Upcoming:

VISION:  A Soul Quest

Shasta Sunrise

JULY 26-August 2, 2010 – MOUNT SHASTA

The Quest is a universal expression of the human longing – and need – to come face to face with the Self, and to align with the true potential of the soul. Expressed in ancient wisdom traditions around the globe, people have been returning, alone, to the land for eons to received soul reflection, clarity, direction and vision. The quest is a space of revelation, inspiration and fortification of the primary prayer each of us is here to pray – the purpose embedded within the blueprint of the soul.

The universe is an animate intelligence, a dance of soul and spirit. Every aspect of Nature is soul, has soul, is an expression and a reflection of soul. When we journey alone into a space of communion with nature and open to the total interconnectivity and intersubjectivity of the universe, we receive true reflections of our own highest gifts and knowing. In receiving such Vision, we are empowered to return to the world to give the one gift only we can give – the unique expression of our soul’s purpose. And, we are able to hear what the world is calling from us, showing us how to give and receive in the lively context of an infinitely abundant and interconnected reality.

VISION is open to the general public. It is also one of three core modules of the Dancing Freedom Facilitator Training Series. Applicants must be ready for a true dive into emptiness and for immersion wilderness experience. We will spend two days together, laying a fertile ground for consciousness through community ritual, dance, intimate sharing and body purification. Then, each participant will spend four days and three nights solo fasting, praying and listening in the wilderness. On the sixth day, we regather to harvest and reflect the wisdom each of our journeys has gifted, gaining tools and perspective to translate our experience into our daily lives.

Note: this is not a “Native American” Vision Quest. It is a “New Earth” Vision Quest held in the intelligence of universal pattern and the light of Source. We claim to no particular lineage in the calling to facilitate this experience. Rather, we share from what we have facilitated and experienced ourselves as we have listened to the soul’s call to return to the wilderness. This said, this offering is influenced and inspired by Lakota, Ojibway and Huna lineages, and the work of Bill Plotkin.

Required reading: Soul Craft by Bill Plotkin

Space is very limited. You must register to guarantee your space.

Investment in self (cost): Full Fee: $795. Students and Low Income: $595

Fee includes any fees for our camping, instruction, materials, and a beautiful break-fast meal the morning you return from your quest. It does not include your personal food needs, equipment or transport.

A $250 non-refundable deposit reserves your space.

or

Send Checks to Samantha Beers, 415 Bellevue Ave. #62, Oakland, CA 94610

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Dancing Freedom Facilitator Training:

Level 1 ~ EMBODIMENT

November 2-November 9, 2010

June 24-July 1, 2011

Level 2 ~ MASTERY

February 26-March 6, 2011 in Mount Shasta, CA

WE ARE THE DANCE.  WE ARE THE DANCERS.  WE ARE THE MOVEMENT.  WE ARE THE PRAYER.  Come co-create our growing Dancing Freedom Community.  Become a Dancing Freedom Facilitator and bring this practice to the world.  Gain self-understanding, core resilience skills, clear vision, internalized wisdom and expanded capacity as an Embodied Leader.

In the EMBODIMENT module, we learn to embody the foundations of the practice in the alchemy of the ELEMENTS, SOMATIC sensing, feeling and LOVING WHAT IS, and HARVESTING the wisdom we receive through the dance.  We map the Six Patterns of Total Body Connectivity to reclaim whole-being function and wellness while expanding movement range, choice and innovation.  We inhabit the INNER DANCE, a powerful practice of witness and mover used to access deeper levels of self understanding and somatic healing.  We journey through the elements as an archetypal map for personal transformation and soul magic. Then, we learn how to SHARE the fundamental practice with others.

In the MASTERY module, we become Djedi’s – masters of subtle energy.  We dance the body as the luminous container for our souls and spirits.  We embody a holographic map of the universe as consciousness through lived experience.  We map energy anatomy and receive essential tools for energy healing and creating sacred space.  We activate profound & practical skills  for soul empowered manifestation of our dreams, vision and purpose.  And, we learn to lucidly navigate our lives, our relationships and the world through the five Fields of Consciousness: Instinct, Emotion, Empathy, Psychic and Intuition.

