1:1 Ritual Program

Embodying Wholeness

Finding sacred ground

Initiation is an entrance into a place, a terrain. It is a courtship of a large dreaming animal. It is not an abstract ideal of accomplishment, but rather an entrance into the specificity of locale, of geography, of thought, mercurial imaginings, moon cycles, and seasonal rhythms, with eyes that regard these as sacred. Through these intimacies, a grand landscape comes into vision: a world riddled with spirit, ancestors, community, cosmos and the dreams of those yet to come.

Ritual is the pitch through which the personal and collective voices of our longing and creativity are extended to the unseen dimensions of life, beyond our conscious minds and into the realms of nature and spirit.

In this 4 week container we will explore:

Rituals that connect us to our inner and outer landscapes, tools for embodiment, myth and archetypes that help us understand our current life and where we want to travel, and foundations for ancestral lineage healing.

Can you feel your longing for just such a knowing?

1:1 4 week program 

Is a portal to belonging 

First to yourself 

The truth is initiation is not optional. Initiation tempers the soul, drawing out its hidden essence and calls forth the medicine we came to offer this stunning world. It is time to lean into our souls work.

The offering

Module 1: 

Recovering the ritual of everyday life

Module 2: 

Exploring Dreamtime and the life of the fertile imagination

Module 3: 

Nurturing creativity and purpose

Module 4: 

Developing Practices to support + deepen your soul life

Many of these tools come from my experience over the last 12 years as an End of Life Doula, and as a practitioner of Ancestral Lineage Healing. Threads are woven together to create your personal map for reclaiming your wild self.

The rough initiations of loss, trauma, defeats, betrayals, illness, become the beginning matter, for undertaking the crossing into our more encompassing life. So much depends upon how we perceive what it is that is happening in our world. 

Taking a mythic view enables us to see our circumstances as necessary, even required, for the work of deep change to take place.

Answer The call to Embody, to acknowledge old stories that block authenticity and awaken a new way of life.

What’s included:

4 weeks one to one guidance and connection

4 x 90 minute calls 

*In person if located in the Nelson area

4 modules to traverse together

Access to pre-recorded materials 

Recorded sessions for playback

Writing prompts

Resource library

Investment

$1100

Earlybird discount $900 until February 11 with CODE: EARLYBIRD

We are rooted to place, to soil, to brambles and elder cedars, to the stories that have risen out of the night around an ancient fire, told by the ones no longer with us. To remember our bond with this beautiful and strange otherness, is to recall our deep-time heritage, our mythic wisdom which is embedded in bone and breath.

We become a burrowing of belonging, nosing our way into the soil, nuzzling the ground with sharp claws and an instinctual knowing that is determined to claim what is ours. This life is sacred.

Slow down, uncenter and forget about yourself for a moment, let the world find you, love what is nearby, share your grief with others, say thank you, learn the stories, be a wee bit wild in your imagination, and come home.

Rune Oracle Package

If you are looking for a deep dive + strengthening of your relationship to the runes.

When you book this Package, Ash embarks on a journey utilizing trance, runic chanting and Utiseta (sitting out practice) . Through a scheduled 90 minute Zoom call (with recording), Ash shares the messages from the runes and messages that arose during the journey.

Included in this bundle:

90 min Zoom call

3 Rune Cast - based on the 3 Norns URD (“fate”), Verdandi (“necessity”) and Skuld (“being”)
PDF with summary of reading

Custom Bindrune: A bindrune is the creation of an intentional symbol weaving runes in a linear or stacked form. This unique symbol can then be activated with chanting runic names (galdr), invocation to birth intent, carving the symbol into wood, painting onto cloth/hide or tattooing.

My first bindrune was made when I visited Iceland. A vitki (sorcerer/magician) carved the symbol into a piece of elk bone and tied it to a leather cord, to be worn as a necklace. While studying Norse pagan practices, my mentor showed me how to chant the names of the runes and weave them with sound before drawing or pulling them into physical form. She told me that vibration is the first gate of working with the runes.

Speak their name, sit quiet, ask them for the best ways to weave them. She said that the runes are ancient beings that cannot be “used”, they interact, assist and help integrate wisdom that innately exists in the beholder.

