with Nóirín Ní Riain PhD and Lucia Guerin

Imbolc is the Celtic festival of Spring, marking the halfway point between the Winter solstice and the equinox.

Imbolc means ‘in the belly of the mother,’ as both the earth and livestock are carrying life in their wombs at this time. It is not that winter is over and spring has already come, but the celebration of the signs that spring will come soon.

Brigid the triple goddess is celebrated at this time of new beginnings. She is the power of healing. She is the muse that inspires poetry and the smith that creates craft and transformation. Brigit is the Goddess of Imbolc, the vision of the hope of spring.

Join Lucia & Noirin as they explore the blessings and gifts of Brigid at this time of rebirth.

Date: Sunday 9th February, 2025

Location: Ashley Park House, Nenagh, County Tipperary

Ag tnúth go mór le do láithreacht – So looking forward to your presence and wisdom among us,

Nóirín and Lucia 

BIOGRAPHIES

Rev. Nóirín Ní Riain PhD is an internationally acclaimed spiritual singer, theologian and author. Her interest in Hildegard von Bingen spans forty years and she has become a major figure in the performance and musical interpretation of Hildegard. She has performed at some eight Hildegardian festivals in Europe.

She played the major role of Anima in Hildegard’s morality play – Ordo Virtutem –  from Notre Dame University,   Indiana to the International Conference in Medieval Studies at Kalamazoo, Michigan.

She has recorded Hildegardian chant extensively, notably with the Benedictine monks of Glenstal Abbey and her two sons.

Nóirín has recorded her experience around Hildegard in her autobiography – Listen with the Ear of the Heart, Veritas 2008.

Lucia Guerin began her journey into the power of voice and spoken word with The Naked Voice in 2005 as a way of self-exploration and deep healing.  After her first weekend, Lucia made the immediate decision to train in this work and a few years later graduated as a facilitator.  Since then, she has been sharing her passion for voice, sound, movement, silence and mantra with her community in groups and one to one sessions.
 

Lucia's love of the spoken word found her training with Kim Rosen (author of "Saved by a Poem") in the Poetry Mystery School, now adding poetry as a powerful tool for healing and transformation. More recently, Lucia has been delving into the the deeply subtle sounds of yoga through her studies of sanskrit with Lucy Crisfield.

Lucia's lifelong passion for learning and exploring consciousness led her to travel to India and later to train as a Yoga teacher in 2018 and now Lucia combines this unique combination of these skills to offer creative classes, workshops and training events.

Lucia hosts monthly sound baths and has continued to explore and share the subtleties and wisdom in inherent in sound and vibration through and embodied deep listening. You will find more about her work on www.listeningfield.ie.