Ash & Rose Spiritual Collective
Welcome, dear one
We are the ceremonial & teaching branch of the Center for Creative Intent, a heart-centered, inclusive interfaith community. CCI was founded in 2001 by HeatherAsh Amara. Our name — Ash & Rose Spiritual Collective — honors transformative, phoenixing change (ash) and the blossom of personal faith and healing (rose).
Mary Nicosia brings her heart and wisdom as Ash & Rose’s spiritual director and healing magician. HeatherAsh brings her fiery catalyst spark as head minister and fairy godmama.
What we offer:
Creative classes and gatherings for healing, transitions, and spiritual deepening
Ceremonies to remember and reweave the sacred web between ancestors, humans, the divine in all its manifestations
Compassionate skill building for clear communication, honest reconciliation and loving repair
Non-denominational, community and individual spiritual and pastoral coaching
Ministerial training and services
Join us!
Upcoming free online events
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Free New Moon Talk:
Faith, Grief & Courage
Thursday, April 16th
noon PT (Los Angeles)
3 pm ET (New York)
8 pm UTC (London)
Join HeatherAsh for this hour-long gathering. First, we’ll share guidance on how to name and honor our emotions, clear what is not ours to carry, and reconnect to our faith. Then we will step into ceremony together to plant the seeds of a new cycle. Bring a bowl of water and a glass prayer candle and sharpie marker.
This New Moons talk will be followed by a 13-day Mini Visualization / Prayer series from April 17th to April 29th.
Live on April 16th at: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/142293
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Free: Healing Fridays
with Mary Nicosia
Fridays — April 17, 24
7 am PT (Los Angeles)
10 am ET (New York)
3 pm UTC on the 3rd (London)
Join Mary for one or all of these one hour introductory classes on different healing modalities. You do not need to attend every class in the series to come - all welcome!
Learning new ways to heal can help replenish and remind us who we are amidst the chaos, overwhelm, and confusion in our current world. Healing reminds us there are resources for our pain and this can help us trust ourselves and life again when it may be hard to know what to trust.
Join via zoom on Fridays at: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/87496527765
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Learn more about Mary here
Monthly Prayer Circle
Fourth Mondays - April 27th
4 pm PT (Los Angeles)
7 pm ET (New York)
midnight UTC (London)
A 30-minute meditation and prayer practice to start each coming month off connected, aligned, and centered as possible in these uncertain, wild times! A safe place to bring your grief, heartbreak, hopes, and dreams.
Live on May 27 at: https://open.substack.com/live-stream/142272
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Prayer Beads: an 11-day mini meditation / mindfulness series
Daily recordings now available
This 11-day mini meditation / mindfulness series with HeatherAsh brings together a simple, non-denominational prayer (the Inner Fire Prayer) with tiny teachings on the latest neuroscience. You’ll learn how your attention actually works, how simple mindfulness / meditation practice will help you recapture your focus, resilience, and energy, and how to use prayer to soothe your nervous system.
After a 30-minute introduction we start our meditation /mindfulness sessions at 5 minutes, gradually building up to 11 minutes on Day 11 (for advanced practitioners can add extra time to each session to create your stretch!)
Feel free to bring prayer beads (mala, rosary) though they are not necessary; all you really need is your presence.
All session videos here:
https://creativeintent.substack.com/p/starts-sunday-prayer-beads-11-day
Ash & Rose Spiritual Collective is for you if…
Our 2026 Theme: Redefining Power
Let’s question old definitions and vision new possibilities of spirituality, together.
What is faith and agency?
How do we love in fearful times?
How do we weave community together in times of disintegration?
When we feel powerless, how do we hold true power with softness and strength?
You are looking for an accepting, playful, unconditional, diverse place to discover your connection to the divine
You want to bring more of the sacred into your everyday life, in a way that feels embodied and authentic
You’ve been turned off by, hurt or harmed by religious organizations, spiritual communities, or cults in any form
If spiritual bypass, all-light new age talk doesn’t feel honest to you
You yearn for ceremony and connection that is not dogmatic, culturally appropriated, or sticky sweet
You are seeking a non-hierarchical, community-centered, unconditional place that honors all the cycles of life (including the mystery, darkness, death) as sacred and potent portals of connection to the divine in all forms
You are marginalized in any way: trans, queer, nonbinary, undefined, wild, disabled, black, brown, indigenous, a beautiful mix, changeable, female
You are a cis-white male who is ready and willing to confront and transmute your relationship to power, privilege, and the patriarchy
You are young and courageous or older and fearful, young and fearful or older and courageous, have kids, don’t have kids, have a current spiritual path or no clue what you believe in, are an atheist, are in recovery, don’t feel trusting, are ready for something new and hopeful