Sound Experience — Melbourne's Most Soulful Solstice Gathering
From the darkness, the light returns. A new cycle begins.
On the shortest day of the year, we gather to attune. The Winter Solstice is the threshold moment — the longest night, the still point where the wheel of the year quietly turns. In many traditions, this is the most powerful time for inner work. The world outside grows dark and bare, but inside us, something ancient stirs: the seed of what wants to come next. This Solstice, Active Kreative invites you into a single, deeply held evening at Infinite Co Studio in St Kilda — three candlelit hours that weave a gong-led sound bath directly into an intuitive dot painting mandala on round canvas. We'll meet the dark not as something to escape — but as fertile ground for the second half of your year.
On the longest night of the year, join us for an immersive evening of sound healing, sensory art therapy, and nervous system restoration.
Through deep sound immersion, mandala creation, herbal tea, and gentle reflection, we gather to slow down, reconnect, and welcome the return of light.
🗓 Saturday, 20 June 2026
⏰ 5–8pm
📍 Infinite Studio, St Kilda
Limited spaces available for an intimate experience.
Bring a friend and share the evening together 💫
Why this works on Solstice
The body needs two medicines at the year's turning point: the parasympathetic rest of the sound bath, and the focused, rhythmic stimulation of the dots. Together, they create coherence. Your nervous system softens. Your mind quiets. And your hands — guided by colour as medicine — begin to draw a map of where you are now and where you're being called next.
This is colour therapy in its most embodied form. The round canvas is sacred geometry — a mirror for wholeness, balance, and new beginnings.
What the evening holds
🕯️ Vibrations that calm the nervous system and release stored tension
🌀 Deep relaxation and mental stillness
✨ Space for clarity, insight, and inner connection
🪷 Creative expression that quiets the mind and deepens presence
🎨 Emotional release through dot-by-dot mandala practice
☀️ A symbol of wholeness, balance, and new beginnings to take home
Who this is for
You feel the weight of the year and want to land it consciously
You're craving stillness, beauty, and a soulful container — not another hustle workshop
You sense a shift coming and want to meet it with clarity instead of reactivity
You want to experience how sound and intuitive art together open doors that words alone can't
You're curious about how colour can be used as medicine to balance your inner state
You don't need to be artistic, spiritual, or experienced with sound healing or mandala painting. You only need to be willing to slow down and attune.
The Solstice gift — bring a soul-friend
This is one of our most quietly powerful gatherings of the year, and we wanted it to be shared. Book together with a friend, partner, sister, or colleague and you both pay $222 for two because the integration deepens when someone in your life has walked the same threshold beside you.
Every booking also includes complimentary access to the Active Kreative Member Portal — your at-home space to continue the practice, with guided meditations, creative prompts, and integration support for the 6 months that follow.
What you'll leave with
A regulated, settled nervous system after months of holding
Your own hand-painted dot mandala on round canvas, sealed and ready to hang
A felt sense of which colours are medicine for you right now
Clarity about what to release and what to nurture into the rising light
A take-home reflection card and 7-day micro-practice to anchor what opened
The quiet knowing that comes from doing inner work in good company
Practical details
Date: Saturday 20 June 2026
Time: 4:45pm arrival · 5:00–8:00pm session
Venue: Infinite.Co Studio, St Kilda VIC (full address sent on booking)
Investment: $166 full price · $222 bring-a-friend (two tickets — save $66)
Includes: Round canvas, full dot-painting kit, acrylic paints, herbal tea on arrival, light grazing refreshments, take-home sealed mandala, reflection card, 6-month portal access
Bring: A blanket or shawl, comfortable clothes, anything sacred for our shared altar
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Winter Solstice Art & Sound Experience
Saturday 20 June 2026 · 5:00–8:00pm · Infinite.Co Studio, St Kilda VIC
Healing through the vibrational experience of sound, colour, and rhythmic dot painting mandala.
About this experience
On the longest night of the year, we gather to attune. This three-hour gathering brings together three quiet medicines — sound, colour, and rhythm — to support the nervous system as it lets go of what the year has stored, and opens into the rising light.
This experience does not ask you to think your way into healing. It invites your body to soften through sound, your emotions to move through colour, and your awareness to reorganise through the rhythm of dot-by-dot mandala creation.
