SPIRALDANCING LIFE HANDS ON WITH MARIA
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An all inclusive 5 day and 4 night unique traditional community training experience at the Yraceburu Ranch outside San Diego (transportation not included)
Tuition for Immersion Retreats is SEPARATE from community membership Day 1
Your unique adventure training begins at 3:30 pm, when you step into a world where every minute is filled with intention, story, laughter, ritual, anything born of organic love… and even a day-field-trip adventure. You will be transported in time’s vast memory to our ranch in the Ramona, behind Mt Woodson, in a secret fairy grotto. Our immersion starts with a warm catch-up Talking Circle and short orientation to the retreat. Our goal is to immerse you in an old-style of teaching that comes directly from the Earth. After a sumptuous dinner we will gather around to make paho… visual prayer offerings… for the Sacred Earth Mother, while we hear the legend that carries the wisdom teachings for this gathering experience. We finish our day with stargazing, story circles, and general comraderie. You will retire to sleep*, lulled into your dreams by the Unicorn’s symphonic kicking his food trough. |
Dates for 2020
January 21st-25th • February 20th-23rd June 17th-22nd • July 31st - August 4th Cost: Transportation not included January & February Retreats $944 June & August Retreats $746 January & February Retreats include hotel lodging near by; June & August Retreats include tent and tipi accomodations in the Grotto - camping
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You are asked to bring attire appropriate for the weather conditions of the retreat you choose. All Accomodations and meals are provided. Transportation is not. Field Trip date we caravan/carpool from the ranch to our point of designation… lunch is out and included in tuition, as is the activity expenses. A recommended preparation check list and instructions will be provided with registration.
All meals are healthy Native American cuisine, with the exception of our Field Trip day, in which case we choose according to all dietary needs of the group.
All meals are healthy Native American cuisine, with the exception of our Field Trip day, in which case we choose according to all dietary needs of the group.
Day 2
Our program starts before breakfast with personal Greet the Sun work with the dzil kugha. After breakfast we prepare for a day of teachings. We begin working with story ritual… these are set rituals that correlate to the myth recounted last night. We look at the passages of the story, and correlate the ritual healing we create. We break to enjoy a traditional, and light lunch. Late afternoon is set aside for more ritual study and discussions, questions being answered, new tools being imparted. The parameters of seasonal weather, accomodations and penseh level assignments, are part of what determines the retreat’s specific activities. How the day will finish depends on penseh level. Each penseh has evenings of ritual, evenings of personal time with chatting, walking, or just resting… oh, and there’s always Maria’s family night celebration… we never know: can be games, can be something she thinks will open us up, it’s scheduled magic based on what happened during our day!
Day 3
This is our day to be ready, with breakfast available around 8 am. The planned program begins the Field Trip to somewhere off the ranch, where everything we are learning is put into practical form, and we utilize our skills amidst the chaos of the world. We skirt the edge of reality – mundane and non-ordinary, as we navigate life, because if this stuff is to be lived in practical every day way. Earth Bundles are created in each penseh, and one student is designated as the keeper of the bundle for 1 year. Instructions are witnessed by all… it’s an oral teaching. Discussions of plants, animals, stones and our story will take place during this moderately easy hike. You will experience a new kind of balance with the natural world of Earth Mother that will help to reset your inner world. Lunch is out. This day will end with sharing circle of the day and early personal time to prepare for tomorrow’s public sacred theater ceremony
Our program starts before breakfast with personal Greet the Sun work with the dzil kugha. After breakfast we prepare for a day of teachings. We begin working with story ritual… these are set rituals that correlate to the myth recounted last night. We look at the passages of the story, and correlate the ritual healing we create. We break to enjoy a traditional, and light lunch. Late afternoon is set aside for more ritual study and discussions, questions being answered, new tools being imparted. The parameters of seasonal weather, accomodations and penseh level assignments, are part of what determines the retreat’s specific activities. How the day will finish depends on penseh level. Each penseh has evenings of ritual, evenings of personal time with chatting, walking, or just resting… oh, and there’s always Maria’s family night celebration… we never know: can be games, can be something she thinks will open us up, it’s scheduled magic based on what happened during our day!
Day 3
This is our day to be ready, with breakfast available around 8 am. The planned program begins the Field Trip to somewhere off the ranch, where everything we are learning is put into practical form, and we utilize our skills amidst the chaos of the world. We skirt the edge of reality – mundane and non-ordinary, as we navigate life, because if this stuff is to be lived in practical every day way. Earth Bundles are created in each penseh, and one student is designated as the keeper of the bundle for 1 year. Instructions are witnessed by all… it’s an oral teaching. Discussions of plants, animals, stones and our story will take place during this moderately easy hike. You will experience a new kind of balance with the natural world of Earth Mother that will help to reset your inner world. Lunch is out. This day will end with sharing circle of the day and early personal time to prepare for tomorrow’s public sacred theater ceremony
Day 4
Our day begins with an extraordinary and extremely rare opportunity to facilitate in an ancient new Initiation Rite for Humanity, called nia’guch’laada’gotaal… Earth Magic Gatherings. This type of Sacred Theater teaching, facilitation immersion has happened for at least 500 years and the experience is truly magnificent, and will amaze and inspire you. In the afternoon, the Public will join us in open ceremony and will chajala naaisha… heal complete with the natural beauty of Changing Mother Earth… to deepen her love in your body and soul. You will feel rested and replenished as rituals proceed into the evening after a community potluck dinner. Our day finishes with the things dreams are made of and lots of fun.
Day 5
It's the last day of retreat. Friendships, insights and feelings have brought you home. You realize your most precious souvenir is the sense of inner peace and calm that comes from participating in this extraordinary experience. Our retreat closes with a wonderful breakfast, a traditional giveaway and prayers of gratitude. Your journey home begins when you get back to the flow of traffic. You leave our home with an unforgettable image of a place where deep emotions run authentic and years of history echo through a hawk's cry. SpiralDancing Life, has found a place in your heart and you will never be the same. Ends about noon.
Our day begins with an extraordinary and extremely rare opportunity to facilitate in an ancient new Initiation Rite for Humanity, called nia’guch’laada’gotaal… Earth Magic Gatherings. This type of Sacred Theater teaching, facilitation immersion has happened for at least 500 years and the experience is truly magnificent, and will amaze and inspire you. In the afternoon, the Public will join us in open ceremony and will chajala naaisha… heal complete with the natural beauty of Changing Mother Earth… to deepen her love in your body and soul. You will feel rested and replenished as rituals proceed into the evening after a community potluck dinner. Our day finishes with the things dreams are made of and lots of fun.
Day 5
It's the last day of retreat. Friendships, insights and feelings have brought you home. You realize your most precious souvenir is the sense of inner peace and calm that comes from participating in this extraordinary experience. Our retreat closes with a wonderful breakfast, a traditional giveaway and prayers of gratitude. Your journey home begins when you get back to the flow of traffic. You leave our home with an unforgettable image of a place where deep emotions run authentic and years of history echo through a hawk's cry. SpiralDancing Life, has found a place in your heart and you will never be the same. Ends about noon.