Hi folks,
The fall schedule is set. I will be doing Bear Medicine in September, the Four Chambered Heart in October, and a Crystal Immersion workshop in December. Please review the details below and sign-up sooner than later. Recently, the workshops have closed out early with a waiting list. For example, Bear Medicine sold-out in the two days that this letter was being rewritten to correct some confusing and inaccurate information.
I have been providing hematite at all recent workshops as we are entering into or are fully immersed in the integrative phase following the 2007-2011 window of transformation. Many have noted a sense of internal shifts occurring, like they are reforming internally. I have felt the same stirrings and have noticed that my presence at workshops and how I am presenting has changed. Hematite supports our staying present, in our bodies, to fully embody the changes and therefore to more fully integrate our self. I encourage use of hematite anklets, bracelets, etc.
Bountiful Blessings,
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Hematite
Signs: Aries and Scorpio Power #9.
A "stone for the mind". It helps one to sort out things in one's mind and can be used for mental attunement, memory enhancement, original thinking, and technical knowledge. It assists one in mathematical pursuits and in the development of both mental and manual dexterity.
It provides for a calming atmosphere while reaching for the Sun. It helps one to realize that the only limitations which exist are those self-limiting concepts of the mind. It is capable of helping the body to remain cool or of dispelling heat at the physical level; one could use it on the forehead to draw out the heat from a fever or as an elixir.
It facilitates balancing of the yin-yang energies, utilizing the magnetic qualities of the energy to balance the meridians within the body and to provide stable equilibrium between the ethereal nervous system and the physical nervous system. It assists in the focusing of energy and emotions for balance between body, mind, and spirit.
It assists in the dissolution of negativity, transforming the negativity, in the dissolved state, to the purity of the universal light of love. It can be used to stimulate the desire for and to facilitate the attainment of, peace, self-control, and inner happiness. It is conducive to enabling one to enter into a loving relationship. It has been said to attract "kind" love. It helps one to attain a soft meditative state, providing for smooth grounding and bringing tranquility and emotional clarity.
It can be used in the treatment of leg cramps, blood disorders, nervous disorders, and insomnia. It can be used to assist in spinal alignment and in the proper healing of breaks and fractures. Placing a piece of hematite on the base of the spine, on the area of misalignment, and the top of the spine has provided adjustment to the vertebrae.
Source: Melody, Love is in the Earth: A Kaleidoscope of Crystals, Updated, 1995.
Michael's Gemstone Dictionary: An aid to re-evaluation. Promotes awareness of personal issues and patterns. Enables one to pull up anything that needs to be looked over to make it really clear what is the issue. Also useful for focusing on past lives. It enables one to positively use the Goal of Re-evaluation. Particularly good for Priests who tend to forge ahead and re-evaluate life infrequently and those in Passion Mode who tend to enthusiastically skip past things they need to learn.
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Bear Medicine Initiation
Sept 14-16, 2012
Camp Asbury, Hiram, Ohio
SOLD OUT
Indigenous cultures refer to medicine as the essence of the person, place or thing. In our terms it is the essence of being a spiritual, physical, mental and emotional being. Bear medicine is about going into the inner sanctum of one self to find the wisdom of who you are. It involves going into hibernation, often called a little death, where one becomes still in the silence of oneself to more fully birth who you are. It involves surrendering to the primal instincts that know the thoughts that have yet to be known. Bear medicine can teach you to go deep within so that you can make choices and decisions from a position of internal authority. Bear medicine awakens the inner wisdom of the soul, and by bringing it out into the open and applying it, the depth and breadth of life can be known.
Bear Medicine Workshop
The Bear Medicine program is an initiation—a birthing process to more fully be who you are.
The focus is to discover the innate healing presence within your self that have not been allowed
to be seen or heard. We will nurture those parts so as to begin to create a more centered and
balanced life. Our intent is to create the sacred space that will enable you to fully birth who
you are, shedding the parts that no longer serve the fullness of your presence. Each person will
be given the opportunity to be initiated into the bear medicine.
