The Celtic Wheel is a year long online course for women who want to weave ancient wisdom into their contemporary lives to live intentionally and on purpose.
NOVEMBER 4 2018 - NOVEMBER 3 2019
What is the Celtic Wheel?The Celtic Wheel of The Year was the calendar used by our Celtic ancestors that mapped the annual cycle of 8 seasonal festivals.
The 8 festivals are broken down into 4 fire/ agricultural festivals - Samhain, Imbolc, Bealtaine & Lughnasa and 4 solar festivals - the Solstices & Equinoxes "The peoples who created and lived by this calendar, understood life as an alternation of opposing forces, night and day, winter and summer, darkness and light, that constantly interplayed with each other"
Dolores Whelan, Celtic teacher and author |
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You are invited to journey with me through a full cycle of the Celtic Wheel over 12 months. Together we will mark the 8 seasons of the Wheel, celebrating the practices and rituals of each festival. Together we will explore the gifts and challenges of the seasons with the intention of reclaiming important wisdom for our time.
Our Celtic ancestors were rooted in the rhythms of nature and the cosmos. In today's strive-drive-linear culture we are living disconnected from these natural rhythms. This can sometimes leaves us fragmented, tired and wired and exiled from our soul. The Celtic Wheel opens up the possibility of being in the world in a different, more nourishing way.
By stepping onto the Celtic Wheel at regular intervals throughout the year, you will be consciously disrupting your routine living. As you mark the 8 sacred thresholds you will have the opportunity to pause, take stock and have support to make changes to your life.
By stepping onto the Celtic Wheel at regular intervals throughout the year, you will be consciously disrupting your routine living. As you mark the 8 sacred thresholds you will have the opportunity to pause, take stock and have support to make changes to your life.
The Celtic Wheel is a call to you if....
- You know you are being nudged to live from a deeper place, personally or professionally
- You are trying to make sense of loss, uncertainty, chaos or feeling stuck
- You would love to work with an ancient map that is both practical and mystical
- You are ready to explore your potential as a wisdom holder
- You want to be part of a tribe of women connecting, supporting, learning and growing together
- You have heard yourself thinking "Is this it?" on more than one occasion (and then ignored it and poured a glass of wine!)
- You want to take up your place as a woman in the world unapologetically, skilfully working with the deeper feminine and healthy masculine
- You are drawn to the mysticism of Ireland and the Celtic world
- You are looking for a framework to weave into your work as a yoga teacher, coach or consultant
Just so you know - you do not need to have any previous experience of working with the Celtic tradition or the Celtic Wheel to jump into this adventure.
If you have any questions or would like more clarity please reach out by email marikennedy.soulworks@gmail.com
If you have any questions or would like more clarity please reach out by email marikennedy.soulworks@gmail.com
Because everything starts in the darkness....
The Celtic New Year begins in the darkness of Samhain which this year, 2018, falls on November 7. We will have two live calls each season, approximately 6 weeks apart. The first online call together will be on the Sunday before each festival where we will prepare, inquire and explore the themes of that festival. The second call will be on the festival day itself to celebrate collectively with ritual and practices.
We will be a closed group, open to all levels of experience. Registration will remain open until December 14 2018.
Click here to see an outline of our year together
16 Online CallsEach season we will have 2 calls:
SEASON EXPLORATION CALL on the Sunday before each festival, to explore the theme and wisdom of that season FESTIVAL CELEBRATION CALL on the festival date itself, to collectively celebrate the festival and its rituals |
8 FestivalsWe will mark 8 festivals:
2018 Samhain (4,7 Nov) Winter Solstice (16, 20 Dec ) 2019 Imbolc (Jan 27, Feb 3) Spring Equinox (17, 20 March) Bealtaine (April 28, May 3) Summer Solstice (June 16, 21) Lughnasa (August 4, 7) Autumn Equinox (22, 23 Sept) Samhain (Nov 3) * *We will have a call for Samhain 2019 to complete the cycle |
In-betweenTo deepen your experience of each season, you will receive email resources and online support to work with in-between calls:
Recordings of the live calls Private Facebook group Seasonal recipes Worksheets Mythology Blessings Practices Poetry |
Booking and Payment
Payment is taken through Paypal. You do not need a paypal account to process the payment.
Once-off payment €390WE ARE FULLY BOOKED
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Monthly payment €39/monthWE ARE FULLY BOOKED
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PLEASE NOTE:
-Cancellation policy: Once you have signed up via to the course using either payment plan refunds are not available.
-For the monthly subscription you will be charged the monthly rate of €39 on the same day of every month. Subscription is a 12 part-payment plan of the full cost.
