Workshops - Dates and Details
Sacred Sexuality
Residential Retreat
Monday 2nd July - Wednesday 4th July 2007
Chalice Well Garden, Glastonbury
£50 non-refundable deposit
£175 early bird before May Day (1st May)
2007
and £195 after.
All inclusive cost includes workshops, ceremony, creative materials, private access to garden (when closed to the public), two night’s accommodation and food (organic where possible).
This workshop will be an intimate circle of women exploring issues of their Fire and sexuality in a safe and supportive place, during the heat of the summer fires so that we can engage with the passion in our hearts and souls; as Goddess women fully embracing all that our Fires have to offer us.. ..just like our ancient wise women.
There will be opportunity for a private healing ceremony in the waters of Chalice Well on the second evening to cleanse away any deep wounds. Women will both symbolically and literally weave their magic into their Fire and Sexuality. As usual there will be food in abundance, laughter and the warm embrace and support of sisterhood; an opportunity to transform and embrace the real woman and Goddess within.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Previous Events
The Deep Wisdom of Water
and
the Dark Goddess
Residential Retreat
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Friday 1st December - Sunday 3rd December 2006
Chalice Well Garden, Glastonbury
£50 non-refundable deposit
£170 early bird before 21st October
and £190 after.
Includes workshops, ceremony, creative materials, private access to garden (when closed to the public), two nights accommodation and food (organic where possible).
This workshop will be an exploration of the deep wisdom of Water.
Water from many traditions is seen as the source of life and so it is within Taoist tradition that Water is at the beginning where the spiritual union of the essences of Water combine with the spirit of Fire from the Heavens to create us in the centre as the 10,000 beings: the Three Treasures.
The resonance of Water energy is at its most potent in the Winter when we have the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the mystery and wisdom; to be still and reflect. Women will be invited to also explore Water from the energies of the Dark Goddess; the darkness often bringing up deep fears and a disengagement from our power.
Women will work interactively with these energies in a safe women’s sacred circle. They will have the healing waters of Glastonbury to bring magic and transformation to this process. Women will make their own veils in honour of their Dark Goddesses within.
There will be a private candle lit ceremony in Chalice Well Garden on the second evening. Women have the opportunity to face their fears and connect with their full power and potential through this magical journey.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Deep into the Earth I go…
Two hour Workshop at the Goddess Conference
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Thursday 3rd August 2006
Taoist philosophy places Earth energy at the centre and honours the sacred feminine which resonates with our Goddess tradition. Women are invited to explore the centre of their own Earth energy through a sacred circle of chant, meditation, Goddess Oracle, creating their own corn crowns and ending with a crowning ceremony; followed by something sweet to eat and seeds to take away to plant potential in the sacred landscape as they move on through the Conference.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Summer Fire Solstice
A Five Element Workshop exploring the
energies of the Fire Element
Wednesday 21st June 2006
09:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: £40
Please bring food to share.
Venue: The College of Traditional Acupuncture
Haseley Business Park, Hatton
Warwickshire, CV35 7LU
Men and women are being invited to come together to celebrate the peak of Fire energy at the Summer Solstice. Fire energy is about our ability to feel joy and compassion. It is where our need for communication comes from and aspects of sexuality, intimacy and love. Although there will be some 'teaching' of the Fire Element as an introduction and framework, the aim of the workshop is for you to experience the energy rather than to simply understand it in an academic way.
You will have the opportunity to work interactively outside in Nature to investigate the wisdoms that are there in the season of summer. You will also meditate, work interactively with one another and use sacred Oracle Cards for inspiration and guidance. We will gently explore ways of opening our hearts. There will be some movement, music, visualisation and fun activities as well as the more serious intention to bring some healing and light in.
This should prove to be an interesting and enjoyable day for all.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Journey into the Fires
Residential Retreat
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Wednesday 10th
- Friday 12th May 2006
Chalice Well Garden, Glastonbury.
£50 non-refundable deposit.
£170 early bird before 31st March and £185 after.
The workshop includes two nights accommodation and food (organic where possible)
This falls on the eve of the Beltane full moon. Beltane is linked with the expansion of sexual energies. Fire from the Taoist tradition is linked with our ability to feel love, compassion and forgiveness. It is where our need for communication comes from and is about all aspects sexual and menstrual. We will explore some acupuncture points and gentle acupressure to help regulate and balance the sacred feminine. We shall be exploring all these intimate issues together in a sacred circle. Women have always come together for the blood mysteries.
Underlying this will be the deeper aspect of bringing light to the world. Clearly from the time some of us spent at Chalice Well in the spring of 2005, women are being called to these gatherings to empower themselves to go back out to the world to bring healing and light. We shall be honouring the Cathar women who were burned for doing just that a few hundred years ago. This may prove for some of us to be preparation for a journey to Southern France at Mont Segur.
