COLLEEN THOMAS

I'm a ritual artist and meditation teacher, and I help people make sense of life through ceremony.

I work with people who are ready for a change but don't know how to make it happen.

 
 

UKRAINE SOLIDARITY

I have been showing up for Ukraine every day since the full-scale invasion - creating trauma-sensitive audio resources, studying the language, and curating ways for others to help. That work now lives in three places: the 10 Minutes for Your Heart Series, created for Ukrainians processing personal trauma; the Everyday Magic for Ukraine Podcast, short rituals for allies carrying this from a distance; and the Creative Ways to Support Ukraine List, a curated resource hub.

Beyond my work as an independent audio producer, I show up by:

As a non-Ukrainian, I echo American historian Timothy Snyder in asserting that my offerings are made from the humble and limited perspective of an outsider.

RITES OF PASSAGE

I support people navigating life changes, co-creating custom rites of passage with them. This includes weddings, grief, coming out, career change, and the moments that don't always come with a built-in ceremony. If you're marking a transition of your own, I'd love to help you design one.

SHAME PIร‘ATA

Before all of this, I hosted Shame Piรฑata, a podcast exploring people's real rite-of-passage stories in their own words. It's on hiatus now, but the full archive is still there to explore.

BACKGROUND

I am a Certified Trauma-Sensitive Mindfulness Teacher and I hold a masters in Creation Spirituality from Naropa University.

WITH GRATITUDE & HONOR TO MY TEACHERS

David Treleaven, Starhawk, SarahAmira de la Garza, Matthew Fox, Laura Amazzone, Yeye Luisah Teish, and Russill Paul.


Photo credit Shrevan Nemani