IMELDA ALMQVIST'S TEACHING SCHEDULE

IN THE UK, SWEDEN, GREENLAND and the USA 2024 - 2025 (and beyond)

 
When you meet teachers so full of knowledge usually they are dead so you can only read their books!
When you can work with someone like Imelda in person you should grab the opportunity!
 
- Katharine Lucy Haworth, UK

 

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Apologies for the delay (in terms of catching up on website work) but this page offers an up-to-date version of my teaching schedule for academic year 2024 - 2025.

The good news is that my online school, Pregnant Hag Teachings, will stay open for another academic year, meaning that online classes will remain available for another year (several people expressed anxiety about access to recordings disappearing).

Some webinar series will be organised at shorter notice and fit into the “empty” months on the current calendar. Here I am referring to online sacred art retreats, more webinars covering the pre-Christian spirituality of the Low Countries and (only if there is enough interest) courses or mentoring sessions for people who do spiritual toolkit work with children. (Feel free to email me suggestions/requests or expressions of interest!)

 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 Some answers to FAQ:

Will I organise another sacred art course in Greenland in the future? Probably not. I have no ambitions to become a tour operator. I prefer working with fiercely independent people.

Another sacred art retreat in Santa Fe (New Mexico) has been requested by students (specifically THE TEMPLE PRIESTESS AND SACRED SEXUALITY) but due to circumstances at the US end, dates won't be announced any time soon.

My husband and I have started making plans for retirement and a different way of life. Please don't assume that a veritable smörgåsbord of courses (especially long-term practitioner programs) will run indefinitely.  (Too many people email me and say: “I am planning to take that course in five years' time. Dream on, there is only the Now!)

However, I vision myself running some stand-alone courses years into the future. In Sweden I may well alternate between Seidr courses and Forest Witch retreats, but only time will tell what family commitments, health and unforeseen circumstances will allow.

If you would like to host me and bring a course to your location, email me and we can explore.

IN CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER:

 

 AUGUST 2024 

SEIDR PRACTITIONER TRAINING

MODULE AT MY FOREST SCHOOL IN SWEDEN

Module #3? The Norse Anatomy of Soul 
Friday 30 August?+ Wednesday 4 Sept?2024 


Please note that five modules of my Seidkona & Seidmadr training now run on a rotational basis. Anyone who has attended the Introduction Course can attend the intermediary level modules (email me for more details). However, once the current cohort progresses into advanced modules, this option closes. Some people are mixing modules in Wisconsin with attending modules in Sweden. (The modules in the US run at a delay compared to Sweden). 

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

 SEPTEMBER 2024 

"SEDNA & SILA", Sacred Art Retreat in Greenland?(Kalaallit Nunaat)

 23 - 27 September 2024 

Registration for this course is closed because all accommodation in Sisimiut is fully booked due to construction work in town.

 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

OCTOBER 2024 

ADVANCED SEIDR MODULE IN WISCONSIN: 10 - 13 October 2024 
The Norns, the Vitki and Changing the Weave

Location: The?Golden Light Healing Retreat Centre ?(7102 Sundew Road, Sobieski, WI 54171). Please note that Amy Willinski is the host and takes registration for this course. The course description is available from her website, not from me! 

REGISTRATION PAGE

 

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally 

 

NOVEMBER 2024

Exact dates have not yet been confirmed but I am planning to offer more on-line classes in the Pre-Christian Spirituality of the Low Countries (as the previous classes were received with enthusiasm!)

These webinars present an experiential deep(er) dive into some of the material presented in my book: North Sea Water In My Veins (2022). My vision is that this will bring together people (in various locations, such as the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium) and that collectively we start building a record of our work with (and direct revelation received from) ancient deities and other beings (such as the Witte Wieven and the Matronae) our ancestors venerated! People with with Germanic/Northern European ancestry from overseas will be welcome too, obviously!

Tentative:

Tuesday 19 November: Class #3 Frau Holle

Thursday 21 November: Class #4 St Nicholas and The Wild Hunt

 

DECEMBER 2024

Earlier this year I announced and organised a sacred art retreat in London, titled “DANCING THE BEAR” but for some members of the core group this was too close to the Greenland expedition so I moved this retreat to December 2025 instead!

