A Slow-Study Course in Mysteries

Registration Closing February 1st

Something wild is afoot, an otherworldly matter of mayhem. Behind the mythic red door, we see what we must see. We know what we must know. We are who we must be.

10 Continuing Education Credits Available for Yoga Alliance

Some stories burn low and slow. Some tales are a well-built fire, tended with great care by the hag’s hands, fed by breath and a witch’s will. Between the once and ever-after, these stories trouble our tamer selves and wake the wild within. These forbidden wonder stories sleep in our marrow, waiting for a chill wind to stir them awake, casting a spell upon the teller’s tongue that cracks open the red door to a hidden house. There, we are ushered over the threshold beyond all certainty, stung alive by the bird-women, the fox-wives, and the ghosts that haunt the otherworldly road.

The Hallowed Hearth is a 3-part (un)training, a slow-study invitation to meet inside the hidden, haunted house, to gather ‘round our shared fire and speak of fate, fire, and soul hunger. Together, we name three old stories our timely teacher, our oracle, and our wild home. We dwell inside these tales for a time, we learn their lore and we let them have their way with us.

Part I: Winged Women, Bone Children, and Fate Tales

Part I builds the bone-and-stone foundation for our course, inviting participants to create both a personal divination system from our first guiding story as well as a daily, story-keeping practice. We’ll consider the charms hidden in folklore, the tension between fate, destiny, and emergence, and what it means to tend a story for the purpose of transforming self, other, and Other.

Lesson I: Breath, Charm, and Story-Keeping

Lesson II: The Oracular Fires

Lesson III: Old Bones & Birth

Part II: Severed Braids & Forbidden Woodlands

Part II invites participants to consider their personal myth, the hidden bargain evident in the stories they live, in the archetypes they fear and revere. Our second story is an initiatory tale that speaks of exile, hunger, and the soul’s handmade house.

Lesson IV: Soul Hunger and the Unseen Bargain

Lesson V: Body Prayer of the Woodland Tower

Lesson VI: Building the Third House

Part III: Ashes, Fairy Tale Death, and Renewal

Part III invites participants to consider their “teller’s bundle,” the tales they feel called to tell and tend. We will work with our third and final story, a tale of glamour and mayhem, of grieving the good, letting the tired kings die, and waking the shine within the shadow.

Lesson VII: Spells of Banishment and Maiden’s Ire

Lesson XIII: The Witch’s Will

Lesson IX: Waking the Story-Keeper

Other Details

The full class, including video, audio, templates, and more, is immediately available upon registration. This is a slow-study class that is minimally facilitated. You are invited to move through the nine lessons in your own time, in your own space. Upon payment, you will receive an email invitation to our course portal, to our hallowed hearth. We meet live on February 5th, 2025, and this meeting will be recorded for those unable to join in real-time.

The class includes archetypal movement, body prayer/asana sequences for each story, and discussion of both Celtic and Tantric subtle body energy systems. Danielle is a continuing education provider for Yoga Alliance, and there are 10 non-contact hour CECs available for this course for those who are currently registered through Yoga Alliance. Only those who are seeking CECs will need to complete a brief course reflection and synthesis upon finishing the 9 lessons of The Hallowed Hearth. Please note you MUST be currently registered as an RYT in order to receive CECs.

Please be sure to enter your email address correctly upon registration. If you do not receive the email invitation to the course portal after registration, please check your spam folder (1) then reach out to us at [email protected] (2). Please read all the “Might Be Asked” Questions below before registering.

Registration Options

The payment plan options have ended, and the remaining spaces are pay-in-full only.

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MAQs (Might-Be Asked Questions)

Q. I’ve taken part in your storytelling classes before. How is this different?

A. There is a greater focus on archetypal embodiment in The Hallowed Hearth, with discussion of breath, bandhas, body prayer, and subtle body energy systems.

Q. I am not interested in the “body prayer” or yogic component of this class. Can I still take part?

A. Yes. There is a clearly named distinction between what is required for yoga teachers seeking CECs versus other students.

Q. What type of content is in the course portal?

A. There is a mix of video, audio, templates, and web links for certain resources in our course portal. Our live meeting on February 5th will be conducted via zoom.

Q. How do I ask Danielle a question about the course content?

A. There is a form available in our course portal to submit questions that will be addressed during our live meeting.

Q. Can I download all content?

A. The templates are downloadable, but the video and audio content must be viewed/listened to via our course portal. This protects the integrity of our container.

Q. Is there a deadline for completing this course?

A. All course content will exist in our course portal until October 1st, 2027. However, if you are seeking CECs, you must complete the synthesis before October 1st, 2025.

Q. My question isn’t here. How do I ask it?

A. Please email [email protected] and be sure to name “The Hallowed Hearth” so we know which course you are referring to.