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SPRING Online: Imbolc Celebration - 03.02.26
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
7:30 PM 8:30 PM.
Hosted by Sarah Hourigan
Join us online for an Imbolc gathering to honour this Celtic festival of light, new beginnings, and the promise of spring. This gentle, nature-based circle invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the rhythms of the land, the turning of the season, and your own inner landscape.
This immersive experience weaves together reflection, storytelling, meditation, and shared presence, creating a nurturing space to mark Imbolc from the comfort of your own home.
What to Expect:
Opening Circle:
We’ll begin by gathering together online, grounding ourselves and setting intentions for the session. This opening circle creates a calm, supportive container where each person is welcomed and held.
Journaling & Reflection:
You’ll be guided through reflective journaling prompts inspired by Imbolc themes of renewal, light returning, and quiet growth. This time is an invitation to listen inwardly and honour where you are in the seasonal cycle.
Celtic Wheel:
We’ll explore the Celtic Wheel of the Year and the place of Imbolc within it. Through this, we’ll reflect on how seasonal awareness can support us in living more attuned to nature’s rhythms, even in modern life.
Honouring Brigid:
Brigid, deeply connected with Imbolc, is associated with healing, creativity, and the hearth fire. We’ll share her story and symbolism, and reflect on how her qualities can be invited into our lives at this time of year.
Guided Nature-Based Meditation:
You’ll be led through a gentle, guided meditation rooted in nature imagery and seasonal awareness. This meditation invites you to release what no longer serves you and to connect with the quiet stirring of new beginnings.
Creative & Nature-Based Invitations (Take-Away Practice):
As the circle comes towards a close, you’ll be offered a selection of gentle, creative and nature-based invitations to take away with you. These are simple practices you can return to in your own time, supporting you to continue honouring Imbolc through connection with nature, reflection, and mindful presence in the days and weeks that follow.
Closing Circle:
We’ll come back together to gently close the space, honouring the intentions set and the time shared. This closing circle offers an opportunity for reflection, integration, and carrying the light of Imbolc forward.
Why Join Us?
Embrace the Energy of Imbolc:
Connect with this ancient festival as a moment of transition, renewal, and quiet hope as the light slowly returns.
Connect from Wherever You Are:
Join a small, like-minded group in a warm and welcoming online space, grounded in shared intention and respect for the natural world.
Nurture Your Inner World:
Through journaling, meditation, and reflection, this circle offers a gentle pause to rest, reset, and realign.
Learn & Reflect:
Deepen your understanding of Imbolc and the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and explore how seasonal awareness can support your wellbeing throughout the year.
Reserve Your Spot!
Spaces are limited to keep the circle intimate and supportive. Whether you’re seeking a deeper connection to nature, a mindful way to mark Imbolc, or a quiet moment of nourishment and reflection, this online gathering offers a meaningful way to honour the season.
Sign Up Now
*Full details and the online link will be emailed to you before the event. In the meantime, your receipt can be considered confirmation of booking.
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Online circle feedback:
“Each week I am so humbled and grateful to be part of this group … it makes me feel so refreshed and grounded. What you say to us is so inspiring. I love learning about the incredible rich legacy of the ancestors in Ireland. That was an absolutely wonderful meditation this week, it has inspired me to add newgrange to my bucket list. I enjoy every single one of these sessions and cant wait to restart in the new year.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
“I would never miss a week of this class if at all possible, I find it so invigorating, I find it so brilliant to pause and reflect on the beauty that surrounds us every single day. I so enjoy these sessions, the vibrancy you bring to your reflections is so wonderful and something I always take with me after the sessions are over.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
“This work is so inspirational, I feel so connected to it and it is such a lovely way to look at the year by dividing it into the six week chunks between the Celtic fire festivals. That was such a lovely meditation, I felt so connected to my ancestors throughout that session today, really loved that imagery it has given me so much food for thought.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
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Learn more about your host:
Sarah Hourigan
Nature Therapy Ireland (NTI) est. 2020 brings together a wide range of research-based nature connection and forest bathing practices. The work gently guides you in rediscovering your connection to nature to bring balance to your physical health and mental wellbeing.
Sarah, has a B.A. (Hons) from University College Cork and an M.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin both in applied psychology. After a number of years working in the field of research for the Trinity Institute of Neuroscience, The Health Research Board and Multiple Sclerosis Ireland, Sarah decided to pursue a career in the outdoors and went on to complete courses in Forest Bathing, Wild Therapy, Ecopsychology, Forest Therapy, Mountaineering and Wilderness Safety.
Sarah draws on elements from each of these practices and her lifelong passion for spending time in nature to create NTI events while also striving to make research-based nature connection work as accessible and inclusive as possible.
Sarah is now also the National Lead of the Woodlands for Health Programme funded by Mental Health Ireland, Coillte and Get Ireland Walking. WFH is a 12 week woodland-based guided walking programme for adults availing of mental health services and supports in Ireland. It is an accessible and sustainable way to make nature part of a persons toolkit for supporting mental health.
Tuesday, February 3, 2026
7:30 PM 8:30 PM.
