GHLÓR MNA PRESENTS: PLAY CAFÉ, THURSDAYS IN OCTOBER
FROM 7PM - 9.30PM
we’re creating a laid back drop-in creative evening for curiosity, connection, creativity - and most importantly, play - and we’d love to have you there!
as a group we’ll share a starter: sensory storytelling by Claire from ghlór mná & a quick meditation to shake off the day backed by some ambient tunes. (nothing too serious, promise!)
from there, the world is your oyster!
you’ll choose from a seasonal menu of creative activities: paint, scrapbook, write, collage, or play a board game or borrow a book from our selection.
all of the basic materials will be provided, but we invite you to bring your own materials if you’d like to use them too!
we mean it when we say - absolutely zero experience needed, no rules, no pressure to be 'good’ at anything - ever!
this is a change to try something new, revisit an old hobby, or just soak in the atmosphere with a hot drink on a drizzly autumn evening.
Each ticket includes a hot drink (from cuppa Joe’s menu) starter, and one main activity of your choice.
arrive solo, with a friend, a date, or family member
stay for as long or as little as you like
booking essential to ensure we’ve got adequate materials
a limited number of scrapbooks and journals and additional take-home materials will be available for sale at the venue each week
Unlock self-understanding and wellbeing with a six week one to one writing for wellbeing programme.
Six weekly sessions held online via Google Meet, one hour each, just you and me.
Each session is a unique blend of guided visualisation, somatic grounding and expressive writing, tailored specifically to the season you are in right now. Not the season you think you should be in. The one you are actually living.
This is not therapy and it is not a writing class. It is the space in between, where words act as a tool for self-understanding, reconnection and gentle growth.
We begin with a free thirty minute discovery call so I can learn more about you and we can make sure we are the right fit for each other before we begin.
What you can expect across the six weeks: a private, held space that is entirely yours. Prompts and practices designed around your life, your goals and your story. The experience of showing up for yourself for one hour a week, from the comfort of your own home.
Six week block: €220
Single session: €50
Discovery call: complimentary (€5 booking redeemable against the sessions)
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This event has been a dream of mine for a long time now - a creative workshop inspired by Dia de Los Muertos, the Mexican day of the dead!
Dia de Los Muertos is traditional Mexican holiday celebrated on November 1st + 2nd, where families create an altar (ofrenda) decorated with beautiful marigolds, candles and the photos of loved ones who have passed on.
Its a time of remembrance and it is believed that on this night, the veil between the realms is thinnest, meaning spirits can pass between and visit their loved ones again.
Families decorate their altar with their loved ones favourite snacks and trinkets to invite them back to the land of the living in celebration.
In Mexican culture, it is believed that you have 2 deaths. The day you die, and the day the last person on earth dies that remembers your name or tells your story. We think so too, and that’s worth celebrating!
So, just as we believe at Ghlór Mná, this event is a celebration of storytelling as fundamental to keeping our loved ones alive! ⚡🌛✨
The colourful sugar skulls represent the sweetness of life, and families leave them on the ofrenda too! In the Pixar movie Coco, all of the lost souls return as sugar skulls.
This workshop is taking place in collaboration with @taquilagalway taqueria in the heart of Galway city!
The morning will begin as always with some snacks, music and meditation. We’ll move through guided creative activities like painting and decorating our own sugar skull masks, before moving into the story telling + writing element, finishing with a delicious Mexican brunch which will be included in your ticket!
This is a celebration of loved ones passed, so I will be inviting everyone to bring along a picture of the person(s) we are remembering if you wish. The lovely owners of Taquila, Melissa and Carlitos have invited us to share their memory on their ofrenda. 💓
This will be a joyous occasion of storytelling and remembrance centred around our philosophy here at Ghlór Mná that "no story is too ordinary to tell".
This event is for over 16's and will be open to persons of all genders.
I offer a limited number of pay what you can tickets for each of my events, so please do contact me on instagram @ghlormna.women if you’d like to avail.
See you there!
Join Claire for an hour of guided writing and visualisation. Get a feel for what Ghlór Mná is all about and the essence of our work.
In the session, we’ll be using various techniques guided by neuro-linguistic programming, expressive writing, and the Pennebaker protocol.
As in all of our sessions, we will start with a guided meditation/visualisation to help ground us back into our body and out of our brains.
No experience necessary and no obligation to share!
Pop the kettle on and grab your notebook/laptop!
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