Revive!

Practices for connecting with your ancestors, tending to your beloved dead, and observing the shifting of the seasons in this 16-week class spread out over the weeks just before the Autumnal Equinox through the Winter Solstice .

Revive! is for people seeking to breathe new life into the old ways, learn about how to connect with their ancestors and beloved dead, and practice folk ritual customs as the light wanes. As we reach back to the past to better understand what we’re made of and where we come from, we begin to understand a fuller picture of how we got here and what we want to practice moving forward. Ancestral work, ceremony, and folk practices centering around earth-based lifeways is needed now more than ever as we push back on systems of domination and control and seek to build culture for ourselves and our descendants.

This course is open to all, but will be centering around folk practices coming from my European lineages since those are the lineages I practice within and can teach on. This class is intentionally taught through an anti-racist, anti-facist lens. You will hear me speak a lot about colonialism, revival of folk customs needing to meet the times we’re in rather than harkening back to a (fictional) fantastical past, and how what we practice and how we move through the world is inherently political.

Revive! was created for beginners to ancestral work and ritual arts but you’re welcome even if you’re seasoned! It’s a sweet place to connect over shared values and folk practices. Many students happen to know each other or decide to form bonds outside of class which feels like such a lovely part of culture building. My hope for this class is that people join year after year- these are customs and practices I’ve been cultivating for the last decade and it feels right to invite others into the sweetness of sinking in to the dark part of the year.

Class is held every-other-week and runs for about 2 hours. If you took the workshop version of this back in 2022, have taken RETURN, or are an EAI graduate let me know! You’re entitled to a discount!

About your Teacher

I’ve been practicing lineage repair for the last 10 years and have actively been practicing ancestral connection and remediation for 6. Through this work, I’ve learned about seasonal observances, the moon + plants + land as ancestor, folk customs and traditions and make a conscious effort to bring these practices back to life. I have found that marking time in this way, connecting with ritual and the rich tapestry of my lineages, and (re)creating culture for myself outside of the constructs of colonization has given me a sense of belonging I’d been missing. It’s a way to mindfully work with life (the present, past, and future) and has contributed greatly to my liberation and joy.

I’m also deeply interested in the intersections between somatics, ancestral connection, and ritual. In this workshop series, you will get a bit of each of those threads.

This class draws from my own syncretic spiritual, somatic, and ancestral practices. I’ve learned from many teachers with varying approaches and modalities and what I offer is a synthesized version of this knowledge and these wisdom traditions. I do my best to name my teachers and honor lineage. You can read more about this on my About Page if you’re curious about who my teachers are and what I draw from.

Because my own ancestral lineages are largely mixed European, I’ll be sharing folk practices from those regions (ones that are open to the general public). But mainly I’ll be offering students the tools they need to craft their own rituals and connect with their ancestry in a way that feels true and unique to them.

This class is best suited to beginners, though I aim to teach to everyone in the room. So whether you’re a seasoned ritualist or brand new and curious, you’re welcome.

** This course has been deferred until next year, 2024. So much of my work centers around learning how to slow down, pace, and notice what wants to happen (versus forcing what I might think wants to happen) and this year is telling me to slow way down. This page remains active so you can get a sense of what I do and what will be offered. By joining the waitlist below, you’ll be the first to know when I’m running this course in earnest next year. I appreciate your understanding.

Revive! // Class Topics and Dates

Class will be held on Wednesday evenings at 5pm pacific, and we’ll be meeting every-other-week from early September to mid-December. Class runs for about two hours and consists of teachings, small group activities or reflections, and a ritual or crafting element. I do my best to add in two breaks for each class, but students are always encouraged to do what they need in order to feel comfortable during class time.

Landing + Arriving Together (9/11)

Our first class will be spent orienting to each other and our time together. There will be some time for introductions, reflections in small groups, a teaching from me, and time for questions. We’ll also be setting intentions for our time together through a short and beloved salt ritual.

Welcoming the Turning (9/25)

We’ll begin here to turn towards the land and the fallow season. We’ll learn about harvesting customs, share what signs of the turning we see on the land we’re on, and create an effigy to carry us through winter.

Ritual Basics (10/9)

In our third calss, we'll go over some Ritual 101! We'll talk about ritual components, the ritual arc, how ritual intersects with ancestral and somatic work, and then have some time to design your own ritual in small groups.

Ancestral Altars & Reconnection (10/23)

Here, we learn the basics of building an ancestral altar, discuss practices for inviting in your ancestors, and begin the process of embodied ancestral research.

Dreaming (11/6)

This is the time of year we begin to turn inwards, sleep more, and dream more deeply. In this class, we’ll touch on the basics of dreamwork and learn to engage in our dream life.

Ancestral Arts (11/20)

We all come from people who practiced ritual, embodiment, seasonal reverence, or craft within a specific context and lineage. We’ll touch on song, cooking, and crafting and engage in an “ancestral gifts” guided journey to feel into your doorway into ancestral arts practices.

Winter Gates and Yule Log Ritual (12/4)

In our second to last class we’ll discuss practices for wintering while the land is fallow, look back on what some of our ancestors did (including looking at holy days and winter deities), and we’ll end with a Yule Log ritual, a longtime favorite of mine.

Closing (12/18)

During the last class of the season, we’ll complete a closing ritual together and reflect on what we’ve learned and what you’re taking with you as the light returns.

Dates

All classes are held on Wednesday evenings at 5pm pacific and meet every-other-week

September 11th & 25th

October 9th & 23rd

November 6th & 20th

December 4th & 18th

Pricing + Registration Details

Class time is to be determined. CC will be provided and classes will be recorded and sent out to all participants within 24 hours.

**A note: participants will get infinitely more out of each class if you attend live. There is ample room for questions and reflections and students really help to shape the work. That being said, a recordings will be available.

Revive! is $400 and can be paid in full or through a payment plan. *Due to the digital nature of this course, no refunds will be available. Please reach out if you have questions about this class or want to see if it’s the right fit for you.

After you register you’ll receive an email from me (hello@weaverandrose.com - save it to your contacts so it doesn’t get lost!) with details about what to expect and the link to join.

Contact me here if you have any questions