The heART of Ritual
and the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Anaïs Nin
individual
Our Psychotherapy & Community Clinic Services
PSYCHOTHERAPY PRACTICE
Psychotherapy services are offered in different formats, including individual, couple, family or group therapy sessions, and can be effective for all age groups. Services include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Interpersonal Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis therapies, and Supportive Psychotherapy.
Duration: 60 mins, €95 per session
By appointment only
COMMUNITY CLINIC
Services include Medical Herbalism, Ecopsychology, Holistic Nutrition, Trauma Counselling, Women's Reproductive & Sexual Health, Crystal Therapeutics, Energetic Assessment & Adjustment, Therapeutic Sound. Please note that our herbalism expertise is with wild native European medicinals.
Duration: approx. 90 mins, €135 per session
By appointment only
REMOTE CONSULTATION
(VIA SKYPE)
Services include Medical Herbalism, Ecopsychology, Holistic Nutrition, Trauma Counselling, Women's Reproductive & Sexual Health, Crystal Therapeutics, Energetic Assessment & Adjustment. Please note that our herbalism expertise is with wild native European medicinals.
Duration: approx. 90 mins, €135 per session
By appointment only
When contacting us to request a clinic or skype appointment, we respectfully ask that you not divulge personal or medical history in your email. You will receive our case history take in form by reply and once you have completed this and returned it to us, we will send you a list of our next available appointments.
Consults are scheduled between 7am and 1pm, Monday to Friday. Please note that we work strictly by appointment only and all times are Central European Time (CET). By booking an appointment, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions as set forth on this website. You are asked to arrive on time for your appointment, late arrivals are considered no shows and may be subject to a cancellation fee.
Pro bono appointments are available in person only and offered to those who genuinely need the support yet lack the financial means to pay for our services. Priority is offered to those within the community that are displaced as a result of war and/or violence (ie. refugees, domestic abuse), marginalized communities, single parents without state support/income, and senior citizens.
CULTIVATING THE SACRED, WITHIN
Niamh currently offers three very intimate and distinct home subscription programs;
at home
Our Home Subscription Programs
The heART of Ritual MOONBOX™
• €660, subscription duration one year. Available EU and UK only.
The heART of Ritual MOONBOX™ is a monthly home retreat collection reflecting the Lunar cycles within the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
This subscription includes The heART of Ritual MOONBOX™ collection of Niamh's handcrafted offerings delivered to your door each month for twelve consecutive months, and an extensive selection of audio and written files that accompanies each Moonbox...
ELEMENTS OF RITUAL by Niamh Criostail™
• €660, subscription duration one year. Available worldwide.
ELEMENTS OF RITUAL by Niamh Criostail™ is a Solar journey through the seasonal elements that focuses on creative ritual expression within our native medicine wheel, and the Celtic Wheel of the Year.
This subscription includes the ELEMENTS OF RITUAL by Niamh Criostail™ collection delivered to your door each season over four consecutive seasons, and an extensive selection of audio and written files that accompanies each...
The WILD COLOUR CAULDRON™
• €336, subscription duration one year. Available worldwide.
The WILD COLOUR CAULDRON™ is a monthly subscription for those looking to develop a more sustainable, earth friendly, grounded, and organic, land based spiritual practice through art and creative expression.
Each month, subscribers receive Niamh’s hand crafted pigments or mark making mediums by post along with accompanying tutorials, color stories, creative tutorials, nature based exercises, suggestions on how to integrate each month's...
