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SUMMARY:CO Fall Vision Fast
DESCRIPTION:As the leaves change\, a different way of life is tugging at your heart. A new story is begging to be told. And your gifts are longing to be shared with the world. \nMarking life passages allows you to release what no longer serves you and fully embrace all of who you are. As you spend time alone\, in a wild place on the earth\, something deep in your bones is revived – a call you have been longing to answer. \nIt is time to nurture your aliveness\, live in reciprocity\, and in harmony with the Earth\, yourself\, and one another. \nThis initiatory time can transform your life and allow you to emerge with a new story. The one that is begging to be told. \nYou will have the opportunity to share this story and to be witnessed by community amongst the stunning Fall aspen leaves in the Colorado Rocky Mountains. This experience can cultivate belonging and meaning in your life and invites you to show up fully as the valuable human being you are. \nProgram Overview: This thirteen-day initiatory program is divided into three sections; severance\, threshold time\, and incorporation. \nOnce you commit to coming\, the severance process begins where you sever from the life you have lived in order to step into the life of who you truly are now. You physically leave home\, but the psyche also severs from the old during this time. The first days of the program are a time of physical separation from your daily life\, psychological preparation\, and setting the intention for your solo time. \nThe threshold time is your solo time of four days and nights on the land to mark your own life passage(s). This is the liminal space for you to deal with the past\, let go of what no longer serves\, and celebrate all of who you are now. Base camp will be held not far from your solo spot and you will have a ‘buddy’ to ensure both your and their wellbeing each day. \nThe days spent after your solo time are the beginning part of the incorporation process. You are invited to share the story of your solo and be witnessed in the community of the group. The guides will reflect or ‘mirror’ your story back to you and the gifts you bring to this new phase of life. Finally\, we will prepare you to carry your story\, your gifts and yourself back into the world where your incorporation process will continue to unfold over the year ahead. \nProgram Questions Contact: Pedro McMillan at pedro@wildmountainretreats.org or Kelly McClelland at kelly@kelly-mcclelland.com
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/co-fall-vision-fast/
LOCATION:Wild Mountain\, Colorado
CATEGORIES:Rites of Passage
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ORGANIZER;CN="School of Lost Borders":MAILTO:school@lostborders.org
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SUMMARY:CO Women’s Fast
DESCRIPTION:– Remembering Ourselves Home – \nYou do not have to be good.\nYou do not have to walk on your knees\nfor a hundred miles through the desert\, repenting.\nYou only have to let the soft animal of your body\nlove what it loves.\n– Mary Oliver \nWhat is calling you?\nDo you wish to claim and mark a change in your life stage? Have the time and community\, both nature and human\, to listen more deeply to your heart-song that is on the edge of emergence? Hunger for solitude and the whispers of wild nature? \nRestoration\nIn this program we create a clearing in our lives to restore what has been forgotten\, fragmented or diminished. Ceremony invites us to take time to slow down and to find what we may have lost in the frenetic pace and challenges of our daily lives. We pause. We listen. As we renew our connection to the more than human world\, we notice what is emerging through that body-sensing way of our sensual nature. \nReconnection\nWe go out not to prove our worthiness or strength\, but rather to return to our natural rhythms and our rootedness. Through immersion in wild nature\, the teachings of the Four Shields\, ritual\, and community\, we gain clarity on what is ripening within us and ready to be revealed\, so that we may step more confidently into our gifts and aliveness. As we nourish the inner well\, we uncover our radiance. \nEmpowerment\nThe vision fast is a ceremony of empowerment and renewal\, as we remember that we are an intrinsic part of the natural world. During our time you will gain profound insights into your current life passage\, come into deep relationship with your longing and belonging\, and discover clarity about your unique offerings to the world. \nOverview\nThis 10-day vision fast ceremony\, led by two experienced guides\, involves four days of preparation\, three days of solo\, and three days of reincorporation\, to support and hold your emergence. Following a pan-cultural model of transitions\, this ceremony moves through the three stages of severance (preparation) – threshold (solo) – reincorporation (return). \nLiving nature is your mirror and source of transformation\, and we will dive deep into this exploration of inner and outer communion. Our community is witness to the layers you shed and the new identity you may find. \nWho this serves: We invite a village of women of all ages to gather and join. We celebrate the diversity of all expressions of sexuality and female-identified humans. \nTo be whole. To be complete. \nWildness reminds us what it means to be human\,\nwhat we are connected to rather than what we are separate from. \n— Terry Tempest Williams — \nContact Guide: Bettina Straub beingbettina@live.de\nCo-guide: Nancy Jane nancy@lostborders.org
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/co-womens-fast/
LOCATION:Wild Mountain\, Colorado
CATEGORIES:Rites of Passage
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ORGANIZER;CN="School of Lost Borders":MAILTO:school@lostborders.org
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DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20240806
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240813
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SUMMARY:Healing Ancestral Trauma through Nature\, Ritual\, and Community
