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Sarah Fox
Health Herbs Movement

BSc (hons) Herbal Science
Practitioners Diploma in Herbal Medicine
ITEC, FETAC, Tuina Association Ireland qualified in therapies

Clinical Herbal Medicine
Yoga - online and in person
Yoga Teacher Trainer
250hr and 500hr Yoga Alliance Professionals recognised Yoga School (www.oakandwillow.ie)
Pilates
Functional Range Conditioning
Priestess of the Sacred Land
Coire SOIS School of Irish Spirituality
Holistic Nutrition
Therapeutic Massage
Aromatherapy
Traditional Chinese Medicine (Tuina/Acupressure)

29/09/2026

IN MEMORIES WE GROW.

This year marks the 25th anniversary of Imagine Arts Festival Waterford, and we are absolutely delighted to be part of it.

Lila Music Mantra Myth

The theme this year feels particularly close to our hearts: In Memories We Grow.

Because what is storytelling if not that?

The old stories live because we keep telling them. They change in the mouths and hearts of each generation, but somewhere underneath are the old bones, the memory and the mystery.

Community, place, ancestry, imagination.

The stories that have travelled down to us have new things to say when we gather
together and listen.

We’re telling one of the great Irish epics,
from the extraordinary birth of Lugh,
through his arrival at Tara as Samildánach,
the Many-Skilled One,
and all the way to the Second Battle of Moytura.

But, as always with us,
the story is only the beginning.

There’ll be insights and imbas of Samhain,
An Cailleach, the turning of the year
and the Otherworld.

Woven through the story is original song and music compositions,
fite fuaite, as Gaeilge agus as Béarla.

It's a holistic hooley, if you will.

And, sure, who knows what might come through on the night....
a few downloads from the stones & the bones & the wise and well ancestors would not be unusual for a Lila gig.

It feels very special to bring these ancient stories into the heart of Waterford as part of a festival that has spent 25 years championing art, imagination, creativity and story in this city.

Come celebrate 25 years of Imagine with us.
Come raise your voice.
Come listen to the new songs in old stories.

Come step into the story.

THE EPIC LIFE OF LUGH SAMILDÁNACH
Sunday 25 October | 7pm
Phil Grimes Pub, Waterford
Imagine Arts Festival 2026: In Memories We Grow

✨ Ticketed event
www.imagineartsfestival.com/programme-2026

25/09/2026

Equinox 🌥️

At dawn on Wednesday, I gathered with my fellow Coire Sois priestesses at Sliabh na Caillí for the Autumn Equinox.

There is an old Irish sovereignty tale, Echtra mac nEchach Muigmedóin, The Adventure of the Sons of Eochaid Muigmedón, probably composed in the medieval period from around the 11th century onwards, and preserved in manuscripts including the Book of Ballymote, written c. 1390–91, but founded in oral tradition of many, many years before.

In the story, the young Niall encounters an ancient, fearsome woman guarding a well.
Where others recoil from her,
Niall embraces her fully.
With that, she transforms before him and
reveals who she truly is:

“Misi in Flaithius.” (Medieval Irish)
“Mise an Flaitheas.” (Modern Irish)
“I am Sovereignty.”

most commonly quoted from the
Yellow Book of Lecan and the Book of Ballymote.

That old woman was, and still is,
the land in her sovereign form.
She is the one who bestows kingship.
Sovereignty is not seized from her.
It is hers to give to the worthy.
She is An Cailleach.

At Sliabh na Caillí, my teacher Deirdre Wadding asked me to embody An Cailleach for our Equinox ceremony, and to act as an oracle (a skill taught and honed on Deirdre's Priestess of The Sacred Land training) through which her blessings might be offered to those gathered on the hill.

It was an extraordinary honour.
And she most definitely turned up.

I never take experiences like this lightly.
To step into relationship with these old stories, these places and the beings and powers they hold is work that continually humbles me.
I am incredibly grateful to Deirdre, to my priestess sisters, to everyone who gathered with us, and to An Cailleach herself.

Sliabh na Caillí is also one of the sacred landscapes we return to through Oak & Willow. Next September, trainees will make pilgrimage to these hills as part of the teacher training.