We shall have an evening ceremony in the Garden with a sacred fire in the Orchard to honour all these aspects. During the course of the workshop you will make a sacred belt to represent the many facets of your Fires so that you can take them away and bring that energy into your lives when you begin to forget! It will no doubt prove to be an amazing time of transformation, healing and wisdom.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Spring into Wood
A Five Element Workshop
exploring
the energies of the Wood Element
Monday 10th April 2006
9:30am - 4:30pm
Cost: £40
Please bring food to share
Venue: The College of Traditional Acupuncture
Haseley Business Park, Hatton,
Warwickshire, CV35 7LU
Men and women are being invited to come together to celebrate the vibrancy and creativity of Spring. Spring energy bursts through from the stillness of Winter to bring renewed energy, hopes and dreams. You will be exploring these energies within and without to better understand your own Wood energy and how it resonates with the season around you. Although there will be some 'teaching' of the Wood Element as an introduction and framework, the aim of the workshop is for you to experience the energy rather than to simply understand it in an academic way.
You will have the opportunity to work interactively with the trees outside and to investigate the wisdoms that they have to teach you. You will also meditate, work interactively with one another and use the Tree Oracle for inspiration and guidance.
You will share hopes and dreams with one another to be able to bring in renewed creativity in the coming year. You will create a Wood totem to take away with you to remind you of your intentions. There will be some movement, music, visualisation and fun activities as well as the more serious intention to bring some healing in.
Because the College now has its own grounds with a range of beautiful trees (pictured here) there will be opportunity to enjoy the facilities outside in addition to the lovely bright classroom overlooking the countryside. This should prove to be an interesting and enjoyable day for all.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Bridie Day
A Celebration of the Goddess Bridget
Goddess of Fire, Inspiration and Healing
Sunday 5th February 2006
10.00am - 4.30pm
Peggs Barn, Whitacre Heath,
Coleshill, West Midlands B46 2JG
Women are invited to this one day workshop which is being held in an ancient barn with an open fire in a woodland setting to celebrate the Goddess Bridget at her potent time of year at Imbolc.
Women will make their inner journeys to discover their own Fire, inspiration and healing with the powerful support from Bridget. We will share thoughts, meditation, make Bridie Eyes, burn away all that we no longer need and walk an indoor Labrynth as the final ceremony of the day.
Cost: £37.50 which includes creative materials.
Please bring food to share.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Be inspired with Metal Energy and explore Ancestral Energies
at Chalice Well Garden, Glastonbury
Residential accommodation and Organic Food
Early evening of Monday 24th - 4.00pm Wednesday 26th October 2005
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Autumn is the time of year associated with Metal energy, so women will be supported by Nature in their journeys of inspiration and transformation by the wonderful qualities available from the season. Metal energy is associated with inspiration, letting go and self-esteem. Chris will be exploring these issues and associated emotions in the workshop.
Also, Samhain, the old Celtic festival, falls at the end of October and is the time when the veils between the two worlds are at their thinnest. Women will explore spirit from the two cultures, Taoist and Goddess. Wells have long been associated with this phenomenon and women will have the opportunity of a private evening ceremony at the Well to really make contact with this energy.
The honouring of ancestors in many traditions has been considered to be the source of well being and again this will be explored from both Taoist and Goddess perspectives. Women will be asked to prepare for this experience by investigating their own ancestral roots before they come. They will need to bring any photos or memorabilia that hold the energy of their ancestors. Chris has the shawl of her great great grandmother, Rebecca, born in 1830. This ancient held energy will be used in ceremony. It may also be possible to have private access to the Chalice Well Blue Bowl, another ancient artefact that has links with the Grail.
This will no doubt prove to be an extraordinary experience of women coming together at the Well with all the potent energies of the Isle of Avalon bringing their magic. Places are limited, so early booking is required.
Costs
Workshop costs include two nights accommodation and organic meals.
Places are limited so early booking is recommended.
£50 deposit to secure place (non refundable)
£160 early bird if paid before 30th September 2005.
£175 after 30th September 2005.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
Deepening Relationship with Nature and the Elements
with the Goddess in Glastonbury
Friday 5th August - Sunday 7th August 2005
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Experience the Elements within and without by staying at 'The Old Oaks' campsite, a haven of tranquillity on the Isle of Avalon. It is in the heart of the countryside surrounded by fields and Nature, with the Tor in walking distance across the fields and the two ancient Oak trees, Gog and Magog right next to the site. |
Programme
Friday 5th August
Evening introductory circle and shared food.
Late night ceremony with drumming and chanting on the Tor.
Saturday 6th August
Morning Circle of making offerings to the land and the Goddess.
Afternoon of ceremonies, visiting the Spiral Gate and the Centre of the Labrynth on the side of the Tor.
Evening party at the Galatea, the favourite place to eat in Glastonbury, with live music at week-ends!
Sunday 7th August
Early morning Labrynth walk in Chalice Well Gardens (with private access for just our group).
