The Cypress Pillar Virtual Academy is now Open! Many of our weekly classes and workshops are now available either as live streaming or recorded video. If you are unable to join us in person, please visit this link to find out how you can study with us virtually. Workshops that are available for live streaming are marked below with +++
Mystery School
Bring a little bit of magic into your daily life, and learn how to tap into your own intuition and your connection with the Divine. CP takes a holistic approach to healing, and knows that we need soul food in addition to nourishing and healing our body and mind. Our Magic & Mystery classes are a gentle introduction, or sometimes a deep dive, into traditional practices from different sources and beliefs. Each offering is taught with deep love and most importantly respect from practitioners who have years of research and practice in their chosen arts.
Our Mystery School offerings are also available for live streaming! Visit our Virtual Academy page to find out how to join us from afar. Did you miss a class? Many of our Mystery School classes are also available online. Please email us if you’d like to catch up or for a listing of past offerings that are available to purchase.
Tarot, Divination, & Intuition
Our monthly original Mystery School offering is hosted by marvelous magical Misha and features an evening designed to help you tap into your own intuitive gifts, learning to read tarot even as you make friends in our supportive community!
Fri Jan 31 * Tea & Tarot: Tarot for Troubling Times
Class time: 7-8:30 pm * $20 +++
Reading tarot during times of stress and uncertainty can be extremely challenging. Whether you are reading for your Self, or for Clients, it can be super hard if you are not sure what questions to ask, if you can't clear your head and get "in the game," or if you are triggered (especially by a client!) and can't sort out how to move forward in a reading. We live in extremely challenging times, and tarot (and oracle!) cards are the perfect
In this class I will teach you how to create and develop your own spreads for YOU (or others if you choose) to support you when you are feeling sad, lost, upset, or uncertain. You will leave feeling empowered, and ready, to face whatever challenges lay ahead because I will teach you *not only* fabulous ways to work with the cards (and support your self through it) but I will also show you ***how*** to center yourself in the maelstrom and read no matter what craziness is happening. This class will give you techniques that will help you both in tarot reading, and in life! As well as some intriguing ways to work with the cards to help when you feel lost and uncertain.
Grab your tickets for our January Class
Fri Feb 28: Soar Across Time and Space with Condor
Class time: 7-8:30 pm * $20 +++
Soar into the expanse with Condor to experience a journey that will take you though time and space. In this class, Condor (and Misha) will teach you how to journey and read the cards to support your experience. For this month’s shamanic tarot class, we will look into timelines and your past. With Condor as your guide, you will learn to fly and address past challenges, facing difficult moments and learning to move past them. Work with shamanic practices as well as tarot in this unique offering.
Our students have asked and Misha delivers! Folks have been asking for more opportunities to practice their journeying skills, and also for more time to work with Guides, honing shamanic abilities as well as the intuitive skills that we can cultivate as we work with tarot. This is the third class in her series where you will get to practice both of these skills *and* learn how to weave in tarot and oracle cards to help unlock both of these intuitive tools too!
Price includes live or virtual class, handouts & recording of class.
Ceremony & Celebration
Monthly Full and New Moon Ceremonies with Stephen Martin-Bennet of Rising Phoenix Metaphysics. Each Ceremony is themed for that month’s specific moon and is held from 7-8:30 pm. Theses sacred nights provide participants with an opportunity to either release (full moon) or manifest (new moon) your dreams and desires, an opportunity to meditate and journey, and also include a delicious sacred ritual tea. These powerful events are a wonderful evening of meditation, healing, community, and fellowship that you won't want to miss! Click on the date to go to the ticket link to purchase your spot:
Full Moon Ceremonies: 7-8:30 pm $20 per participant
Purchase tickets (online or in person) for upcoming Moon Ceremonies for 2025:
Snow Moon Feb 15 * Worm Moon March 15 * Pink Moon April 12 * Flower Moon May 10 * Strawberry Moon June 14 * Buck Moon July 12 * Sturgeon Moon Aug 8 * Corn Moon Sept 6 * Harvest Moon Oct 4 * Beaver Moon Nov 8 * Cold Moon Dec 6
+++ Indicates class is available online
The Witch’s Way with Stephen Jay
Discover the mystical arts and deepen your magical practice in an empowering, hands-on monthly series designed for witches of all levels. Whether you’re a beginner or seasoned practitioner, The Witch’s Way is your chance to grow, create, and connect with a vibrant witchy community. Class is held the third Friday of each month and includes a variety of magical topics.
Fri Jan 17: Grimoires
Class time: 7-8:30 pm * $20 per person (advance tickets required) or $35 for premium Grimoire Ticket +++
This month, we’ll be building and personalizing your own Grimoire!
In addition, we’ll be covering the basics of the class and an introduction into the type of magic we will and won’t be performing.
Healing & Wellness Workshops
Our fabulous healers regularly host special topic workshops to promote a healthier you! Our offerings are designed to nurture your mind, body, and spirit, helping you learn to improve your health and take charge of your body and mind, while learning to care for yourself along the way.
Herbalism classes with Registered Herbalist Misha
Discover the magic of Florida’s local edible and medicinal plants! Our resident Registered Herbalist Misha teaches a monthly offering class where you will learn how to identify several of the “locals”, their properties and actions, and how to make beautiful medicine with them too. Misha’s indoor class meets the second Sunday of the month (no class May & Nov), and she regularly offers free plant walks through Manatee & Sarasota Counties.
Sun Feb 9: Coughs & Colds
Class time: 2-4 pm * $45 in person with materials / $35 virtual only +++
Our February focus is plants that help with Coughs & Colds! We are right in the middle of winter here in our home state - and across the US - and as the weather turns colder we move less, and are far more likely to pick up the ick. Come meet the healing helping herbs in your own backyard that can help eradicate sickness, soothe sore throats, and stop a cough. Misha will teach you all about the plants including how to identify and find them, their properties and actions, and of course, we will make beautiful medicine with them too!
Grab your tickets to our monthly herbalism class
Reiki Level 1, 2, 3/Master & Master Teacher
Learn the gentle energetic healing art with Reiki Master Teacher Misha! Misha’s intensive Reiki courses are taught in the old Japanese way, over multiple days for each level (rather than all crammed into one or two days for several levels). At each level, Misha provides detailed information, practice exercises, and lots of opportunity for self practice and exploration of the energy so that you will leave the class feeling empowered to practice and share Reiki. At all levels, students receive a full color manual created by Misha, additional handouts, and materials appropriate for each course.
2025 Dates TBA Soon!
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