Thresholds

An Autumn Course with Morgan Rose

Thresholds are the space between, when we move from one time to another, as in the threshold of dawn to day or of dusk to dark; one space to another, as in times of inner or outer journeying or pilgrimage; and one awareness to another, as in times when our old structures start to fall away and we begin to build something new. The Celts describe thresholds as “thin times or places” where heaven and earth are closer together and the veil between worlds is thin.

— Christine Paintner

Rituals + Why They’re Important

This is an opportunity for you to create and participate with seasonal rituals, theory and practice.

In creating rituals through deep conversation with ourselves and the natural world, we come to learn about our place in the family of things as an opportunity to experience deep belonging.

Join me in crafting a map of rituals for yourself that will serve you through the Autumn to Winter threshold for years to come.

 

A Practice of Presence

End of year cycles are potent thresholds to honor what has passed before us and move consciously towards what lays ahead of us. Throughout our 7 weeks together, you will create a roadmap that leads you through the portal and into your new year with clarity and vision.

Moving Through Time

Moving through time is a participatory practice - if we so choose. Time will move forward with or without us. But we want to play a role in the ways in which the current flows. Through orientation and using time as personal religion, we can orient ourselves in the direction of our dreams.

What to expect:

As we move through the portal of Autumn to Winter, we prepare ourselves for the long, dark, inward and feminine season. It is a time of deep magic and dreams. It is a time to envision and see the light that burns from within. Winter offers us our deepest imagination, if only we have the courage to look.

Throughout our 7 sessions together, you will have opportunities to expand into this rich, feminine season. You will be encouraged to go within and ask the big questions, leaving plenty of room for mystery and curiosity. You’ll explore different rituals and practices to bolster your own seasonal experience, creating your own roadmap for navigating this journey for years to come.

Each week we will practice Katonah Yoga®, explore a wide range of meditation techniques and breathwork practices, as well as rituals to help you explore your own inner world and it’s relationship to the natural world.

Schedule + Themes

  • November 16th — The Container Opens; Ground in, Look Around, Arrive.

  • November 23rd — Full Moon Practice + Rituals; Take Up Space, Come Online, Awaken Central Channel

  • November 30th — Expand, Question, Curiosity

  • December 7th — New Moon Practices + Rituals; Hone Inner Vision. Inner Listening. Inner Knowing.

  • December 14th — Create Your Roadmap

  • December 21st — Winter Solstice Practice + Rituals

  • December 28th — The Container Closes; Center of the Spiral. Moving Into Dreamtime.

All live sessions are Mondays 6pm - 7:30pm ET (online)

All sessions will be held on zoom.

Show up just as you are. Dress comfortably and have a notebook nearby. For each sessions I may ask you to bring something in particular. You will be notified of that before the session.

All session are recorded and available for replay.

Investment: $209 for all 7 weeks, plus access to the course for 1 year

A Little About Me…

I bring more than fifteen years of teaching experience and a body of work rooted in the intersection of spiritual practice, embodiment and the inner life. As a Katonah Yoga teacher, seasonal guide, writer and teacher of ritual, my work explores the ways our bodies, our stories and the natural world reflect one another. Deeply influenced by Jungian and post-Jungian thought, I weave myth, metaphor, archetype, imagination and psycho-spiritual inquiry into practices that invite women into deeper relationship with themselves.

At the heart of my work is a belief in thresholds — In the seasons when an old identity begins to loosen. In ritual as a way of marking change. In the intelligence of the body. In the importance of women gathering together. And in creating spaces where women can listen closely enough to hear what their lives are asking of them.

Ritual is what I do. Ritual is how I know myself in the world. It’s what has allowed me to feel more at home in my body and on this planet. It’s through active participation with ritual and season, that I’ve come to feel deeply embodied in this human life.