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SPIRIT CANOE LODGE REBUILD & SPRING EQUINOX PURIFICATION LODGE
Mar
15
to Mar 17

SPIRIT CANOE LODGE REBUILD & SPRING EQUINOX PURIFICATION LODGE

Our sweet Lodge needs to be rebuilt.  The Lodge has been witness to many tears, transformations, beauty, laughter, and most of all Community coming together for personal and collective growth!  Please join us in rebuilding the lodge and taking care of general maintenance to see us through the next few years of ceremony....and this is gonna be fun!!  You are invited to come as you can or come for the entire weekend beginning Friday.  You will be welcome to stay over in the house through Monday if you are traveling to help out.  The consecration sweat will follow the completion of the rebuild either Saturday eve or Sunday noonish....all those that contribute are welcome to sweat.  If you have not been part of a rebuild or fire crew before please consider lending a hand.  You will learn about some of our unique alchemy in the building of these healing lodges and the ceremonies that go on behind the scene before each and every Lodge.  Being in balance with giving and receiving keeps the door open to the greater possibilities we dream into our reality!  If I haven't said it lately thank you to all of you that have given repeatedly so these ceremonies can happen!

Contact Kelly to RSVP, reserve lodging, or ask questions.

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A GATHERING OF MEN: EXPLORING BALANCED MASCULINITY
Feb
15
to Feb 17

A GATHERING OF MEN: EXPLORING BALANCED MASCULINITY

As men, we live in interesting times, to say the least.
All around us, it seems, are examples of how NOT to be, how NOT to act.
What does it mean to be a balanced man, a balanced male, to embody the balanced masculine? How do we shine as men, with Dignity, Integrity and Self-Respect? More importantly, how is that reflected in our actions?
Our time together will be a combination of Teachings, Ceremonies, and Service.

After millennia of observation, the Twisted Hairs Elders have gifted us with Teachings of how we play out our masculinity in the Dark and in the Light, what it means to be a mature man, and ways to get there. To move these Learnings from our intellects and into our bodies, we will engage in Ceremonies, including a Purification Lodge. Because men integrate through action, we will do several service projects at Spirit Canoe Lodge which will also provide opportunities for us to share talents and skills with each other.
Men of all ages are encouraged to attend!  Come join this band of brothers as we seek to know more of ourselves so that we give to Life and others with excellence.

With Michael Star Dreamer

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Michael has been teaching about masculinity and relationships since 1996. Within the Sweet Medicine SunDance Path, Michael is a senior Teacher, Medicine Man and Leader of Thunder Awakeners Lodge in Chapel Hill.  He is a Certified Trainer of NLP and the Excellence Principle, a Challenge Course facilitator, an Ericksonian style hypnotist and master storyteller. Michael is committed to listen, support and challenge students to discover the Beauty and Power of their natural selves. He is dedicated to modeling the mature masculine.

 

Contact Kelly about lodging.  Medicine gifts, tobacco, and donations to cover the cost of ceremony are also requested.  More details will be sent once you RSVP.

Please contact Michael & Kelly to RSVP.

Michael Star Dreamer

919-259-9356

Kelly Jumping Mouse

336-385-6312

 

 

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WISE WOMEN WINTER RETREAT
Jan
18
to Jan 20

WISE WOMEN WINTER RETREAT

Fully enter into the WOMB of WINTER by giving yourself a “special winter time-out”...This gathering is intended to hold sacred space for each other - to pay attention to the serious inner work we are longing to do but often resist.  We are asking that everyone attending join us by Friday evening in time to open the Circle at 7pm - to create the matrix that will hold an atmosphere of intimacy where nothing is held back.

The agenda is open and will come into focus on Friday evening as we design our time together. A Sisterhood Purification Lodge will be part of our weekend to release unnecessary resentments and patterns in order to free up our energy and be open to attracting our present desires.  Many women have a personal vision they are seeding in coming together...so perhaps this is an intent we each share. Women that come together with focused intent create magic!

Contact Kelly to RSVP or get more information about lodging or ask other questions.

Visit Emily Balivet's art : http://www.emilybalivet.com/Moon.html

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WINTER SOLSTICE PURIFICATION LODGE
Dec
16
12:00 PM12:00

WINTER SOLSTICE PURIFICATION LODGE

Align with the introspective gift of Winter by looking within at the last year's events and how it impacted you. Plant new seeds of intent for the coming year by making and decorating a prayer bundle to hang outside in nature releasing your attachments to “how” what you desire manifests. The bundles may be as fancy or simple as you like using natural materials like snake skin, fur, feathers, and ribbons. Infuse tobacco with your intent for the coming year. I have the tobacco, cloth, and some feathers to share;  you may bring any additional natural items you like.  Those of you that have made them before know they work!  Bring a potluck dish to share in the feast afterwards.

There is no charge for this ceremony; green energy contributions to the Lodge to cover the 100$ in expenses are requested, and gifts for Kelly and the fire crew are to maintain balance for what you receive. Once you RSVP I will send out the directions here and how to prepare and what to bring for this amazing ceremony!

December 16th @ 2pm for the ceremony, new comers arrive @ 1pm

Arrive at Noon to create your tobacco bundles!

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OCTOBER COMMUNITY PURIFICATION LODGE
Oct
13
4:00 PM16:00

OCTOBER COMMUNITY PURIFICATION LODGE

Transitions will be the theme for this Lodge and many of us seem to be in one at this time...The demand in the Universe is very strong at this time and many of us are being seduced/pulled/forced to change what no longer works. Personally I have been having to fix all kind of things that I have previously put off fixing....how about you?! RSVP early to confirm your attendance.


Shamanic Purification Lodges are a sacred ceremony that is open to all men and women that desire to connect with the elements, the worlds of Grandmother Earth, to pray (for self, life and others), to purify (emotionally, physically, mentally, and spiritually), and who choose to grow and evolve as humans. The alchemy of this ceremony creates a safe space for us to let go of what no longer serves us and connect with Spirit to receive guidance and healing. Come join us in a circle of reflections that we can make a jump in our evolution on a personal and collective level. There will be a potluck after the ceremony.

There is no charge for the ceremony. The group attending is asked to cover the 100$ cost for expenses and provide gifts for Kelly and the fire crew who make this ceremony possible.

You must RSVP to receive the protocols about how to prepare for this ceremony. If you are a new comer you must arrive at 3pm for a full orientation.

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