Full Details and Application

REGISTER TODAY

Spiraling Together to Co-Create a Better Than Imagined World

Other Workshops We Offer:

Striving & Surrender

A Non-Residential Dancing Freedom Immersion

10-7 Saturday & 10-4 Sunday

What is ENOUGH?

What is TOO MUCH?

• How can I find and perpetuate balance in my life? • How can I act powerfully while deepening relaxation and presence? • How do my striving and surrender compete, and how are they interwoven and mutually complimentary qualities? • Am I in reaction or response? • Am I at effect or at cause?

During the weekend, we will dive into our somatic (body-based) reactions and responses to trauma and stress. We will learn how we perpetually re-create over-striving and hyper-vigilance in the effort to keep ourselves safe, sane and attractive, and we will gain new awareness and tools to make new choices. Through dance, meditation and energy work, we will unpack and re-pattern personal and cultural programs around success, progress, striving and surrender. Through this, we will make space for the emergence of sufficiency, resiliency, thrivability and ENOUGHNESS. We open a wide-aware space for PEACE and for CHOICE.

Investment in Self:

$120 advanced registration, $150 on the day of the workshop

RELATING/DANCING

A Dancing Freedom Workshop for Individuals and Couples
w/Samantha Sweetwater

Everything Is Relationship. Nothing Is Not Relationship.
The Universe is a fabric of dependent co-arising ~ love, time, gravity…matter… psyche ~ all arise and fall away in the flow of relationship. We suffer in relationship. We suffer out of it. We yearn for peace in it. And, we know it is place where we have the greatest opportunity for awakening.

Relationship ~ to Self, Other & God ~ is THE primary dance we came here to learn, grow, ground, awaken and become free within. When we shift our relating, we completely shift the world.

In Relationship:

How do I meet myself.
How to I meet the Other?
How do I move into & from center?
When I come into relationship with another, do I abandon myself?
How do I dissociate from my center and my own impulses in order to please, seduce, be safe, be appropriate, or get love?
How can I give powerfully while maintaining my own truth and authentic expression?
How to I GIVE my whole self into relationship?
How do I do this AND be powerfully, wholly, deliciously myself?

The body knows WAY. Deep sensing, detailed awareness, rigorous honesty, compassionate witnessing, PRESENCE & BLISS are the tools we will bring to bear on these questions and more as we unpack our habit of relationship with ourselves, and our intimates & God.

INVESTMENT IN SELF (Cost):
Pre-registration: $66
On the Day of: $85

ARRIVING H.O.M.E.

Human ~ Open ~ Majestic ~ Embodiment

Dancing Meditations On the Rich Compost of Life & the Luminosity of Death

Rising and Falling In the Soul of Beauty. Can You Flourish In the Constancy of Change?

We dance our way HOME through the valleys of Shadow and Light. Emergence is here. It is happening. It is a verb, not a noun. We inside the most potent opportunity EVER for humanity to choose to thrive, to en-light-tune and to genuinely embrace WHAT IS through deep relationship, gratitude and love.

Immanence and Transcendence are the twin energies of our awakening. We are dying. We are birthing. We are falling. We are flying. We are growing roots. We are learning to do all of these at the same time – to be the fearless and tender phoenix heart within the chaos of life. We are learning how to let go and BE GRACE dancing withing the constancy of change. This is the soul of our leadership and the foundation of our soul-vival.

Come, be held in a safe space to fall apart, set your roots and take flight. Renew. Release. Reflect. Reclaim. Develop your capacity to be, do and dance as regenerative co-creators of a beautiful, sustainable & just world.

Our time will combine rigorous practice, deep and restful nourishment for body, heart, mind and soul, and time spent with the more-than-human world of nature.