Join the Gaia Sacred Circle Dancers from August 30 - September 2 for our 2nd Annual Summer Shamanic Dance Journey in Ceremony Retreat: Dancing the Heroine's Journey. This summer, join me and the other founding members of the Gaia Sacred Circle Dancers at Galilee Centre in Arnprior, ON. Registration opens in April! For more information and to register, join Gaia's monthly newsletter: https://forms.gle/Yxr1pSdJoLFv9fybA
Join me on August 4 for Celebrating the Harvest through Sacred Circle Dance. This August, join me for a workshop to honour the early Fall season of reflection, endings, and gratitude for the bounty at the 51st Annual Blue Skies Music Festival in Clarendon, ON., just north of Sharbot Lake. More information here.
Join me on June 18 for Introduction to Sacred Circle Dance: Dances to Honour Endings. This June, join me for a workshop in which we'll dance to the themes of releasing, blessing, and honouring death as part of the natural cycle at Beth Donovan Hospice, Kemptville, ON. Stay tuned for more information.
🌎 Join me on May 5 for the 15th Annual North Grenville Sustainability Fair. This May, visit me at the Fair, amongst many other local Earth-conscious vendors, and find out how my work is good for Mother Earth! The Fair takes place at the North Grenville Municipal Centre in Kemptville, ON. More information here.
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Our Spring Shamanic Dance Journey in Ceremony:
Opening to Newness, March 23 – 24, 2024 in central Ottawa.
To learn more and register, sign up for our monthly newsletter here.
Join me in Kemptville for a free workshop on Self-Care as Simple Ceremony, hosted by Beth Donovan Hospice, and come away with a greater sense of how to create and nurture yourself with your own daily self-care practice!
Over the course of this 90 minute workshop, participants will be introduced to the essential ingredients needed to create their own self-nourishing Ceremonies.
We'll look at: What is Ceremony? What is Self-Care? What's the value in putting these two things together? What are the structure and elements of Ceremony that we can work with to create our own daily self-care Ceremonies/Rituals? What's my vision for my own daily self-care Ceremony?
We'll round out the workshop with participants being led through a Self-Care Ceremony experience.
To Register, email: counselling@bethdonovanhospice.ca or call: 613-258-9611 Ext 4.
To learn more about the Beth Donovan Hospice: https://www.bethdonovanhospice.ca
Join Gaia Sacred Circle Dancers at ‘Clearing Out the Old Entanglements: A Midwinter Shamanic Dance Ceremony’ in central Ottawa.
January 6 - 7, 2024
To learn about future opportunities to participate, sign up for our monthly newsletter here.
Join me at ‘Healing Together: The Power of Community Connection’ - a wonderful networking, vigil demonstration, and resource-sharing event co-hosted by Community Deathcare Ottawa and Champlain Hospice Palliative Care Program on November 9th in Ottawa.
Join us at our 1st Annual Sacred Circle Dance Retreat -
Inspired Dances for Inspired Living: Dancing the Heroine’s Journey
August 4 - 7, 2023 in Arnprior, Ontario.
Join me at BIG HEART Dance Camp 2023!
Wednesday, June 21, 2023, 3:30-5:30pm - Dances for the Heart of Summer: Simple and Varied Sacred Circle Dances for More Meaningful Ceremonies
Experience the richness of simple yet powerful circle dance used ceremonially and learn how to include communal dancing-in-the-round in your life.
Participants will be introduced to the tradition of Sacred Circle Dance and how to use it as a tool for Ceremony. Participants will experience and learn 4-7 hand-picked dances for our time together. The dances will be woven in order to have the experience of The Heart of Summer and how circle dancing can then be a significant part of creating more meaningful Ceremonies.
This experiential workshop introduces participants to the foundational elements for the Guided Shamanic Dance Journey Process the Gaia Dancers have developed through their many years of offering Dance as a Transformational tool in Ceremony. No experience is required, just your dancing shoes.
For more specific information about Sacred Circle Dance and our bios, visit carriefawcett.com/dance
To learn more & register: bigheartdancecamp.ca
Join me at The Women of Faith Program, at the Galilee Centre, Arnprior, ON, Sat. April 22nd, 2023, 8:15am - 4pm.
Celebrate Earth Day & Reclaim Significant Ceremonies in Life Plus an Introduction to Sacred Circle Dance!
$60.00 includes breakfast, lunch and coffee or tea break.
To Register:
Please call the Galilee Centre at 613-623-4242 EXT 21 or send an email to info@galileecentre.com
In addition to the other things I do as Ceremonialist, I am now a core member of the Gaia Sacred Circle Dancers, with Kathleen Leeson RH, Shamanic Healer & Clinical Herbalist kathleenleeson.ca; & Barbara Carter, Inspired Choreographer & Sacred Circle Dance Leader.
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Begin the day rediscovering the value, beauty, and diversity that Ceremony can bring to your life, supported by our expert guidance bringing diverse skills and knowledge on and off the dance floor for the day.
Gaia Sacred Circle Dancers are a collective based in the National Capital Region, dedicated to the revitalization of local Sacred Circle Dance knowledge and its practice as well as the art of Ceremony. We have all spent years becoming educated in and/or teaching this Traditional Knowledge and feel most ‘at home’ in our ancient European roots. Which, these days is generally referred to as ‘The Celtic Tradition.’
Regarding Sacred Circle Dance, it is not affiliated with any religion or set of beliefs; rather we express universal themes and ‘Sacred’ and ‘Spirit’ are used in the broadest sense.
