Introduction to Reiki
Facilitator: Tysha Dill

Introduction To Reiki- A brief introduction to Usui/Tibetan Reiki, including the Original Reiki Ideals, The Reiki Principles, and also, basic procedures for a healing treatment. Please bring pen and paper for notes. Handouts will be also be provided.

Mindfulness Meditation: Staying in the Moment
Facilitator: Drea Parker

We’ve all been there. Finding ourselves obsessing about criticisms received, or blowing our ‘top’ when we are no longer able to control our negative feelings. This will be a safe space-general practice session on how to stay in the moment when the shit hits the fan...

Powder, Bath, and Salts
Facilitator: Sky Bradshaw

Each tradition has it's tricks and traditions as far as little pick me ups and helpers for the common cold, to help cleanse the soul, and get rid of bad luck. This work shop will help the student learn to 'mix up a few things' to get rid of negativity, as well as put a few things in place in their life to keep it away... Vodou style.

Meet and Greet with Your Animal Totem
Facilitator: Trance

Meet your animal totem or spirit guide. Beginners to advanced welcome. We'll discuss totems and guides, and participants can share any experiences they've had thus far, though no previous experience is necessary. We'll then ground, center, embark on a meditative journey to encounter our totem or a guide and listen to what he our she has to tell us. Bring your journal to record your messages.

Cooking for the Seaons
Facilitator: Ashley Lee

I am Pagan and I use the bounty given to us by The Goddess and God to create dishes to share with loved ones. I use these bounties to keep my foods fresh and healthy. Come and find out how you can create dishes easily and inexpensively using foods available from our own gardens, or the gardens of others throughout the seasons. We will also be cooking up a desert from the CSQ cookbook during this workshop to help nourish our CSQ community (if you don’t know much about cooking don’t worry we’ll help you along and we’ll have tons of fun in the process).

Cleansing Craft: Ritual Soap Making
Facilitator: Violet Grimm

In this workshop we will be discussing and making soap to be used for ritual bathing. This process will include melting down soap base and adding ritual oils & herbs to the soaps (if you would like to bring specific herbs, oils, or trinkets to put into the soaps, please do! some generic items will be provided). The melted soap will be poured into provided containers to carry home and enjoy! This a fantasic way to add extra oomph to any pre-ritual work! There is a limit of 10 people and an extra fee of $6 for ts learning circle to cover the cost of materials.

Polarity Therapy: Connecting with Energy
Facilitator: Dick Merritt

Polarity Therapy is one of a multitude of hands-on healing modalities which works with the flow of the body's energies. It is, perhaps, the easiest to learn to use effectively. Through demonstrations and practice, participants will learn to use the fundamentals of polarity on one another. Polarity is practiced with cloths on. You can connect your energetic body to that of your subject through ordinary street clothing. Working with energy can be a part of many diverse spiritual paths. Besides, it is both helpful and fun.

Goddess of Ten Thousand Names - Isis Unveiled
Facilitator: Becky Starr

In this learning circle, we will explore what it is to personally know the Goddess of Ten Thousand Names, Isis, the most beloved goddess in history. We will look briefly at the history and stories of the Goddess and participate in a ritual to contact Her. We will then discuss how to worship and cultivate a continuing relationship with Isis. Participants will have the opportunity to initiate a Votary time (time of devotion) with the Great Goddess, if they would like.

 Intro to Vodou: A quick look
Facilitator: Sky Bradshaw

This is a basic overview of the histories and mysteries of one of the unfamiliar healing religions that has rapidly grown across America. Starting with the foundation and history then moving upwards into its concepts and purposes. This workshop will review the growth and progress of this every growing and evolving religion as it progresses throughout the world.

 

Merry Mead Again (Intermediate Level)
Facilitator: Ben Starr

This Learning Circle is for the experienced mead maker. We will discuss different yeast strains, advantages of using yeast starters, use of acid blends and various other additives used in mead making. Attendees will go home with one-gallon of must, a yeast starter and an airlock to finish off their own luscious concoction. There is a $10 fee for this Learning Circle for the materials and take-homes. Class is limited to 12 participants. Merry mead, merry part, and merry mead again!!!!

Make Your Own Incense
Facilitator: Becky Starr

Disconnect the smoke alarm ‘cause we’re making incense!! This learning circle will present a beginner’s overview of making incense for personal or ritual use. We will explore the reasons for using incense, various ingredients, and magical correspondences to achieve a desired goal. We will be working with 3 resins and 10 herbs - including Frankincense, Sandalwood, and Rose - alone and in various combinations. Each participant will leave with a custom blended personal incense of their own design.

 

A Walk on the Wild Side: Apprenticing to Baba Yaga

Facilitator: Sharon

In each of us is the witch.  She is the ancient one, the wise one, the collected conscious and unconscious knowledge of the lineage of the witches.  She is Baba Yaga, and we would know our own spiritual power will apprentice to her.  Join us for an opportunity to explore this path.  The workshop will be story telling, teaching, ritual and discussion.  How deep and how much of each depends on us.  We make the workshop what it is.  Join me as we share time sitting at Baba Yaga's feet.

 

Who We Are:

Ben Starr is the mead maker for Starrlight Mead in Pittsboro. Ben has won several awards for his meads, including Best in Show at the International Mead Festival. Ben teaches mead making often, including at Beekeeping associations and several Spring Quests.

Becky Starr is an eclectic pagan and has been a Priestess of Isis for over 10 years. In the Pagan world, she finds herself a frequent workshop and ritual leader for Celebrate the Circle, the CUUPS chapter of Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Hillsborough, and at events for Carolina Spirit Quest. Becky is a past President and Vice President on the Board of Trustees for CSQ. She is the owner of Starrlight Mead, a newly opened honey winery in Pittsboro, NC, with her husband Ben.

Violet Grimm has lived in North Carolina for most of her life, since the age of 4. She grew up in the back woods area, where she spent most of her time among trees and wildlife. Violet learned about paganism at age 13, and practiced mostly solitary, but she occasionally rides her broom out of the closet to join in community fun like Winter Quest and Spring Quest. She lives with 3 cats, 1 Betta named Captain Sassy Britches, her best friend, her husband and a whole lot of books. Violet is an arts and crafts witch, always wanting to dish up some hocus-pocus with her hands.

Dick Merritt, a retired professional member of the American Massage Therapy Association, led massage workshops for many years. Dick grew into paganism through the influence of eco-feminist spirituality in the 80's. It was a natural fit, given his agrarian background. He is an eclectic neo-pagan and Unitarian Universalist. Dick characterizes himself as a Joseph Campbell pagan because of his conviction that religion is metaphor. Strongly influenced by the Creation Spirituality movement, he describes himself as a panentheist. He enjoys frequent rituals and purification ceremonies. A techno-pagan, he is a retired UNIX technician.

Manbo Sky Bradshaw  is a full time spiritual advisor who was initiated into the Vodou tradition by Manbo Sallie Ann Glassman, of NOLA's and Houngan Edgar Jean-Louis, of Haiti in May of 2007. Reading Tarot, interpreting dreams,  speaking to the ancestors, performing cleansings, holding workshops, and many other gifts to the community is Sky's way to give back and stay focused in a positive way. She also facilitates a Spiritual house in the Triad area.

My name is Tysha Dill and I became a Reiki Master Teacher in March of 2010. I have been studying and practicing Reiki since then.

Trance is a UU pagan, third degree priestess, and second degree ReiKi practitioner living in the Triangle/Triad area.