{VIRTUAL} HESTIA: Home, Hearth, and Connection with Like-Minded Folks

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A lot of people say February is a difficult month. It seems to exist in a liminal space where I hear often of depression and listlessness. I would love to help you reframe this month by focusing on Hestia, a goddess of hearth (which is Latin for focus) and home, who cultivates wisdom and periods of connection with others on a similar path.

Hestia is the least known of the Olympians. She and Vesta, her Roman counterpart, are not even depicted in art in human form as much as they are symbolized in the flame, dancing in the center of the home or other spiritual place. Learning about her and her archetype can provide you with the tools to make February be a month where you focus on what you need around you to feel as secure and safe as possible. We will focus on what is integral in your mind and body, what resonates as most meaningful, and use these touchstones as a guide to curate your own personal safe space, which protects you and makes you feel whole. We often feel so overwhelmed, but the Hestia archetype can teach us how to slow down, to mindfully and meditatively complete our tasks. Furthermore, a connection with her archetype can make us aware of those in the collective who are like-minded, and help us practice discernment in choosing those we form a deep connection with, in person or over the miles.

Having recently completed a program on integrative somatic trauma therapy, I will provide some experiences with breathwork and visualization in a supportive safe space. I will also provide information on her as goddess, as goddess archetype, and offer ritual suggestions as well as ideas for meditative practices.

YOUR INSTRUCTOR:

Susan Redington Bobby is a practicing witch and the founder of Professor of Words, LLC, where she is an online teacher, an editor, a writing mentor, and a tutor. Her specialty is being able to read people on a deeper level through their writing. She is a retired professor of English with expertise in fairy tales, adolescent literature, goddess archetypes, magical realism, creative writing, and film studies. She is the author of Beyond His Dark Materials, the editor of Fairy Tales Reimagined, and co-editor of The Artemis Archetype in Popular Culture. The Series Editor of Tales from Fiddler’s Green, she also publishes creative fiction under the pen name Miranda Rey. She is currently studying the Bardic Course in Druidry from OBOD (the Order of Bards, Ovates, and Druids). She maintains Mellie’s Grove, a certified backyard wildlife habitat that is home to a rescued and stabilized cat colony and all manner of wildlife.