The Artistry of Connecting

Remembering as a Way of Becoming

How do we listen deeply in a changing world?

How do we strengthen our connection with ourselves, one another, the natural world, and the creative intelligence of life?

What is ours to contribute?

The Artistry of Connecting is a 13-week experiential journey into listening, creativity, relationship, ritual, and the Oracle within.

Meeting weekly on Zoom and held between in-person gatherings, we will explore foundational WellWork practices alongside the Wheel of the Four Directions, movement, breath, sound, song, art, story and myth, systemic constellations, ritual, and oracular ways of perceiving.

Together, we practice listening through the body, imagination, creativity, relationship, and the living world—deepening our capacity to respond with greater connection, intention, creativity, and care.

Our Intention

This journey is rooted in remembering as a way of becoming.

We are gathering during a time of profound change to explore how our individual gifts can participate in a larger culture of renewal. The Artistry of Connecting is an invitation to cultivate regenerative ways of living from heart and soul.

Throughout our journey, we return to four living questions:

How do we listen?

How do we align with the deeper story of our lives?

What wants to emerge through us?

What is our unique creative offering in this time of renewal?

This journey may especially speak to those who feel themselves to be bridges, guides, mentors, or guardians for the next generation of Creative Warriors—young people seeking meaningful ways to create, belong, contribute, and care for the Earth.

At the heart of our exploration is a larger question:

How do I want to participate in the world that is becoming?

Who Is This For?

The Artistry of Connecting is for parents, educators, artists, facilitators, healers, therapists, mentors, community builders, and anyone called to deepen their capacity for meaningful connection.

It is especially supportive for those who accompany young people and emerging adults and wish to strengthen their ability to listen, guide, create, and respond with greater presence and imagination.

This journey is for those who sense that how we relate—to ourselves, one another, the Earth, and the unseen possibilities of life—matters deeply in shaping the world we are creating together.

No previous artistic experience is needed—only curiosity, openness to experiential practice, and a willingness to participate in the journey.

The Structure

The journey unfolds through 13 thresholds, inspired by the thirteen lunar cycles and our relationship with the rhythms of the Cosmos.

We begin by creating the circle together, followed by weekly two-hour Zoom gatherings. Throughout the journey, we move through foundational WellWork practices and the 9 Ways Around the Well, exploring the body, movement, breath, sound, song, story, creative expression, the Oracle, ritual, and living in ceremony.

Our journey culminates in an optional in-person weekend immersion devoted to creativity, witnessing, ritual, celebration, and blessing.

Monday Zoom Gatherings

12:00–2:00 PM ET

or

5:00–7:00 PM ET

Final time will be selected with participants.

The 13-Week Journey

October 26, 2026 | Zoom

Entering the Pilgrimage

Orientation · Intention · The Oracle Within

Welcome and introductions. We orient the circle to the Well, the Wheel, and the journey ahead.

November 1, 2026 | 10 AM–5 PM ET · In Person

Creating the Circle

Our ceremonial beginning.

Together we create our individual and collective intentions for the 13-week pilgrimage and enter the 9 Ways Around the Well, a practice of alignment that prepares us for the artistry of deeper listening and connection.

Through the Wheel, we begin cultivating an architecture of creative practice that connects us more deeply to ourselves, one another, and the living world.

Location to be announced.

For those unable to attend in person, there will be an option to join us online.

November 2

The Well

Meditation · Invocation · Deep Listening

November 9

The Body

The Body as Oracle · Sensation · Knowing

November 16

Movement

Energy · Information · Following What Moves

November 23

Breath

Receiving · Releasing · Relationship with Life

November 30

Sound

Vibration · Listening · Voice

December 7

Song

Essence · Your Note · Your Creative Seed

December 14

Story

Myth · Ancestors · Inherited and Emerging Stories

Winter Integration Pause

A time to rest, listen, practice, and allow what has emerged to deepen.

January 11, 2027

Expression

Art · Writing · Dreaming · Vision · Making

January 18

The Oracle

Questions as Portals · Synchronicity · Nature · Found in Transition

January 25

Ritual

Devotional Practice · Creating Form for Transformation

February 1

Creative Offering

What Wants to Move Through Me into the World?

February 8

Living in Ceremony

Integration · Preparing the Creative Offering · Preparing for the Closing Retreat

Optional Closing Immersion

February 13–15, 2027 | In Person

The Collective Art of Renewal

A weekend of integration, witnessing, creativity, celebration, and ritual.

Each participant is invited to bring forward something that has emerged during the journey. It does not need to be finished. It may be an idea, a song, a poem, an image, a movement, a ritual, a question, a project, a piece of art, a new direction, a community offering—or simply a seed beginning to grow.

We gather not to perform, but to offer, witness, receive, and bless.

The weekend culminates in a shared experiential ritual:

A Blessing for Harmonious Renewal

Tuition

$900 | Three payments of $300

A $300 deposit reserves your place.

Tuition includes:

• The complete 13-week journey

• Weekly two-hour Zoom gatherings

• The November 1 in-person opening gathering

• One private session with Seana Zelazo

• One private session with Santjes Oomen

  
  

Travel and personal expenses for the November gathering are not included.

The February 13–15 closing retreat is optional and is not included in tuition. Further details and costs will be shared with participants.

Financial assistance is available. Please contact Seana or Santjes directly to inquire.

Your Guides

Seana Zelazo is a licensed psychotherapist, oracular counselor, initiated priestess, and author of The Way of Inanna. Her work explores personal transformation, archetypal wisdom, animism, creativity, and Soul. Email Seana: seanazelao@gmail.com

Santjes Oomen is an artist, holistic practitioner, ritualist, and creator of WellWork: Rituals on the Wheel of Life. Drawing from more than four decades of creative, embodied, and contemplative practice, her work invites connection with our innate wisdom, imagination, and the living world.

For questions or financial assistance:

Email Santjes: santjesoomen@gmail.com

Come to the Well.

Listen. Remember. Create.

Let us come together to listen for what wants to emerge—and discover what is ours to offer.