A note on our times

Lesson 1 - Video - Theme - Samhain Mythopoetic Exploration

Enchant your life as we travel deeper into the underworld of Fall, transform in the darkness of the season, and receive the wisdom cooking in your cauldron through the exploration of symbols, archetypes, and mythology. This video is about an hour and a half long. Take this talk on a walk, or listen to it when you’re cooking or cleaning, fill a bath and bring it in there with you, or listen to it on your drives around town. Make it work for you. This is a ceremony you can stretch over a long period of time. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 2 - Video - Embodied Samhain - Ether

In this sacred space we explore the symbolic landscape of Siva & Sakti, power and possibility, and weave with the spiders of the season the edges and the middle, through breathwork, mantra, mudra, and twists. This ceremony is crafted in a way that invites you to dive deep and stretch wide over as long of a period as you'd like. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 3 - Video - Embodied Samhain - Air

Call yourself deep into a conversation with life, with breath, with the winds of the season, as you turn to the east and the element of air. Spread the wings of your inner mythical creature, and fly with the crows between the worlds, through pranayama, asana, mantra, movement, mudras and the art of ritual. This ceremony is crafted in a way that invites you to dive deep and stretch wide over as long of a period as you'd like. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 4 - Video - Embodied Samhain - Fire

We turn to the south and the element of fire, to the sacrificial ritual of empowerment, to the cremation grounds of the season, to the smoke of grief, to the spark of creativity, to the flames of alchemy, and the radiance of burning in the dark. Breathe, move, chant, and transform in this ceremonial fire. This ceremony is made so you can stretch it over a while. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it after a few days.

Lesson 5 - Video - Embodied Samhain - Water

In this session we turn to the west, to the life-giving power of water, to the river of the underworld, to the cyclical nature of this element, its shapeshifting qualities, and to water’s relationship with the moon, as we breathe, move, chant, and reflect. This is a ceremony you can play with and engage with over a few days or a few weeks. You can go to the next one right away or come back to it another day.

Lesson 6 - Video - Embodied Samhain - Earth

As we turn to the north and the element of earth, we get grounded and present in this contemplative ritual practice that draws us close to the earth, and weaves together floor poses, story, pranayama, mudra, mantra, and invites your life into a deep, regenerative place. Come back to these lessons whenever you feel called to. This somatic ceremony is yours and is meant to support your sacred space within and around you.

Lesson 7 - Samhain Prompts

These prompts are opportunities to contemplate the season and where you are in your life. Use them to journal or as conversation starters with loved ones or with strangers. Take your time. You can do a prompt a day, or one in the evening and one in the morning, or you can move through the list in one go, or take a few on a walk here and there. Make this process yours, because it is!

Lesson 8 - Video - Samhain meditation, pranayama, mantra, mudra

In this session we meditate and chant with mantra and mudra, and practice pranayama to weave the teachings and the magic the season into the fabric of your life, receive where you are, who you are, and what is moving through you, and release what doesn't belong in your life anymore. Come back to this ritual practice as much as you want. Use it for your morning meditation, practice in the bath, play it out in nature, or whenever/wherever you feel it calling you.