Spring Greetings! Mid February brought the Wood Frogs to the pond for mating. They left behind large clouds of fertile eggs clinging to the pond edges. Frog medicine bridges the water and earth element and helps clean up emotional imbalances. Water brings fertility so that things can grow. Frog is a fecund messenger of metamorphosis, the power of rebirth, and connecting with one’s creative source. Use your instinct and make the jump you yearn for this spring!
This Saturday March 12th Craft Day! 10AM-4PM In preparations for the Eagle Dance in May we are adding a few craft days in to our schedule to help first time dancers prepare by making their whistles and plumes, a shield of intent, a Hokkshideh-protection bundle, and to learn about the dance regalia needed to dance! Bring a lunch potluck to share. Let Kelly know if you would like to attend.
Craft Day in Raleigh April 9th 10AM-4PM Dianne Cougar Warrior Woman is hosting a craft day at her home in Raleigh for those of you on that side of the state. Contact Dianne if you would like to attend and work on your Eagle Dance preparations!
Friday March 18th Drum Practice @ 5PM Join us as we practice and drum in preparation for our upcoming Eagle Dance in May. The March 19th, Full Moon-Spring Equinox Ceremony had a big response from community and is now full. We usually have a few cancellations so let Kelly know if you’d like to be added to the wait list. Covid considerations are still in effect and we will all be doing a health assessment and waiver to attend.
Vision Quest Weekend April 29-May 1 One of the first ceremonies on our path is “Night on the Mountain of Fear”. This intensive ceremony is open to all seekers as a way to gain maturity, self discipline, and return to your naturalness….. to learn how not be at the affect of situations, tyrants, negative internal dialogue, and social conditioning that often keep us running in the same old karmic patterns. The basic self wants to keep everything the same and live in the comfort of what is known...living life through subjective filters of projection or past experience. The higher self wants to make choices and decisions that bring about our potential, increased levels of consciousness, perception, and objectivity...risking the unknown for a better happier life...ceremony creates a shift in our perceptions that lead to new productive patterns enabling us to manifest the change and beauty we long for. Contact Kelly for more information or to register.
April 22-24 & May 6-8 Work Weekends for Eagle Dance: Lend a hand for a few hours or stay the whole weekend to assist in preparing the land and ceremonial space for our first Eagle Dance! We will also have time to help dancers with their preparations for the ceremony. Contact Kelly to register for Eagle Dance or lend a hand over the work weekends. Much gratitude to our community for helping to make this happen. May 20-22 Eagle Dance! An Eagle Dance is a one day ceremony. Our personal and collective prayers are danced to the center tree. The “tree of life” acts as an antenna to spirit as we pray for guidance from the Universe in the coming year. Drummer singers maintain the heartbeat on a pow-wow drum from sunrise to sunset and maintain the energy for us as we dance back and forth to the center tree. We will be fasting, and drinking water is optional and recommended. The dance is a meditative experience. Dancing keeps us in our bodies and out of our head so we can receive “with care and with clarity” messages from spirit. The people of Grandmother Earth need our prayers. We have chosen to be alive in this special time and humanity is calling us to participate as we bridge the old world into the new one currently emerging.
Eagle Dance is an irreplaceable experience and well worth your careful preparation. We highly recommended to attend a Craft Day at SCL to make some of your items. The first time participant will need several items and dance regalia. Contact Kelly for the Eagle Dance preparation list.
Enjoy the unfolding of spring……