A digital file is included with your bindrune

Runic Ritual Program: Galdr chants, created invocations and suggestions on altar creation based on your inten

Hand poked Tattoo

Combining the custom bindrune, or talisman process with ritual hand poked tattooing. This involves a consult session for the creation of the symbol and an appointment to tattoo the design by hand. I am currently holding these sessions at my art studio near Nelson, BC and make trips to Saskatoon occasionally.

Nonrefundable Deposit is required to secure appointment

  • once deposit is sent, appt is confirmed

$180/hour

Currently booking Jan/Feb 2025

  • Couples bindrunes

  • Staves & Runes from reading

  • Bindrunes

  • Icelandic staves

  • Snakes

  • Staves

  • Bindrune

  • Axe

  • Axe

  • Ship

  • Stave

Custom Art

Pete B. @zenjackal

“I recently completed 1:1 Mentoring with Ash. It was clear from the very beginning, that she was not only knowledgeable but lived and breathed the Runa! She is a great mentor and communicates clearly and patiently. Most of all, she is humble and is willing to impart her knowledge with generosity and grace. Ash is a great mentor, one I highly recommend!”

Dana Clemens

“Ritual was my gift to myself after moving to a new country and leaving everything I owned behind. I started fresh, unhindered. Last year I connected with Ash’s work with animal bones and heathenry. Through our work together, I have breathed the sacred and profundity back into my daily life. I also manifested a job offer and reconnected with my dad. I am beyond grateful for this new way I show up in this precious life. We have built a relationship of trust, can’t wait for what I plan on birthing next. I am wealth, in all its forms!!”

“A huge “THANK YOU” to you!! The work you’re doing bringing people together so they know they are not alone in their struggles with grief is such a special gift. I appreciate it so much, from deep in my heart. So thank you thank you thank you!”

-Jennika Bergeron (Sacred Work of Grief course)

“I have just finished the course on Intro to Norse Magick done by Essence of Ash. We did Elder Futhark, Bindrunes, Staves, Rituals and Ceremony and the practice of Seidr. Ash helped me understand the meaning and the magic of the runes. Ash had a great presentation of us each week. Everything I have learned from her course has helped me in my practice. I highly recommend Ash’s courses. Ash is a wonderful teacher and person.”

@mertens.rhonda (Intro to Norse Magick course)

“Ash’s Sacred Work of Grief provided an introduction and framework for me to acknowledge and understand the complicated nature of grief. She is well-versed, knowledgeable, and approaches the material with a tender heart… full of kindness, compassion, and honesty. We even shared a few laughs despite the solemn nature of the work. Not only did she bring awareness to us, but she sat with us and shared her own grief… an encouraging example of authenticity! I am grateful to have witnessed and to witness the handful of amazing people in our group! Thank you, Ash! It was an awesome few weeks to share with you & everyone else!”

-@cjevanshomedesigns

  • I completed the 1:1 Ritual with Ash in February 2022. I recently came out of a divorce and was feeling completely disconnected from myself. I was desperately searching for embodiment practices and wanted to play around with talismanic magic. During and after our time together, I stepped back into the river of my life, and back into alignment with my power. My voice is clearer and stronger than ever before and I have experienced some incredible shifts in my finances. I have also done her Rune Oracle Mentorship and gone to her for tarot readings. I highly recommend working with her!

    Carla Knowles @demeter.rising

  • This course was very informative and very thorough but not at all in an overwhelming sense. Ash’s deliverance is humble but heartfelt, her connection to the runes is so prominent that it creates a sense of belonging to those she is speaking to. She is an amazing mentor for those seeking guidance down their path into Norse Magic and bindrunes.

    Kelly-Leigh @_aqueous

  • Ash took care of dad for 3 solid months while he was failing badly. Our family relied on her to take him to appointments, pick up medication and be a companion when we were not able to be there. This difficult transition was made much smoother with her presence and kindness. Our family is thankful we found her for end of life support as well as the other hospice team members. Dad was lucky to have her.

    Rick Reid , Saskatoon