Events + Workshops

Cosmic Wayfinding + Ancestral Path Journey
Sep
27

Cosmic Wayfinding + Ancestral Path Journey

As the seasons shift, so do we. Marking these transitions together is important—so let's reconnect to ourselves, each other, and the planet through the cycles of time and space.

This offering is intended to nourish and support our individual and collective turnings inward by sharing practices, insights, and approaches to help reconnect with intuitive ways of knowing and being. Find your unique place in the larger story of the earth and cosmic cycles, facilitated by the medicines of cacao, sound, and ancestral timekeeping systems. This can be taken as a two-part container, or you can choose the individual experience that most speaks to you.

💫 COSMIC WAYFINDING • 27/9 2.30-4.30pm • @breathing_space_aberdeen
I'm honored to offer this astrology + sacred timekeeping workshop to help you orient yourself to time, space, and self through the stars + planetary charts. I draw upon ancient Hellenistic, Maya, and modern Western astrological traditions to weave your story into the cosmic tapestry and re-ensoul your world.

No previous astrology knowledge required; maps will be provided.

🌀 ANCESTRAL PATH • 27/9 • 5-8pm
@breathing_space_aberdeen
The workshop seamlessly melts into an embodied ritual, sound, vision, and somatic movement journey offered by @of.blood.and.bones, working with plant medicines from the Mayan tradition + their ancestral lands of the Dominican Republic.

Cacao + White Lotus will assist our exploration into the mystery held within our blood, bones, + beyond.

Together, we’ll weave these elemental practices into a tapestry of remembering, honoring the lineages that flow through our veins while opening to the technologies of transformation that have always existed within.

✨ Ticket links:

Cosmic Wayfinding Only

Double Entry Ticket (£8 discount)

Eventbrite

🕯️ To support accessibility — Sliding scale pricing + energy exchanges are available. Please contact us to express your interest.

✨ DM me to learn more about Cosmic Wayfinding and @of.blood.and.bones for the Ancestral Path.

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Nov
1

Imposter Syndrome and Overcoming It

Imposter syndrome, according to the American Psychological Association, is a psychological phenomenon wherein you doubt your own skills, abilities, and inherent worth, no matter how much you achieve or accomplish. For many, it’s an inner voice that whispers, “you’re not good enough, you don’t know anything, and one day, everyone is going to find out.”

As part of the Diversity in Beer Writing Grant series, Holly Regan has written a story imposter syndrome and its impact on women in beer.

Watch here.

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Oct
13

GBH Source Material Podcast: Every Can Counts — Boycotting Coors in Colorado, the Castro, and Beyond

Conversations around beer often focus on what to drink: I had this great beer the other day. Here's something you might like, or a brewery worth supporting. Fewer conversations focus on what not to drink.

But that’s exactly what happened on a spring day in 1974, between a Teamsters union leader named Allen Baird and a gay leftist activist named Howard Wallace. Wallace ran into Baird outside a supermarket in the Castro, San Francisco's queer neighborhood, and they started talking about Coors beer, which at the time was one of the most sought-after brands in the Western United States. But they weren’t talking about drinking it—on the contrary, Baird was there to protest it.

The two were taking part in one of American history's longest conversations about what not to buy. More than that, the unlikely alliance they formed would rejuvenate an iconic consumer movement that joined organized labor with civil rights groups of all stripes.

These were the Coors boycotts of the late 20th century, and they were a big deal. Confined neither to Coors' hometown of Golden, Colorado nor San Francisco, the boycotts were a nationwide phenomenon that swept from the brewery’s gates through California, Montana, Utah, Kansas, Illinois, Ohio, New York, Connecticut, and many more places in between. Officially, the boycotts lasted over 30 years, from 1957 through 1987.

And for some, they never ended. Reverberations and reminders of the boycott's legacy endure even to the present day. That’s because the boycott merged the motivations of underrepresented community groups, labor unions, and leftist organizations, transcending single issues to become a shared cause. For everyone involved, it was about much more than just beer.

SM-004 ‘Every Can Counts’ — Boycotting Coors in Colorado, the Castro, and Beyond

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Mar
4

Finding a Hero's Journey

Holly Regan was among Guild members who recently attended the British Columbia Craft Brewers Guild Conference, and came away thinking about a seminar that focused on what breweries and restaurants are doing for a post-COVID life. In this NAGBW...Q, Holly reflects on what was shared during that seminar - anecdotes of community entrepreneurs banding together to help each other - and how those kinds of stories can inspire.

Watch here.

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NAGBW Happy Hour: Covering a Changing Beer Industry and Its People
Feb
13

NAGBW Happy Hour: Covering a Changing Beer Industry and Its People

North American Guild of Beer Writers (NAGBW) Happy Hour

A conversation on writing about a beer industry increasingly focused on diversity and equity. We’ll talk about how this connects to drinkers, producers, and ways you can be more inclusive in your coverage.

Our guests:

  • Lily Waite - A London-based freelance beer writer, photographer, visual artist, and the founder of The Queer Brewing Project, an LGBTQ-focused non-profit collaborative beer initiative. 

  • Holly Regan - A journalist who shares the stories of underrepresented people through the universal experience of food and beverage. They currently live in Seattle.

View the recording here.

Photo by Brooke Cagle on Unsplash

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A Personal Project for Professional Growth
Jan
26

A Personal Project for Professional Growth

From The Reporter’s Notebook, The North American Guild of Beer Writers:

Holly Regan started The Both-Between newsletter as a way to share stories about a variety of things, from food and drink, to queerness, art, and more. In this NAGBW … Q, Holly shares why having one more project has been a benefit to writing and creating new ideas to pitch publications.

Watch on NAGBW: https://reportersnotebook.org/2021/01/26/a-personal-project-for-professional-growth/ or YouTube: https://youtu.be/H2n05LgG668

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