MYTHIC Body
rEMEMBER WHO YOU ARE
4-MONTH CELTIC EMBODIMENT MENTORING CONTAINER
“Jen's program is a living being, an enchanted place and a work of art all in one; woven together to support and surround you with love and possibility. Along with her warm and authentic guidance along the way, the stories, experiences, practices and materials harmonize beautifully to create a container like no other. It was exciting to be called in to a deeper understanding of my lineage and the mythology of my ancestors. It was healing to invite energies and archetypes in to my body in a new and nurturing way. And it was absolutely life-changing to have a safe space to share my desires and struggles and uncertainty... and be with them in a way that didn't push or force solutions and answers but instead shifted my overall understanding and way of being. I feel that my whole experience with Jen and the Celtic School of Embodiment was ESSENTIAL to recreating a more fluid way of life that I am continuing to expand into and let transform my world inside and out. With deeper listening, imagining and creating, and a return to magic...”
-Shannon, California
The Spiral
The Spiral is the ancient image of Irish and wider ‘Celtic’ consciousness, of the spirit of this island on the wild Atlantic fringe of Europe.
Spinning in the tomb womb of our Great Mother temples for over 5,000 years.
A symbol known to your ancestors, a symbol of your lineage, a symbol buried within you.
Many interpret the Spiral as the regenerative cycle of birth, life, death, and rebirth.
Others see it as the swirling of the cosmos or the sacred union of divine feminine and masculine energies.
In truth, the Spiral is all of these things and a mystery.
To be a Daughter of the Spiral is to embark on a quest of mythological excavation to elucidate what the Spiral means to you, and to use this wisdom to enrich your life and to serve our times.
Mythic Body will be your guide.
As a Daughter of the Spiral, I believe:
+We are living in an epoch of ‘Mythological Displacement’, in a time when people are displaced or have been moved away from their mythical lineage. This is caused by a legacy of ancestral migration, forced displacement, colonisation, religious dogmatism, capitalism and globalisation. Not connecting to your mythical lineage is like not knowing your family.
+You are not simply your life and your life simply you, there are spiritual forces that arise from the Collective Unconscious—your mythical kinsfolk—who are naturally invested in your life. Who conspire to guide you to self-actualisation, to fulfil your life’s Calling.
+Just like the earth, your body is a place. And just like any place, it is shaped by the mythical and ancestral DNA that tells its story. When you reconnect to your body, you also reconnect to the land that birthed your lineage and the wisdom it holds.
+Each one of us is bestowed with an inner-treasure to creatively contribute to our world. The ancient Greeks called the art of bringing our inner-treasure into being, ‘poiesis’, the ancient Irish called it, ‘imbas forosnai’—knowledge or wisdom that illuminates. A fire in the head, the location of the Celtic soul, that brought forth a ‘light of foresight’; intuitions, spiritual illumination and prophecy, not only for the seer but in service to the community.
+When we drop the stories of our mythical ancestors into our bodies and allow them to coarse through the veins of our own life stories, this is where the magic, the re-enchantment happens. This is where we come home to ourselves.
+The cyclical wisdom inherent in the feminine expression is a, if not the, most powerful disrupter of capitalism's lie of eternal progress—progression at all costs. When we learn embrace the feminine—her creation face, her death face, her labyrinth of mystery, we become fully alive to ourselves.
“I know this path by magic not by sight”
From Irish poet, Paula Meehan’s mystical poem, ‘Well’.
YOUR MYTHIC BODY
Of the women who have crossed the threshold of the Celtic School of Embodiment from Ireland, Northern Ireland and across seas in the UK, USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and beyond, the number 1 life-changing catalyst in their testimonials is:
“I’VE FINALLY COME HOME.”
To a deep-rooted sense of Remembering.
Mythic Body fuses Celtic Embodiment mentoring with guided study. As coach and client, we will work in partnership with your beloved body over four shapeshifting moon cycles, to help you remember who you are. Tapping into the energy of the sacred triple in our Celtic tradition, there are three core modules for you to (re)enchant yourself with:
YOUR MYTHICAL ANCESTORS
YOUR BODY
YOUR CALLING
“Enchantment is the oldest form of medicine.”
- CARL JUNG
The Curriculum
MONTH 1: ENCHANTMENT CYCLE 1:
YOUR MYTHICAL ANCESTORS
You will:
1.ENTER THE CELTIC OTHERWORLD
It’s time to meet your mythical family. Enter the Celtic Otherworld and feel the resonance of the land of your forebearers. Encounter core Celtic feminine archetypes like the Sovereignty Goddess, the Triple Goddess, and the Celtic Shapeshifter. Encounter the ancient filí (“fil-ee”), the poet-seers, the sacred guardians of our lore, and learn about the storytellers of our myths throughout the ages.