I had intended to close the Early Bird this week, but I’m going to leave it open until Sunday, just in case this speaks to someone who has been wondering about Oak & Willow and wants to enquire.

I am not into grand sales pitches.
I'll just leave an auld open door
for a few more days.

06/09/2026

THE BALANCE

Efen (Old English) / Cothrom (Irish)
even • equal • level • in balance

Eorðlufu (Old English) / Tenalach (Irish)
earth-love • kinship with the land

At the Autumn Equinox we reach a brief moment of evenness. Day and night meet before the balance tips towards the darker half of the year.

But what can the living world teach us about balance?

Perhaps it isn't something fixed that we finally achieve, but a continual conversation between fullness and emptiness, light and darkness, activity and rest, harvesting and sacrificing.

From 17th–24th September, Sam and Sarah invite you to spend a week living through the Equinox with us.

We meet for two spacious online evenings, with five hours of live teaching, storytelling and practice. Between them, we'll alternate daily invitations through our private WhatsApp group, designed to take you away from the screen and into your own landscape.

We give you the invitations.
You wander off and see what happens.

Expect foraging, herbal medicine, traditional craft, storytelling, folklore, meditation, sensory practice and animism.

We'll work with the September harvest: rosehips, elderberries, blackberries and haws, making syrups, vinegars, fermentations, preserves and more.

We'll journey through Cormac's Cup, Demeter & Persephone, Amaterasu and An Cailleach, alongside the Irish Three Cauldrons and Three Worlds.

And we'll carry three questions:

What restores balance?
What must be gathered?
What must be surrendered?

There is no pressure to complete everything.

The space between is yours to walk, gather, make, listen and notice what is ripening and what is beginning to fall away.

🍂 17th–24th September
💻 Thurs 17th & 24th, 6.30–9pm live on Zoom
🌿 Daily WhatsApp practices & prompts
💶 €144

A week of practical animism
through the Autumn Equinox. ⚖️♾️

Booking at www.oakandwillow.ie/events

18/08/2026

Oak & Willow Irish Yoga Teacher Training
is so much more than learning how to
teach a yoga class.

It is a deep year of study, practice, enquiry, community and becoming.

On Oak & Willow, we explore:

• Classical Hatha Yoga
• Functional movement & biomechanics
• Anatomy & embodied practice
•Teaching skills, sequencing & facilitation
• The Bhagavad Gita & yoga philosophy
• Sacred listening
• Sacred land & Irish spiritual tradition
• Story, myth & active imagination
• Ritual & seasonal practice
• Nature vigil & time on the land
• Herbal medicine
• Retreat & pilgrimage
• Community, reflection & shared practice

And woven through all of it is the invitation to become a more skilful, thoughtful, grounded and deeply listening teacher.

I might be bold enough to add that it'll be
the best craic of your life too
(I have graduates that can back me up on this
wild claim, feel free to comment below
O&W tuatha)

Oak & Willow 2027/28 is now open for applications.

Early Bird closes 21 September.

Prospectus, dates and the Oak & Willow podcast are all available through the l1nk in byo. 🌿

04/08/2026

🌾 THE HARVEST: Foraging for the Stories of the Land

📍 Saturday 8th August 2026 | 10.00am–1.00pm (in person)
💻 Sunday 9th August 2026 | 6.30pm–9.30pm (Zoom)

Join this Lúnasa gathering with Sarah Fox and Sam Gravestock.

Stories have always helped us understand where we are, who we are, and how we might live.

In this gathering, we will explore storytelling as both an ancient craft and a living practice of relationship. We will work with archetype, theme and recurring motifs in folklore, discovering how myth can become a map through the complexities of our own lives.

Sarah will share the story of Lugh Samildánach, the many-gifted one. Through storytelling, reflection and embodied practice, we will explore how inherited myths can help us recognise our gifts, find our voices and understand the stories unfolding within us.

Alongside the old stories, Sam will invite us to forage for the stories of the land as it is speaking now.

The lore of a place is not found only in ancient manuscripts. It lives in river names, wells, pathways, ruins, field boundaries, hills, woodlands and townlands. It also lives in the encounters and impressions that arise when we slow down and pay attention.

At a time of deep disconnection from land, gathering these living tales can become an act of reconnection. By listening for the stories held within a place, we begin to weave ourselves back into the wider story of the land.

