Distraction Therapy – The Still Point of the Sun

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At the height of the year, when the sun stands still in the sky, something shifts. The Summer Solstice arrives not as a loud celebration but as a quiet turning—an axis of light and time. This latest episode of Distraction Therapy draws from that stillness, curating a sonic landscape that honours the tension of abundance and decline, radiance and retreat. We sit with the fullness of things, even as their fading begins.

In many traditions, the solstice is more than a celestial event—it is a threshold. It marks the longest day, when the sun reaches its zenith and seems to pause before beginning its descent. In that moment of suspension, we are invited to linger. To notice. To realign. It is a time of symbolic ripeness: of fertility, power, and clarity. Yet it is also the start of the slow contraction, a reminder that light always carries its opposite within it.

Folklore remembers this night as a portal, a time when the veil between worlds grows thin. In the fading light, the ordinary becomes charged. Plants gathered under solstice skies are said to hold special potency. Dreams speak more clearly. Boundaries blur. It’s a night for ritual—not to command, but to listen. Not to escape, but to attend.

The mix in this episode follows that arc. We begin with radiance—tracks pulsing with energy, rhythm, and joy. But slowly, the mood turns reflective, shaded with textures that pull us inward. This is a mix for those standing at the edge: of summer, of change, of knowing. It’s for those who feel that the stillness of the sun is not just a pause, but an invitation.

What are we letting go of? What are we welcoming in? And how do we hold both—light and shadow, clarity and uncertainty—as we step across this solstice threshold?

Tune in and travel with us.