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The Standing Bear Center for Shamanic Studies Daughters of Macha  
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~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ The Daughters of Macha: A Seven-Part Shamanic Myth-Writing Seminar for Women Over the course of this seven-part seminar, you research your feminine lineage and create your personal feminine shamanic myth using feminist shamanic methods.
New workshop cycles begin in February, March and April of each year and follow a monthly seminar format. Cycles are held both at the Center and at distant locations to be arranged with Scarlet. The seminar concludes with a myth-sharing retreat for all cycles at The Standing Bear, as the brilliance of the fall foliage season is peaking on the Maine coast. Each workshop group is limited to a maximum of seven women. In addition to researching your feminine ancestry, you learn to use basic feminist shamanic techniques to enter into the magical realms of mythic memory, from which your personal myth gradually emerges. When taught at the Center all seminar workshops are in person. If you are a distant participant, following two in-person workshops either at the Center or at your location to learn the basic feminist shamanic skills you'll need in order to complete the seminar content, you receive monthly teleseminars, a workbook with complete instructions for carrying out each month's assignments, and two hours per month of individual one-on-one consultation with me via email and phone consultations. I will be happy to offer this seminar for your group at your location. If you have a group of women who want to do the workshops together, please contact me for details regarding organization, tuition, and other expenses. Tuituion for the entire seminar, when held at the Center, is $2495. Your tuition includes your application fee of $195 and catered meals at the retreat. Other costs include travel and lodging for the retreat. The cost of bringing me to your location for distance seminars varies depending upon location and other expenses. (The first two workshops may be combined over long weekends to save on travel and lodging expenses.) Overview of Seminar Content Pre-seminar Research
Prior to beginning the seminar you interview your female relatives to learn what they remember or have heard of your female ancestors. Next you look at your own life story, and begin the process of organizing and writing down those stories that are most meaningful to you. Workshop One: Identifying & Grieving for What Has Been Lost In this workshop, you take a deep look at the ways in which patriarchy has silenced the voices of women, in particular, those of the women in your family. Then you begin the process of healing what has been lost by learning to create your personal shamanic grieving song, and using it for aligning yourself with the voices of the women who have gone before you. Workshop Two: Learning the Basic Shamanic Skills You'll Need In preparation for doing the work that is to come, you are given basic feminist shamanic teachings, and have ample time to practice the feminist shamanic journey method and techniques we'll be using in future workshops. Workshop Three: Learning to Make Myth Now you discover the archetypal energies informing your stories, for those energies carry the mythic reality - or shamanic truth - of your stories. Once you have discovered the threads of that reality, you begin weaving them into the fabric of your personal myth. Workshop Four: Identifying Ancestral and Personal Wounds Each of the five directions within the Feminist Shamanic Medicine Wheel Mandala represents an aspect of life experience. They are: Finding your true feminine spirituality; Recovering the magical trust with which you were born; Breaking free of life's many illusions; Dealing with authority figures; and learning to keep your psycho-spiritual balance as you walk your life's path. Using a special feminist shamanic journey method, you discover where you stand in these areas of your life, and incorporate what you discover into your personal myth. Workshop Five: Awakening Feminine Shamanic Archetypes You encounter and learn to seek healing from feminist shamanic goddess archetypes in each of the five directions. These powerful archetypal energies assist you in recovering from ancestral and personal wounds to the feminine spirit. Your experiences with them will become part of your personal myth. Workshop Six: Journeying into Your Feminine Ancestral Memory You learn a special feminist shamanic journey method for imaginally visiting your feminine ancestral past, and use it to explore the mythic realities it contains, which you then integrate into your personal myth. Workshop Seven: Sharing Our Individual Shamanic Myths During this secluded retreat, we shut out the outside world for a long weekend, during which we sing, drum, journey together and share the personal myths we have created, in a supportive feminine atmosphere. (The retreat runs from early Friday evening through Sunday evening.) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Please feel free to contact me for more information. 207.664.0752 email: scarlet@thestandingbear.com Choose this link to return to my home page. | |
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