Together, we will explore inherited myth and lived experience, the ancient story and the story still being formed.

This gathering will include storytelling, land-based practice, somatic exploration and creative reflection, offering space to listen for the stories that have shaped you, the stories the land may be telling, and the stories you are ready to carry into the next season of your life.

Expect:
* Nature connection and sensory awareness practices
* Myth, folklore, and seasonal storytelling
* Somatic and embodied movement explorations.
* Plant connection and practical earth skills like nettle cordage and nettle seed preparation
* Ritual, reflection, and shared conversation and laughter.

Booking details in clicky-linky-b1o 🌿

22/07/2026

EMBRACE THE ELEMENTS: FIRE & AIR
A Women’s Immersion in the Moroccan Sahara

10th–17th October 2026
8 days | 7 nights
Marrakech to Erg Chegaga

This is an invitation for just one more woman to join us in the Sahara. Is the call for you?

There are places where perception shifts like the sands, where the veil feels thin and what has been hidden begins to reveal itself.

This October, we will journey from Marrakech, across the High Atlas Mountains and through the ancient riverbeds of the Draa Valley, travelling deep into the Moroccan Sahara to the Great Dunes of Erg Chegaga.

At the heart of this immersion is an initiation into Fire and Air.

Fire as discernment, clarity and the courage to release what no longer belongs.

Air as breath, movement and the spaciousness in which a new direction can emerge.

Through yoga, somatic movement, meditation, breathwork, embodiment and plant ally initiations, we will meet the vastness and stillness of the desert together.

Rose will accompany us as our primary plant ally, supporting clarity of heart, devotion without self-sacrifice and fierceness held with tenderness.

Guided by our Amazigh hosts, we will enter the Sahara as respectful guests, honouring its seen and unseen inhabitants, leaving no trace and seeking the protection and blessing of the desert.

This is a small and intentional circle for women ready to listen deeply, meet their own threshold and become a better participant in life.

€3,350 shared accommodation
€1,000 deposit
Private accommodation available at an additional cost

Includes seven nights’ accommodation, all meals, airport transfers in Marrakech, private ground transport, luxury desert camp and full facilitation.

Held by Sara Bowman, Sarah Fox and Ginny Gill.

Previous retreat participants may reserve directly. If this is your first time working with us,
we invite you to arrange a short alignment call.
Send a DM to get the ball rolling.

Full details and booking:
www.sarabowman.com/morocco-retreat

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21/07/2026

Picture #1 is an offering Sam left today, made from lime bast cordage. It is completely biodegradable, returning to the earth as it slowly rots away.

In Ireland we have the ancient tradition of the clootie (or cloutie): a strip of cloth tied to a sacred tree with a prayer for healing. As the cloth naturally decays, so too does the illness, grief or burden carried within it.

During The Harvest, you'll learn how to create your own biodegradable prayer offerings with minimal impact on the ecosystem. By harvesting, preparing and twisting the cord yourself, the offering becomes deeply personal, carrying your time, care and intention.

We'll also harvest nettle to make cordage and prepare a traditional herbal remedy to support a healthy nervous system.

🌾 THE HARVEST: Foraging for the Stories of the Land

📍 Saturday 8th August 2026 | 10.00am–1.00pm (in person)
💻 Sunday 9th August 2026 | 6.30pm–9.30pm (Zoom)

Join Sarah Fox and Sam Gravestock for this Lúnasa gathering exploring storytelling as both an ancient craft and a living practice of relationship.

Through the story of Lugh Samildánach, somatic practice, land connection and creative reflection, we'll explore how myth helps us recognise our gifts, find our voices and understand the stories unfolding within our own lives.

We'll also learn to listen for the stories of the land itself, held in rivers, wells, paths, woodlands, ruins and place names, discovering that folklore is not only inherited from the past but continues to emerge through our relationship with place.

Together we'll weave ancient myth, living landscape and personal story into a meaningful harvest for the season ahead.

Booking details in clicky-linky-b1o 🌿

17/06/2026

At Summer Solstice, the wheel pauses.

The light stands at its fullest expression, and yet the turning has already begun.
From this point onwards, the days slowly
shorten and we begin our journey
towards the dark half of the year.

