A Calling HOME:
A Nine month programme
Deepening in these re-emerging times
A Calling Home
WHEN
Day one -18th October 2024
Day two-6th December 2024
Day three - 7th February 2025
Day four- 25th April 2025
Timing:
10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Where:
Gorsehill, Cliff Road, Windgates,
Bray, Co Wicklow (45 minutes from Dublin)
Welcome
A dear friend shared with me that swifts can fly for months without touching the ground. At dawn and dusk they go up high into the sky. For a long time, it was thought they were just resting, but recent research found that they are also rising into a magnetic atmosphere that allows them to realign with the constellation of the stars, resetting their internal compass to know where they are going, coming home to themselves. Isn’t this a beautiful concept?
In these re-emerging times:
What would it be like to know you had times blocked out in your diary to come out of the busyness, inviting your body into ease and into ways of deepening; welcome to the parts of yourself that may feel exiled in these challenging times?
Perhaps like the swifts, hearing the whispers of your internal compass? Answering a call to come home to yourself. Resting, resetting, nurturing your system and strengthening your connection to your resources, to bring to life’s challenges.
This is an invitation to come on a journey, gifting yourself this rhythm, in the form of four Fridays, one every couple of months (October 2023-April 2024). Giving yourself space to realign with the stars, ‘re-earth’ and return to yourself again and again, in the very beautiful and some might say magical setting of Gorsehill ( less than 45 minutes south of Dublin).
Together, we will co-create a sacred space, weaving together Celtic wisdom, neuroscience and somatic movement to nourish and renew.
Spaces are limited to 10 people (on a first come first served basis).
I am delighted you are here and reading this. This offering is an honouring of the whispers of the grandmothers, who kept showing me this circular shape, in dreams, journeys and doodles. When I listened, they whispered about calling us home, starting in October as we enter the dark part of the year.
“Sacred Space is where we can find ourselves again and again” -Joseph Campbell
Is there a sheep skin with your name on it?
Are you curious about how to cultivate your connection to the resources in nature more?
Do you find yourself questioning what really matters?
Are there aspects of your life you hope you don’t fall back into (for me I hope I don’t fall back into thinking I need as much stuff as I used to think I did)?
Are you hearing the whispers of what wants more life within you?
Do you enjoy connecting and being in community with others?
Do you feel a pull to deepen and/or give space to the wisdom which has been awakening within you?
If you are answering yes to some of these questions, this new programme may be for you and I am so glad you are here.
I love how Celtic wisdom says that sometimes we are meant to forget what matters most. We might forget when we are spun out, trying to do too much and adapt (as many of us have been doing in these Covid times), we always have a sense of home to spiral back to. Together we will explore frames and techniques, where we might find more expansion, ease and a stronger sense of centre we can reorganise ourselves around.
What and Where?
The 4 gathering days will be out in the beautiful (some might say magical) Gorsehill, nestled into the hill, over looking the ocean (30-45 minutes south of Dublin). Calling us home to our true nature.
We will start at 10:00 am (coffee/teas and settling in from 9:30 am and end at 4:00 pm
We will explore the space between us- sharing stories, food, heart-aches and joy.
As Neil Greenberg says
“Resilience does not always live within us but between us.”
Offering in more detail
Day 1: 18th october 2024
RE-EARTHING ‘PUT YOUR ROOTS DOWN
We will begin our journey together as we approach Samhain, re-earthing, putting our roots down, at this time of year synonymous with the north. This is the home of new beginnings in the Celtic Calendar.
There will be an invitation to
gentle movement to help our systems come out of the busyness and ‘land’ in Gorsehill
drop into a renewing rhythm - spending time together in circle, time on your own in the gardens, honouring what you need (that might be to simply lie down and rest)
come home to the Celtic wisdom of the Cailleach at this time of year
explore a Celtic ritual of connecting with our ‘seeds of becoming’ through a guided journey
explore your relationship to earth energy in your body - the strength in your legs and bones. You will discover simple grounding and strengthening practices
begin a journey of befriending your nervous system through the lens of Polyvagal and Stephen Terrell’s ground breaking work. Exploring tools to understand why ease can be so elusive sometimes and exploring simple daily practices that cultivate expansion and ease in your nervous system
coming together in community to hold space for each other and expand into connection
Day 2: 6th December 2024
Regenerating
As we approach the winter solstice, we are still in the dark phase of the year, the seeds are under the ground and much of nature is slowing and resting. We may feel a deep yearning to rest and yet, we might be caught up in a flurry of activity as we prepare for Christmas.
There will be an invitation to:
gently move, inviting the system into rest and be held by Gorsehill
drop into a renewing rhythm - spending time together in circle, time on your own in the gardens, honouring what you need
come home to the Celtic wisdom of ‘dreamtime’, preparing for the return of the light
explore Celtic ritual connected to the approaching winter solstice
look at rest through a polyvagal lens and understand what gets in our way of rest and exploring ways we can reclaim rest
come together in community to hold space for each other and expand into connection
Day 3: 7th February 2024
Realigning with the stars
Rising above, like the birds to see new possibilities and ways of being. We will connect with ‘air’ energy which is synonymous with spring, when the ‘new shoots’ start to emerge from the ground. We see the first pops of colour emerging from the dark earth.
There will be an invitation to:
come home to the Celtic wisdom of the spring and living into new possibilities
deepen your understanding of your safety system’s resistance to change and how we can work with this
experience a guided journey
explore your relationship to air energy in your body- the lightness of being of air, the spaciousness it brings. We will discover simple practices to connect with the element of air.
deepen the practice of befriending your nervous system through the lens of Polyvagal and Stephen Terrell’s ground breaking work
come together in community to hold space for each other and expand into connection
Day 4: 25th April 2024
Re-extend from Strength
Re-extending from strength (there is energy in those words) is linked to enlivening our fire energy. We will be in the light part of the year in the Celtic Calendar; energy is rising. You may find yourself with more projects on the go, you might find patterns of over-extending and a curiosity about how to be more discerning about what we are saying ‘yes’ to and how to keep our rhythm more.
There will be an invitation to:
come home to the Celtic wisdom of this time of year -to own your fire
experience a Celtic ritual of connecting with your fire energy, what wants more life within you and what you are ready to let go of
explore your relationship to fire energy in your body - the energy of the solar plexus, the action it brings. We will discover simple practices to connect you with the element of fire
discover how we can return to a rhythm of renewal when we find ourselves spun out (balancing masculine and feminine energy)
come together in community to hold space for each other and expand into connection
The investment:
FULL PAYMENT OPTION
Investment is €700 plus VAT (€161.00)= €861.00
How do I sign up for one of the ten places?
PART PAYMENT OPTION
You can follow this link to pay a booking deposit of €100 euros to reserve your place.
You can then pay in two payments.
The first payment of €380.50 will be due by 1st December 2024.
The second payment €380.50 will be due by 3rd February 2025.