Grief Cycles - 6 session herbal immersion

Nov 17 Tue 17th Nov 2026
2pm – Tue 12th Jan 2027, 4pm EST (UTC -05:00)
 
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Booking page for all 6 sessions of Grief Cycles and one off or multiple individual sessions.

Herbal immersion container to support you to deepen relationships with at least nine grief supporting herbal allies

  • song, story, herbal medicine science and spirit, practical medicine making and irish traditional ritual use, guided meditations (echtrae - voyage to otherworld)
  • movement, massage, eco-therapy, group container (with the welcomed option to have screen off and be nonverbal)  

Tuesdays 7-9pm 

17th November - 15th December, then self guided immersion with one plant of your choice until final session 12th January 

Hawthorn healing hearts - 17th November 

Reciprocal and intuitive exploration with hawthorn's ancient protection. heart building medicinal qualities of both berry and blossom taught and experienced. 

  • echtrae - voyage to otherworld - animistic journey to deepen relationship with hawthorn
  • science and spirit of hawthorn medicine 
  • wild foraged in donegal, belfast, sligo and mayo - hawthorn berry and flower tincture from herbal medicine chest (cófra cógas*)

Mad mís and the music of mullein - 24th November 

gently held through grief by irish storytelling, song and breath, alongside grief support ally mullein 

  • breathwork 
  • mad mís story and song
  • share / integration space
  • homegrown lung herb mullein tea from herbal medicine chest (cófra cógas)

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Wormwood, wood betony and tending the body - 1st December

coming back to the body through movement, massage and herbal medicine 

  • science and spirit of wormwood, wood betony and rose
  • movement and massage 
  • sound journey 
  • homegrown wormwood to saine (burn), homegrown wood betony tincture and hedgerow foraged wild rose oil from herbal medicine chest (cófra cógas)

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EyesBright and love letters - 8th December 

eyebright herb for gladness and letters to loved ones past. creating your own patchwork cloak of herbal allies

  • science of spirit of eyebright, self-heal and forget-me-knot
  • echtrae - voyage to otherworld - animistic journey to find your personal herbal cloak allies
  • time to draw cloak
  • writing letters to loved ones passed (advised to start with an ‘easier’ one) 
  • wild foraged eyebright and self-heal tincture and forget-me-knot flower essence from herbal medicine chest (cófra cógas)

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Mugwort's ancestral dream

dream with mugwort, ancestral connection and journey to Irish  sacred sites through echtrae (voyage to the gaelic otherworld) 

  • science, spirit and ritual use of mugwort
  • dreamtime/echtrae to connection with the spirit of mugwort, ancient sites of ireland
  • ancestral connection and grief tending 
  • mugwort from cófra cógas for whatever way suits you - as tea, or simple presence, burning, steaming, drawing.

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Integration - 12th January 

after a moonth of personal led immersion with one herb of your choice we will meet back to share our learnings and integrations. 

  • you will be given guidance on how to do a moonth long immersion with a herb, which you can tailor to your own personality and lifestyle
  • each person will choose their own herb to get to know 
  • this is an integration, sharing and harvesting space, with optional joining a whatsapp group 15th Dec-12th Jan

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*cófra cógas tickets sold seperately here

 

About me - Cáit Ó Néill (she/they) 

Fully Qualified Clinical Herbalist IRH, Eco-therapist, Advanced (Sh)aministic and Reiki Practitioner, Yoga Teacher. 

Running culturally rooted, nature relating, queer+ and neurospicy supported, trauma informed, prayerful music and herbal medicine ceremonies since 2017. 

Grief work since wee, deeply  initiated by life, lineage and land through pilgrimage, prayer, people, plants and poetry. 

Born and raised i mBéal Feirste, living i dTír Chonaill. 

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Session 1 - Hawthorn healing hearts - 17th November - 7-9pm €44

reciprocal and intuitive exploration with hawthorn's ancient protection. heart building medicinal qualities of both berry and blossom taught and experienced. £36/E44

Session 2 - Mad mís and the music of mullein - 24th November 7-9pm €44

gently held through grief by irish storytelling, song and breath, alongside grief support ally mullein   £36/E44

Session 3 - Wormwood, wood betony and tending the body - 1st Dec - 7-9pm €44

coming back to the body through movement, massage and herbal medicine   £36/E44

Session 4 - EyesBright and love letters. - 8th December 7-9pm €44

eyebright herb for gladness and letters to loved ones past. creating your own patchwork cloak of herbal allies  £36/E44

Session 5 - Mugwort’s ancestral dreams - 15th December 7-9pm €44

dream with mugwort, ancestral connection and journey to Irish Sacred Sites through immram  £36/E44

Session 6 - Integration 12th January 7-9pm €44

after a moonth of personal led immersion with one herb of your choice we will meet back to share our learnings and integrations.  £36/E44

all 6 sessions of Grief Cycles discount €222

5 sessions 17th November - 15th December 2027, with an integration session on the 12th January 2028. 222E / £185 which works out as 18E / £15 per hour of held / facilitated time

Payment plan - over 3 months at E74 / £62 per month. unlimited number of these spots available €74

only available for booking all 6 sessions.

Payment plan - over 6 months at E42 / £33 per month. unlimited number of these spots available €42

only available for booking all 6 sessions.

Bursary €22 Sold out

for those that need. ticket for all 6 sessions. limited number so please consider if you need this option.

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