To celebrate St. Brigids Day - A Wellness course with Maria Walsh

Name: To celebrate St. Brigids Day - A Wellness course with Maria Walsh
Start: 2025-01-30T14:30:00+00:00
End: 2025-01-30T17:00:00+00:00
Location: Ballymaloe Cookery School

Schedule

Thu Jan 30 2025 at 02:30 pm to 05:00 pm

UTC+00:00

Location

Ballymaloe Cookery School | Cork, CK

A Wellness Course to celebrate St Brigid's Day
with
Maria Walsh
St. Brigid’s Day - Lá Féile Bríde marks the beginning of spring, the season of seed sowing when nature begins to spring back into life and hope is renewed.
St. Brigid’s Day also coincides with the start of the festival of Imbolg, one of the four major ‘Fire’ festivals. The other three festivals in Irish folklore are Bealtaine, Lughnasadh, and Samhain.
Imbolc/Imbolg is celebrated by Neopagans with a variety of Celtic rituals.
Depending on who or what you read, St. Brigid is the patron saint of cattle farmers, dairy maids, beekeepers, midwives, babies, blacksmiths, sailors, boatmen, fugitives, poets, poultry farmers, scholars, travellers. For me, Brigid was the original feminist, a trail blazer, a strong woman’s voice in a male dominated world, a wise feminine role model, a force to be reckoned with. Still widely venerated and many lovely traditions still endure around the country. Possibly best known is the tradition of weaving St. Brigid’s crosses from reeds.
Maria will focus on optimum health from nature’s bounty.
Ancestral healing modalities.
Hedgerow medicine focusing on seasonal spring plants.
Herbal oils, tinctures, kefirs…
Natural beauty and cleaning products from your kitchen cupboard ingredients and much, much more…
Maria will also address the importance of a Mindful Morning Practice to start your day, breath work, body self-care hacks, coffee alternatives…
Don’t miss this inspirational afternoon with Maria Walsh.