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SUMMARY:8th Wilderness Guides Global Gathering
DESCRIPTION:After two years of not being able to gather\, we are beyond excited to invite our global community together again at beautiful Bearskin Meadows in the southern Sierra mountains of California.\n\nAs we face the great challenges of climate change\, recovery from a global pandemic\, and the rising awareness of inequity on our planet\, we come together to ask “What new world is arising\, and what is our role as rites of passage guides in this extraordinary time of change?”.\n\nA good portion of time will be spent in simply re-connecting to old friends and making new ones\, to re-affirm our personal bonds as community and hear each others’ stories.\n\nAnd we will sit in Circle together\, play and dance\, speak to shadow and grief\, share our gifts via workshops and member offerings\, and vision together the future we wish to co-create. It is an opportunity to network and to be inspired and enriched\, both as guides and as supporters of this work.\n\n\n\nThe Andy Gardner Memorial Scholarship application deadline has been extended to April 30th.  This scholarship is specifically for partners of gathering participants that would like to attend the gathering with their loved one. To learn more about this scholarship and to submit an application link here: Andy Gardner Memorial Scholarship.\n\nThe date of equal consideration for general scholarships has passed. However\, if you would like to purchase a ticket\, but are in need of a scholarship\, link here to fill out an application and we will do our best to help out as more funds potentially become available.      Global Gathering Scholarship Application\n 
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/8th-annual-wilderness-guides-global-gathering/
LOCATION:Bearskin Meadow Camp\, 65000 Ten Mile Rd\, Miramonte\, CA\, 93633\, United States
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20220612
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SUMMARY:INTERNATIONAL VISION QUEST – SOUTH AFRICA
DESCRIPTION:International Vision Quest\n13-24 Mars 2023\nCape Town\, Afrique du Sud \nVenez-nous rejoindre sur l’ancienne terre d’ Afrique! \nCette quête de vision est une offre à la communauté internationale\, un appel à nous retrouver ensemble en cérémonie pour manifester la sagesse de notre diversité. Nous rassembler en Afrique du Sud\, au berceau du genre humain. \nUne invitation à explorer ton intime vérité et à la partager en communauté\, sur cette terre qui détient notre intelligence et notre savoir commun.\nVenir affirmer ta « médecine » – pour soi\, la communauté et le monde plus vaste que nous partageons. \nCette quête demande de connaître l’anglais\, au moins de le comprendre même si on choisit ensuite de s’exprimer en français dans le groupe.\nPour les modalités du voyage et avant de s’inscrire\, merci de me contacter personnellement par email carine@ceuxdici.ch \nLe groupe est limité à 12 personnes.\nLa cérémonie commence au mois de juin 2022\, avec 5 appels vidéo de préparation et d’enseignement.\nGroup calls 12 June 2022\, 7 August 2022\, 16 October 2022\, 11 December 2022\, 12 February 2023. \nBienvenue si tu entends résonner cet appel important.
