A seasonal circle to awaken your creative spark in community
Facilitated by Burd & Jonah Fertig-Burd
You have a creative dream—or maybe a desire for creative exploration.
You want to start something… but feel blocked.
You’re longing for a space that feels safe, playful, welcoming, and supportive.
Creative Emergence Journey: From Solstice to Equinox is a 3-month, heart-centered creative journey designed to help you move from hesitation into joyful expression. Through in-person and online sessions, we will co-create a supportive community to start or grow your creative process—whether that’s art, music, performance, writing, an exploration of modalities, or a project. No prior creative experience is needed; all are welcome.
This is more than a class—it’s a circle, a seasonal rhythm, and an experiment in beginning again that will harmonize depth and play, structure and flow, stillness and movement to unleash our creative spirit.
Our Monthly in-person gatherings may include:
- Meditation + Journaling
- Group Art Projects + Creative Experiments
- Play, Movement + Dance
- Reiki Grounding Practices
- Circle Conversations + Group Processes
- Earth-based connection + Ritual
- Sharing Food + Sacred Nourishment
Additional Elements of our Journey
- Creative Exploration of different media—writing, painting, collage, sound, sculpture, performance, music, and more
- Weekly Optional Drop-in Creative Time on Zoom
- Final Gathering + Group Art Show on the Spring Equinox – share your work, celebrate your journey, and witness each other’s bloom.
- Supportive Accountability Groups: through the whole journey
- Group Chat to support and encourage each other during the journey
- Readings + Resources from The Artist’s Way, The Creative Act, Alex Grey, and more
Optional Add-ons
- Field Trip Possibilities: Optional visit to CoSM (Chapel of Sacred Mirrors) in NY and/ or local museums and galleries
- Optional 1-on-1 Coaching or Reiki sessions with Burd or Jonah (for an additional fee)
About your Guides
At the heart of this experience are Burd and Jonah—facilitators, artists, and visionary community weavers—who:
Encourage you to take action with heart—turning vision into reality with care and creativity
Help people feel safe, welcomed, and truly seen
Infuse space with creativity, play, and joy
Create grounded, visionary containers that balance process and product
Host community rituals and group processes that invite deep connection
Support you to get out of your head and into your body through movement, breath, and presence
Nourish the circle with shared food and potlucks
Who This Is For
This is for you if you’re:
- Holding a creative idea you haven’t started
- Working on a creative project and want to connect with others
- Feeling blocked in your creativity
- Seeking a welcoming, safe space to explore expression
- Longing to reconnect with your playful self
- Wanting to be in practice with others
- Excited to make something without needing it to be perfect
- Ready to move from isolation to inspiration
- Desiring a deeper connection with the Earth and Community
- Craving sacred structure and joy
Dates & Details
- Opening Solstice Ceremony – Friday December 19th, 5-8pm
Welcome the Solstice in a 3-hour in-person ritual of intention-setting, movement, and creative activation. - Monthly Sessions
- Sunday, January 18, 12-3pm
- Sunday, February 8, 12-3pm
- Sunday, March 8, 12-3pm
- Final Event Spring Equinox Celebration
- Sunday, March 22nd, 12-3pm
- Optional Weekly Zoom Creative Time
- Group Chat Thread
- Supportive Accountability Small Groups with regular check-ins (as decided by the small group)
- Optional One-on-One Coaching (additional price)
Location: Celebration Yurt at Celebration Tree Farm & Wellness Center, Durham, ME & Zoom
Investment: $125-500 Sliding Scale (you choose what works for you). This price includes all in-person and online sessions.
We are also open to trades. If you are interested in participating, and this amount does not work, please get in touch
Reach out to Burd and Jonah at celebrationtreefarm@gmail.com with any questions or if you want to see if this is a fit for you.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need to attend all sessions?
We would love to have everyone there for all in-person sessions, but we understand that prior commitments or other conflicts may prevent you from attending. So we would still love for you to join us even if you need to miss a session or two. If you miss a session, we will work with you to get you caught up and your small group can also support you covering the material in the in-person session.
Do I need to join the weekly online creative time?
This time is optional and you can attend as you are able to to.
What is purpose of the Supportive Accountability Small Groups?
These groups of 3 will be in communication with each other through out the 3 months and support each other in your creative journey. We will help hold each other accountable to our creative goals, intentions, and practices in a loving and supportive way.
When is the weekly online creative time?
We will check in with the group and find a time that works for most people.
Do I need to have prior experience?
No, everyone is welcome and accepted.
I am already creating art, why should I attend?
This is a space to create in community. We want to grow connections as creators and this will provide a welcoming, grounding, and supportive space over the winter to create together.