Name: Mini Autumn Besoms and Cacao Ritual
Start: 2025-10-19T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-10-19T15:00:00-07:00
Location: 1892 W Broadway

A sacred fall ritual of handcrafted besoms, intention, and soft seasonal connection.
About this Event

New Registration Process

✨ To register for the Sunday Calming Colouring Circle, please visit our new page: https://constellationscounselling.ca/project/autumn-besoms/

✨ On that page, scroll down and click the “Reserve Your Spot” button to book your spot through our new system.

This Eventbrite page is for visibility only. Registration must now happen through our website.

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Crafting the Sacred: A Seasonal Altar Series for HSPs + Soul Seekers
The Altar Year

A seasonal crafting circle to tend your sacred rhythms.

Each season, we gather in intentional community to co-create a ritual object for your altar, rooted in elemental wisdom, sensory presence, and the soft power of coming together. These circles are designed for Highly Sensitive People, gentle creatives, and soul seekers looking to reconnect with meaning through their hands.

In this tender threshold between seasons, you’re invited to slow down, ground deeply, and craft with purpose. Whether you’re arriving in grief, in transition, or simply seeking quiet meaning, you are welcome here.

Together we will make, remember, and root.

🍂 Autumn Besoms

As the season turns and the air begins to shift, we’ll gather to create our own mini besoms, sacred brooms rooted in ritual tradition and symbolic transformation.

The word besom (commonly pronounced bee-zum or beh-sum) comes from Old English besema, meaning “bundle of twigs,” and has long been associated with sweeping away stagnant energy, both physically and spiritually. Traditionally tied to folk magic and later popularized as the “witch’s broom,” the besom is a tool of boundary, protection, and preparation, used to clear a space before ceremony or to usher in new beginnings.

In this gathering, the besom becomes your living altar companion: a handcrafted vessel for seasonal intention and sacred rhythm. Designed to evolve with you, it can be refreshed each season with new flowers and a different gemstone, becoming a cyclical offering of care and presence.

You’ll choose from bundles of herbs, seasonal botanicals, twine, ribbon, and natural adornments to weave a besom that reflects your energy for this season of letting go and turning inward. You’ll also be gently guided through a grounding ritual to help you drop into your body and attune to what your spirit is ready to clear, carry, or call forth.

This offering blends slow crafting, soft reflection, and sensory magic. Whether you place your besom on your altar, by your door, or in a quiet corner of your home, it will serve as a symbol of the sacred space you are reclaiming, and the energetic doorway you are lovingly tending.

🍫 Ceremonial Cacao Offering

To begin our time together, you’ll be invited to share in a heart-opening cacao ritual. Cacao has been used ceremonially for thousands of years across Mesoamerican cultures as a sacred plant medicine, honoured for its ability to soften the heart, ground the body, and invite clarity through presence.

Our cacao is ceremonial-grade, ethically sourced, and offered with deep respect for its cultural roots. It works gently, not intensely, encouraging emotional warmth, intuitive connection, and inner spaciousness.

As you sip, you’ll be guided through a grounding meditation to help you settle, receive, and begin your besom-making from a place of embodied intention.

You’ll Leave With:

Two handcrafted mini autumn besoms
A printed meaning guide for herbs, flowers, and crystals
Suggestions for how to use your besoms in ritual
A deeper sense of connection to yourself and the fall season
A heart-softening ritual to revisit in times of transition
Moments of shared reflection and gentle community connection
A feeling of relaxation, grounding, and intentional presence

📍 Details

Date: Sunday October 19
Time: 1 – 3pm
Location: Constellations Counselling, Kitsilano
Cost: $75
Includes: All materials, ceremonial cacao offering, herbal tea, and light snacks
Capacity: Small group – max 6 participants

🌿 Group Flow:

Arrival & soft settling
Intros & heart check-in
Ceremonial cacao offering to soften and expand (optional)
Guided grounding meditation
Autumn besoms creation (choose your ingredients mindfully)
Closing circle & goodbyes

💫 This group is for you if…

You’re a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP), deep feeler, or creative spirit
You feel drawn to ritual, whether it’s a long-time practice or something you’re just beginning to explore
You’re curious, open-hearted, and willing to try something new in a gentle, supportive space
You want to reconnect with yourself through your hands — to create something sacred, beautiful, and meaningful
You’re seeking nervous system nourishment — this group is designed to be relaxing, grounding, and restorative
You long for community connection that feels authentic, slow, and safe
You want to mark this season of your life — whether joyful, uncertain, or in transition — with intention and care
You believe in (or are open to) the power of beauty, nature, and symbolism as tools for healing

No experience with ritual, herbs, or crafting required. Just bring your presence and your heart.

✨ A Note to Participants

This group is a welcoming and inclusive space for all. We value kindness, respect, and support for one another. Discrimination, bullying, or harassment of any kind will not be tolerated.

🕊 Reservation & No-Show Policy

As this is a paid group with limited space, we kindly ask that you only reserve a spot if you’re certain you can attend. If something comes up and you can no longer join us, please notify us as soon as possible so we can offer your spot to someone on the waitlist.

🚫 No-Show Policy

If you sign up for the group twice and do not attend without notifying us in advance, we will no longer be able to reserve your spot in future offerings. We keep our groups small to foster connection and ensure everyone who feels called to attend has the opportunity to do so.

💸 Refund Policy

This is a paid group. Participants will be asked to register in full before the group begins.

A 100% refund will be granted if you cancel at least 72 hours before the group begins:
If paid via e-transfer, you’ll receive a full refund.
If paid via credit card, processing fees are non-refundable.
Refunds are available until Thursday, October 16 at 1:00 pm. After this 72-hour window, refunds are no longer available. Thank you for understanding and honoring the care that goes into preparing each gathering.