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/international-vision-quest-south-africa/
LOCATION:GROOT WINTERHOEK WILDERNESS AREA\, South Africa
CATEGORIES:Adults,Rites of Passage
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ORGANIZER;CN="CARINE ROTH":MAILTO:CARINE@CEUXDICI.CH
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SUMMARY:Womens's Wild Soul Quest - High Desert Western Colorado
DESCRIPTION:Spending intentional time on the land helps relieve fear\, anxiety\, stress\, worry\, anger\, etc. It enhances feelings of well-being and delight. As we attune ourselves with the earth and all of its inhabitants we begin to let go of the perceptions and attitudes that do not serve us. We see ourselves reflected\, or mirrored\, by the trees\, the animals\, the rocks\, the sky. We find our place in the way of things.\nIn this 10 day experience you will be invited to let go and find what you are seeking.\nThis quest takes place in a community of supportive women. You will spend 3 days in preparation: physically\, emotionally\, mentally and spiritually. You will then have the opportunity to go out on the land in your chosen spot to spend 3 days and nights with only the company of the “other than human” world. You will not be alone! When you return you will share your story with the circle\, and it will be mirrored by your guides to deepen it and help you see different perspectives. Lastly you will contemplate and share how you will integrate your new wisdom into your lives\, how you will share your experience\, and how you will maintain this new level of awareness. We will celebrate!\nPlease consider participating if:\n• You would like insight or guidance about what’s next for you in an area of your life.\n• You are feeling confused and ready for some kind of change\, but not sure how to navigate it.\n• You are called by the gift of having time for stillness in nature to reconnect with your inner self.\n• You simply want to be present with yourself & Nature for deepening into yourself and with Spirit- in a supportive small comfort of women
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/womenss-wild-soul-quest-high-desert-western-colorado/
LOCATION:Uncompahgre National Forest or National Grassland.\, CO\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adults,Rites of Passage
ORGANIZER;CN="Carolyn Ringo":MAILTO:carolyn@carolynringo.org
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SUMMARY:2022 Saltspring Wilderness Vigil
DESCRIPTION:A four day rites of passage fast in the tradition of the School of Lost Borders. This ceremony takes place on the site of Buddhist retreat lands\, on a mountain\nin the Salish Sea\, in the territory of the Hul’q’umi’num\, the Cowichan people. For some\, the space is too gentle; for others\, it is just right.
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/2022-saltspring-wilderness-vigil/
LOCATION:KDOL Saltspring Island\, Mount Tuam Rd.\, Saltspring Island\, British Columbia\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Rites of Passage
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ORGANIZER;CN="Scott Lawrance":MAILTO:scottlawrance4@gmail.com
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SUMMARY:Community Based Ceremony and Rites of Passage
DESCRIPTION:COMMUNITY CREATED CEREMONY AND RITES OF PASSAGE \nVermont Wilderness Rites’ Community Consultation invites communities to create ceremonies that mirror the land\, the people\, the context\, and the larger currents in the world. We are living in a time of great upheaval. Within that is great opportunity to create and strengthen traditions and practices based on shared values that establish and enhance a regenerative culture in the place you call home. Community ceremony\, particularly rites of passage\, rises up out of a people and the land they live on. Held by people who have prepared to guide others through life’s transitions\, it takes time and intention to build and is not something that can be superimposed or appropriated. This process of becoming is both individual and communal. It often begins with one audacious idea\, a dream seed that needs the fertile ground of a community that dares to say Yes! \nVermont Wilderness Rites’ Community Consultation is adapted to suit your unique group and community vision and readiness. Areas that we offer consultation\, training\, and facilitation include: \nVisioning: The Seed and The Fertile Ground \nFoundations of Community Created and Held Ceremony \nRites of Passage -Developmental Considerations for Youth\, Adults\, and Elders \nCommunity-wide Celebrations of the Seasons \nCommunity Roles in Ceremony and Rite of Passage \nGuide Preparation\, Training\, and Mentoring \nSafety and Risk Management Considerations \nGUIDES\, VENUES AND FEES \nVermont Wilderness Rites has guides experienced in each of the program areas listed above. After an initial conversation with Lead Guide\, Fran Weinbaum\, guides who can best support your vision and goals will be matched with your community. Consultation and training can be provided virtually or in-person depending on location and focus. Fees will vary depending on the nature and scope of the services requested\, from a one-day workshop to a series of sessions to a yearlong process that incorporates all of the components of creating community rites.
