

Biweekly Practitioner Mentorship
PER YEAR
A steady mentorship rhythm for facilitators who want to deepen their work or include diasporic Irish Rites of Passage to their practice.
Reclaiming RITES to reclaim our RIGHTS.
Each biweekly session will focus on teachings and practice support for human and seasonal rites of passage including: Birth/Rebirth; Leaving Childhood into Adolescence, Early Adulthood, Claiming Adulthood, Birthing/becoming a parent, matrimony, separation/dissolution of relationship, cord-cutting, dying, death, and memorializing/commemorating. We work within the natural, somatic, relational, ethical, cultural, ancestral and interdimensional contexts of human cycles and transitions. The foundation draws from Irish origins and lore, and is designed for the diversity of human origins.
Mentorship may include reflection on cycles, seasons, loss, grief, sociospiritual alchemy, and reclaiming identity. Develop practices that feel rooted in ancestry, relevant to the here and now, and branching far out into the future. Sessions support integration between meetings, so insight can become embodied in the way you serve and lead.
Ideal For
Experienced therapists, health or social practitioners and facilitators
Facilitators of rites of passage
Practitioners of somatic griefwork
Teachers and coaches wanting to ground their methods in ancestral practices
How It Works
Meet Biweekly: Each 1:1 session moves with the cyclical progression of rites.
Integrate Between Sessions: You reflect, practice, and return with observations that shape our next conversation.
Personal coaching to improve your facilitating, coaching, or therapeutic practice delivery.







About
I am Dawn Dancing Otter, an educator, ceremonialist, writer, dancer, doctoral scholar, mentor of Irish rites, griefwork, and pathways of belonging as a diasporic Irish descendant. I support people who are ready to explore rites of passage, somatic griefwork, and sociospiritual alchemy with depth and integrity. My approach is evidence-based, culturally grounded, and shaped by research, lived experience, oral tradition, and a deep relationship to the Earth.

About
I am Dawn Dancing Otter, an educator, ceremonialist, writer, dancer, doctoral scholar, mentor of Irish rites, griefwork, and pathways of belonging as a diasporic Irish descendant. I support people who are ready to explore rites of passage, somatic griefwork, and sociospiritual alchemy with depth and integrity. My approach is evidence-based, culturally grounded, and shaped by research, lived experience, oral tradition, and a deep relationship to the Earth.
Ways of Knowing
01
9 Journeys: 1 : 1 Trauma Recovery Coaching
Work one on one with Dawn through 9 semi-monthly or monthly sessions, to reclaim the parts of you that were left behind after trauma, releasing the unacknowledged weight of grief you carry, and calibrating the forward momentum of your personal evolution. (Zoom or Phone Sessions)
02
Womxn’s Keening Circle
For womxn-identifying people: both education and practical somatic vocalization, and self-expression to explore personal, collective, and intergenerational grief specific to womxn.
(online or in person cohorts)
03
Womxn’s Keening Facilitator Apprenticeship Program
Group program for Womxn-identifying folk to learn ancestral grief ceremonial facilitation rooted in diasporic Irish rites, folklore, storytelling, and keening ceremonial practice.
(Online and in-person cohorts)
04
Substack: @WitchAF
I create educational writing on medicinal folklore, animism, poetry, grief, and culturally grounded spiritual practice.
Ways of Knowing
01
9 Journeys: 1 : 1 Trauma Recovery Coaching
Work one on one with Dawn through 9 semi-monthly or monthly sessions, to reclaim the parts of you that were left behind after trauma, releasing the unacknowledged weight of grief you carry, and calibrating the forward momentum of your personal evolution. (Zoom or Phone Sessions)
02
Womxn’s Keening Circle
For womxn-identifying people: both education and practical somatic vocalization, and self-expression to explore personal, collective, and intergenerational grief specific to womxn.
(online or in person cohorts)
03
Womxn’s Keening Facilitator Apprenticeship Program
Group program for Womxn-identifying folk to learn ancestral grief ceremonial facilitation rooted in diasporic Irish rites, folklore, storytelling, and keening ceremonial practice.
(Online and in-person cohorts)
04
Substack: @WitchAF
I create educational writing on medicinal folklore, animism, poetry, grief, and culturally grounded spiritual practice.
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Explore thoughtful writing, conversations, and pathways for belonging, griefwork, and spiritual discovery.