More at: carriefawcett.com/dance
Outline for the Day at the Galilee Centre:
8:15 am – 9:00 am (Optional) Breakfast
9:00 am – 9:15 am – Deep Peace: A Blessing on our day together through music and seated movement
9:15 am – 10:30 am: Ceremony: An Instrument for Living Well with Carrie Fawcett MMus, certified Celebrant, Ceremonialist & Sacred Circle Dance Leader.
10:30 am – 10:45 am: Break
10:45 am – 12:00 pm: Shamanic Ceremonies: Where They Apply & Their Purpose with Kathleen Leeson RH, Shamanic Healer & Clinical Herbalist
Topics over the morning include:
What is Ceremony? What is its purpose? What kinds are there? What makes it effective? What are some of the tried, tested and true devices used in Ceremony? What does Intention have to do with it? What do Symbols have to do with it? What kinds of elements and activities might be included? Where do I start?
In the afternoon, we will offer 2 possibilities for programming:
One option for participants is to introduce you to the device of dance, let you try a few and show you how dance can be utilized to bring more meaning to any Ceremony. Since it is Earth Day, we will focus the dances we bring in order to honour and celebrate The Earth.
For those who wish to, the other option for the afternoon is an introductory workshop that delves into the teachings of the Celtic Wheel of Time.
12:00 pm – 1:00 pm: Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 4 pm: The 2 concurrent options offered for the afternoon:
Introduction to Sacred Circle Dance: An Experiential afternoon of Learning Simple and Varied Dances for More Meaningful Ceremonies. Led by Barbara Carter, Sacred Circle Dance Leader & Inspired Choreographer, and Carrie Fawcett MMus. Ceremonialist & Sacred Circle Dance Leader.
No experience is required to learn these dances but please wear comfortable clothes you can move in and bring shoes you can dance in. To honour Earth Day 2023 and expand upon Ceremony in your life, our dances will be both ‘earthy’ and have versatile uses:
An example of a gathering dance to get an event started, to a song called ‘As One.’
‘The Blessing Dance’ used at weddings, birthdays, baby-welcoming’s ‘and more’ but that we will offer to all life forms.
A dance to honour the work of the Galilee Centre e.g., honouring the Spirit in all of Creation.
Other earth-themed dances including one from the Celtic Tradition.
Enjoy these hand-picked dances for our time together, from the global circle dance library – a living catalogue of 2500+ dances known amongst teachers – as well as from Barbara and Carrie’s own growing repertoire of original choreographies.
For more specific info about Sacred Circle Dance and for our bios: carriefawcett.com/dance
2. The Celtic Wheel of Time with Kathleen Leeson RH, Shamanic
Healer & Clinical Herbalist. Kathleen has been studying, learning, and teaching Herbalism, Shamanism and Wisdom Teachings that come mainly from the Celtic Tradition for 30 years. She considers herself to be a ‘Celtic’ Shaman.
Over the afternoon we will look at what we now believe about how the Celtic peoples looked at Time and how that influenced their philosophy about life and therefore how to live well. With their unique outlook, they created strong bonds of community and yet valued the individual’s quest for freedom. How did they come to value Wisdom over almost any other societal value? And have we lost this ancestral thread and if we have, can we, and should we, retrieve it?
Date: Sat. April 22nd, 2023, 8:15am - 4pm.
$60.00 includes breakfast, lunch and coffee or tea break.
To Register:
Please call the Galilee Centre at 613-623-4242 EXT 21 or send an email to info@galileecentre.com
Visit the event page on Galilee’s website here.
Dec 17, 2022
Join us for a Winter Solstice Sacred Circle Dance Ceremony in Ottawa!
❄️ Reserve your spot and signup to receive news of future dance and Ceremony offerings: carrie@carriefawcett.com ❄️
Location & further details will be sent to confirmed participants.
We’d love to have you join us!
Questions? Email carrie@carriefawcett.com
For more information about Sacred Circle Dance: carriefawcett.com/dance
October 15, 2022 - Sacred Circle Dance at 'Riverside Grief Gathering', Community Deathcare Ottawa's annual Openhouse event. Join me for some simple, powerful dance to support you with grief, surrounded by the natural beauty of Strathcona Park.
Event time: 1-3pm.
from Community Deathcare Ottawa’s website:
You are invited to explore various forms of grief through gently guided ritual, meditation, and movement.
Rain or shine, dress accordingly and join us at 1pm or drop-in when you are able between 1pm and 3pm. There is free parking in the lot at Somerset St. E. & Range Rd. as well as street parking.
We’ll be nestled in the trees north of the parking lot. Follow signs to our Welcome tent.
Come, be held and witnessed by each other, the natural beauty of Strathcona Park, and members of Community Deathcare Ottawa.
August 20, 2022 - Workshop - Introduction to Sacred Circle Dance: A Versatile Tool for Ceremony at Bhakti in the Woods Yoga & Music Festival, Ladysmith Québec. With co-teacher Barbara Carter. Experience the richness of simple yet powerful dance used ceremonially and learn how come you may want to include dance in your life. Participants will be introduced to the tradition of Sacred Circle Dance as a tool for Ceremony. Learn 1-3 dances with us and have the experience of dancing them with different ceremonial intentions! Entry to all festival workshops is included with the purchase of a day or weekend pass. Workshop time: 6:30-7:30pm.
June 29, 2022 - An Evening Introduction to Using Sacred Circle Dance in Ceremony at the Ron Kolbus Centre in Ottawa. Gather together for an evening of dance in which we expand our experience of the rich, beautiful tradition of Sacred Circle Dance. Learn more here.
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