WAX, WICK AND FLAME

At the autumn equinox, when the seasons are balanced just so, it is the perfect time to prepare ourselves and our homes for the dark half of the year to come by making beeswax candles together. 
 
Candle light has infused itself into occasions both ordinary and ritualistic in human life for generations. From festive gatherings to restful meditations, lighting a candle is a seemingly ordinary practice that sets ambiance and intent in potent ways.
 
Within many healing traditions, a candles flame is deeply revered as a powerful tool of transformation, purification and to invoke communion with the spirit world. This time of year, candles are particularly meaningful to help us to clarify and let go of any baggage we may be carrying that is confusing or weighing down our spirit.
 
Join Sabrina Peraza and Stephanie Dalman in a special co- facilitated workshop where we will communally dip beeswax candles and take the time to consider, thank and meditate on the magic of bees, the richness of their wax and the wonder of a candles flame. 
 
Each participant will have a pound of beeswax sourced from a local apiary and an assortment of cotton wicks to hand dip candles. A pound of wax can create many meditation tapers, several 6" or 8" tapers, 1 set of very large tapers ( I like to dip a set of these in preparation for the winter solstice) or a combination of these. You'll have the option to keep them as pure beeswax or adorn them with medicinal and magical herbs grown and foraged from Flora Farm. 
 
Wax, Wick & Flame Workshop Sunday September 22nd:
Opening Circle & Tea Time
Memories in Candles Light
The Bee is Sacred: Bees, Wax and the Magic of the Season
An Ode to Bees & Beeswax Meditation
Working With Candles for Transformation & Clarification
Fire Limpias Ritual
Seeds of Clarification: An offering to Bees
Wax, Wick and Flame: Making Candles
Candle making as Meditation
Equipment
Wic 101: Sizing and options
Candle Making Demonstrations: Mold, pour and tapers
Hand Pouring
Vessels
Molds
Hand Dipping
Herbal Adornment
DIY Candle Holder Ideas
Communal Candle Dipping Experience with Organic Cotton Wicks and 100% local bees wax from Sequim Bee Farm.
Each participant will have 1 pound of local beeswax to make their own candles!
Closing Circle & Tea Time
 
Facilitator Bio- Stephanie Dalman
 
Stephanie is the owner and founder of Coyote Ridge Candle Co. She grew up in the PNW in a little town nestled between the mountains and the salt water. She spent most of her 20’s between the high desert in Arizona and a little mountain town in Colorado. Stephanie moved back home six years ago, met the love of her life and is now raising two boys off grid.
 
Her candle making journey started when she was pregnant with her oldest son  4 1/2 years ago as a hobby and second income and it quickly grew to what it is today.
Living off grid with her family, Stephanie deeply savors the meditative, romantic and stress relieving qualities of beeswax candle light.
 
You can find stephanies work at local markets as well as HERE. Connect with her on social HERE
 
Facilitator Bio- Sabrina Peraza
Sabrina Peraza is a Mestiza folk herbalist, farmer and founder of Flora Farm- a medicinal herb farm and herbal apothecary in Port Angeles, WA.
 
Sabrina was born and raised in the PNW and has been a life long student of the bioregion and its rich diversity of cultural traditions. Her mixed race ancestry and years spent living abroad has gifted her diverse cultural healing perspectives and skill sets that has led to her souls work of exploring right relationship to plants, nature and ancestors through herbalism, ritual and community education.
 
Sabrina grew up enchanted by candles and was shown how to focus intent and prayer through candle light from her abuelita at a young age. For the last 4 years, she's been hand dipping beeswax candles for herself and community for meditation, ritual and home use as a prayer to bees and benevolent ancestors everywhere.