Speaking at the 10:30 service about the ancient Celtic traditions of Imbolc, marking the end of winter. All are welcome.
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Guest Sermon – Imbolc Blessings and New Beginnings
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Shamanic Journeying, Yoga, & Cacao
Nourish body, heart, and soul with a shamanism-inspired yoga practice. Use savasana – and the power of Cacao – to enter a guided shamanic journey.
Spring Equinox Fire Ceremony
Gather with neighbors to plant seeds of intention and release the heavy energies of winter.
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Shamanism 101
A provocative four-part primer of humanity’s oldest spiritual technology— and its implications and benefits for modern people. Offered weekly through the Knowledge Market.
Knowledge Market at the Nyack Center: Meet and Greet
Find out more about this fresh and engaging series of classes, discussions, and interactive workshops, including Shamanism 101.
Shamanic Journey Circle
Experience a shamanic journey for insight, healing, and guidance
Initiations
You have been through some things, I know, and you have such a story to tell. You’ve survived intense, life-changing things and come through to the other side. You’ve reinvented yourself through career, relationship, parenthood, death and loss, or spiritual transformation. You…
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Solstice guidance for dark times
In the northern hemisphere, we are about to enter the darkest day of the year: Solstice. This day brings the opportunity for introspection and the release of what has outlived its usefulness. We use the darkness to enter silence and holiness, review…
Words of benevolence, post-election
How are you doing? I hope you’re okay. I know it’s been stressful for most of us – please hang in there with me. I’ve felt like Alice all week, through the looking glass into another universe (and not in the…
Grief Ritual
The following is a personal reflection that includes some (but not all) of the details from a Dagara grief ritual held in Rockport, MA in May 2016. I have begun facilitating grief work in a similar ritual format: please check out…
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