- Rates are listed in Euros. For other currencies, the PayPal should populate the correct amount based on your location and you will be charged the amount in your currency.
-Cancellation policy: Once you have signed up via to the course using either payment plan refunds are not available.
-For the monthly subscription you will be charged the monthly rate of €39 on the same day of every month. Subscription is a 12 part-payment plan of the full cost.
- Rates are listed in Euros. For other currencies, the PayPal should populate the correct amount based on your location and you will be charged the amount in your currency.
"You have travelled too fast over false ground; now your soul has come to take you back”
John O'Donoghue
A little of the back-story and about Mari...
THE CELTIC WHEEL found its way to me in 2011 when my father was dying. I now feel that it was his passing gift to me. That moment happened in the auspicious Hazel Wood in Sligo. It's too long a story to tell here but it's a beautiful one! A month later I met my teacher in this tradition, Dolores Whelan. Dolores has been a true "Carrier of the Flame" of Celtic Spirituality for the past 30 years, in Ireland.
Working with the wisdom of the wheel has profoundly changed how I approached my life. It helped to make sense of the challenges, embrace the darkness, losses and disruptions in my life. It has shown me where I am stuck. It has demanded that I take risks and shine. It has connected me to the mystical in a beautifully practical way. It has connected me to my true self.
Living with an awareness of the cycles of the wheel I began experiencing life from a deeper more textured place. This process has opened me into the rich dimensionality of life and cycles. More than anything the Celtic Wheel has taught me how to inhabit my soft receptive feminine and take up my clear masculine.
I began to use this wisdom and framework in my coaching, in my yoga retreats, in facilitation and in my creative projects.
During our year together I look forward to sharing more on how this wisdom has shown me that it possible to be high performing and fully feminine as a woman.
Working with the wisdom of the wheel has profoundly changed how I approached my life. It helped to make sense of the challenges, embrace the darkness, losses and disruptions in my life. It has shown me where I am stuck. It has demanded that I take risks and shine. It has connected me to the mystical in a beautifully practical way. It has connected me to my true self.
Living with an awareness of the cycles of the wheel I began experiencing life from a deeper more textured place. This process has opened me into the rich dimensionality of life and cycles. More than anything the Celtic Wheel has taught me how to inhabit my soft receptive feminine and take up my clear masculine.
I began to use this wisdom and framework in my coaching, in my yoga retreats, in facilitation and in my creative projects.
During our year together I look forward to sharing more on how this wisdom has shown me that it possible to be high performing and fully feminine as a woman.
A little more offical....
Fourteen years ago at the height of my career working for the President of Ireland, I left my corporate life to follow my heart. My life had been upended and I realised how far I was living from my true self. Today I'm an organisational development consultant, leadership coach, yoga & mindfulness teacher, retreat leader and inquirer.
My two current passions are the development of women and humanising our workplaces. I have the great privilege of coaching women all around the world and working with organisations and leaders who want to make a difference. In my work now I get to weave ancient wisdom practices with contemporary developmental psychology, neuroscience and Integral leadership.
My two current passions are the development of women and humanising our workplaces. I have the great privilege of coaching women all around the world and working with organisations and leaders who want to make a difference. In my work now I get to weave ancient wisdom practices with contemporary developmental psychology, neuroscience and Integral leadership.
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"Mari is one of the greatest teachers I have had the great fortune to spend time with. She is unafraid to hold both the light and dark. There is room for all of it. In these times we are living in, to me Mari embodies the energy that is so needed to elevate and live truly authentically"
Carrie Anne Moss |
"The first time I was introduced to the Celtic calendar it made sense at a gut level. As someone in business I relied too heavily on my cognitive skills. The Celtic calendar reminded me that I had other, equally powerful tools at my disposal. Every time I dive into this work with Mari, I move closer and closer to my vision for my life and my work"
Annette Burns Young |
"Mari wraps you in listening and depth. She has a brilliant way of asking the right questions, she is not afraid of going into the shadows with you, and she guides with a gentle fierceness and grace. She straddles the business, leadership and yoga worlds, while also blending her personal experience. And she is so REAL"
Clare Mulvany |
"Thank you, Mari, for your Celtic Wisdom teachings and for re-connecting me to the rituals and stories I had forgotten about. I continue to carry my Celtic Wisdom with me now, outside of your retreats, wherever I go.
All I can say is, if you have any desire or instinct to care for 'you', treat yourself to Mari's teachings. It will be one of the greatest gifts you could ever give yourself" Blathnaid McKenna |