The three medicines of the evening
1. Sound — vibration moving through the body
Sound is vibration moving through the body as pressure waves. With a gong, the nervous system receives layered tones, low frequencies, overtones, and resonance. This can shift attention away from repetitive thought and into sensation, helping the body soften into a more parasympathetic "rest and restore" state.
Research on vibroacoustic stimulation and sound-based practices suggests possible reductions in stress markers and improvements in relaxation. The field is still developing, but the felt sense is reliable: most people leave a gong bath quieter inside than when they arrived.
2. Colour — light frequency interpreted by body and mind
Colour is light frequency interpreted by the eyes, retina, and brain. It is not just "seen" — it is processed through the nervous system, memory, emotion, culture, and association. Colour psychology research shows that colour can influence psychological functioning, though its effects are contextual rather than universal.
In this evening's practice, colour becomes a personal signal. Your body may be drawn to blue for calm, gold for warmth, red for life force, green for balance — not because the colour magically fixes anything, but because it helps you access and organise inner states. You will be guided to choose your palette intuitively, letting the body lead.
3. Rhythmic dot mandala — the medicine of repetition
Mandala dot painting adds the third medicine: rhythm. Repeating dots creates a steady sensory-motor pattern. Your hand, breath, eyes, and attention begin to move together. This can reduce cognitive overload because the mind is no longer trying to solve everything — it is following a simple, structured, circular rhythm.
Studies on mandala colouring and mindfulness-based mandala activity show potential benefits for anxiety, mindfulness, and wellbeing. The circular form of the mandala gives the psyche a container; the dots give the mind a safe pattern to follow.
Multi-sensory coherence
What is happening in this evening is a kind of multi-sensory coherence:
- The gong vibrates through the body.
- The colour speaks to the emotional brain.
- The dot rhythm gives the mind a safe pattern to follow.
- The circle of the mandala gives the psyche a container.
Together, they help the nervous system move from scattered, defended, and overstimulated into slower, more integrated presence.
What to expect — the four-stage flow
- Deep Sound Immersion — A gong-led sound bath to calm the mind, restore your rhythm, and bring the body into parasympathetic rest. No vocals — instrumental and resonant frequencies only.
- Rhythmic Mandala Creation — Dot by dot, you will be guided to create your own intuitive mandala on round canvas, using acrylic paints. The sound continues throughout, so your hands and breath stay attuned to the music.
- Reintegrate & Ground — A sharing circle with herbal tea and light refreshments to gently close the space.
- Return to Your Light — Leave with your completed mandala and a renewed sense of inner expression — a directional anchor for the second half of the year.
What is included
- Three-hour facilitated experience with a registered art therapist
- Gong-led sound bath
- Canvas, full dot-painting kit, and acrylic paints
- Herbal tea and light grazing refreshments
- Take-home sealed mandala on canvas
- Seven-day reflection card to anchor the practice
- Six months complimentary access to the Active Kreative Member Portal
Who this is for
This evening is for you if you feel the weight of the year and want to land it consciously, if you are craving stillness and a soulful container rather than another hustle workshop, or if you are curious about how sound, colour, and rhythmic art together can move the body and mind toward balance.
No artistic experience required. No prior sound healing or mandala experience required. You only need to be willing to slow down and attune.
An honest note on healing
Sound, colour, and rhythmic mandala-making can support regulation, emotional processing, attention, and embodied calm. They do not "cure" in the medical sense, but they can create the conditions where the body and mind move toward balance. This experience is not a substitute for medical or mental health care; it is a complement to it.
Pricing
- $166 — full price (single ticket)
- $222 — bring-a-friend (two tickets, save $66)
Spaces are intentionally limited to keep the container intimate.
Booking
Book your place at the Winter Solstice Art & Sound Experience
Facilitated by Valerie Ogorodnyk
Valerie is the founder of Active Kreative, a registered art therapist, sound practitioner, and creator of the 40-Day Practice. She has held creative healing spaces in Melbourne for over a decade, including the Ukrainian Kolo refugee circle (2022–2026).
Venue
Infinite.Co Studio, St Kilda VIC, Australia. Full address sent on booking confirmation.