Belonging: a Samhain Circle of Ancestral Honouring

Belonging: a Samhain Circle of Ancestral Honouring

As the days grow shorter and the veil thins, we enter the sacred time of Samhain, the Celtic New Year. This was a sacred time for many of our pre-colonial ancestors, celebrated in different ways across many cultures, and honoring their traditions and practices allow us to connect with our roots and walk on these territories in a gentler way.

This will be an evening of community, gathering together in circle to introduce ourselves and our lineages, connect with our well-seated ancestors and guides, and move through a process of expressive arts and animist journey work to create offerings and honourings for our loved ones who have passed.

This event is Queer led, Neuro-affirming and fully inclusive to folks of all gender expressions, identities, abilities and cultural backgrounds. If you don't know your ancestry, that's ok! We will bring curiosity and explore together. 10% of all proceeds will go directly to the Gidimt'en land defenders and their protection of the Yintah, the traditional territories of the Wet'suwet'en Nation that is currently under threat from fossil fuel companies (www.yintahaccess.com).

The Facilitator:

Mya Wollf (she/they) is a Queer and Neurodivergent Psychotherapist, Expressive Arts Therapist, Actor and Animist Spirit Worker living as an uninvited guest on the traditional, stolen, unceded, ancestral territories of the of hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikewtlem), Qayqayt and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations and the Hal\'eméylem speaking Stó:lō Nation.

Her people come from the Scottish Highlands, the Germanic Lowlands, the Nordic Seas and the Irish Islands. She is trained, apprenticed and initiated into the Tradition of Healers and Mystics, an ancestral lineage taught and held in community by her longtime teacher Nikiah Seeds. With over 19 years in Mental Health and the Healing Arts, Mya is passionate about creating inclusive spaces for Neurodivergent, 2SLGBTQAI+ and Disabled folks and their allies to find belonging and community, and to come together to learn ways to walk on these territories in a good way, rooted in reciprocity and reconciliation.