Events at Pacha Mama's Grove
Up Coming Events at Pacha Mama's Grove
For more information about current events or booking an event contact susie@pachamamasgrove.org
~ October 18th, 2008 ~
Sweat Lodge of Gratitude
Traditional Style Native American Purification Ceremony
In the traditional way there is never a fee to participate in this ceremony.
Ceremony will be lead by Kevin Norton who has been following a Native spiritual path since 1993 with a Cheyenne River Lakota community in South Dakota will be assisting. He is a pipe carrier in the Lakota tradition and has also participated in 5 Sundances and many years of purification ceremonies.His life partner Lisa Ezzard, a Moon Dancer who has participated in the Dansa de la Luna in Mexico for the past eight years with women from around the world. This ceremony takes places near the Sun and Moon pyramids on lands sacred to the Nawatil people. Together Lisa and Kevin lead the Purification Ceremony(Inipi).
Their balance between the warrior and sacred feminine is a powerful and moving experience.
Come join in this ancient Earth ceremony of Healing
NOTE: This lodge is being held as a reminder for us all to hold gratitude in our hearts for all the riches we do have in this moment-our good health, family, friends, jobs, food and shelter-all the things that help us feel secure. Kevin would also like to request a "give away" for this ceremony-a "blanket ceremony". In this ceremony, everyone brings something that has personal or spiritual meaning, that has given them joy or plentitude. Please wrap this object in red cloth, and when you arrive, you will place it on the blanket provided for the ceremony. (No talking or explaining the "gift" or give-away amongst each other). After this ceremony, everyone will circle around the blanket with their backs turned from the objects, and each will get a turn to go to the item or place they are called to. No one will open their gift until everyone has received a red bundle. We will open our gifts together as a reminder that we not only have abundance but that we have each other, and that we always have something more to give one another, no matter how big or small.
In preparation for the ceremony, we would also request that you make a tobacco bundle ( a handful of tobacco in red cloth) and pray with it for four days prior to the lodge. In this way, you will have your gratitude and your intentions already present and "circulating" before ceremony.
Please be on the land around noon in preparation of the lodge.
It is a Native tradition to bring a dish to share for our " after the lodge" meal.
For those who chose to stay there is an $85 fee which includes a bed in our bunkhouse, great coffee/tea and a scrumptious breakfast on the deck over looking Pauma Valley.
Contact Susie at susie@pachamamasgrove.org or call 619.865.3905
~ October 24th-26th, 2008~
Private Women's Group
~ Ocotber 31st-Novenber 2nd, 2008 ~
Writers Workshop
Courage In Creative Writing:Exploring the First Person Narrative
presented by Kimberly Dark
Writing in the first person (using"I") can feel very vulberable and self-revealing. This type of writing is sometimes called autobiography, memoir or autoethnography. In this workshop, we will explore the power of first person story-knowing when to stop! Kimberly will also help participants understand how to use personal stories to write about broader themes. As she often says "Every story is about me, but I am not the subject." Participants will leave the workshop with greater courage and skill at storytelling in the first person and will have started a few different stories for completion at home. Download our flier .. http://www.pachamamasgrove.org/dox/KimberlyDark_PMG_2008.pdf
For more information contact susie@pachamamasgrove.org
~ December 31, 2008 ~
Private New Year Gathering
~ February 13,14,15, 2009~
Heart Centered Music Festival
~ March 21-22, 2009~
Spring Equinox Celebration
~ May 23,24, 25, 2009~
3rd Annual Women's Drum Retreat
~ June 19,20,21, 2009~
San Diego Gathering of the Tribes Festival
~ July 25-26, 2009~
Summer Festival
~ August, 2009~
StoryTelling Festival
~ September 5,6,7, 2009~
Labor Day Music Festival
~ September 19-20, 2009~
Autumnal Equinox
~ October 10,11,12, 2009~
Harvest Festival
~ November 26, 2009~
Happy Thanksgiving
~ December 11,12,13, 2009~
2nd Annual Women's Retreat
I wanted to let you and the ladies know what a relaxing day I experienced up at Pacha Mama's Grove yesterday. I didn't realize just how relaxed I had been up on the mountain until I drove down and came up to the main street/76. I felt this heaviness fall upon me which I didn't like and then boom it was over back to reality. The energy up there feels so good. I had such a wonderful day except for certain moments during section 3 and 4 of the morning sweat lodge...hahaha...but it was all well worth it. I'm happy to have experienced my first sweat and for it to have been in such a loving and beautiful space.
Thank you to you and your loving friends for creating such a place.
I look forward with happy anticipation to my next visit.
Hugs,
Stephanie
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Susie, Vicki and Elisa -
I want to express my gratitude for the amazing retreat you provided for the Women's Drum Circle this weekend! The incredible beauty of the land and the inspiring workshops you held created a healing, supportive and nurturing environment for all of us who were fortunate enough to attend.
The careful and thoughtful attention you gave to every need of the participants was noticed and appreciated by all. It was a moving experience for me to witness how much healing and growth took place in such a brief period of time for each of those who were present, especially myself!
Pacha Mama's Grove is the perfect environment to foster a sense of community and connection to each other and to the earth. I am very much looking forward to attending many events in this sacred healing space in the months and years to come. I hope that all of the future Women's Drum Circle retreats will be held on this beautiful land.
In Gratitude,
Kara
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