What to expect: The Bear Medicine workshop will do various journeys over the course of the
weekend. Hence, participants need to be experienced with the shamanic journey. The focus of
the workshop is total immersion into the spiritual world for three days. A large altar/vortex is
created with large rocks and crystals. This creates a massive energetic field. Within this field,
the people are able to find the safety necessary for the soul or inner parts of the self to come
to the surface to heal and be healed. It is common for people to have transformational healing
experiences.
Who Should Come: The workshop is designed for people from all walks of life. It is focused
towards expanding the skills for Shamanic practitioners, spiritual explorers, practicing healers,
and curious people.
What to Bring: Please bring any rocks or crystals that want to come along, as well as any bear
artifacts, claws, teeth, tools. A journal notebook is encouraged as well as any comforts for
sitting on the floor, such as floor chairs, back supports, blankets, pillows, etc.
When and Where to Come: Registration will begin at 1:00 PM on Friday, September 14 at Camp Asbury. The workshop will begin Friday afternoon, Saturday all day and Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The workshop will be held at Camp Asbury, 10776 Asbury Rd, Hiram Ohio 44234.
What to Pay: The fee for the workshop is $395 if paid by August 1st, 2012. To reserve your space, send $100 deposit now. If paid after August 1, 2012, the
fee is $445. This includes room and six hot meals as listed above. For further information, kindly call Lauren at 216-272-8438 or e-mail lauren@therockgirls.com to reserve a space in the circle. Please send a check, payable to The Rock Girls inc. Mail the check to The Rock Girls Inc 26635 Amhearst Circle #201 Beachwood Oh 44122. Once paid-infull you will receive info on your stay at Camp Asbury.
Due to the workshop focus and the unique facilities, the attendance will be limited to 25
people.
Learn more at www.onewhitehorsestanding.com
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The Four Chambered Heart
A Journey into Wholeness
October 19-21, 2012
The four chambered heart consists of being fully centered (in our heart) and actively maintaining a strong, clear, open, and full heart. The strong heart means that we have true courage that is based on our internal authority of whom we are. We are able to show up and be present without preconceived notions, while having the Ability to Take Action and Enforce Boundaries. The clear heart means that we have removed our personal biases and blinders and developed a clarity about self so that we can see clearly whom we are by having respect for self and for others without confusing external temptations that can lead down the destructive path of envy or entitlement. With a clear heart, we are able to assess, analyze and contain, while saying what is so when it is so, without blame or judgment. The open heart is a heart that can love itself, having been nurtured by self, family, nature, and life. It does not measure against a bucket emptied by draining one’s source of life by not accepting the innate sense of being loved regardless of circumstances. With a open heart, we have the Ability to Connect and Feel, while paying attention to what has heart and meaning. The full heart means that we can embrace all of life with a sense of wisdom and generosity. It is an awareness that there are as many stories of what is life as there are people; hence, though we can influence others, we must always be open to them and their evolving story. With a full heart, we have the Ability to Initiate, Support and Create Order while being open to outcome.
Wholeness
In the silence of who we are, we discover a part of our self that is sacred. This part of our self does not come to the surface through determination or brute force or sheer will power. Rather it emerges from within the sacredness of who we are when sacred space is opened and safely held. When we touch our own sacredness, we touch our soul.
To find this part of our selves, we need to re-member who we are by traveling through the four chambers of our heart.
What to expect: The workshop will do several shamanic journeys over the course of the weekend. The focus of the workshop is total immersion into the spiritual world for two days so that the emergence of one’s soul can surface through a memory, an insight, or a deep awareness. A large altar/vortex is created with four large rose quartz crystals and one large selenite. This creates a massive energetic field. Within this field, the people are able to find the safety necessary for the soul or inner parts of the self to come to the surface to heal and be healed. It is common for people to have transformational healing experiences.
Who Should Come: All participants need to be experienced with the shamanic journey.
What to Bring: Please bring any rocks or crystals that want to come along. A journal notebook with colored pencils or pens is encouraged as well as any comforts such as blankets, pillows, etc.
