The Summer Solstice Is a Signal — Not a To-Do List
Ayurvedic wisdom, plant rituals, and the real reason your system feels overstimulated right now.
✨ The Solstice Doesn’t Ask You to Do More — It Asks You to Balance
On the longest day of the year, everything is peaking.
The light. The heat. The noise. The push. The pressure. The “you should be thriving by now.”
And while the sun is out longer, that doesn’t mean you need to be.
In fact, it means the opposite.
In Ayurvedic tradition, summer is the season of Pitta — the dosha associated with fire, drive, and transformation. It’s powerful… until it’s not. When Pitta is unbalanced, it burns out the system.
Symptoms of excess Pitta?
🔥 Irritability
🔥 Inflammation
🔥 Skin flare-ups
🔥 Digestive upset
🔥 Restlessness and insomnia
🔥 Overwork masked as “motivation”
Sound familiar?
This solstice, we’re not leaning into burnout culture. We’re leaning into rituals of regulation. Grounded, time-tested practices that use plants + presence to bring your system back into rhythm.
Let’s talk about how.
🌿 Ayurveda Meets Modern Plant Ritual
Balance doesn’t happen by accident. It’s built. And it’s built with:
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Cool, calming botanicals
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Intentional sensory rituals
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Breath, stillness, and soft structure
Here are 4 practices to help you meet the solstice — without losing your center.
1. 🛁 Soak to Cool + Release Heat
Use: Jointment CBD/CBN Bath Salts or Alaskan TF Bath Bomb
Your skin is an organ of release. Your bath can be a nervous system reset.
✨ Magnesium, hemp seed oil, and essential oils like cedarwood, citrus, and patchouli work together to:
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Cool internal heat
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Reduce inflammation
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Regulate the parasympathetic system (your “rest + digest” state)
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Soothe tired joints and overstimulated nerves
📿 Ayurveda teaches that water rituals are most effective when done without rush. Soak in silence. Let your body recalibrate.
2. 🌬️ Inhale to Regulate
Use: Pineapple Express Aroma Roller
When fire rises, the breath shortens. The heart races. The nervous system tightens.
That’s where scent steps in — not to mask, but to modulate.
🍍 Our Pineapple Express blend combines:
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Beta-pinene (fresh, uplifting)
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Myrcene (calming)
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Beta-caryophyllene (CB2-regulating)
Together, they shift your system from frazzled to focused, energized to embodied.
💡 Roll onto pulse points and breathe deeply — four counts in, six counts out. Give your brain the oxygen it’s been skipping.
3. 🧈 Massage to Move Energy + Soothe Fire
Use: Jointment Massage Butter or Jointment To Go
In Ayurveda, Abhyanga (self-massage) is a daily ritual for circulation, balance, and nervous system support.
🔥 Our formula delivers targeted relief with:
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Birch bark oil
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Black pepper
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Coconut, mango, and babassu butters
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CBD and THC (in our medical channel)
It’s not just topical. It’s therapeutic.
📍 Especially powerful for Pitta-related tension in the neck, back, and joints. Massage slow. Think presence, not productivity.
4. 🕯️ Light a Candle + Let the Day End
Use: Pineapple Express Candle
In the season of long light, it’s easy to forget to wind down. But your body needs the signal: “The doing is done.”
Terpene-rich candles — made with soy wax, clean-burning wicks, and natural aroma compounds — do more than set a vibe. They cue your nervous system to soften.
✨ Try pairing it with journaling, gentle breathwork, or just letting yourself sit in silence. Stillness is where your insight hides.
💬 Final Thought: You Don’t Have to Match the Sun
Solstice isn’t a test of your productivity.
It’s a moment of awareness.
It’s your chance to ask:
What’s rising too high in me? And what would bring me back to center?
Whether it’s magnesium, breath, cedarwood, or candles, our rituals are built to support that return — one clean, intentional step at a time.