Radical Amazement
transforming the age of loneliness through creating sacred celebration in community

Shared meaning-making through celebration is one of the most powerful ways that we can build connection with ourselves, others, and the world around us. For many of us, the celebrations, rituals, and ceremonies we have inherited can feel stale, lifeless, or downright toxic. In this class series, we will explore the fundamental building blocks for creating celebrations that feel personally relevant, vibrant, and connective. Each class will explore a cross-cultural element of celebration, and the series will culminate in the group creating and celebrating a special day of our own creation.
*This class will be taught from a non-dogmatic, animistic framework that honors all religious and spiritual belief systems, or lack there-of*
A class for dreamers, schemers, and feelers who:
—Long for a greater sense of meaning in your life
—Wish to spend substantive time with others
—Are ready to awaken your creativity and sense of the sacred
—Hunger for more joy and connection
—Are ready to take responsibility for shaping the kind of
world you wish you’d been born into
Class Details:
In-person in Asheville, NC
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8 weekly Mondays 6-8pm
Feb 24th-April 14th
and
a final celebration Saturday, April 26th 10am-5pm
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$50/week
*Limited sliding scale available*

CLASS MODULES
1. Celebration and Community
2. Cosmology and Systems of Meaning
3. Ritual as Relationship
4. Seeing the Gifts in Ourselves and Others
5. Mythology as Meaning-Making
6. Feeding the Sacred with Beauty
7. Song and Dance: the Body is a Vessel for Joy
8. The Sacred Interdependence of Food
Join us
Class facilitated by Rachel Shopper, LCMHC
If you are interested in this group, please reach out to me via my contact page. We’ll schedule a brief phone chat to discuss any questions you have regarding the group so that we can make sure it feels like a good fit before signing up.
Connection heals. While this group is meant to contribute meaningfully to the lives of all participants, it is not intended to treat or diagnose any mental health condition.