Join Us for a Sacred Ancestral Dinner

You are invited to attend our first Sacred Ancestral Dinner & Connection hosted by Elaine Gast Fawcett, a sanctioned Mesa Carrier through the Pachakuti Mesa tradition and shamanic practitioner with a deep reverence for the natural world. Each person brings a dish to share—representing a family tradition or something a deceased ancestor loved to eat. After everyone settles in around the bonfire, Elaine will guide us through a shamanic journey where everyone can connect (or imagine connecting) with their ancestor(s). Everyone will have the opportunity to share memories, family stories, ancestral lineage, or whatever you are comfortable sharing from your spiritual heart. We will hold space for any healing. As the meal concludes, everyone will make an ancestral plate as an offering to Spirit that will be left out in the woods with sacred intention for critters, an offering to other life in need. We will gather again around the fire to draw an oracle card for additional guidance from our ancestors and close our evening with drumming and a final meditation.

Details

Saturday, October 28th, from 6:00 - 8:30 pm
This gathering will be held outside at a private residence in East Haddam.
This gathering is a celebration of life and is not meant to be solemn or somber.
Please bring a photo of your loved one and any flowers, candles, or items of significance for our table.
Please bring a potluck dish that was a favorite food of your loved one you are remembering and honoring to share.
Bring a yoga mat, blankets, cushions, and/or whatever will make you comfortable in the Circle.
Please feel free to bring any crystals or beautiful gifts from the earth that can support our space in feeling safer, more welcoming, more tolerant, or more sacred.
This gathering is limited to 12 women.
Investment: $45

About our Guide

Elaine Gast Fawcett of RootedNatureRituals.com (website coming soon) is an author, nature-based ceremonialist, and shamanic practitioner with a deep reverence for the natural world. Elaine crafts and facilitates customized ritual experiences that mark life’s milestones and that connect us with ourselves, each other, and all living things. As a certified life-cycle celebrant, Elaine has designed and officiated dozens of ceremonies including new beginnings (weddings, new mama/baby blessings, new homes), endings (memorials, cord cuttings), and other important life transitions. Elaine has extensively studied yogic philosophy, Tibetan Buddhism, and Peruvian shamanism, and she is a sanctioned Mesa Carrier through the Pachakuti Mesa tradition. With a master’s degree in writing, Elaine brings a love of language and storytelling to every ceremony she co-creates, infusing it with meaning and intention, and holding space for healing, growth, and connection. In her working life, she is a communications consultant and a philanthropy advisor to families who give, and a recent author of a children’s book about the concept of having enough.