Late morning of making our own goddesses
Afternoon of connecting with Gog and Magog
Final Circle and depart by 4.30pm
There is opportunity for women to stay on at the site for the night of 7th August and depart on 8th August and to arrive at an earlier date. (I know some people can feel rushed). Pitches are requested to be cleared by 12pm and are available from 1pm. 'The Old Oaks' have reserved us space on the Orchard from 5th-7th for definite. You need to make your own bookings and make it clear you are with my group. I have a few extra tents available for women who don't have one and am happy to offer them. I intend to have my awning available as a sacred space and also for the circles if it is rainy!! I've generally been very lucky with weather at Glastonbury in the past. 'The Old Oaks' can also accommodate campers and caravans. If you want extra days or a caravan pitch I suggest you book early to avoid disappointment. Check their website: www.theoldoaks.co.uk or phone 01458 833238.
You will need to bring food to share and breakfast for yourself. We will go to the Galatea on Saturday night; it is a great place with gentle live music at week-ends. There is a shop and off licence on site and ice block freezing facilities. The amenities are outstanding and very clean. There will be a fair bit of walking, some of it quite steep, so you will need a level of physical fitness.
Costs
Workshop costs will include creative materials, booklet, circle and ceremonial work, hire of corner pitch for circle meetings, access to sacred Goddess space, guided walks to the sacred sites and private access to Chalice Well. (Loan of tents).
£50 deposit to secure place (non refundable)
£120 if paid by 5th June 2005
£140 if paid by 5th July 2005
£150 after 5th July.
Meals at the Galatea cost around £8.50, plus drinks.
You need to bring your own breakfast food and food to share.
Camping is £13 per night for two people on a standard pitch.
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk
A Journey
Through the Five Elements with
the Goddess in Glastonbury
A residential retreat at Chalice
Well - A women's sacred
circle
Monday 18th April - Wednesday 20th April 2005
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The Well Head at Chalice Well |
The Orchard at Chalice Well overlooking the Tor |
This residential retreat will provide a wonderful opportunity for women to deepen their relationship with themselves and the magical Isle of Avalon, together with the healing waters of the Chalice Well. This will be a closed group of a maximum of ten women.
The accommodation will be at Chalice Well and will only be for women attending the workshop. Go to www.chalicewell.org.uk for more details. All meals will be provided: self serve breakfast and cooked lunch and evening meal prepared by a local woman who will use organic and local produce where possible. Women will have access to the private garden of the house at all times and a meditation room (in the house) and the Chalice Well main gardens for most of the time. We will also have access to the main gardens when it is closed to the public. This will provide a unique opportunity to connect with the energies of Avalon both on a personal and very private level and as part of a healing ceremony on the Tuesday evening. For the workshop we will use both the meeting room and the gardens (depending on the weather, of course!)
Monday 18th April 2005
Access to the
house at 5.00pm
Registration and welcome
An early evening introductory session in the Meeting
Room
Shared evening meal in the house
Opportunities for personal time in the gardens or meditation
room
Tuesday 19th April 2005
Breakfast
Working with Earth energy
Lunch
Working with Metal energy
Break for nibbles
Working with Water energy
Healing Ceremony with the Waters
Evening meal
Opportunities for personal time for reflection
Wednesday
20th April 2005
Breakfast
Working with Wood energy
Lunch
Working with Fire energy
Closure and farewells at 5.00pm
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Planting Seeds of Potential
Magical Transformation with Bridget
Goddess of Healing, Fire and Inspiration.
Sunday 6th February 2005 - 10.00am - 4.30pm
Peggs Barn, Whitacre Heath, Coleshill B46 2JG
Photographs now posted from this workshop - see the beautiful Peggs Barn
This one day workshop has been inspired by the experiences of the women at the Winter/Water workshop and will follow a similar format. Women explored their Water energy, their fears and their power and in the last part of the day walked a magical ceremonial spiral to connect with their inner power. As the wheel of the year continues, there is the opportunity to plant the seeds of the potential of that power.
We will work with Bridget’s energy at her time of the year, Imbolc. She is very potent at the beginning of February and she certainly transforms the dark times that many people seem to have at this time of year. She is Goddess of Healing, Fire and Inspiration and brings all that wonderful potential with her. Women will have the opportunity to explore this energy.
Peggs Barn is an ancient building and is surrounded by trees. There is an open fire and we will use that to create a ceremony to burn away all that is no longer needed and to then plant all that we want for ourselves in the coming year. Women will also make a Bride’s Eye to use in the ceremony and then take away with them as a reminder of their intentions. The creative work was very popular last time and rekindled all sorts of good experiences.
The day will be full of magic again and open to any woman who is looking to move on in her life in the company of other inspired women.
Morgana Spirit Workshops
www.morganaspirit.co.uk
Cheques payable to 'Chris Leeson'
For details on any workshop contact: chris@morganaspirit.co.uk