The gathering will take place outdoors in a sacred sanctuary garden space in Atwater Village, allowing us to connect with the land, the season, and the returning light as we welcome the new cycle together.

As the Spring Equinox arrives and the Mexica New Year begins, we gather in ceremony to welcome the return of the Sun and the opening of a new cycle. In the Mexica calendar, this year is guided by Calli — the energy of the sacred house, representing a time to return home to ourselves, strengthen our foundations, and reconnect with community, land, and spirit.

The Spring Equinox marks the moment when light and darkness come into balance. It is a powerful seasonal threshold to pause, reflect, and consciously step into the new year with clarity and intention.

What to Expect

This Mexica New Year and Spring Equinox ceremony is designed to create space for reflection, renewal, and alignment with the new seasonal cycle.

The experience will include:

• Welcome and brief insight into the Spring Equinox and Mexica New Year traditions
• Ceremonial cacao shared in community as part of the gathering
• A few restorative / yin poses aligned with the energy of spring according to Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Guided intention-setting meditation & journaling for the new cycle
• Seed offering ritual symbolizing what you are planting for the year ahead
• Mexica New Year commitment ritual aligned with the energy of Calli — the sacred house
• Sound frequency and drum medicine experience
• Closing reflections as we welcome the return of the sun and step into the new year together

Why Attend

This gathering is designed for those who are seeking space to pause, reset, and step intentionally into the new season and new year.

You may feel called to attend if you are:

• Feeling overwhelmed by the pace of life and needing time to slow down and reconnect
• Entering a new chapter and wanting to set clear intentions for the year ahead
• Seeking deeper connection to nature and seasonal rhythms
• Wanting to reconnect with your body, breath, and inner clarity
• Ready to reflect on what you are releasing and what you are planting for the new cycle
• Looking for meaningful ceremony that honors the Spring Equinox and Mexica New Year traditions

This ceremony offers an opportunity to pause, reflect, reconnect, and plant intentions for the year ahead in community and in alignment with the rhythms of the earth. Let’s go in together.

This ceremony will be guided by Vanessa Garcia, founder of Wellness By Vanessa G, and Carlos Sosa, also known as Arts by Sosa. Together they hold space as medicine carriers and ceremonial guides, creating experiences that weave together ancestral wisdom, movement, sound, and connection to the natural world.

Vanessa is a holistic practitioner, teacher, and medicine woman who guides others through practices that reconnect the body, spirit, and earth. Carlos Sosa — Arts by Sosa — is an artist, creator, nature guide, and sound practitioner whose work is deeply rooted in rhythm, nature, and the medicine of sound. Together they host ceremonies that invite reflection, renewal, and a return to what is most essential within ourselves and our relationship with the earth.