Samhain Mini-Retreat: Entering the Darker Half
🌙 Samhain Mini-Retreat: Entering the Darker Half
📅 Wednesday, October 28, 2026
🕕 6:30 – 8:30 PM
📍 Hearth Cowork & Cowellness, 5720 75 Street NW, Edmonton
💫 About the Event
ENTERING THE DARKER HALF The first gathering in an ongoing Wheel of the Year series.
Samhain marks the threshold between autumn and winter, when the harvest is complete and we begin turning toward the darker half of the year. This candlelit mini-retreat is the first event in an ongoing Wheel of the Year gathering series exploring the eight seasonal turning points and the wisdom each one carries — a way to move through the year with greater awareness, ritual, and connection to the changing Earth.
During this two-hour experience, we'll explore Samhain's traditional themes of endings, remembrance, descent, and renewal through seasonal teaching, herbal tea, gentle movement, and light breathwork. You'll then be guided through a sound-healing meditation and seasonal vision quest — creating space to listen for what is ending, what is asking to be laid to rest, and what may be quietly taking shape beneath the surface.
The evening will also include guided journaling, oracle-card pulling, and a simple candlelit ritual to honour the people, experiences, and former versions of ourselves that helped bring us here.
Come curious, bring a journal, and prepare to enter the darker season with intention. This gathering begins our journey around the Wheel of the Year, with future events marking the solstices, equinoxes, and the seasonal thresholds between them.
Bring with you: journal & pen (a workbook will be provided to continue exploring at home)
🌙 What to Expect
Seasonal teaching on Samhain's themes of endings, remembrance, and renewal
Herbal tea, gentle movement, and light breathwork
A sound-healing meditation and seasonal vision quest
Guided journaling, oracle-card pulling, and a candlelit ritual
A workbook to keep and continue the practice at home
💛 Who It's For
Anyone drawn to:
Ritual, sound meditation, and the Wheel of the Year
Seasonal and earth-based spiritual practices
Reconnecting with themselves through the changing seasons
No previous experience is needed — just come curious.
🎟 Pricing & Accessibility
$44 per person or option PWYC
👤 About Your Host
Alicia is an Intuitive & Psychic Tarot Reader and Mentor and Facilitator of The Woman's Medicine Circle. Her work brings together the Moon, the Wheel of the Year, seasonal ritual, intuition, and the changing cycles of womanhood. Drawing on more than 15 years of experience in women's wellness, spiritual education, and group facilitation, Alicia creates meaningful experiences that help people reconnect with themselves and the rhythms of the natural world. She is also a 500-hour yoga instructor, nutritionist, and herbalist who has taught more than 20,000 students in person and online.
🌿 About Hearth
Hearth is a cowork and cowellness space rooted in care, accessibility, and community. We host pay-what-you-can events in wellness, education, and the arts — with proceeds supporting local needs.
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📩 Questions? Email: hearthcowork@gmail.com