For our ancestors, these turning points mattered. They were times to gather in community, to listen, to tell stories, and to remember our place within the wider web of life.

At The Turning, Sam Gravestock & Sarah Fox will be exploring the idea of nature as a mirror and myth as a map.

Nature as a mirror because the more-than-human world has an extraordinary way of reflecting things back to us. Through practices such as the Wilderness Mirror, we can learn to pay attention to the seemingly ordinary encounters, creatures, places, weather, and moments that often carry exactly the teaching we need.

Myth as a map because stories help us navigate the human experience. They offer questions rather than answers.

We will draw inspiration from the Munster sovereignty tale of Áine and Ailill Aulom, the medieval Irish tale of Bricriu's Feast, a fourteenth-century poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, and the modern seasonal poetic construct of the Oak King and Holly King.

Áine asks:

Can you be in relationship rather than domination

The Green Knight asks:

Can you meet change, uncertainty, and mortality with honesty and honour?

Cú Roí asks:

Will you keep your word when the time comes?

The Oak King and Holly King ask:

Can you celebrate the height of the light while also honouring the wisdom of the coming dark?

These are not abstract questions.

They are universal questions.

How do we live with integrity?
How do we honour our commitments?
How do we stay in right relationship with the Land, our communities, and ourselves?
How do we find meaning in a world that often asks us to move faster than our souls can travel?

Through storytelling, nature connection, practical animism, deep listening, reflection, movement, conversation, and community,
we will explore what this
turning of the wheel is asking of each of us.

Come gather with us at the turning.

Book with the clicky linky thingy above
or
DM with questions

08/06/2026

I spent the weekend at storytelling workshops in honour of the Lingaun Valley, which forms part of the border between Kilkenny and Tipperary, with its source in the foothills of Sliabh na mBan (Slievenamon). This area is home to sacred and archaeological sites including the Knockroe Passage Tomb, an Ogham stone, medieval High Crosses, early monastic settlements, and the Slate Quarry of Ahenny. The Lingaun River is a thread in a living tapestry of mythology, heritage, farming tradition and natural beauty, where Ireland's mythological, prehistoric and early Christian past is woven together with the animate Earth.

We were invited by storyteller Helena Byrne to make up a story in small groups. The story my group created was a parable about a local boy disappearing into the portal tomb of Knockroe and ending up beneath the lake at the Slate Quarry. A wise Moor Hen helped him appease an angry Water Horse (an Each Uisce). This was a cautionary tale about contracts, boundaries and capitalism.

The incredible Martin Matthews taught us how to embody a story through place, people and an arc that creates memory. My story this time was a retelling of The Fox Woman, reimagined to give it a modern spin. My aim was to make it feel like you know, and probably live beside, the protagonist. I wanted to show that exiling wildness, nature, beauty and love will be our downfall.

Aurora sings the lyrics: "You cannot eat money, oh no. When the last tree has fallen and the rivers are poisoned, you cannot eat money, oh no."

My pondering is about art, myth, folklore and song as activism. Can we use art to create change, reconnect people with their deepest, most primal archetypes, and shake us out of the conditioning that allows the Earth to be used and abused?
Each person at the workshops told stories that made the Lingaun Valley come to life. Through the art of story, roads, bridges, rivers, farmers, soldiers, stones and fairy hosts all stood shoulder to shoulder. To me, this is the medicine for the times.

See for a series of events throughout the Lingaun Valley, bringing people on a journey through Landscape, within & without 🏞️

04/06/2026

We had a little conversation to share
our intention for 'The Turning'
and the value of gathering at
significant times of the year.

As we approach the summer solstice,
let us embrace this turning with mindfulness, community spirit, and a deep connection to the natural world. By doing so, we can prepare ourselves for the nurturing darkness ahead while celebrating the light we currently enjoy.

We also spoke to something that we are EXTREMELY EXCITED TO SHARE!
Listen to hear the first whispers of
"The Year of the Wild"..an offering that is a culmination of our life's work and vocation and it is going to be AWESOME!

Flash Sale for The Turning
available until Sunday June 7th
- €120

Book at www.oakandwillow.ie/events

Full video of our chat in the clickylink thingy above 👆

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