Online Monthly Journey Circles
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Online medicine gatherings create a web of sacred tending across distance, they provide a great opportunity to take your personal work as deeply as you are ready for while still being held in community.
We aim for a casual, comfortable, easygoing atmosphere while holding a strong container to rely on. To deepen the circle experience, support energetic hygiene, and increase both compassion and awareness, please accept this free offering "How to Be in Circle" prior to attending. *Please Note* This offering is intended for those who have Journey experience. Either through previous in-person journey circles that I have held, or after taking my Introduction course, or its equivalent through another teacher. If you are new to drum journeys or 'shamanism' and would like to attend, please visit the Online Courses page and complete the Introduction workshop first. Thank you ::Evening Overview:: Similar to our in-person journey circles, we will be embarking on: ~ A grounding meditation ~ Seasonal wheel, community, & celestial energetic orientation ~ 3 drum journeys geared toward supporting our alignment with the rhythms of the natural world, gaining insight & wisdom for tending to our personal needs and, when appropriate, working medicinally with the world around us. |
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::Preparation::
As we will be meeting online via video call, additional preparations on your part will be needed.
Before our start time, please ensure that you have prepared in the following ways:
*If you have not been able to complete your preparations in a good way, please stay in right relation with the group and the medicine work at hand by not attending the video call.
As we will be meeting online via video call, additional preparations on your part will be needed.
Before our start time, please ensure that you have prepared in the following ways:
- Make an offering to the land where you are. This may be dried herbs such as tobacco or cedar, a song, reiki, a few strands of your hair, love, a blessing, stone or crystal...
- Gather the following items you will need and set them close at hand:
- Water or Tea
- Notebook & pen/pencil
- Rattle, Drum, or Click Sticks IF you have them or prefer them. Otherwise you can listen to my drumming through the speakers during the journey.
- Turn off ringers, notifications, etc and the device you are on or those around you and ensure you will be uninterrupted for the full 2 hours.
- Intentionally step into sacred work. This might mean lighting a candle, bringing your medicine bundle beside you, setting up an altar, donning ritual clothing, or simply setting out a special stone, icon, statuette or image next to your video call equipment.
- Cleanse yourself and your space in the ways that resonate most with you. This may be done by burning local dried herbs such as cedar, lavender, sage, or mugwort. You might sprinkle water with a flower or cedar sprig. Use of sound such as bells, singing bowls, song or toning. Or other clearing practices that you have a relationship with.
- Set sacred space in the ways that resonate with you. This may be calling in the directions/airts, casting a circle around you, speaking an invocation etc.
*If you have not been able to complete your preparations in a good way, please stay in right relation with the group and the medicine work at hand by not attending the video call.
These Journey Circles are offered as an opportunity to embark on personal healing, supporting community, wisdom sharing, and reconnecting with the natural world. To join us, each attendee must have prior 'shamanic' journey experience. If you are brand new to this medicine way please attend the Introduction to 'Shamanism' workshop offered each October, or move through the online program any time here. If you have the equivalent experience and are adept at shamanic journeying, please feel welcome to register.
Supported by Juliette Woods, a bean feasa of Celtic lineage, these medicine gatherings have been offered regularly since 2013. She holds a strong container for safe working, sharing your journeying stories, receiving insights, deepening your connection to your practice and to enjoy a welcoming community. Online circles began in 2019 to accommodate those with distance needs, sensitivities to group gatherings, and to continue holding the strong community that has gathered for many years no matter where we migrate to.
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To Register:
Please follow either this link 3foldbalance.as.me, or click the button near the top of this page to be guided through the registration and payment process. It is suggested to sign up early to ensure you receive the needed login details. To receive notices for journey circles dates:
All circles are held on a Saturday starting at 6pm. Details each month can be found in 3 ways:
Periodic Squamish circles still occur. |
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You don't need to commit to coming each month, but it is suggested to dedicate to your practice to the best of your ability.
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Inspiring words from those I've worked with
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