Samhain & Ancestral Healing Ceremony
Hosted by Sarah Rayne
Would you like to honor the most magical day of the year in intentional community & ceremony? Are you ready to connect deeply with the energy of your ancestry & send healing vibrations all the way up your bloodline? Are you curious about ancestor work, or wishing to compliment your existing ancestor honoring practice with a potent & healing fire ceremony? Do you want to do something just plain fun and witchy this halloween?
Then join us for our Samhain & Ancestral Healing Ceremony, led by Firebird’s resident priestess & alchemist, Sarah Rayne. Samhain is the ancient pagan & Celtic precursor to Halloween, and is the day when the veil between worlds is thinnest. This is a potent time for ancestor work, honoring the dead, and is a celebration to honor the end of harvest season, as the days grow colder and we continue spiraling towards the Winter Solstice.
This luscious 2 hour group healing & ceremony will begin indoors. We will open sacred space together, and discuss the energies of Samhain, Scorpio season, and ancestor work. We’ll then move our bodies with a gentle somatic movement invitation to help cultivate a sensation of rootedness and belonging. You’ll then be invited to lay down and receive an extended guided meditation with hands-on (or off) Reiki healing. The Reiki will flow into your body, and energetically up your ancestral line, with the intention of healing inherited ancestral patterns & traumas held in your DNA.
We will then move outdoors to the backyard for a potent fire ceremony around the fire pit. We will send up messages to our ancestors, release & declare our intentions to the universe, and sing an intentional song around the fire.
The last 15 minutes will be dedicated to tea & tarot around the fire (weather permitting!). Sarah will be offering 1-card tarot readings for all who’d like to receive them, and we’ll have herbal infusions available to enjoy. Feel free to bring chocolate or other snacks to share with the group!
Attendees will also receive a mini spell kit to take home & continue their magical workings!
All are welcome, no experience necessary!
Exchange // $40
*Pre-registration required!
Sign Up: https://firebird.as.me/samhain
*A few half-priced scholarships are available for those with financial need, with priority given to BIPOC. You can apply here: https://forms.gle/uUMTuavNKXfBFwpD7
*Please bring a yoga mat and/or blanket to lay on
*Please bring a water bottle, notebook, and pen
*Masks suggested indoors but not required. Masks not required outdoors.
Land Acknowledgement: We acknowledge and honor that Portland is located on the traditional & historical lands of many indigenous communities including the Multnomah, Clackmas, Kathlamet, and Chinook tribes. In recognition and and honoring of the native peoples and land stewards of this place, a portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to the Native American Youth & Family Center. https://nayapdx.org/
About Sarah (she/her):
Sarah Rayne is a queer witch, a healing artist, and a holder of sacred space. She alchemizes group magic & expands awareness through her online ceremony + workshop offerings, and supports clients on their healing journeys through nourishing 1:1 sessions that include tarot readings, reiki energy healing, intuitive guidance, and/or sound healing. She is the founder and magician-in-chief of Firebird Healing Arts, and shares her magic locally in Portland, OR, as well as online, with the whole world.
www.sarahrayne.com | @sarahraynebow
COVID-19 Safety:
As of 3/12/22 Oregon has lifted its indoor mask mandate. Firebird's masking policies are as follows:
- Masks are not required outdoors.
- Masks are suggested but not required indoors for vaccinated folks, especially when you are within 6 ft of other people not in your group.
- Masks are strongly suggested indoors for immunocompromised folks or other medically-vulnerable populations.
- Masks are required indoors for unvaccinated folks.
-If you are feeling sick, have a fever, or have recently been exposed to COVID-19, please do not attend this event.
-If you have recently been to a large indoor group event or other high-risk activity, please consider testing yourself for covid-19 at home before attending this event.
Thank you for helping to keep our community safe!
[image by Patrick Hendry]