Ceremony within our Body
Love the world as your own self;
then you can truly care for all things.
All peoples have the natural knowledge, understanding, and connection to themselves, the Earth, the cycles, the animals and all nature.
This retreat is for those whose life is focused on healing, for those who have been touched and informed by pain and suffering - both personally and through their work in the healing/care-giving professions.
During the week we will be creating a bridge between the wisdom of our modern healing methods and the cross-cultural wisdom of the ancient indigenous peoples - learning the practice of stillness and listening through our body, embracing the intelligence and truth held within.
From this deepening awareness, the practice of mindfulness, we will open more to the importance of the relationship between our body and the body of the Earth.
"Each participant will experience personal hands-on work"
Using a form of gentle and non-invasive hands-on work, born out the Alexander Technique, we will explore the individual and evolving path of each participant. In a natural and organic way one will have the opportunity to release long-held and often unconscious tension - allowing for a deeper openness and connection including compassion to ourselves. Using ceremonial circle, the deep listening of council, with story and nature as our teacher, we seek to remember 'who we are', what is our healing and what is our part to play in the healing of our world.
There's a world behind the world we see that is the same world but more open, more transparent, without blocks. Like inside a big mind, the animals and humans all can talk, and those who pass through here get power to heal and help. They learn how to behave, and how not to give offence. To touch this world no matter how briefly is a help in life.
Gary Snyder (The Practice of the Wild)
