Trance Dance

It was a most incredible trance dance on Wednesday evening in Pine River MN at the Heart and Hara Studio. We danced Brigid's Fire and it was amazing! Thank you Amber Hunt for allowing us to use your beautiful space. Trance dance is a great way to experience healing for yourself and to seek spiritual information. In honor of Brigid, we took Brigid's cloth and wrapped it around our bodies where we would like healing to occur and danced her energy and spirit. We spoke afterwards about how we all felt her presence and healing. It was a beautiful and inspiring time for all. I will be offering a free intro to trance dance this weekend, Jan. 31st at our open house at Brigid's House from 3-4pm. Our open house is from 10-4pm and all our services are free!

Brigid's feast day is February 1st. The custom is to put out white cloth or ribbons in the trees or bushes on the eve of her feast day and she will come by in the night and bless the cloth that you may then use for healing. I do this every year and often will incorporate this cloth into a healing I do for a client. It also gives the client something to take home with them that was a part of their healing.

When I was in Ireland last fall, Brigid's presence was felt everywhere. The landscape is dotted with holy wells dedicated to the celtic goddess/saint Brigid. Brigid brings the warmth (fire) of spring to the land. It is the time of the year where we release what no longer serves us. Let Brigid's fire purify and release what you no longer want in your life, and bring her warmth into your heart to ignite your passion for what is yet to come.

May Brigid's Fire warm your heart and hearth,
Jeanne

Trance Dance

Last night's winter solstice trance dance was very powerful. The dark is such a powerful time to help us go within ourselves and really connect to spirit. It helps us to roam around in that primordial soup of who we are and come out to the light, reborn, refreshed and alive. Trance dance is an incredible tool to go deep inside yourself and listen and feel the spirit. Don't miss the next one! There's a Brigid's Fire trance dance scheduled in January and a Spring Equinox trance dance scheduled in March. Come and enter into the core of your being---discover you!
Blessings to you all,
Jeanne

Winter Solstice

This weekend is filled with celebrating the return of the sun! And we sure have needed the warmth of the sun these past few days!
On Friday evening I will be offering a Winter Solstice trance dance. This is a powerful time to dance and hold the intention of bringing the sun into your life. What needs to lighten up, or be warmed up, or receive warmth and light to grow in your life? We've been in the dark all fall and now it is time to break free of the dark and dance into the light---I hope you'll come and celebrate with us!
On Saturday, the day begins with Hand Analysis with Kathy Dannel Vitcak---I've signed up for this class! I find her work fascinating and Kathy is always so much fun to be around. She has an laid back teaching style which helps you to learn easily.
At 3pm is our Winter Solstice Celebration (even tho it is technically Sunday morning at 6:04am). We have been holding our celebration at Brigid's House for the past seven years and we really enjoy it! We all take turns speaking as voice of the earth, welcoming the return of the sun. We do this in the darkness and each voice, as it speaks, lights a candle, until we're all illuminated again. We also bring a gift to give away---something we have learned from and are ready to pass on to another. It is always so interesting to hear the stories of why someone is drawn to a gift and what someone has learned from that gift and why they are passing it on. And, of course, there is the pot luck that is always wonderful, along with the drumming! Everyone is welcome to attend. Let's make this the best Winter Solstice every!
May the beauty and warmth of the sun wrap around you in love,
Jeanne