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International Retreats & Gatherings
SPRING
AIR ELEMENT
SPRING 2025
SPRING WOMB BLESSING
An Intimate Community Evening of Womb Ritual & Renewal; a Celebration of Spring, the Air Element & Virgin/Youth Archetype (Women Only)
Evening Event • March 28, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SPRING 2025
ELEMENTS OF SOUND RETREAT™
A Spring/Air Element Exploration of the Celtic Medicine Wheel through the Elements of Therapeutic Sound
Non Residential Weekend Program • March 29 + 30, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SPRING 2025
THE HEART OF NATURE GATHERING™
A Spring/Air Element Exploration of Indigenous Traditions, Skill Sets, & Slow Living
Non Residential Weekend Program • April 26 + 27, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER 2025
SUMMER WOMB BLESSING
An Intimate Community Evening of Womb Ritual & Renewal; a Celebration of Summer, the Fire Element & Mother/Father Archetype (Women Only)
Evening Event • May 9, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER 2025
THE HEART OF NATURE GATHERING™
A Summer/Fire Element Exploration of Indigenous Traditions, Skill Sets, & Slow Living
Non Residential Weekend Program • May 24 + 25, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER 2025
ALCHEMY OF BEING RETREAT™
A Summer Solstice Gathering for Creativity, Joy, & Empowering Your Inner Child
Non Residential Weekend Program • June 21 + 22, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER 2026
ELEMENTS OF RITUAL RETREAT™
A Summer/Fire Element Exploration of the Celtic Medicine Wheel through Land Based Ritual Expression
Non Residential Weekend Program • June 6 + 7, 2026 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER 2026
LANDMARKS™
An exploration in Palette Remediation, Wild Colour, & Art as Spiritual Expression
Non Residential Weekend Program • June 27 + 28, 2026 • AUSTRIAN ALPS
SUMMER
FIRE ELEMENT
RETREATS
More information available below
AUTUMN
WATER ELEMENT
AUTUMN 2025
WOMB RHYTHMS GATHERING™
An Autumn Retreat for Womb WellBEing, Connection, Sacred Flow and Reflection
Residential Program (7 Nights) • October 2025 • WEST CORK, IRELAND
AUTUMN 2025
CONSTELLATIONS OF BEING RETREAT™
An Autumn/Water Element Exploration of Curative Movement, Physical Expression, & the Fluid Bodies
Non Residential Weekend Program • August 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
AUTUMN 2025
JOURNEYING THE MOONWHEEL™
A 28 day exploration of Cyclical Lunar BEing
O N L I N E
AUTUMN 2025
AUTUMN WOMB BLESSING
An Intimate Community Evening of Womb Ritual & Renewal; a Celebration of Autumn, the Water Element & Enchantress/Enchanter Archetype (Women Only)
Evening Event • August 1, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
AUTUMN 2026
WISDOM OF PLACE™
An Autumn/Water Element Exploration of the Celtic Medicine Wheel through Wild Native Medicinal Plants and the Language of the Land
Non Residential Weekend Program • August 10 + 11, 2024 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
AUTUMN 2025
THE HEART OF NATURE GATHERING™
An Autumn/Water Element Exploration of Indigenous Traditions, Skill Sets, & Slow Living
Non Residential Weekend Program • August 24 + 25, 2024 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
AUTUMN 2026
THE (S)MOTHER WOUND RETREAT™
Ruptures in the Mother Line and Releasing the Waters; A Roots and Branches Gathering for Adult Children of Patriarchal Matriarchs
Residential Program (7 Nights) • October 2025 • WEST CORK, IRELAND
WINTER 2025
SAMHAIN WOMB BLESSING
An Intimate Community Evening of Womb Ritual & Renewal; a Celebration of Winter, the Earth Element & Elder Archetype (Women Only)
Evening Event • November 7, 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2024
THE HEART OF NATURE GATHERING™
A Winter/Earth Element Exploration of Indigenous Traditions, Skill Sets, & Slow Living
Non Residential Weekend Program • November 23 + 24, 2024 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2024
CRYSTALLINE BEING RETREAT™
A Winter/Earth Element Exploration of the Celtic Medicine Wheel through Crystal Therapy
Non Residential Weekend Program • December 7 + 8, 2024 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2024
SHADOWS AND STONE™
A Ritual Exploration of Bloodlines, Bones, Place, Inner Landscapes, & the Space between Worlds
Non Residential Weekend Program • December 14 + 15, 2024 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2025
EARTH PRAYERS RETREAT™
A Mid Winter Silent Retreat in the Snow Covered Alps
Residential Program (7 Nights) • February 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2025
HEARTLANDS RETREAT™
Self Healing and Growth through Land Based Creative Practice & the Skills of Belonging
Non Residential Weekend Program • December 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER 2025
TRANSITIONS & THRESHOLDS RETREAT™
A Five Day Exploration of Ritual Elements for Loss, Grief Composting, Transitions, & Thresholds
Non Residential Program (5 Days) • November 2025 • TIROL, AUSTRIAN ALPS
WINTER
EARTH ELEMENT
courses
In Person Training Programs
CRYSTAL THERAPEUTICS
Level 1 - 3 Training Programs
Crystal healing is an ancient form of gentle, holistic, non-invasive natural healing that works with your body’s own inner healer to restore equilibrium to your whole BEing.
