RITUAL ARTISTRY IN COMMUNITY
Creating intentional sacred space to experience nature-based ceremony
Mama Circles
Ritual portals of self-care to support the motherhood journey through the childbearing and childhood years.
Tending our roots to navigate the joys and challenges of parenting
The rites of passage into motherhood dramatically shifts our identities and affects so many facets of life. Yet, this can be a unique and powerful opportunity of self-discovery if we take the time to honour, deepen, and connect to the depths of this life transition.
In these offerings, we will create a carefully-woven container, to come together and explore the motherhood transition through:
- shared inquiry
- nature-based contemplative practices & rituals
- soulful poetry & story
- ceremony
- take-home invitations to apprentice to our wild allies
This approach is based in part on Bill Plotkin’s inner-wilderness work, combined with my celebrant training specializing in rites of passage, life transitions, story-tracking, and ceremony. This approach is not therapy, but rather provides a ritual framework and practices to tend our inner resources for greater resilience and authenticity.
At the heart of this all – the breath and blood of this offering – is my own personal journey as a mother and the inquiries I hold everyday as I wake up to ever-deepening layers of what it means to be a mother in today’s world, here and now. And how when we come together – with each of our stories and experiences – we weave the broadest tapestry of possibilities. Contact me to register!
“This offering has been a source of replenishing magic on my Motherhood journey. The invitation to be held, to be witnessed and to witness while basking in the remembering that we are never alone in our unique yet connected experience of mothering. Brooke is masterful at tending the space and stirring the heart.” – Willow Anne Meili
Grief Grove
A place to come rest your sorrows seasonally
Land-based gatherings to honour our grief through winter (ongoing yearly)
Next gathering: Sunday March 2, 2025, at the “Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging” (WSANEC territories).
May this be a place to come rest your sorrows seasonally, as this used to be part of humanity’s ways: to grieve together and so to remember together, to rest together against the bosom of the earth and so to feel our heartbeats aligned with the greater pulsing heartbeat of life force.
May this be a place of welcome and deep listening to the whispered love notes of our grief resonating in the chambers of our hearts. A place to allow the breathing earth to work its magic.
Co-guided by Brooke Arnold-Rochette, MA in transpersonal ecopsychology, and Dr. Stephanie Marchal, registered psychologist. This upcoming March Grief Grove will be co-guided by Brooke and Sarah Frizelle, a counselor in private practice in Victoria BC who offers wholistic counselling to individuals, couples and families.
Tending the Writer’s Flame
Join our next retreat Friday May 2nd to Sunday May 4th, 2025 at the Bethlehem Centre in Nanaimo, BC.
Invoke your Muse. Ignite your authentic voice. Rather than your typical approach to writing, this seeks to be a beautiful dive into the soulful grounds of creativity and fresh inspiration. Learn how to engage your writing practice with devotion, reverence, a sense of mystery and the possibility of numinous revelation.
Earth-anchored: Grounded in nature, rooting creativity in the Earth.
Spirit-infused: Ancestral and spirit-guided support for inspired writing.
Heart-centered: Align with the heart that moves your writing.
Wild Wisdom Gatherings
Ground yourself in community
Explore your inner landscape through an elemental lens
Wander, connect and reflect within the wild web
2nd Sunday of every month, 12:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Held by the beautiful lands of “Cedar Song Centre for Wild Belonging” (WSANEC territories, Greater Victoria, BC).
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Nature-Based Map of the Psyche: Explore your inner landscape through the lens of the elements, the directions and the seasons.
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Contemplative Practices on the Land: Wander, reflect, and connect with both the land and your inner self.
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Council Sharing Practice: Speak, be heard, and witness others in a supportive circle.
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Soulcraft Practices: Engage in activities such as Deep Imagery Journeys, Dream Work, Myth Work, Conversations with the more-than-human world, and Ritual & Ceremony.
This gathering is open to all who have experience with the Wild Mind model, soulcraft practices, or other wilderness-based work, or by invitation from one of the guides. Connect with me through link below and I will send you the registration link.
“Wonder is part fascination, part ability to believe in things as they are, part willingness to be confused, even devastated at times, by the epic mysteriousness of ordinary things”