Ceremonies

Ceremony page in progress.

She Comes Flying by Emily Grieves
www.emilykgrievesart.com

Call Pam for more information or to sign up 707-787-7772.

Forgiveness Ceremony
January 2020

Mainstream doctors have been saying for years that stress is the leading cause of over 50% of all illnesses, and some claim its even up to 90%. Several Oncologists have reported that almost all of their patients experience large amounts of stress from an unresolved relationship in their life, the inability to forgive and let go.

In this ceremony we will approach forgiveness from an energetic perspective as we give back the toxic energy others have projected onto us. This enables us to regain much capacity (and health!) as we reclaim the energy we have wasted holding onto other people's shadow side. As with all ritual, this ceremony creates a neural pathway that once experienced and repeated, becomes easier and easier to access in order to release emotional pain. We will also energetically ask others for forgiveness, as well as forgive ourselves.

It is an empowering experience that does not require you to drudge up the old painful memories. Instead it is simple and beautiful, and once learned can be repeated over and over by yourself. This intimate ceremony is limited to 8 people, and is appropriate for both teenagers and adults.

“There is a deeper world of what is, and an intuitive capacity to sense into the underlying beauty of existence.”
– Adyashanti

MITOTE - a Toltec Dreaming Ceremony
Next one in fall 2020

You are invited to an all night Toltec dreaming practice at my home in Cotati with Shaman Francis Rico.  The event starts at noon Saturday ends at noon Sunday. It includes ceremonies and workshops of applied wisdom leading up to a magical Mitote, which  offers many opportunities for profound personal transformation. A Mitote takes one into a high state of awareness and vision without the use of plant medicines or substances.

And it's a lot of fun! We share a community pot luck dinner on Saturday evening; experience expansive workshops; use the last rays of sunlight for a Toltec fire ceremony; enjoy a very unusual spiritual “sleep-over”; feast on a warm catered breakfast; and then share our experiences from the night. Sleeping options include tents, hammocks, and cots for sleeping under the stars, as well as a few beds in the house for those past their camping days.

What is a Mitote?
Toltec wisdom traditions evolved here in the Americas, over a period of thousands of years. The Mitote is one of the most magical and effective of the practices still in use. It is an active exploration of the enormous range of our creative and healing capacities – capacities that we don’t usually access while in the contracted state of stress and distress that is our Western "civilization.”

Plus, our world seems to be in the grip of a nightmare of war and conflict, and our little oasis of “normalcy” doesn’t feel all that secure. So, how do we move towards happiness and to more effective responses, considering the craziness of our world? Toltec wisdom offers the perspective that we are dreaming while we are asleep, and we are also dreaming while we are awake. In other words, our experience of “normal reality” is also a dream that we are having.

However, normal reality doesn’t seem like a dream! It seems very solid and self-evident. And it is hard to imagine or to investigate the moment by moment dreamlike fluidity of which “normal reality” is actually constructed. A Mitote offers you the opportunity to peak behind the curtain of normal reality, into the Flow from which you create the shape and texture of your life. From this place, you gently awaken to the gifts you have been given - the gift you are to this world!

After an afternoon and evening of preparation, the Mitote itself is carefully held in a protective field of sacred space as you go through cycles of sleep and wakefulness. You will be offered questions to consider in advance, and you’ll create a journal to track and note what you discover. It’s a camping sleep-over in the realm of pure magic – a place where dreams reveal the deeper reality that can guide and support your way in the world.

Registration
The cost is $150/person or $250/couple. There are partial scholarships available for those who need. We are limiting attendance to 30 people, so please let me know as soon as you can if you'd like to sign up. You are officially registered when you pay. Cost includes a warm catered breakfast Sunday morning.

For more information, call Pam at 707-787-7772. To register, contact Elaine Silver at silver.elaine@gmail.com or 845-536-6848.