2.Sense YOUR ARCHETYPES
Archetypes are powerful energies that influence our ways of being in the world. They live in the sea of the Collective Unconscious; they emerge from the Otherworld. Here, you will create your personal Archetype Map by discovering the powers that have shaped your life story and continue to affect it. Learn how to work with archetypes so you can become the Creatrix of your own reality. Through your body, develop a somatic relationship with your Bandia, your guiding ‘Goddess’ for your Mythic Body journey.
3.PRACTICE YOUR MAGIC
Patriarchy vilified magic as heresy, then later as utter nonsense. This is a form of ‘power over’ women designed to disconnect us from our greatest source of ‘power within’—our intuition. Our world has never been more mundane. And yet, a wellspring of magic exists within your body. Accessing it begins with your permission to reclaim your right to an enchanted life. Discern where your “Yes”, where your “No”, and where your intuitive powers live in your body. Learn about the mystical traditions of the ancients to curate your own rituals.
MONTH 2: ENCHANTMENT CYCLE 2:
YOUR BODY
You will:
4.FUEL YOUR FEMININE
Women have had to adapt to a world where ‘masculine’ is culturally coded as superior. We now spend our days in the realm of the masculine and are no longer skilled in our feminine expression. Reskill in your feminine essence through Feminine Embodiment, which places an emphasis and value on expressing and inhabiting your feminine nature. The Selkie, the shapeshifting sealwoman, will be your mystical guide.
5.POWER YOUR CYCLE
The dominant mindset of the West is linear. Life is a straight line that can only move in one direction: forward. Yet, women are inherently cyclic beings like nature, like our metamorphosing moon. Activate the cyclic wisdom of your own body and align it to the Celtic Calendar so you can flow in the rhythm of your ancestors. Explore the possibility of beginning your day in the feminine at sunset before moving out into the masculine at sunrise. This will feel like an energetic revolution!
6.BODY-LOVE YOUR BIZ
We are conditioned towards hyper-productivity. We are taught to “go-go-go”. To ignore our basic bodily functions to get sh*t done. In this mindset, pleasure has to be earned. It can only come after sacrifice (at the expense of our bodies). Infuse your work ethic or, indeed, your business with devotions that nourish your physical, mental, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. It’s time to sign your Self-Devotion Contract. Lean into your Spiral To-Do List and witness your day transform.
MONTH 3: ENCHANTMENT CYCLE 3:
YOUR CALLING
You will:
7.FOLLOW YOUR BREADCRUMBS
Our mythical ancestors conspire to guide us towards our Calling—who we are called to be in this life, but we are too busy getting sh*t done to notice. Nourish yourself from your Three Cauldrons of Calling that once brewed, will lead you closer to your life’s purpose. Honour the sacred commitment of the mystical feminine, the Well Maidens of Grail Legend in answering the Call. See how creating Embodied Boundaries are a critical catalyst to your quest.
8.AMPLIFY YOUR ABUNDANCE
Capitalism tells women and marginalised people an endless stream of lies about money to keep us disempowered and to fuel scarcity consciousness and competition. Money makes us feel unsafe. Work with the Spéirbhean, the ‘Sky Woman’, to create a new money consciousness where it feels safe for you to magnetise wealth and be wildly abundant.
MONTH 4: THE ART OF INTEGRATION
In a world that propels us into the thrust of forward-motion, always on to ‘what’s next?’, integration is becoming a lost art. Here, you will have a whole month to integrate your experience. We want to ensure that Mythic Body becomes a living, breathing, way of being in your body, not something you’ve ‘done’.
You are home.
“Bone by bone, hair by hair, Wild Woman comes back. Through night dreams, through events half understood and half remembered...”
- Clarissa Pinkola EStés, women who run with the wolves
HOW IT WORKS
Mythic Body is a potent brew of 1-1 mentoring and guided study over four moon cycles.
1-1 MENTORING
INITIATION:
Upon booking, you will be asked to complete an activating questionnaire, which will serve to enrich this experience for you. During Enchantment Cycle 1: Your Mythical Ancestors, you will have a 1-hour 30-minute initiation session with me. This will involve embodied goal setting, so you feel anchored in your Mythic Body experience and clarity around what you desire from it.
CRYSTALLISE & MAGNETISE SESSIONS:
As part of each enchantment cycle you will have 4 x 1 hour crystallise and magnetise sessions.
Here, you will crystallise your apprenticeship to embodied ancestral magic—to you and your unique journey—and from this place, magnetise your desires.