When and Where will it be held
The workshop is residential and will be held at a beautiful Lutheran kids camp at Dodgeville, WI. You will receive detailed instructions with your registration. We will begin class at 9 am on each day and end at 3 pm on Sunday afternoon. To Register: Please send a $100 deposit or the amount in full to Marie Smith 19126 Campbell Hill Dr, Richland Center, WI 53581. If you have questions, please contact Marie Smith at marie@hawkrdg.org or (608) 647-2366. The last day for registration is October 1, 2012. Cancellations received by October 1st will get a full refund. After October 1st there will be a $50 processing fee.
What is Included
The workshop is $525 if payment is postmarked by October 1, 2012, which includes lodging for Thursday, Friday and Saturday night, 3 meals on Friday, 3 meals on Saturday, and brunch on Sunday. There is a fee of $10 for linens and towels or you can provide your own.
Class size is limited to 26.
Presenter: Herb "One White Horse Standing" Stevenson (Shawnee and Cherokee) has been exploring indigenous healing practices for over 20 years.
Learn more at www.onewhitehorsestanding.com
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Crystal Integration
November 30 - December 2, 2012
The Crystal Integration workshop will focus on crystals and integration at the soul, individual and community levels. In some of the work, we will focus on the light body that is activated minerals (quartz) within the body. Some think that the activation of this light body is what regenerates our life force. Others believe that it is simply an illumination of the spirit. Regardless of your beliefs, we are going to explore this illumination through the creation of a massive sacred space.
Sacred Space
The sacred space will be anchored by an altar of 800-1000 pounds of rocks and crystals. In addition, each person is asked to bring eight (8) pieces of granite that will be used to create individual and intertwining sacred circles. The combination will be to create a massive healing energy to anchor the weekend.
Integration
Integration is the process by which we begin to support the chaos around and within us to form a new order. For some, this will be to complete the parallel (or past, if you are linear) life lessons and unfinished business, and/or to heal bleed-through. For others, it will be a return to the center, where the wisdom of internal authority will be rekindled to provide a guiding light for each person.
Bring Your Stones Including 8 Pieces of Granite
Each person is encouraged to bring whatever stones or crystals feel appropriate or necessary to support his or her process. In addition, several stones will be provided for use during workshop. Some of the crystals will be gifted to you. Bring eight (8) pieces of granite that will be used to create individual and intertwining sacred circles.
Limited to 26
We have limited the number of attendees to 26. First come, first served.
The workshop is residential and will be held at beautiful Camp Asbury in Hiram, Ohio. You will recieve detailed instructions with your registration. We will begin class at 9 am on each day and end at 3 pm on Sunday afternoon.
The fee for the workshop is $395 if paid by November 1, 2012. To reserve your space, send $100 deposit now. If paid after November 1, 2012, the fee is $445. This includes room and six hot meals as listed above.
For further information, kindly call Lauren at 216-272-8438 or e-mail lauren@therockgirls.com to reserve a space in the circle. Please send a check, payable to The Rock Girls inc. Mail the check to The Rock Girls Inc., 26635 Amhearst Circle #201, Beachwood Oh 44122. Once paid-in-full you will receive info on your stay at Camp Asbury.
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Buffalo Medicine
Early 2013 - Dates to be Announced,
Camp Asbury, Hiram Ohio
The Buffalo Medicine workshop is an initiation – a birthing process to more fully be who you are in the world. The focus is to discover the inner wisdom of your soul that knows how to combine right action with right prayer. Buffalo Medicine leads us to discover our ability to initiate , support and create order, while being open to outcome.
Buffalo medicine is about the essence of buffalo spirit. Buffalo is a symbol of abundance and manifestation through co creation with Spirit. Part of what White Buffalo Woman taught the Lakota is that they did not have to struggle to survive. By uniting the mundane and the divine appropriately, all that would be needed would be available. In this way we don't have to “bull” our way through life. The path opens and flows easily. Buffalo are also in tune with the seasons and the timing of Nature. This doesn't mean we should sit back and do nothing, but rather that we should do what we have to do and then let events take their natural course. Buffalo medicine is also about give away and gratitude for what you already have. The quickest way to stop the flow of abundance is by failing to honor that which has already come to you.
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person needing therapeutic support should contact a
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