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NEW! Weekend Workshops

Breathwork and the Shamanic Journey

June 4-6, 2010
$250

The heroic and shamanic journeys are mythological themes that weave throughout human history. Each requires the protagonist to journey into another order of reality, a landscape of magic and mystery... eventually to return with new and more authentic power.

Registration

To register, please send $250 via PayPal or mail.

Upon receipt you will be sent directions as to where we will meet and a list of what to bring.

For more information contact:

Sparrow Hart
802-387-6624
sparrow@together.net

Online Payment

Mail-In

Program Registration Form

The unknown is far greater than the known. It is vast. When the self is removed from center, the world around it expands correspondingly. The methods of all spiritual traditions - at their core - share one thing in common: a removal of attention and energy from the self in its ordinary and consensual reality, and a corresponding emphasis what's beyond all thatÉ the changing, fluid, magical, and mysterious world of the unknown.

Sparrow Hart

This larger self has been sought throughout history in mystical and shamanic practice. It makes its appearance in dreams and deep imagery, in feeling states that transcend the usual boundaries, and in sacred time and space accessed through ritual and ceremony. This vibrant territory is not accessible to the rational self. Reaching it requires a creative and active quality of perception that engages our full capacity as we cross a threshold where image, sense, mind, and feelings merge.

In this workshop we'll use the tools of shamanic journeying and breathwork to access this vibrant and mysterious realm. Shamanic techniques have been core implements in humanity's spiritual toolkit for millennia. Breathwork - first developed by Stan Grof in the 60's and adapted and modified by other practitioners since - began as a way to access mystical states reported in psychotropic sessions. Combining darkness, powerful and evocative music, and specific breathing techniques, the windows to the unconscious are flung open, revealing immense vistas with other possibilities for engagement.

We'll investigate the promise and lure of the unknown, that mysterious and magical expanse of the soul, and summon help from outside the normal sphere of our psyches. Having a rich encounter with the numinous world, we'll examine ways we might invite this vital energy into the dream of daily life.

Feeding the Fire: Vision Quest Reunion Weekend

August 6-8, 2010
$250

Many people leave a vision quest or other "adventure of the Spirit" filled with hope and gratitude. Moved by the experience of being fully alive, and filled with fresh possibility from a profound encounter between human nature and nature, they depart committed to walk their "path with heart," to re-enter the world they left behind to make real their vision, to create a dream worth living.

Registration

To register, please send $250 via PayPal or mail.

Upon receipt you will be sent directions as to where we will meet and a list of what to bring.

For more information contact:

Sparrow Hart
802-387-6624
sparrow@together.net

Online Payment

Mail-In

Program Registration Form

But living within a dynamic dance of self and world, mind and spirit, sacred and profane is more difficult "on the other side of the trees." Having stepped outside the self we know into a more fluid and mysterious reality, it can be sobering to step back in, to encounter a world whose vision is trivial - obsessed with the pursuit of more "stuff' - and whose emotional landscape is stuck at the level of a child.

How can we plant the seeds we bring back in the daily world with its dysfunction and distraction? How can we protect what is important and sacred, nurture it, and make it grow? What gifts do we have to give to our people? We must ask and answer these questions if our vision is to guide us, for it is in daily life the living work of the vision quest awaits us.

It's a great blessing to feel at home, to find others with whom we feel we belong, we're seen and heard, what we say and do makes a difference. This weekend is an opportunity to reconnect with the insight, rich experience, and friendship we have shared in a gathering rich in heart and soul.

Each of us has a vision we must enact. Each of us has the capacity to live a life of joy, to contribute to our people and make the world a better place. Through council, sacred ritual, and practices that call forth our power and purpose we'll say "yes!" to life as it is while honoring the calling to heal, share our truth, make a difference, and create real community. Together we'll renew and reaffirm our commitment to living fully, to tend, nurture, and bring to fruition those seeds that have been planted within us.

Medicine Walk Weekend

Septembe 17-19, 2010
$250

The medicine walk is a day's journey - from sunrise to sunset - upon the face of the earth and a mirror in which signs and symbols of your inward journey are reflected. The walk begins and ends with ceremony, and it weaves an allegorical or symbolic story that can indicate future life direction, inherent gifts, the challenges you face, and the tasks you need to perform to become whole.

Registration

To register, please send $250 via PayPal or mail.

Upon receipt you will be sent directions as to where we will meet and a list of what to bring.

For more information contact:

Sparrow Hart
802-387-6624
sparrow@together.net

Online Payment

Mail-In

Program Registration Form

A medicine walk can be used in many ways: as a preparation for a vision quest; to face an issue or answer a persistent question -- either chronic or acute -- or as an open-ended journey of self-discovery. It can point you to deep core issues that need to be addressed, energies that need to be explored or released, challenges whose resolution can call forth and catalyze your powers and gifts, and those who are your 'spirit guides' and helpers.

The workshop begins with clarifying your intentions and life issues, presents alternative models through which to view current dilemmas, and offers ideas and possibilities for making the medicine walk rich and meaningful.

On our final day you will tell the story of your walk, this dream that mirrors your life. You'll be assisted in seeing symbols of meaning and importance, finding challenges to be faced, allegories and life-myths that need to be lived or discarded, and embracing the strengths, gifts, and truth of your life's journey at this time.

We are the authors and authorities of our own stories. Our lives need not be defined by the past and where we have come from. The creativity of life and the reality of death are both reflected by the world of nature, and we can find passion, purpose, and power when we give our hearts to where we are going.