IMBOLC “Riding the Fire of Quickening”

 Imbolc is a traditional Gaelic celebration commemorating the midpoint between the Winter Solstice and the Vernal Equinox. Traditionally a celebration honoring the Goddess Brigid, we will explore what this deity archetype brings to this sacred time of the year, the “quickening” of the Earth before Spring bursts into bloom. This celebration is an honoring of the sacred hearth fire, the spirit of inspiration, and the growing season of light. In this ceremony we will be working with our inner fire, honoring the wild within, and inviting aspects of ourselves we wish to cultivate in the coming year. Participants are invited to bring a drum, rattle, or other hand-held instrument (we will have plenty extra to share) to help usher in the warmth of Spring

Plan to arrive by 12:30pm so you have time to park and arrive before the ceremony begins at 1pm. Children are welcome!  

The Stone Circle with Eyal Amiel and Jodi Bailey

For many thousands of years, humans from land-honoring spiritual traditions have aligned their sacred ceremonies with the natural seasons and cycles of the Earth, the “Wheel of the Year” according to modern Pagan traditions. The Stone Circle at Rootstock honors the deep history of many of these traditions in which sacred sites of “standing stones’ mark spiritually significant locations and the potent Earth energies therein to hold space for sacred ceremonial work. In 2024, we launched our first Wheel of the Year offerings at Rootstock and celebrated the passage of the seasons in community, honoring the Earth and ourselves in the process, forming relationship with the seasons, and building deeper connection with the land through ceremony. 

In the third year of this series of offerings, Eyal and Jodi, in partnership with the Rootstock community, invite you to join in the cultivation and tending of a living spiritual “Stone Circle”, which we will build and hold through our ceremonial gatherings during the important seasonal transitions of the Wheel during 2026. This year, our ceremonies will be guided by the theme “Riding the Inner Fire” through 8 seasonal rituals where we will honor the energetic gifts of the seasons of the Earth and in our own Beings. We will be honoring the energy of Inner Fire in this year, in honor of new beginnings, opening portals, and sacred transitions happening around our planet. Participants are invited to bring curiosity, a reverence for the natural world, and an open heart to our gatherings, which are designed to be family friendly and inclusive for people from all backgrounds and beliefs. Inspired by the spiritual practices and teachings of the modern Druid tradition, we will come together in ceremony across the year, to honor and celebrate the natural rhythms of the Earth and invite the ebbs and flows of the natural world to speak to our Spirit, and guide and hold us in our own inward growth and evolution.