Our approach is not to teach 'crystal prescriptions' for general application - focus is placed on unique dynamic real time assessment of the individual as they present in each session, and establishing and treating the root of the issue. Through successfully treating the root cause, the symptoms will naturally cease to exist and the individual will experience relief.
Crystal compounds, chemistry, and homeopathic principles of the crystals we work are covered in our Advanced course, so as to encourage responsible and informed crystal therapy.
LEVEL 1
CRYSTAL THERAPEUTICS
(Beginners Training)
Non Residential Program • Tirol, AUSTRIA
JUL 1-4, 2024
(just 2 places remaining)
LEVEL 2
CRYSTAL THERAPEUTICS
(Intermediate Training)
Non Residential Program • Tirol, AUSTRIA
JUL 8-12, 2024
(BOOKED OUT)
LEVEL 3
CRYSTAL THERAPEUTICS
(Advanced Training)
Non Residential Program • Tirol, AUSTRIA
JUL 15-19, 2024
(BOOKED OUT)
WILD MEDICINE MAKING YEAR
Herbal Apprenticeship Program
Our herbal apprenticeship program is a hands on season by season adventure into the world of folk herbalism. The framework of this program is wild native medicinal herbs through the energetic principals of western herbalism. Our approach is rooted in relearning how we perceive health and illness, getting to know the herbs themselves, and developing a skillset in keen observation and awareness of the language of the body so that we can recognize 'conversations', patterns of disharmony, and imbalance. This provides a much more useful, practical, and holistic understanding of folk herbalism than simply learning to utilize herbs by matching them with illnesses.
Throughout this program you will come to understand the foundational properties by which herbs work, how the body's organs and systems respond to them, holistic assessment, and the art of using your senses, intellect, and intuition to perceive the physiological, energetic and etheric properties of herbs, and more.
This program is not just about herbalism though, it's much more than that! It's about a healthier greener way of living, personal development, self awareness, observation, service, and dreaming yourself into BEing. Throughout the year together, we not only speak about plant allies and their medicinal virtues and herbal lore, but also explore ways of fully integrating them into daily life.
Would you like to join us?
2024 APPRENTICESHIP WEEKENDS
Spring Module • APR 20 + 21, 2024
Summer Module • JUN 15 + 16, 2024
Autumn Module • AUG 17 + 18, 2024
Winter Module • NOV 16 + 17, 2024
(2024 CLASS IS NOW FULL)
2025 dates will be announced shortly
online
Biophilia Mentorship™
BIOPHILIA ONLINE MENTORSHIP
The BIOPHILIA Mentorship™ is an intimate one to one program that focuses on the poetics of place through sustainable earth based practices, natural healing, eco-psychology, the energetics of BEing, wildcrafting, creative prayer expression, green ceremony, and much more. We cover both theory and practical aspects of what we explore, and journey the natural cycles, seasons, and their prevailing elements and archetypes throughout the Celtic wheel of the year.
BIOPHILIA Mentorship™ sessions take place once a month over twelve consecutive months. Each session is done via Skype and offers three hours of personal time per session. Sessions close with three nature based invitations (aka exercises) for you to complete both at home and outside.
Sessions are spread over the full wheel of the year (all four seasons). Each mentorship cycle begins in November, coinciding with the Celtic New Year. Just three mentorship places are awarded each year.
To apply for the next cycle of BIOPHILIA Mentorship™, please complete the application form and let us know why you wish to apply, the areas you'd like to develop further in your personal life expression, and how you feel you will benefit from this mentorship program. Based on this, we will then schedule an informal interview/chat, and your application for mentorship will be considered in full from there. Successful applicants are notified within one week of their interview. For full information, click on the 'read more' button below.
Applications are now being accepted for the November 2023 to October 2024 mentorship cycle.