Online Celtic Spirituality Gathering - Celebrating Lughnasa - Celtic Festival of Ripening & Harvesting

Guided by Mary Meighan, founder of Celtic Journeys, live from Ireland - with songs & chants by Seán Johnson

(Time Zones: Pacific: 11am-1:30pm / Mountain: noon-2:30pm/ Central: 1-3:30pm/ Eastern: 2-4:30pm)

Celtic Spirituality is the indigenous spirituality of Ireland. It is a gentle, nature based way of being that invites us to live from our heart.

Lughnasa is often spoken of as Mother Nature’s open invitation to us to wholeheartedly look at the abundance in our personal and collective worlds. An important tradition at Lughnasa is to celebrate this fruitfulness with joy and gratitude. As we gather together at this Threshold time we honour the Spirit of fulfilment and plenitude and take time to sense this season within our own lives as we move with the seasons of the Celtic Year.

We offer this through sharing some of the treasures of the Celtic Spiritual Tradition and ways of bringing it into our daily lives.

Ritual, Music, Song and Chant, Celtic Conversation, Poetry, Blessings and Myth accompany us in our Gathering.

Whether you are someone who knows very little and is curious about how the living spiritual tradition of Celtic Spirituality can nourish our lives; someone who has always been inspired by the Celtic world; or someone who has ancestry from the Celtic world who wishes to deepen your connection to those roots-- all are welcome.

Mary Meighan, a native of Ireland, is the founder ofCeltic Journeyswho offers soul journeys steeped within her native Celtic Spiritual Tradition. Mary has traveled to sacred sites across Ireland for decades renewing, sustaining, and sharing her passion for the Celtic world. She also visits the U.S. and other countries introducing Celtic Spirituality through talks and retreats, sharing her lived experience of this mystical and earthy Spirituality. Mary will be joining the immersion live from her home in Ireland.

Seán Johnson is a singer, songwriter, storyteller, and teacher of spirituality and yoga. He is the director of The AyurpranaAsheville Yoga Centerfounder ofWild Lotus Yoga,Soul School Teacher Training Program, andThe Wild Lotus Band.Seán’s love of Ireland and Celtic Spirituality goes back to his childhood, and he did an intensive undergraduate program in Irish Studies. He has traveled to Ireland over twenty times to deepen his connection to his ancestral homeland.

Mary and Seán have been dear friends for many years and have guided many retreats together in Ireland and the USA. They are delighted to share these online gatherings, honoring the major Celtic Festivals within the seasons of the Celtic Calendar, exploring how these ancient holidays can enrich our souls and deepen our connection with life.