Womens Empowerment Sweat Lodge,

Origin Story & Medicine Teachings

The Fall Women's' Empowerment Sweat Lodge Ceremony will include a morning teaching circle on:

Opening the Hearts Power to Receive Prosperity

Saturday, October 4th, 2008

Beginning at 10 AM until sundown or later.

On these special days of Feminine Empowerment for Women:

• We will sit together in circle in under the powerful peaceful feminine energy of a circle of large Pine Trees.
• We will experience the love of our Earth Mother.
• We will revel in the ancient teachings that honor the origins of the Divine Feminine, the source of Life and the creativity that is inherent to Feminine Power.
• We will claim these truths of our Feminine Power and clarify our intention and ability to act from Divine Feminine within us in our daily lives NOW.
• We will sit together in the presence of Sacred Fire and the Sacred intimacy and transformative power of Purification Lodge Ceremony.
• We will give thanks through Sacred Prayer Pipe Ceremony.
  

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We will start at 10 AM, with a sacred prayer pipe and a teaching circle including meditations on the Divine Feminine from creation centered traditions and their origin stories, including the ancient 20– count teachings and this spring we will share how to use of the Plant Beings Gift, Essential Oils for the release of emotional patterns. We will honor our insights on how to apply this wisdom in our lives for the benefit of the family life. This circle will be followed by a light soup & salad lunch.

Afterward we will “let go of time’ and begin the sweat lodge ceremony, building the fire, covering the lodge, meditating quietly in the presence of mother earth, the family of life and grandfather fire, preparing ourselves inwardly to enter the lodge as the grandmother stones are heated.  When they are ready, we let go to enter the sacred sweat lodge and the four ’rounds’ of ceremony. Upon being ’born’ back into this world we will have a the thanksgiving potluck feast, giving thanks for the gifts of the lodge,completing our circle possibly near or after sunset.

We will finish the Ceremonial time with a Sacred Prayer Pipe Ceremony of Thanksgiving early the following Sunday morning

Everyone is welcome to camp on the land, spending the night close to Grandmother Earth.(There is also limited indoor space, please call ahead if you wish to be indoors. a list of B&Bs is available on request.)

Suggested Contribution - $130.

Please register and reserve your space with a $50 deposit by May 3rd for the spring event and September 27th for the fall event. The enrollment is limited to 10 participants so early registration is advised.  Call to register, 207-443-7001 and mail your deposit to Maryanna Bock, 569 Berrys Mill Road, West Bath, Maine 04530.

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Bring the remaining $80 Saturday plus evening potluck contribution of a special favorite food. Please register early, workshop limited to 10 participants. To be included please call 207-443-7001.

Reminder of things to bring:

• special food for potluck.
• towel to 'wear' into the lodge and sit on.
• outer clothing to wear and be comfortable outdoors in the spring or fall weather.
• a camp or beach chair for sitting outside in circle.
• camping gear for spending the night on the land .(There is also limited indoor space, please call ahead if you wish to be indoors. A list of B & Bs is also available on request.)
• remaining contribution ($80).

If you want a superlative follow up experience on Sunday, consider an intimate eco tour by of the Mid coast inter-tidal area with my son, Captain Brian Gehan in his 16 ft. quiet skiff. Check out his website : www.islandtouring.com or call him at 207 449-9592.