“The most remarkable feature of this historical moment on Earth is not that we are on the way to destroying the world—It’s that we are beginning to wake up, as from a millennia-long sleep, to a whole new relationship to our world, to ourselves, and to each other.”
In a world that often moves too fast, autumn invites us to slow down, listen deeply, and remember who we are. Roots and Remembrance: Walking the Autumn Path to Samhain offers a space to reconnect with the rhythms of the Earth, honor our ancestors, and live more consciously as part of the great web of life.
Through seasonal mindfulness, practices that help us notice how the living world speaks, and respectful lineage work, we’ll explore how to create meaningful, land-based rituals that are rooted in our own heritage and grounded in reverence for place.
Overview
This four-week online series invites you to deepen into the wisdom of autumn—slowing down, honoring your ancestors, and reconnecting with the living Earth. Guided by the teachings of Asia Suler, Tara Brading, Daniel Foor, Joanna Macy, and other wisdom keepers, we’ll move gently through the turning of the year, tending to both the seen and unseen.
You’ll receive clear guidance on how to create your own Samhain (or Samhain-like) ritual at home, rooted in your own heritage and mindful of cultural boundaries, and you’ll be supported in honoring the Indigenous roots of the lands you inhabit. Together, we’ll cultivate the inner and outer resources to live, as Robin Wall Kimmerer invites us, to “learn to live as if Earth was your Mother”.
Who It’s For
Those seeking a deeper connection to the turning seasons
New or experienced meditators drawn to Earth-honoring practices
People longing to reconnect with their ancestors in safe, ethical ways
Practitioners who already honor nature, spirit, or seasonal cycles and wish to deepen their practice within a guided community
Changemakers and caregivers seeking grounded inner resources
Anyone wishing to create meaningful seasonal rituals rooted in their own heritage
Those ready to live more fully as good future ancestors
format
Weekly live 75-minute Zoom sessions (recorded for replay), followed by an optional informal 45-minute group share check-in
Seasonal mindfulness and animist practices each week
Samhain (or Samhain-like) Ceremony Toolkit to guide your own at-home ritual
Guidance for researching and honoring the Indigenous peoples of your region
Week-by-Week Focus
Week 1: Root in the Season – Listening to Autumn’s Call
Theme: Attuning to autumn’s rhythms of descent and release, practicing presence with the living Earth, and grounding into the season’s call to slow down and listen deeply.
Week 2: Crossing the Samhain Threshold – Ritual Preparation & Seasonal Mysteries
Theme: Exploring Samhain as a time of liminality and renewal, when the veil between seen and unseen grows thin. Preparing supportive rituals and meditations for this seasonal threshold, and cultivating practices to honor ancestors and spirits of place with reverence.
Week 3: Ancestral Threads – Honoring Our Lineage
Theme: Deepening into relationship with our ancestors after Samhain, meeting well ancestors as guides, tending to both blessings and burdens in the lineage, and exploring pathways of repair with safety, reverence, and discernment. Participants are invited to engage at their own pace and level of comfort.
Week 4: Living Earth-Honoring Holidays – Indigenous Wisdom & Remembrance
Theme: Reimagining how we approach seasonal and cultural holidays, particularly Thanksgiving, in ways that honor Indigenous peoples of the land we inhabit. Exploring earth-honoring practices of gratitude and reciprocity, and weaving remembrance and renewal into our celebrations and community life.
“In the Indigenous way of knowing, we say that a thing cannot be understood until it is known by all four aspects of our being: mind, body, emotion, and spirit. The work of a human is to learn to live as if the Earth were your mother. ”