Ceremony, Sacred Space & Circle Work

MABON CEREMONY AT THE GODDESS HEALING GROVE

Fri, September 24, 2024 - 7:00-11:00pm

Facilitated by Natasha Áine

$44 with gift & refreshments

I can feel the energetic pull of the Wheel of the Year, as it turns slowly towards a new season, doorway, and felt click into its new quarter: Mabon. Mabon (pronounced may-bonne) is the Celtic name for Fall Equinox, which acts as a doorway between September 21 & 22 in the Northern Hemisphere.

Ceremony is the therapy of our ancestors. It is a time of self reflection, while seeing ourselves as a part in a bigger system of interconnection. In ceremony we learn about the sacred time, we explore ourselves with contemplation and intention setting, and move through a ritual that helps us to call in and/or release what we need. And most importantly, we do this in community, alongside and in witness to one another. So this Mabon, I invite you to come to the Goddess Grove and experience ceremony alongside community and our many ancestors.

I, Natasha Allain, will be facilitating a Celtic based circle, bringing traditional and modern practices together. There will be circle work, journaling, intention setting, and ritual. And to close the evening and our ritual, we will enjoy 90 minutes of ecstatic dance to help us truly embody this turn of the Wheel.

Things to bring:

• Chair or blanket to sit on around the fire

• Sacred items for your own space or adornment

• Water bottle/mug

• Journal and pen

• Comfortable clothing and layers for ceremony and dancing

• Bug spray

• Snacks

Things to know:

• Please do not be late to ceremony, to the best of your ability.

• You can buy your tickets by sending an e transfer to goddesshealinggrove@gmail.com

• Free neighbourhood road parking

• Location is at a private neighbourhood on Dale Crescent in Waterloo. The house number will be released on the day of the event.

May Flower Full Moon Cannabis Ceremony

Many people are awakening and seeking ways to experience Great Spirit, as well as new ways to honour and increase awareness of the sacred. Invoking ceremony and ritual are ways in which we can attempt to humble ourselves and call in spiritual presence and blessings through action. In our sacred experiences, we invite the power of Spirit but we do not demand or expect it to show up in a specific way; therefore, what we experience is always in alignment with the will of Spirit (yours and the universe’s in union).

Cannabis, much like the moon, is a potent and magical catalyst for spiritual experiences, it is a psychic magnifier and an emotional amplifier. Come willing to meet yourself wherever you are with love and know that you will be held in the grace and intention of ceremonial space.

How will this evening flow?

We will open up with a casual community space for the first 15 minutes and then I’ll close off the meeting room to contain and open up our ceremonial container. To begin, we will chat about the honorary plant medicine cannabis, and I will share with you what lineages of healing I have studied and experienced with Santa Maria (the sacred name I use when referring to cannabis in ceremony or sacred consumption).

I will open with an incantation and call in our guides, pillars, and protectors to circle round us as we meet in our virtual altar space for a journey together. We will offer a medicine blessing and practice friending our medicine, an intention setting process used in binding and connecting to medicine before consumption.

We will consume, connect, and co-create together, with an easeful transition into some self massage and movement. We’ll go on a guided meditation, do some guided journal reflections, and set some stretches (community witnessed goal setting) for the full moon, through the waning period, until we meet our new moon with well nurtured and clear intentions to sow.

How do I sign up & make a donation?

To sign up please send an email to goddesshealinggrove@gmail.com to claim your space for attendance. On the day of ceremony there will be a zoom call link sent to your email address. You are welcome to offer your donation before ceremony or following ceremony, depending on how you are offering your exchange this evening. Donations can be e-transferred to the same address bolded above.

Want to connect before or after ceremony?

Ceremony is a powerful container and even in the moment that you decide to attend ceremony, or make a donation, energy can begin to accumulate and move. So, if you feel the need or desire to contact me, before or after ceremony, please know my door is open to you and you’re welcome to email the Grove’s address above to book a virtual or in-person meeting for tea.