Online Zoom Forum: Ritual for Integration in Therapy.
Chair: Phyllida Anam-Áire.
Date: Sunday 16 June 2024.
Time: 6.30-8.30pm (UK time).
Event Description: There will be five talks, each of 15 minutes, followed by discussion and Q & A.
Chair:
Phyllida Anam Aire:
Bio: Phyllida Anam-Áire is a grandmother, a former Irish nun, author, poet and therapist.
She has worked extensively with the sick and dying and has just finished her 5th book.
Now at 80 years of age, she is truly in love with her beautiful life and grateful for it too.
Phyllida lives in Edinburgh, Scotland.
Speakers:
Teresa Swan:
Title: Clinical to Wilderness: Using Sacred Ritual as a Therapeutic Intervention with Nature as your Co Facilitator.
Description: Exploring the richness of Sacred Ritual as part of a therapeutic intervention within Nature.
Teresa will take you through the contrast of using rituals within the clinical setting and highlight the additional benefits when using them in a Natural setting.
Providing food for thought on how our ancestors would use rituals to connect community and as a practitioner we can draw on these ancient indigenous practices to help others navigate difficult or challenging situations exacerbated by unresolved grief.
Bio: Teresa is passionate about empowering others through the power of Sacred Rituals and this is evident in her life and work.
As a former Cancer Nurse and District Nursing Sister she used Sacred Rituals as part of her Holistic Approach to Nursing.
As an Advanced Clinical Hypnotherapist she identifies Rituals as having played a vital part in the therapeutic process.
Within her programmes and workshops, it has played a pivotal role in the transformation of so many of her patients and clients over the decades.
Teresa has walked many paths and knows change and transformation intimately and identifies Sacred Rituals as being one of the main “components” to this.
Pivoting between the Clinical Setting and drawing on her deep connection to Nature.
As a practitioner, she provides Wilderness Therapeutic Interventions where she uses Sacred Rituals that assists individuals to navigate through their Grief, and be held by Mother Earth herself.
Teresa is at present apprentice to Phyllida Anam-Áire in watching with the Dying.
Croilán Greta:
Title: How Ritual Can Deepen and Move Our Grief Process, and Expand Our Presence.
Description: I will share some of my personal experiences of ritual that expanded my presence, as well as share how I use ritual in psychotherapy to support the grief process. I may share a ritual if there is time.
Bio: Croilán Greta, Initiate of Brigid has been working as a therapist since 1992. A lifetime devoted to healing; she journeys into the heart of life in presence.
Alannu - Doris Hogger:
Title: Ritual - Healing Movements that Integrate our Lives.
Description: I am so grateful to have met Phyllida Anam-Aire many, many years ago when I was looking for ways to heal my life experiences and since then I have learnt so much from her and the "Teachings of the Cauldron", for exampel the importance of ritual.
Ritual is a wonderful, very effective "tool" to transform our past reactive movements into self compassion. Being witnessed by non judgmental others brings completion to the story. Sacred Ritual is a declaration of intent to ourselves and to the universe. It makes visible what is within us and creates something new.
Bio: Alannu - Doris Hogger: Initiate of Brigid of Ireland, grandmother, alternative practitioner for psychotherapy and is the appointed Teacher of the Cauldron in Germany.
Having worked professionally in psychotherapy it is now my joy to work with ritual and Celtic consciousness. It has helped me a lot to gain a better understanding of holistic health. And I love to pass this knowledge on to others“.Titel: „Ritual – Healing Movements that Integrate our Lives“
Alison Whiteford:
Title: Dreams and Ritual.
Description: I will talk about how ritual takes us from one state of being to another. Dreams and dreamwork show us when this is happening and often indicate what ritual to undertake. I will draw from examples of my own dreams and rituals.
Bio: I have been working with my dreams since I joined a dream group at Wellspring when I was 26. I now run dream groups myself and create rituals inspired by dreams and encourage others to do so. I will describe some of these dreams and rituals in my talk.
Ceolanna-Elizabeth Scott:
Bio: Ceolanna-Elizabeth Scott works in the field of Sound/voice healing, Biodynamic Craniosacral Therapy, breathwork and massage.
She has been a Sweat lodge leader and drummer facilitator for 30 years.
She has been working in the therapeutic field and ritual for over 30 years.
Ceolanna‘s teaching and experiences come from Dzogchen, and Native American Shamanistic spiritual disciplines.
She feels blessed to now root herself in Celtic Consciousness.
An Initiative of Brigid, Ceolanna teaches Celtic, Gaelic Mantras and Gutha.
She believes that when we can experience the fragility of our own hearts, we can move into compassion with others.
An archive recording will be made for the EICSP archive.
NB: There will be no refund if you cancel your booking.
Cost: By Donation.
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