The hallowed hearth:

fire, fate, folklore,

& embodied story-keeping

Some stories burn low and slow. Some tales are a well-built fire, tended with great care by the hag’s hands, fed by breath and a witch’s will. Between the once and ever-after, these stories trouble our tamer selves and wake the wild within. These forbidden wonder stories sleep in our marrow, waiting for a chill wind to stir them awake, casting a spell upon the teller’s tongue that cracks open the red door to a hidden house. There, we are ushered over the threshold beyond all certainty, stung alive by the bird-women, the fox-wives, and the ghosts that haunt the otherworldly road.

The Hallowed Hearth is a 3-part (un)training, a slow-study invitation to meet inside the hidden, haunted house, to gather ‘round our shared fire and speak of fate, fire, and soul hunger. Together, we name three old stories our timely teacher, our oracle, and our wild home. We dwell inside these tales for a time, we learn their lore and we let them have their way with us. We tend the tale, having a fidelity to its old bones, and we share it in order to transform self, other, and world.

Overview of the Nine Lessons

Part I: Winged Women, Bone Children & Fate Tales

Lesson I: Breath, Charm, and Story-Keeping

Lesson II: The Oracular Fires

Lesson III: Old Bones & Birth

Part II: Severed Braids & Forbidden Woodlands

Lesson IV: Soul Hunger and the Unseen Bargain

Lesson V: Body Prayer of the Woodland Tower

Lesson VI: Building the Third House

Part III: Ashes, Fairy Tale Death, & Renewal

Lesson VII: Spells of Banishment and Maiden’s Ire

Lesson XIII: Grieving the Good

Lesson IX: Waking the Story-Keeper

RECOMMENDED MATERIALS:

  1. A sizeable journal or sketchbook you can dedicate to our Hallowed Hearth

  2. A writing utensil

  3. Any art materials you like (optionally)

  4. 30ish blank index cards (3x5”) or pieces of heavy-stock paper cut to the same size

  5. Loose paper (not bound in a journal)

  6. A burn bowl + fire source

  7. Yoga mat (optionally, for the Body Prayer of the Ash Fool)

  8. Dedicated Altar Space

(Totally) optional reading list for all levels:

The Beast and the Blonde by Marina Warner, The Uses of Enchantment by Bruno Bettelheim, Shadow and Evil in Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Fronz, The Fairy Tellers by Nicholas Juber, Women Who Run with the Wolves by Dr. Clarissa Pinkola Estes

to Note:

This is a slow-study course that is minimally facilitated. All content for all nine lessons are here in our portal, and you are welcome to move at your own pace. If you are seeking continuing education credit (CECs) for Yoga Alliance, you MUST be currently registered with Yoga Alliance as an “RYT” (1) and submit the synthesis upon course completion BEFORE October 1st, 2025 (2). In the event of technical difficulties, please email TheHagSchool@Gmail.Com.

LIVE EVENT: Our Quickening Story

February 5th, 2025

12pm-1:30pm ET

Thank you to all who attended our meeting live! Here is the recording for those who couldn’t make it along with our new story shared during the meeting:

Click Here to View the Recording of the Live Meeting

Here is the collected version of the Shepherd of Myddvai Story

All blessings be!

Questions about the hallowed hearth:

 
 

The Hallowed Hearth

 

Part I: Winged Women, Bone Children, & Fate Tales

Lesson I: Breath, Charm, & Story-Keeping

Lesson II: The Oracular Fires

  1. The Warrior Bird-Woman’s Body Prayer

  2. The Warrior Bird-Woman Story

  3. Mythic Images as Oracle

Lesson III: Old Bones & Birth

Templates

Hallowed Hearth Archetypes

The Celtic Cauldrons and Tantric Chakras

The Warrior Bird Woman Template

Resources Mentioned

Celtic Cauldrons Resource

Collected Version of The Mage’s Bird

Body Prayer of the Warrior Bird Woman (For Yoga Alliance CECs)

Root Asana: Mountain (Tadasana)

Primary Chakra: Root (Muladhara)

Bandha: Uddiyana Bandha (“To fly up” “body lock”)

Part II: Severed Braids & Forbidden Forests

Lesson IV: Soul-Hunger & The Unseen Bargain

Lesson V: Body Prayer of the Woodland Tower

Lesson VI: Building the Third House

Templates

The Severed Braid

Resources Mentioned

Collected Version of Rapunzel

Body Prayer of the Woodland Tower (For Yoga Alliance CECs)

Root Asana: Forward Fold (Uttanasana)

Primary Chakra: Root (Muladhara)

Bandha: Pada Bandha (“Foot” “body lock”)

Part III: Ashes, Fairy Tale Death, & Renewal

Lesson VII: Spells of Banishment & The Maiden’s Ire

Lesson VIII: The Witch’s Will

Lesson IX: Waking the Story-Keeper

Templates

The Ash Fool

Resources Mentioned

Collected Version of The Ash Fool

(Free) Fairy and Folktale Database

Body Prayer of the Ash Fool (For Yoga Alliance CECs)

Root Asana: Child’s Pose (Balasana)

Primary Chakra: Root (Muladhara)

 
 

synthesis for continuing education credits

After you complete the course in full, if you are seeking credit from Yoga Alliance, please fill out this synthesis. Be sure the email address you are using is the same address that Yoga Alliance has on file for you as an RYT. This class is worth 10 (“noncontact”) continuing education credit hours. English names are acceptable for your answers (no need to list the Irish or Sanskrit). You must be currently registered with YA as an RYT (registered yoga teacher) in order to receive your CECs. You should receive an email notification from YA within one week of submitting this form. If you don’t, please reach out to Info@DanielleDulsky.Com.