DESCRIPTION:When we heal our roots\, we open up new possibilities for our future. \n–Thomas Hubl \nAncestral Trauma \nWelcome to our investigation of ancestral trauma. We hold this as a sacred exploration of what\noften has no words. We trust in our human capacity to heal when given appropriate support\nand healthy relationship. \nPerhaps you are holding a question about what you might have inherited from your ancestors.\nYou may even be acutely aware of traumatized aspects of your past and the residues of fear\,\nanger\, or shame that get triggered in everyday living. You may have only a vague sense that\nsome issue is “bigger than just me in this present moment.” Whatever brings you to look at this\nprogram\, we welcome your inquiry and will support you in any way we can. \nThe stories in our lineage are part of who we are today\, but much of their influence remains\nunconscious. Our ancestors lived through the trauma of immigration\, painful historical events\nsuch as war\, the legacy of slavery\, Native American genocide and the Holocaust. It is common\nfor expressions of trauma\, such as family suicide\, depression\, addictions\, grief\, or physical\nhealth conditions\, to be passed down from generation to generation. \nWhy It Matters \nThe importance of this work cannot be underestimated. Insights of our time carry forward to\nnew generations\, empowering us to connect and repair with our families and communities. In\norder to gather our creative energies and follow a heart-felt path of service to others and the\nplanet\, we must uncover and befriend the entanglements of the past. \nCeremony\, Wild Nature\, and Community \nThe journey is both a deeply personal exploration as well as an inquiry into our historical and\ncollective wounding. Through immersion in wild nature\, within a safe community and\nsupported by ritual\, we can begin a process of reclamation and healing. We give ourselves time\nand space so that the invisible can become visible. As we bring light to the stories and emotions\nthat may lie dormant from “looking away\,” we liberate our natural aliveness\, inspiration\, and\ngratitude for ourselves and those who came before us. \nFlow of the Days\nThe format of the 7-day program is spacious\, to allow for profound insights to emerge. We will\nmeet daily in sharing and teaching councils\, followed by experiential reflection walks on the\nland and evening gatherings. The framework of the Four Shields will help us map out our\nexploration of ancestral wounding. Other rituals and the mirror of nature will enhance our time\ntogether. On Day 5\, participants will undertake a 24-hour solo with optional fasting. Upon\nreturn\, participants will share their stories and have them mirrored by the guides. Our last day\nfocuses on how to take the insights forward into daily life. \nProgram Questions Contact: Nancy Jane at njane615@icloud.com
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/healing-ancestral-trauma-through-nature-ritual-and-community/
LOCATION:Wild Mountain\, Colorado
CATEGORIES:Adults
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ORGANIZER;CN="School of Lost Borders":MAILTO:school@lostborders.org
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DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20240722
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SUMMARY:CO Men’s Fast
DESCRIPTION:Being a man can be easy\, and not easy at all. How do people who identify as a man navigate both the immense privileges that come with maleness\, and the weight of myths that come with being a man. Myths like ‘the self-made man’\, the ‘warrior’\, the ‘breadwinner’ and ‘protector’. In a world where patriarchy has created real and lasting harm to others and the earth\, how can a man be sensitive and compassionate yet have a strong voice and presence that leaves room and space for the voices and presence of others? \nThrough this rite-of-passage we invite those who identify as men to take a leap – to look deeply at our notions of manhood – and to enter the threshold with an open heart. Alone and together we’ll embark on a shared journey towards finding integrity\, towards finding real community\, and towards finding a future that is calling us to slow down\, show up and embody the transformation these times are asking of us. Truly\, the world needs initiated adult and elder men more than at any time in memory. \nThis initiatory ceremony will take you to the edges of who you are in a safe and caring space. This is a time that will hold you in all your wholeness\, ask you to be all of who you are and to bring all the gifts you carry back to the world in an authentic and caring way. \nCome and join us\, surrounded by some of the tallest peaks in Colorado and under billions. of stars as we take this journey together. Your ceremony will begin with enrolling in the program and sending a deposit to hold your space. More information will be sent to you once this is done. The time has come and we welcome you to join us on the amazing land we call Wild Mountain for this transformative experience. \nProgram Overview: \nThis ceremony involves several days of preparation\, 4 days and nights of spending time alone in a wilderness place\, and a few days of incorporation. You will be supported physically\, psychologically\, mentally\, and spiritually\, so that you might fully benefit from this experience of being alone with little or no food in the wilderness. After our days of preparation\, you will cross the threshold and enter into your ceremony or threshold time\, making it your own. During the final days\, you step into the incorporation process where we will join together for the sharing of stories. The guides will listen\, support your understanding of the experience\, and challenge you to give your vision practical feet – to live the life you have rightfully claimed as your own! When all the stories have been told\, we will celebrate together and prepare for your return to your community. \nFor more info please contact Sam via sambdeboskey@gmail.com
URL:https://wildernessguidescouncil.org/program/co-mens-fast/
LOCATION:Wild Mountain\, Colorado
CATEGORIES:Rites of Passage
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