Thursdays, May 14, 21, and 28 · 6:30pm · Creative Spirit · 131 North 3rd Street, Easton PA

There is an energy that has been showing up across cultures, continents, and centuries under different names. The Guadalupe. Our Lady of Fatima. The Black Madonna. The Pietà. Mary, mother of Jesus, yes, but also something older and wider than any single religion. A feminine force associated with compassion, intercession, healing, and the particular kind of grace that doesn't require you to earn it first.

This series is not a theology class and it is not a Catholic retreat. You don't have to be religious to feel something when you look at her image or say her name. A lot of people who wouldn't describe themselves as believers find that she meets them anyway.

Over three Thursday evenings in May, we sit with that energy deliberately. We look at who she is across traditions. We work with the rose, her oldest symbol, including a petition practice where you write her a letter and then go into the world to receive what she sends back. And in the final session, you make your own rosary beads and learn how to use them as a contemplative tool, a way of prayer and petition and focus that belongs to you, outside of anyone else's rules about how it's supposed to work.

Each class is two hours, done around the table and on the mats. There are short meditations, somatic practices to take home, crafts (including gemstone beads and all components for making your personal rosary), good conversation, and a lot of room for people who feel aligned with the energy of Mary inside or outside any religion.

ALL are welcome.

All supplies included. Bring a notebook, a pen, water, and a yoga mat if you have one. Mats available if you don't.