Join me on February 1 to explore the opposites that pull you, to seek Brigid’s guidance as to the way forward, to explore what is stirring but not yet fully emergent in you.

Time: February 1, 11am Mountain Time Fee: $10-$25

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Brigid is patroness of many things, including poetry, learning, healing, protection, blacksmithing, livestock and dairy production, and also of weavers.

Traditionally, her feast is celebrated by the weaving of a rush cross and in some places, by the weaving of the Crios Bride. St. Brigid’s girdle: a rope woven from straw, with a number of crosses plaited in straw attached to it.

Both her Rush Cross and her Crios are used for protection. The Crios Bride was carried from house to house. At each house visited, the occupants were expected to pass through the crios, thus obtaining the protection of Brigid and freedom from illness for the coming year.…