THE ART OF INTEGRATION:
Following a month of integration, we will have a final 30-minute check-in call to ensure you feel supported at the end of our container.
ONGOING SUPPORT:
For the 4 months, you will have private voice-messaging access to me for questions, reflections, wonders, that arise for you as you navigate this experience. You will feel fully supported.
GUIDED STUDY
You will receive access to your own private learning portal. For each of your enchantment cycles, you will receive your study toolkit. This means you do not have to worry about your schedule or time zone to make live calls, except, of course, for your 1-1 mentoring ♡. Everything is prepared for you in advance.
CELTIC SOUL READING
As part of Mythic Body, you will have a Celtic Soul Reading with the wondrous, Regina de Búrca.
During your reading, Regina will work with a Celtic Cross Tarot spread using the Irish language Rider Waite Tarot deck that incorporates Ogham sticks, runes, and Sheela na Gig card pulls.
Regina is a Shining One and this reading will contribute sublimely to your Mythic Body experience.
About Regina:
Regina de Búrca is a writer, editor, and Tarot reader. She was raised in a bookshop in County Mayo, where her fascination with the Irish language and mythology began. She was 17 when Stuart Kaplan of US Games gifted her a deck of Tarot cards and has been studying the Tarot since then. Regina is a Creativity Coach with an M.A. in Writing for Young People. In 2021, Regina produced the first Irish language version of the Rider Waite Tarot deck.
In Summary…
WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE:
A 4-month transformational guided study container
1 x 1-hour 30-minute initiation session
4 x 1-hour 1-1 Celtic Embodiment mentoring sessions
1 x 30-minute check-in call
Ongoing 1-1 voice messaging so you can always connect with me
Your own private learning portal
Celtic Soul Reading with Regina de Búrca
WHAT TO EXPECT:
An elixir of:
Feminine Embodiment Coaching
Explorations with your body using feminine embodiment tools and somatic practices
Celtic Mythology and folklore rooted in the Irish tradition, interwoven with critical teachings for life in our times
Working with your mythic imagination and personal poiesis
Dreamwork and synchronicity
Ritual
Deep self-inquiry and journaling
DELIVERED THROUGH:
1-1 Celtic Embodiment mentoring
Private portal of teachings in video with downloadable audio and PDF journeybooks
Devotion:
Mythic Body is a journey deep into the self and ancestral memory. In it, you will reacquaint yourself with the feminine expression that hungers to be recognised and emerge as a powerful woman and member of your tuath (“too-ah”), ‘tribe’.
Mythic Body is devotion.
Next Steps…
Next available dates:
13th May-13th September 2024
The investment for Mythic Body is €1,950 with multiple payment plans available. ,
If you are available for this programme and ready to cross your Mythic Body threshold, please complete this questionnaire. I will be in touch then with the next steps.
This is a 1-1 mentoring container. I only work with a small number of clients at once.
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FAQS
+ WHO IS THIS FOR?
You, if you identify as a woman or as holding a feminine essence in your body, and deeply desire to connect to your Celtic roots.
+ DO I NEED TO BE IRISH OR OF IRISH HERITAGE?
I sense that you are here because you are Irish, or have Irish ancestors, are living in Ireland or another Celtic nation, of Celtic heritage, or feel drawn to the sacred beat of this land—perhaps even inexplicitly. If you feel a call in your bones, that is enough. Please note that the mythology explored is rooted in the Irish tradition as this is my own native lineage.
+ DO I NEED TO BE KNOWLEDGEABLE IN CELTIC MYTHOLOGY?
I have worked with women who have no connection to Celtic Mythology but possess a curiosity and others who embody a deep knowledge of our native imbas. The stories and mythical ancestors we will work with hold archetypal patterns that your body innately understands regardless of your cognitive awareness. Everything you need is within you already.
+ WHAT DOES A FEMININE EMBODIMENT COACHING SESSION LOOK LIKE?
A Feminine Embodiment Coaching session typically involves four stages:
- A drop-in process to open the channels of communication between you and your sage body
- Setting an embodied goal for our time together
- Working towards this goal using feminine embodiment tools
- Committing to real-world actions to bring this goal to life
As articulated above, my approach is DEPTH first, DIRECTION second.
Feminine Embodiment Coaching is a trauma-informed modality. However, if you are currently experiencing acute trauma, this is best treated by a mental health professional who can guide you through a trauma-specific process.
+ DO YOU WORK WITH CLIENTS IN DIFFERENT TIME ZONES?
Yes. Many of my clients live beyond Irish shores in different time zones.