When we can stop and honor the significance of our experiences and the transitions we experience in our lives, we discover and reclaim a sense of wonder, strength and connectedness. The holidays are a time ripe with the possibility for this reclamation. By infusing our traditions with the powerful tool of Ritual, we move closer to having a holiday that is deeply satisfying on many levels.
The word Ritual can mean many different things to many different people based on their experience of it. Sometimes these experiences have been transformative, and sometimes they have felt weird, or lacking in meaning and resonance. Many people may not be sure how to do it, even if they wanted to.
Magdalena Garcia joins us on December 17 to explain how this healing, symbolic artform can be accessible to everyone, regardless of their experience, lack of experience or their spiritual leanings. From the very big changes to the small shifts that influence our lives, this workshop will offer you an opportunity to learn more about Ritual and explore some strategies for using this creative expression in your own life. By first understanding our primal need for the powerful, creative container Ritual provides for us, we can find modern, personally relatable ways to process the holidays- whether our plans are big or small, public or private.
In this interactive workshop, there will be reflection opportunities and a co-created, End-of-the-Year community Ritual to mark our collective transition into another year. Magdalena desire is to make this healing, symbolic artform accessible to everyone, regardless of their experience or their spiritual leanings.
About Magdalena: Magdalena is a mother, storyteller, educator, creator and ceremony leader. For the last 25 years, she has led families through a trauma-informed, social justice approach that puts respectful, deep listening of the heart, mind and body at the core. Understanding the unique power of ceremony for healing, she creates opportunities for embodied storytelling with adults and children as they navigate the big and small thresholds (milestones or transitions) of their lives.