Hosted by Sarah Hourigan
Join us online for an Imbolc gathering to honour this Celtic festival of light, new beginnings, and the promise of spring. This gentle, nature-based circle invites you to pause, reflect, and reconnect with the rhythms of the land, the turning of the season, and your own inner landscape.
This immersive experience weaves together reflection, storytelling, meditation, and shared presence, creating a nurturing space to mark Imbolc from the comfort of your own home.
What to Expect:
Opening Circle:
We’ll begin by gathering together online, grounding ourselves and setting intentions for the session. This opening circle creates a calm, supportive container where each person is welcomed and held.
Journaling & Reflection:
You’ll be guided through reflective journaling prompts inspired by Imbolc themes of renewal, light returning, and quiet growth. This time is an invitation to listen inwardly and honour where you are in the seasonal cycle.
Celtic Wheel:
We’ll explore the Celtic Wheel of the Year and the place of Imbolc within it. Through this, we’ll reflect on how seasonal awareness can support us in living more attuned to nature’s rhythms, even in modern life.
Honouring Brigid:
Brigid, deeply connected with Imbolc, is associated with healing, creativity, and the hearth fire. We’ll share her story and symbolism, and reflect on how her qualities can be invited into our lives at this time of year.
Guided Nature-Based Meditation:
You’ll be led through a gentle, guided meditation rooted in nature imagery and seasonal awareness. This meditation invites you to release what no longer serves you and to connect with the quiet stirring of new beginnings.
Creative & Nature-Based Invitations (Take-Away Practice):
As the circle comes towards a close, you’ll be offered a selection of gentle, creative and nature-based invitations to take away with you. These are simple practices you can return to in your own time, supporting you to continue honouring Imbolc through connection with nature, reflection, and mindful presence in the days and weeks that follow.
Closing Circle:
We’ll come back together to gently close the space, honouring the intentions set and the time shared. This closing circle offers an opportunity for reflection, integration, and carrying the light of Imbolc forward.
Why Join Us?
Embrace the Energy of Imbolc:
Connect with this ancient festival as a moment of transition, renewal, and quiet hope as the light slowly returns.
Connect from Wherever You Are:
Join a small, like-minded group in a warm and welcoming online space, grounded in shared intention and respect for the natural world.
Nurture Your Inner World:
Through journaling, meditation, and reflection, this circle offers a gentle pause to rest, reset, and realign.
Learn & Reflect:
Deepen your understanding of Imbolc and the Celtic Wheel of the Year, and explore how seasonal awareness can support your wellbeing throughout the year.
Reserve Your Spot!
Spaces are limited to keep the circle intimate and supportive. Whether you’re seeking a deeper connection to nature, a mindful way to mark Imbolc, or a quiet moment of nourishment and reflection, this online gathering offers a meaningful way to honour the season.
Sign Up Now
*Full details and the online link will be emailed to you before the event. In the meantime, your receipt can be considered confirmation of booking.
_______________________
Online circle feedback:
“Each week I am so humbled and grateful to be part of this group … it makes me feel so refreshed and grounded. What you say to us is so inspiring. I love learning about the incredible rich legacy of the ancestors in Ireland. That was an absolutely wonderful meditation this week, it has inspired me to add newgrange to my bucket list. I enjoy every single one of these sessions and cant wait to restart in the new year.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
“I would never miss a week of this class if at all possible, I find it so invigorating, I find it so brilliant to pause and reflect on the beauty that surrounds us every single day. I so enjoy these sessions, the vibrancy you bring to your reflections is so wonderful and something I always take with me after the sessions are over.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
“This work is so inspirational, I feel so connected to it and it is such a lovely way to look at the year by dividing it into the six week chunks between the Celtic fire festivals. That was such a lovely meditation, I felt so connected to my ancestors throughout that session today, really loved that imagery it has given me so much food for thought.”
~ Vision Sports Ireland - Nature Connection Series, Winter ‘25
_______________________
Learn more about your host:
Sarah Hourigan
Nature Therapy Ireland (NTI) est. 2020 brings together a wide range of research-based nature connection and forest bathing practices. The work gently guides you in rediscovering your connection to nature to bring balance to your physical health and mental wellbeing.
Sarah, has a B.A. (Hons) from University College Cork and an M.Sc. from Trinity College Dublin both in applied psychology. After a number of years working in the field of research for the Trinity Institute of Neuroscience, The Health Research Board and Multiple Sclerosis Ireland, Sarah decided to pursue a career in the outdoors and went on to complete courses in Forest Bathing, Wild Therapy, Ecopsychology, Forest Therapy, Mountaineering and Wilderness Safety.
Sarah draws on elements from each of these practices and her lifelong passion for spending time in nature to create NTI events while also striving to make research-based nature connection work as accessible and inclusive as possible.
Sarah is now also the National Lead of the Woodlands for Health Programme funded by Mental Health Ireland, Coillte and Get Ireland Walking. WFH is a 12 week woodland-based guided walking programme for adults availing of mental health services and supports in Ireland. It is an accessible and sustainable way to make nature part of a persons toolkit for supporting mental health.