Rituelist Immersion
Apprentice in the Art of Ritual —a discipline that nurtures a deeper understanding of yourself, strengthens the bonds within your community, and harmonizes your life with the rhythms of the natural world. This apprenticeship invites you to engage with ritual as a meaningful, living practice that infuses life with purpose and connection.
Create rituals that are deeply personal and rooted in ancestral and ecological wisdom. You’ll delve into the subtle, yet profound, impact of ritual on personal and collective growth, uncovering new ways to integrate these sacred practices into your life and work.
Expect to emerge from this experience with a renewed sense of purpose and an elevated understanding of ritual as an advanced creative practice. You will deepen your ability to influence and harmonize the energies within and around you, honor the significant transitions of life and community, and infuse every aspect of your existence with greater beauty, purpose, and profound meaning.
Eve Gaines, the founder of Rituel, will lead this immersion. With an honors degree in medical and psychological anthropology focused on rites and rituals, decades of learning from esteemed elders across diverse traditions, and a deep reverence for ceremonial practice, Eve will offer guidance will offer not only her own insights but also the timeless wisdom passed down through generations.
Apprentice in the Art of Ritual —a discipline that nurtures a deeper understanding of yourself, strengthens the bonds within your community, and harmonizes your life with the rhythms of the natural world. This apprenticeship invites you to engage with ritual as a meaningful, living practice that infuses life with purpose and connection.
Create rituals that are deeply personal and rooted in ancestral and ecological wisdom. You’ll delve into the subtle, yet profound, impact of ritual on personal and collective growth, uncovering new ways to integrate these sacred practices into your life and work.
Expect to emerge from this experience with a renewed sense of purpose and an elevated understanding of ritual as an advanced creative practice. You will deepen your ability to influence and harmonize the energies within and around you, honor the significant transitions of life and community, and infuse every aspect of your existence with greater beauty, purpose, and profound meaning.
Eve Gaines, the founder of Rituel, will lead this immersion. With an honors degree in medical and psychological anthropology focused on rites and rituals, decades of learning from esteemed elders across diverse traditions, and a deep reverence for ceremonial practice, Eve will offer guidance will offer not only her own insights but also the timeless wisdom passed down through generations.
Apprentice in the Art of Ritual —a discipline that nurtures a deeper understanding of yourself, strengthens the bonds within your community, and harmonizes your life with the rhythms of the natural world. This apprenticeship invites you to engage with ritual as a meaningful, living practice that infuses life with purpose and connection.
Create rituals that are deeply personal and rooted in ancestral and ecological wisdom. You’ll delve into the subtle, yet profound, impact of ritual on personal and collective growth, uncovering new ways to integrate these sacred practices into your life and work.
Expect to emerge from this experience with a renewed sense of purpose and an elevated understanding of ritual as an advanced creative practice. You will deepen your ability to influence and harmonize the energies within and around you, honor the significant transitions of life and community, and infuse every aspect of your existence with greater beauty, purpose, and profound meaning.
Eve Gaines, the founder of Rituel, will lead this immersion. With an honors degree in medical and psychological anthropology focused on rites and rituals, decades of learning from esteemed elders across diverse traditions, and a deep reverence for ceremonial practice, Eve will offer guidance will offer not only her own insights but also the timeless wisdom passed down through generations.
THE DETAILS: This Immersion includes an initial one-on-one intake session, followed by a series of 4 in person group sessions.
The intake session will be scheduled privately prior to the initial group session. The cost of the immersion program is $770.
Eve Gaines, the founder of RITUEL, will guide this immersion. Eve is a seasoned guide and ceremonialist, who has a long-standing reverence for ritual traditions and a deep love of mentoring women and designing ceremonial experiences that help guide people across thresholds in their lives.
Session 1 - REMEMBRANCE: Theory and Practice
Calling in the Sacred - In this session, we’ll explore the profound historical and personal significance of rituals, especially for women. We’ll delve into the concept of Original Medicine, discovering, reclaiming, and sharing our unique gifts. You will:
Learn how to create and care for ceremonial space
Practice grounding, clearing, and invoking
Gain insight into how ceremonial practices honor life transitions
Explore designing your own altars
Begin or deepen your own practice of creating rituals to honor the sacred within and around you
Includes Rituel gifts and tools to take home with you
Session 2 - RECONNECTION: Herbal Medicine and Our Sense of Place
Journey into the Medicine Garden - This session invites you to deepen your relationship with the native plants of our beautiful region, and with other medicinal plants we grow. You will:
Learn to identify native plants and other medicinal plants
Practice responsible harvesting during a plant walk at our retreat
Gain insights into the various uses of different plant allies
Explore how our sense of place influences the rituals we create
Share in the wisdom of one my most revered mentors on traditional Chumash healing practices
Create several different kinds of herbal medicine to take home with you
Session 3 - RENEWAL: Intuition, Origins, and Attraction
Sacred Roots + Intuitive Guidance - This session calls you to connect deeply with your inner guidance, ancestral roots and the traditions that appeal to you through the power of ritual. You will:
Enhance your ability to attune to your intuition
Embrace ancestral practices and explore traditions that resonate with you
Honor cultural sensitivity and reciprocity
Foster healing connections with your lineage
Explore navigating spiritual relationships on your unique path
The session includes a guided meditation and sound journey to enrich your spiritual exploration.
Session 4 - REINVENTION: Design and Innovate
Weaving Wisdom and Celebrating Growth - Culminate your journey by designing a ritual you’re ready to enact and lead, sharing your unique vision with the group in our final session.
Together, we will preview these personal rituals and co-create a closing ceremony
We will weave together our collective wisdom and magic
This collaborative celebration will reflect our shared experiences and the growth we've achieved, leaving you empowered and inspired to continue your sacred practices
This session is particularly well-suited for those who are already practitioners or those seeking more experience in holding space for others. However, it is open to all who are interested.
If you would like personalized support as you navigate this program, I am offering private one-on-one sessions. These sessions are designed to further customize the immersion experience and enhance its transformative impact on your life.
Stand-alone sessions are $270 each.
For those interested in ongoing one-on-one guidance throughout the program, sessions are offered at a discounted rate of $220 each.
Sessions can be held either in-person or virtually and are scheduled privately.
Please reach out with any questions or simply enroll here. We’d love to welcome you into this immersion, if you are ready to embark on this powerful journey of activation and self-discovery.