Workshop Schedule:
(Black & White printable version coming soon)

Reach for the Flame:
Day of Workshops and Public Imbolc Ritual

 
Time Ritual Tools Breath and Sacred Body Personal Growth Creativity Myth , Story, and Archetype
9:00 am Registration
9:30 am

Journey through the Elements

Jennifer Byers



Breathwork

Rosalyn Young, Ph.D

 

Cornerstones of Healthy Community

Raven

 

Mandala Workshop

Julie Dotson

Celtic Mythology: Stories and Discussion

Charlie Bettis

 
11:00 am

Ritual Artistry

River (Chicago) and Cynthia Jones

 

Walking a Labyrinth

Michellle Solvej

 

Shamanic Journey: Finding your Power Animal

Karen Y.

Journey In Words: Hero’s Journey

Shaun Perkins

 

Experiential  Tarot

Jennifer Byers

 
12:15 pm Lunch Discussions

Ritual Arts

Cynthia, River, Shaun, Sisal, Laurie

 

Sacred Breath & Body

Lucinda, Rosalyn, Julie

 

Personal Growth:

Raven, Michelle

 

Creativity spellwork:

Julee, Kathleen, Shauna, Jen

 

Christo-Paganism

River, Paulita, Joyce

 
1:15

Trance: Intro to Double-Voice Trance

Sisalfish and Laurie Dietrich

 

Sacred Body

Lucinda Sohn

 

Tarot: Using the Celtic Cross as a Spell

Cynthia Jones, River (Chicago)

Belief Braid

Joyce and River Higginbotham

 

Dreamwork

Shauna Aura, Jen Byers

 
2:45

Stepping into Deathwork: Priestessing to the Dying

Sisalfish and Laurie Dietrich

Devotional Singing and Chanting: 2 Approaches

Pagan Gregorian Chant
Joyce Higginbotham,
Singing in Community
River (Chicago)

Finding Your Center

Shauna Aura, River Higginbotham

Collage: Creating your Outcome Card in the Celtic Cross

Julee Higginbotham, Kathleen Hill, Michelle Solvej

Myth and Storytelling

Cynthia Jones, Shaun Perkins

 

4:15

Ritual Energetics: Rhythm, Movement, Singing

River (Chicago), Lucinda Sohn, Shauna, Jennifer Byers

Authentic Movement

Julie Dotson, Paulita

Four Faces of Magic

River Higginbotham and Joyce

Creating Prayer Beads

Carey Oxler and Kimberly Gier

Tending the Hearth Fire: Working with Breed/Brigid

El Bee

5:15 Closing Circle Acknowledge the community that has formed by gathering together.
5:20 Community Elemental Invocations Step into the evening's Imbolc ritual by participating in a community-created invocation for Air, Fire, Water, Earth, and Center.
  Dinner on your own
7:00 Doors open: Doors open. Snacks, cider, and community
8:00 Ritual Begins
9:00 Social time: Drumming, dancing, & dessert