Remember the ways:
an Intimate Gathering to Honor Celtic Traditions
June 3rd-7th
with Lauren O'Neill & Laurie Calahan
Join us for a special experience of
REMEMBERANCE
Come gather in a witchy cottage in Southern Ireland for an intimate retreat experience to remember and honor the wisdom of Celtic roots and traditions. We will gather in one of the best times to be in Ireland: at the beginning of summer. This gathering is for those looking to deepen their understanding of Celtic mythology and folklore, witchcraft and pagan rituals, and traditions of working with the land.
Both Lauren and Laurie are American-born and have been on a journey of coming home to their Irish and Celtic roots through powerful initiations. One intention of this container is to help other people who feel that same pull back to the lands and wisdoms of their ancestors access a deeper understanding of where their power comes from.
What to expect
We have spent a lot of time connecting with local creators and picking sacred local sites (there are SO many to choose from!!) and curating an itinerary to make this Celtic Roots experience one-of-a-kind and truly priceless. While we have curated a very exciting itinerary, we highly suggest you give yourself a few more days in the surrounding areas to visit the vast amount of sacred and traditional sites in southeastern Ireland.
We will begin by immersing into this sacred container, landing into the space after a day of travel and taking in the features of this special vortex before meeting for our Welcome Dinner. We will gather after for our initiation ceremony into our container and into the magic, using cacao (a heart-opening medicinal plant) and a co-create an altar to mark our intentions for our week together.
Each day, we will embark on a series of workshops and offerings that are designed to be the perfect balance between play and devotion.
We want honoring the ancestors to be an activation for your younger parts, and we want to bring forth permission to experiment with magic…this is where play is essential. We must find joy to access these essential parts of ourselves for our deepest magic to appear. But it will be well balanced with learning and devotion.
Everything from folklore and mythology to magical spells and herbal knowledge, we will embrace the traditions and wisdoms of these sacred lands and all those who traversed these planes before us and left behind opportunities for remembrance through ritual, ceremony, and sacred practice. Each day we will feature signature workshops for spellwork, dreamwork, protection, archetype exploration, and even bridge realms of psychotherapy and other ancient wisdom traditions.
Knockroe Passage Tomb (above) we will visit on Bealtaine and dates back to 3400-2900 BC
We are excited to bring in some local Irish artists to celebrate the magic, like weaving baskets, making brooms and learning about Irish cuisine. (Make sure you leave space in your suitcase to bring your many new creations home!!)
This land is in the middle of a potent energetic vortex and we will visit sacred sites like the 5000-year-old Knockroe Passage Tomb and the High Crosses.
Itinerary
WEDNESDAY JUNE 3:
1-3pm Arrival + Land
5pm Welcome Dinner
7pm Opening Cacao Ceremony + Group Altar Making
THURSDAY JUNE 4:
9am Spellwork Workshop: Guided Visualization Practice to Access Magic & Grimoire Casting
11am Brunch
1pm WitchCRAFT Workshop: Protection Vessels with Laurie
4pm Celtic Folklore + Irish History
6pm Dinner
FRIDAY JUNE 5:
9:30am Breakfast
11am Herbalism 101: Herbal Magic for Dreamwork
12pm Light Lunch
2pm WitchCRAFT Workshop: Basket Weaving Workshop
6pm Dinner
8pm Dreamwork Workshop: Yoga Nidra with Dream Herbs
SATURDAY JUNE 6:
8am Herbalism 101: Tisanes and Forest Bathing
10am Brunch
12pm Sacred Sites + Ritual and Tipperary Outing
6pm Dinner
8pm Elemental Magick: Sacred Fire & Wishing Well Ceremony with Lily
SUNDAY JUNE 7:
8am WitchCRAFT Workshop: Broom Making Workshop with Lynne
10am Brunch
12pm Closing Circle
1pm Check Out
Meet your facilitators
Lauren O'Neill
Lauren works with earth magic witchcraft and wisdom traditions to help bring people back to the Magic and their own inherent superpowers. She believes is it our birthright to access the knowledge and powers of the anima Mundi—to activate the bridge between the earth and spirit realms and all the dimensions in between.
Lauren works with The Goddess to open portals for others. She will be bringing her depth of knowledge about Mythology, Jungian Archetypes, Alchemy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Integration Practices (breathwork, meditation, yoga), Neuroscience and Internal Family Systems Therapy to go into the deepest dimensions of the inner world where parts of us remain dormant…to the places where the ancestors sing from…but we must learn to hear. She guides people back to their inherent birthright to hear. To hear the tones of the inner wisdom and tap back into our superpowers. To truly listen and stay curious about the cosmology of the inner world by bringing people back to the inner magical creatures and mystical archetypes that shape the very essence to what makes this human experience unfathomably MAGICAL
Laurie Calahan
Laurie is a magic practitioner and celebrated artist weaving her life wisdoms into her offerings. She is rooted in Southern Ireland in a potent vortex space where she welcomes a small, selected cohort of guests to work with witchcraft and spellwork to elevate their magical practices. Laurie comes from a unique background of Pow Wows and Evangelical Christianity.
She has since left the church and come back to her inner knowing through ritualized practices from her childhood with a Native American grandmother, feeling free from the shackles of the Church that once kept her wild feminine restrained and restless. She is now on a journey to help other women find their sense of empowerment and agency. She uses her special cottage home on potent land adjacent to many portal locations to help bring others back to their power in a very intentional and selected cohort of practitioners.
Join us for a 4 night, 5 Day all-inclusive stay in quaint Irish Cottages in Tipperary, Ireland
Knockroe Farmhouse is a fairy-tale Irish cottage set in a tranquil country garden. Snuggle up in this cozy stone cottage by the old stove fireplace and enjoy a cup of tea. An enchanting oasis of tranquility near a quiet Irish village and just 30 minutes from medieval Kilkenny City and Waterford, home of the world famous Waterford Crystal and Ireland’s oldest city. Magical walks along the beautiful Copper Coast can be enjoyed, as well, and are only 30 minutes away.
Knockroe Farmhouse & Cottages are perfectly set in the middle of this Irish paradise.
Your week long stay includes accommodation, retreat outing activities and transportations, home-cooked meals with a local private chef, workshop materials and special workshop hosts and a Welcome to Ireland gift
Daisy Cottage
Main Cottage Bed: $4200
Second Cottage Sleeper: $4000
Rose Cottage
Cottage Bed: $4400
Cottage Bed: $4400
Blessing Cottage
Main Cottage Bed: $4400
Second Cottage Sleeper: $4200
Additional things to note:
-Arrival to the cottages can be supported, but flights are not included. Laurie co-owns a Travel Company and can help coordinate your arrival and departure from Knockroe Farmhouse as needed, as well as any other adventures you'd like to take before or after the retreat. We will be working with a private driver for our outing days and Laurie can arrange additional private transportation for those who need it. Reach out to connect further on details.
-You will be leaving with a Welcome Bag, a new basket, a potion protection vessel, and several other creations, so please pack accordingly to be prepared to take your new creations home with you!
-Meals will likely NOT be completely vegetarian as is typical on our retreats. We work with a local Irish chef and intend for them to bridge the wisdom of local Irish traditional meals as much as is possible, which may include local meat or dairy products. Please inform us on dietary issues, but take this into account as it is part of the immersion experience we are creating with intention.
-Payment is to be made in full through direct deposit to secure your spot and if you need financial assistance, please reach out. Please refer to policies page for additional information for liability, media release and refund policies.
