NEW in Fall 2025
Dedications:
DULUTH + SUPERIOR
Dedications is a year-and-a-day-long magical container, anchored by 5 in-person ritual workshops around the Wheel of the Year. In this container we invite connection, depth, and sacred transformation.
For the past 3 years, we have held these gatherings on the Farm on the South Shore of Lake Superior…
… and now we bring you the next cycle! With a condensed day, and gatherings centered in magical locations around the beautiful Duluth/Superior region, join us for this new intentional journey around the year!
What do I get with this “Dedications” Workshop Series?
5 half-day workshops around the Wheel of the Year, each grounded in the energy of the season and built upon the last, led by Linden and Carolyn
Year-and-a-Day-long personal magical container for intentional transformation
Seasonal, locally sourced lunch from Farmer and Private Chef Anderson
Access to a virtual, quarterly, New Moon Dream Circle, to weave our collective dreaming
Wild harvested herbs and plant allies from the Lake shore or Farm to take home and learn from
A magical community of folk to gather with on this journey
Optional Add-on: community dinner at a local restaurant
When is this happening?
What happens, more specifically?
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We open with opening: calling in the lineages we hold, that live within us, even when we do not have conscious access to them. In this workshop we meet each other, and those we brought with us, in spirit. We use somatic and witchy exercises to move with trust into relationship building with our ancestors, in order to receive teachings and guidance.
In this gathering we will:
-Identify some of our lineages, and share what stories we have and do not have
-Enter into ritual and guided meditation to meet some ancestors
-Learn and share about Dreamwork
-Commit to an Ancestor practice and/or Dreamwork for the next few months
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We follow with planting: with the wisdom we have received and the relationships we have nurtured, we set out to contribute to something new (in our lives, in the world). We plant our intention for the year.
In this gathering we will:
-Share out our experiences from the past few months; practice holding space for each other and this aspect of liberation work
-Share and explore the story of Brigid/St. Brigid in Her complexity and applicability to our own lives (Goddess energy, colonialism, and modern lineage repair)
-Plant the seeds of our personal growth over the coming months; with the wisdom we’ve gathered over the past few months, we plant the seeds of our intention for this Year and a Day journey
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We come together to get into our Bodies! The Earth is awakening and we are entering the fertile, vital months of our year.
We call out the hard things—the problematic things, the stuck things—that we have encountered in our practices thus far, and we open ourselves to the seasonal sacred fire that illuminates and blesses the way.
We live into the sacredness of our bodies; what they hold and how we use them.
In this gathering we will:
-Share out our experiences from the past few months, holding space especially for things that are bursting forth and things that are super hard.
-Release and re-align with our purposes and intentions
-Recieve and share energy work
-Practice bringing our Journey thus far into our Bodies
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We harvest and synthesize the experiences of the past 3 seasons, specifically leaning into how our initial intentions shaped our practices and where we find ourselves now. Analysis and reflection in sacred community. Naming the fruits of our labors that we’ve already gathered, and noticing what we are still tending.
In this gathering we will
-Share out our experiences of this endeavor thus far, specifically focusing on how we have evolved and shifted; how our intentions and practices have shaped and moved us
-Identify the integration within ourselves of Lineage, Land, Decolonization, Spirituality, Body, and Liberation
-Use somatic and witchy practices in relationship with the Land to notice what we are harvesting, what we are still tending
-Build Ritual together in preparation for our group Dedication in November
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We hold witness and sacred space for each other in ritual. We Mark the Year and a Day of study and practice we have each undertaken, and now dedicate ourselves to a Thing (very individualized; can be a role, can be a journey, can be a tradition or a practice…). There will be food and celebration!
In this gathering we will:
-Hold space for and perform everyone’s initiation ceremonies
-Celebrate!
-Award Certificates of Completion to folks who do!! Thank you!!
How about some logistics now?
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The actual price of this year-long workshop series—for facilitation and provisions—is $1,001 per person. We are offering the series on a sliding scale, along with using a monthly payment structure (the true cost rate being $77/month), to make this offering accessible to the most people.
Thank you for supporting our ability to offer this course to everybody; pay full cost if you can, and more if you are able for those who cannot!
Pricing Tiers:
$2,886 or $222/month
$1,443 or $111/month
$1,001 or $77/month
$715 or $55/month
$572 or $44/month
$143 or $11/month (BIPOC or Trans/GNC)*
As you consider what to pay, please take into account your own income, any safety nets (via partnership, family, etc) that you have access to, your debt and care giving responsibilities, investments and land ownership, and anything else that impacts your finances. you might find worts & cunning’s green bottle sliding scale model helpful in assessing where you fall!
Please be in touch with Linden if you need to pay less than $11/month, or would like to barter.
*Our lowest payment tier and barter/trade options are prioritized for low–income people who identify as either trans*/gender-nonconforming OR Black, Indigenous, and People of Color.
Due to the limited size of this retreat space, we cannot offer refunds. If a participant has an access need that facilitators are not able to meet, we will offer a partial refund based on the number of gatherings remaining.
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In-person events are hosted both inside at accessible locations, or outside on moderately uneven terrain. Videos and Zoom events include closed captioning. All practices are trauma-informed and include options and choice. We encourage participants to show up as they are – we recognize all of our inherent worthiness to connect and learn. As facilitators we will occasionally name the impact of white supremacy, patriarchy, colonialism, capitalism, etc. but our focus will be on joyful connection to ancestral knowledge and practices.
You will be asked about access needs after you register and pay, but feel free to be in touch with Linden at linden@thevenerations.com if you have questions or requests.
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This workshop series features 5 in-person gatherings, which will take place in various magical locations around the Duluth area. We will be moving between inside and outside spaces, so always come prepared for Duluth weather!
Prior to each workshop gathering, we will send you the specific location and loose agenda so that you may prepare.
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We welcome people of all family histories, lineages, and racial and ethnic identities to this course! If you resonate with the premise of gathering together in community to seek and share wisdom around healing lineage and collective liberation, you’re welcome to join us!
Both Dedications founders, Linden and Carolyn, identify as White folks with settler histories and can only bring who we are to our roles.
In years past, we have offered a BIPOC-only small group, a dedicated time and meeting space for folks in Dedications who identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or people of color.
Depending on the identities and desires of participants, we will offer this again and/or bring additional BIPOC teachers to our virtual and in person gatherings.
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While we spend much of our gathering time outside, this year we will be in closer quarters inside. Our indoor meeting space does use both air filters and Far UVC sanitizing lights., but we do also require all participants to test for COVID on the day of the gathering.(We have tests and N95 masks available if needed.)
We recognize that these protocols may not be inclusive for everyone. We value in person connection and being able to see faces, and this feels the best way forward at this juncture.
If you have additional COVID safety needs, please contact Carolyn to dialogue about navigating them.
Meet our Team
Hi! We’re excited to welcome you to Dedications, our annual co-created magical offering. Emerging and evolving each Cycle, we look forward to opening this year’s magical container with you!
Our team consists of Linden, Carolyn — creators and co-facilitators — and Anders, our own personal chef and food historian. We are humans whose combined experience in somatic practice, witchcraft, justice organizing work, sustainable farming, and love for the world call us to craft this course — we hope you’ll join us!
