Samhain: A Mini-Retreat Journey with the Ancestors
with Betsey Beckman, Kayce Stevens Hughlett, and Te Martin
Friday, October 30, 2026
3-5pm Ireland
11am-1pm Eastern
8-10am Pacific
How can we call upon our wise & well ancestors (both literal and spiritual) to accompany and inspire?
How might the heavenly realms help us to heal our lineage and fulfill our own earthly journeys?
Program Description
Join us at the potent threshold of Samhain and the Feasts of All Saints and Souls for a playful and soul-filled journey through the expressive arts to explore how ancestors enhance our spiritual lives.
Through the gifts of the expressive arts, we will engage gentle movement, song & storytelling; color & writing to open the doors of our intuitive awareness to the subtle realms of energy, mystery and beauty.
This retreat is meant as a playful dive into the expressive arts, moving from one modality to another to explore our connection to energetic allies.
Your willingness to explore is the main pre-requisite!
We will turn on closed captioning during the live Zoom session (which you are able to turn off in your settings if you find distracting) as well as provide a video recording with closed captioning available and a text transcript of the session within 24 hours. You will be sent a notification when this is ready to view.
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Your Guides for the Journey
Betsey Beckman
Betsey Beckman, MM is nationally acclaimed as a spirited dancer, storyteller, teacher of SpiritPlay and dancing Spiritual Director. With her extensive repertory of sacred storydances, she is regularly featured as artist/presenter at national conventions as well as local churches. She earned her Masters in Ministry degree from Seattle University, her certificate in Movement Therapy from the Institute for Transformational Movement, and is a certified InterPlay leader. As dancer, choreographer, author, mother, wife, teacher and spiritual director, she is passionate about living life fully and fostering creativity in all those with whom she shares life and ministry. Betsey’s publications include books (she is co-author of Awakening the Creative Spirit: Bringing the Expressive Arts to Spiritual Direction), recordings (including producing the Abbey of the Arts CD collections), and The Dancing Word series of DVDs on embodied prayer, many of which companion the Abbey CDs. She offers the gift of playful improvisation whenever possible. TheDancingWord.com
Kayce Stevens Hughlett
Kayce Stevens Hughlett, MA, LMHC is a soulful and spirited woman. In her roles as ponderer extraordinaire, spiritual director, life muse, author, creative coach, and speaker, she invites us to playfully and fearlessly cross the thresholds toward authentic living. A strong proponent of compassionate care in the world, Kayce’s live and online work focuses on the principle that we must live it to give it.
Kayce’s official titles include: Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Spiritual Director, Life Coach, Speaker/Facilitator, and co-creator of SoulStrolling® ~ a movement for mindfulness in motion, at home or abroad. She is the author of three books, including her body-mind-spirit travel memoir, SoulStroller: experiencing the weight, whispers, & wings of the world. Kayce is a member of Abbey of the Arts Wisdom Council and co-leader of Awakening the Creative Spirit. KayceHughlett.com
Te Martin
Te Martin is a song-keeper and ritual artist whose work is shaped by the pacific ocean, coastal redwoods, desert gorges, circus arts, and theater games. Born on Ramaytush Ohlone land (san francisco), Te facilitates oral tradition singing spaces that center song as a tool for collective liberation, somatic regulation, and ancestral connection.
Te co-organized Thrive Street Choir in the san francisco Bay Area for six years, co-founded Mountain Song, a 4-day community singing gathering in the high desert of New Mexico, and is a student of Gaelic song and the Irish bodhrán drum.
In 2021, Te released their debut EP of original songs, Water & Bones, along with a professional music video for “May This Body Be a Bridge.”
Listen to Water & Bones | Watch the music video | Learn more about Te’s work
Registration
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