Upcoming courses & events...
As children, we know that putting paint on paper or squeezing clay into shapes feels really good. It's joyful and expressive and free. As we get older, art becomes about making things look a particular way. And in the process, we lose what is magical and healing about drawing, painting and making things. When we can approach the page without expectation, it becomes an exercise in presence, in awareness, and can offer extraordinary psychological insights and deep emotional release.
In this four-week course, we will explore how simple art activities can help us to reflect on where we are in life and what, within us, is calling for attention. This is small-group work so that everyone receives whatever support they need as they move through the process. It's not necessary to have any special art skills or experience. You will be fully guided through each activity.
All art materials are provided although you are welcome to bring additional materials if you so wish.
Total cost for the four weeks is €60. A deposit of €20 is required to hold your place and the balance should be paid at the first session.
**Booking essential**
To book, text/call Karen 0857853699
Location: An Seomra Istigh, behind An Chrannog, Gweedore
The threshold of Samhain offers us an opportunity to meet the gifts of the dark. That circular dance of death and life is evident all around us in nature and yet much of Western culture focuses solely on expansion and growth, denying the essential balance of contraction and death. In this weekend retreat, we will consciously cross into the dark half of the year, honouring the ancestors, listening to the land, and feeling into what within us is ready to die. You will be gently held as you explore what comes to life in you when you look death in the eye.
We open on Friday evening at 7pm, with a healing ceremony and connection in circle. Saturday runs from 10am to 6pm and we will close on Sunday at 1pm.
Our venue is the beautiful Song House, just outside Falcarragh, on the Wild Atlantic Way. Residential and non-residential options are available. Our group will be limited to 10 people to allow us to co create a space which allows room for each person's experience.
For all participants, a vegan/vegetarian lunch is provided on Saturday and tea/coffee/snacks are included. For residential participants, a light self-service breakfast is also provided. The Song House kitchen is well equipped and residential guests are welcome to cook dinner on Saturday evening or avail of the various restaurants in Falcarragh.
Cost:
• Non-residential = €200
• Residential shared room (2-3 single beds) = €300 pp
• Residential shared double ensuite = €340 pp
• Residential single occupancy = €400
• Residential single occupancy ensuite = €440
** A deposit of €100 is required on booking. Balance to be paid by September 30th. Deposits are non-refundable after 30/09/26**
A space to move however you want to move and to rest when you need to rest. Freestyle dance; your body, your moves, your way. Everyone welcome. Different facilitator/playlist each week
A relaxed space in which to have a chat about death... bereavement, funerals, afterlife, preparing for death, witnessing death.... Anything and everything related to death and dying. No obligation to speak. Everyone is welcome and there's always cake.
Want to be kept in the loop about the Death Cafe dates? Join our WhatsApp group: message me on 0857853699
I'm using the treatment room in Tonn Na Beatha, Bunbeg, as a base for seeing clients. I'm offering various shamanic healing sessions and sound healing (using tuning forks, voice, and a variety of instruments). Call or text if you'd like to book for a one-to-one. Details on the kind of healing I offer here
Sessions vary in length but average around an hour. Cost€60
Give me a call if you'd like to chat through the possibilities: 00353 857853699
MEDITATION FOR WORLD PEACE
Join in this guided meditation from your own home, at any time.
At this time, when we are all so aware of the great need for peace in the world, I offer this simple meditation. Peace is everyone's responsibility. If I want to see peace in the world, then I need to be that peace. It starts with me. I may have little control over armies and world leaders but I am fully responsible for my own inner state. Peace is not simply an absence of war. It is an active state. It comes from fully facing into the way things are, and takes courage and awareness. If you would like to try this guided meditation, give yourself about 15 mins, sitting or lying in a comfortable position. You may need to pause here and there until you are ready to move on to the next stage. And let me know how you get on
For your group
Would you like me to come and do an event in your area? Give me a shout and we can work out the logistics. I can tailor an event for your community group, workplace, women's group, men's group, etc, etc, even for you and your friends.
I offer a range of retreats, courses and workshops for groups including:
- Basics of shamanism
- Wellness circles
- Healing through voice work
- Shamanic voice healing
- Healing through creativity
- Celebrating the Wheel of the Year (Solstices, equinox, etc)
- Connecting to the Elements (earth, air, fire, water)
- Earth connecting and healing
- Labyrinth walks and water healing on the beach
- Ancestral healing
- Working with Power Animals and spirit guides
- Womb Wellbeing (co-facilitated by Katie Rutledge)
- Sacred site work
- Connecting with Fairies
- Death and Life work
Courses and retreats will be tailored to suit your group. Groups of fewer than 20 participants preferred but it may be possible to accommodate larger groups for some events. Smaller groups also possible (minimum 3). Quotation available on request. Contact me here, by phone: 0857853699 or by email: info@karenmclaughlinshamanism.irish