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/community-based-ceremony-and-rites-of-passage/
LOCATION:Consultation and Coaching\, 128 Bliss Road\, Montpelier\, 05602\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guide Training Program,Mentorship,Rites of Passage
ORGANIZER;CN="Vermont Wilderness Rites":MAILTO:vermontwildernessrites@yahoo.com
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SUMMARY:Beholding the Stories of the World: a ceremonial remembrance
DESCRIPTION:As bees are the reproductive organs of flowering plants\,\nmight humans be the song and story organs of the world\,\ncarrying the pollen grains of story around as we fall hopelessly in love\nwith the nectar of life\, moving from flower to flower? \n​We might. \nIn the long ago\, Humans were given the gift of language\, the gift of story\, so that we might behold the world in all its mystery and beauty and wonder. While most of us have forgotten this\, and have been using this gift for all manner of absurd and frightening purposes\, there are a few who have never forgotten – the poets and bards\, the song and story-carriers of the world. \nIn the long ago\, Humans were given the gift of story so that we might bear witness to the inexhaustible beauty of the world. With our throats and our hands and our brilliant minds\, we were asked to give this beauty back\, to sing the songs of Life back to itself\, to feed the soul of the world with poetry\, song\, dance\, with wild beauty. We were asked to tend the world with our eloquence\, our imagination\, our capacity for grief and praise. We were asked to Behold the elegance of the world with the fullest limits of our humanness. We were asked to be artists. \nThe power of language and story is our species’ unique way of being in the world\, and it is a powerful magic indeed. What if we were to take accountability for this gift\, for this power\, and use it for honoring and celebrating the world? What if we were to allow ourselves to truly see the beauty of the world\, and be seen in turn? What might happen? \nBeholding the Stories of the World is an eight day journey into a world of very real magic and wonder\, a world in which you are an integral part of the story of the world\, and what you do with your gifts – your art\, your magic – matters greatly to the entire fabric of Life. \nWho is this for?\nThis ceremony is for poets\, bards\, vagabonds and miscreants\, brush-and-pen-wielders\, pot-shapers\, spoon-carvers and basket-weavers\, song-keepers and myth-tellers\, minstrels and wastrels and artists of all breeds and persuasions. Throughout the ceremony\, you will be asked to take accountability for your role as a human and as an artist. You will be asked to witness the beauty of the world\, and be witnessed in turn. You will remember why your people were given these gifts so long ago\, and why you are carrying them now. \nWe are playing in the sandbox of what it might mean to live in an animate world – exploring the possibilities\, potentialities\, and limits of what is possible when a group of humans come together to open their ears\, eyes and hearts to the songs and dreams of the wild world. \nWhat will we be doing?\nWe will be gathering\, camping\, and cooking together at a basecamp on Boulder Mountain\, and venturing into the surrounding wilderness in a series of ceremonies designed to bring us into immediate contact with the nonhuman world. The week will be weaving back and forth from solo wilderness time and community story-telling\, art-creating\, and witnessing time. \nThis sounds a lot like Mirroring\nFor those unfamiliar with this term\, Mirroring is an essential part of a rite-of-passage ceremony\, a way of witnessing\, celebrating\, and midwifing stories into the world. Mirroring is an act of tending the rich soils of death and life – compassionately holding the hand of that which is dying in us\, as well as welcoming the beautiful story which is struggling to emerge into this strange and terrifying world. \nBeholding is a child in the lineage of Mirroring\, taken a few steps deeper into an animate world. Beholding is applying the magic of mirroring to the nonhuman world\, as humans are not the only beings whose stories need to be held\, witnessed\, and loved. \nDo I need prior experience with ceremony\, mirroring\, or poetry?\nThis is a more advanced version of our Beholding the Human Story ceremony\, and so prior experience with ceremony\, mirroring\, and beholding is helpful and indeed necessary to be able to fully engage with the particular magic that we are working with. \nWhat about reciprocity?\nThe Oak and Bone School operates on a gift economy. For more details on what this means\, please follow this link: https://www.theoakandboneschool.com/soul-of-gift\nor contact tamarix for more details. \nParticipation is limited to ten humans. Please RSVP by June 1st.\nFor questions\, details\, or to RSVP\, please follow this link: https://www.theoakandboneschool.com/apply-1\nor contact tamarix at\ntamarix@theoakiandboneschool.com
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/beholding-the-stories-of-the-world-a-ceremonial-remembrance/
LOCATION:Boulder Mountain\, Utah\, Boulder\, UT\, 84716\, United States
CATEGORIES:Guide Training Program
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ORGANIZER;CN="Tamarix":MAILTO:thetamarixproject@gmail.com
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