Nov. 14 - 16, 2008: The Mesa as Healing Ground - Session 1: Honoring the Earth, Honoring Ourselves with Jean Tindle and Elias Patras

Summary: This is the first of a four-part apprenticeship in cross-cultural healing traditions with a particular focus on the Peruvian healing traditions of the North Coast and the Andes. In this weekend workshop we will concentrate on:

* Reconnecting to the loving energy of Pachamama (Mother Earth)
* Grounding and centering our physical bodies, releasing old wounds and traumas held in the body that create illness, creating deep healing at the physical level
* Breaking stubborn patterns through journeying , trance dance and ceremony
* Creating a mesa or altar to connect with the elements, establishing a personal space to do healing work for ourselves and the planet
* Creating a sacred community

Description: The apprenticeship will require a commitment to attend all four gatherings. It will be held at Camp Ronora in Watervliet, MI. The first session takes place Nov. 14 - 16, 2008, workshops will begin at 3:00 on Friday afternoon and end at 2:00 on Sunday afternoon, Michigan time. Cost is $425.00 per session. For more information, or to sign up, go to www.spiritdancercrystals.com, or www.twinspirittribe.com .

November 6-9, 2008: Shaman's Altar - with Jose Luis Herrera

Summary: Southern California In-depth study of the Shaman's Altar. Explore the architecture of the Incan energy system (cekes system), affinities, dualities, and animistic exchanges. Learn to use your mesa as an intermediary of power between heaven and earth. Class cost: $695, includes some meals - hotels will be additional. Contact Renee www.deserthealingarts.com or 760-773-5870

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November 7-9: Returning to One: The Art of Ceremonial Communion with Places of Sacred Power - Walden Pond State Reservation, Massachusetts

Summary: Each of these regional gatherings at worldwide sacred sites will offer an opportunity to apprentice in advanced Earth stewardship ceremonies and rituals, working with the patterns of our planetary biosphere and within the vast energy field of the universe. With reverence for the natural world, we will merger with the flow of Gaia's living soul mirrored in the larger patterns of the Cosmos, ands deepen our mastery as caretakers of ancestral places of sacred power.

Description: Location: Walden Pond State Reservation, Massachusetts Contact: message board 212-479-0863 or antisuyuayllu@aol.com

November 9-14, 2008: New Inka Initiation & Energy Healing (Class #1) with Jose Luis Herrara- Rainbow Jaguar Traditions begins. Southern California

Summary: Jose Luis Herrara- Rainbow Jaguar Traditions beginsNovember 9-14, 2008, Southern California.Medicine People or Paqos in the Southern Andes undergo a series of rites of passage as they develop their medicine body. Each level of the Andean Shamanism holds a body of knowledge and a set of skills which are the cornerstones for mastering different realms of reality and healing techniques. Training will explore in depth the cosmovision, myths, practices, and tools of the Pampamesayoqs, Altomesayoqs, and Kurak Akulleqs. Sessions will be a combination of rites of passage and healing techniques. This is an advanced class and full mesas are encouraged. This is the this class and will focus of using the healing techniques of the Medicine people in the Southern Andes including extraction.Call 760-773-5870 or www.deserthealingarts.com

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