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

 FEBRUARY 2025

ONLINE SACRED ART RETREAT: THE MEAD OF POETRY

Hosted from the UK with US & Canada friendly hours!

4 - 6 February 205

3 - 5 PM

7.30 - 9.30 PM (convert to local time!)

REGISTRATION PAGE

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

APRIL 2025
SEIDR or “NORSE SHAMANISM” Introduction Course

April 24-27, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)

Location: The?Golden Light Healing Retreat Centre ?(7102 Sundew Road, Sobieski, WI 54171).

Please note that Amy Willinski is the host and takes registration for this course. The course description is available from her website, not from me! 

DESCRIPTION AND REGISTRATION


 

 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

MAY 2025

ADVANCED “NORSE SHAMANISM”: THE VITKI OR RUNE MAGICIAN

Advanced Rune Studies

May 1-4, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)

Location: The?Golden Light Healing Retreat Centre ?(7102 Sundew Road, Sobieski, WI 54171). Please note that Amy Willinski is the host and takes registration for this course. The course description is available from her, not from me! 

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND REGISTRATION


 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

JUNE 2025

SEIDR PRACTITIONER TRAINING AT MY FOREST SCHOOL IN SWEDEN
Module #4 Menglod & The Nine Maidens of Lyfjaberg
OLD NORSE HEALERS AND HEALING METHODS

Friday 30 May - Wednesday 4 June 2025

Please note that several modules of my Seidkona & Seidmadr training now run on a rotational basis. Anyone who has attended the Introduction Course can attend the intermediary level modules (email me for more details). However, once the current cohort progresses into advanced modules, this option closes. Some people are mixing modules in Wisconsin with attending modules in Sweden. (The modules in the US run at a delay compared to Sweden).

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

AUGUST 2025

MODULE #5 AT MY FOREST SCHOOL IN SWEDEN
The Wild Hunt
OLD NORSE PSYCHOPOMP WORK

Friday 29 August - Wednesday 3 September 2025

(The same general info applies as for the listing just above this one!)

 

 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

SEPTEMBER 2025

WISCONSIN, USA

Advanced “Norse Shamanism”: OLD NORSE ANATOMY OF THE SOUL

September 25-28, 2025 (Thursday-Sunday)

Location: The Golden Light Healing Retreat Centre (7102 Sundew Road, Sobieski, WI 54171). Please note that Amy Willinski is the host and takes registration for this course. The course description is available from her website, not from me! 

 

COURSE DESCRIPTION AND REGISTRATION

 International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

DECEMBER 2025
SACRED ART RETREAT IN LONDON: DANCING THE BEAR

Based on one module of my sacred art practitioner training)) London UK, IN PERSON

1 - 5 December 2025 

My plan is to open registration for 6 weeks in February - March 2025. Years of organising courses has taught me that I can predict attendance very accurately by how many people sign up within 6 weeks of me opening registration. If I do not receive a deposit from the minimum number of participants during that period, I will cancel this course.

I don't spend much time in London any longer. If I do not have enough participants for a course in London, I would prefer to be in Sweden.

My husband and I are making plans for retirement and a completely different way of life. It is best not to assume that a "smörgåsbord" of sacred art courses will run indefinitely.  

 

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

 2026

3 - 5 February 2026 ONLINE SACRED ART RETREAT

MERMAIDS, SELKIES AND WHALE WOMEN

(There is no listing yet).

 

International Teacher, Author, Painter and Forest Witch in Europe and Globally

 

 I am currently planning two ADVANCED (meaning for people who have completed the SEIDR PRACTITIONER TRAINING) Seidr modules at my Forest School in Sweden:

» OLD NORSE SPIRIT RELEASE (DE-POSSESSION) WORK (following the Old Norse Anatomy of Soul) in early June 2026


» OLD NORSE ANCESTRAL HEALING WORK (working in ways and with allies unique to the Old Norse Traditions, following the Old Norse Anatomy of Soul) in late August - early September 2026