Rites of Passage Celebrations
Maidens ~Mothers ~Crones
Our culture has largely lost the art of celebrating and honoring the physical changes that a woman goes through in her life, resulting in the disempowerment of women, along with a disconnection between women, their bodies, and nature. Rites of passage ceremonies are one way that most other cultures acknowledge and honor the sacred transitions of life.

Rites of passage for Young Women
A one day workshop celebrating the transition from girl to young woman. This day offers a loving, fun celebration, welcoming your daughters into the joys of womanhood and to promote feminine self-confidence, body self-awareness and creative self-expression. For girls who have just begun menstruating accompanied by their mothers, aunties, grandmothers.

Rites of passage for Women
Most women were never welcomed into womanhood. This one day workshop offers a day of healing and celebration. We will be exploring and healing the negativity around menstruation the "nuisance," "bother," or "the curse," and liberating our inner goddess. Reclaim your cycle as source of inner guidance & spiritual renewal. For women of all ages.

Connect you to your inner teacher as you learn to experience the world in a new way.

A weekend of inner opening into the realm of Spirit through Nature. This course focuses on the paths of inner vision and intuitive wisdom.

“When you are alert and contemplate a flower, crystal or bird without naming it mentally it becomes a window for you into the formless. There is an inner opening, however slight into the realm of Spirit.” Eckhart Tolle A New Earth

By connecting through nature we facilitate discoveries of our oneness, our connection to the web of life.

You will learn empowering meditation techniques to enable you to sense “presence” and build a bridge between your heart and mind. You will learn ways to clear and calm yourself of all stress.

Guided meditations will connect you to your soul’s deepest wisdom. You will learn to listen to the voices of the trees and plants. Hear our earth mother’s wisdom and gentle guidance on how we can live in harmony with each other, our brothers of all nations, the plants, animals, insects, birds, fish and reptiles.

You will experience the powerful processes, letting go of old emotions and beliefs that have blocked you from experiencing Freedom and Joy, your connection to spirit.

Connect in with nature. Be guided to sense the divine life essence of all creatures and life forms.

A 3 day introduction of adventure and observation while learning the basic survival skills and philosophy.
Immerse yourself in the natural world

Learn the priority order of survival:

The following survival skills will be covered:

• Shelter: techniques for constructing the debris hut, and other emergency shelters.
• Water: collecting water using a solar still, sink hole, plants, and other methods; purifying, transporting and storing water.
• Fire: making fire from friction using primitive methods, including the bow drill and hand drill, as well as how to build a proper fire.
• Food: an introduction to bush foods and animals found in Australia. Harvesting, preparation, and cooking of food will be covered, though in the interest of conservation only a sampling of such food will be prepared.
• Tools: making tools, digging sticks, throwing sticks, cooking utensils and bowls from a variety of natural materials.
• Lost Proofing: yourself
• Awareness skills: using fox walk, owl eyes and stalking skills.
• Basic tracking: read the signs of nature, footprints, rub marks and scats.

With the practice of survival one begins to relax into the earth, to learn its rhythms, to blend in balance and harmony with all things. -- Tom Brown Jr The Vision

A program which can be tailor made to suit your purposes from 2 to 7 days, for individuals and groups. An opportunity to further the skills you learnt in the Discovery Weekend and deepen in your path.

Program Components may include:

• Vision Questing
• Meditations
• Discovering Your Life’s Purpose
• Private sessions to clear any blocks that have obscured you from living as this purpose.
• Connecting with Nature and developing your observation skills
• Journaling and drawing
• Awareness skills

To see the world in a grain of sand
And heaven in a wildflower,
Hold infinity in the palm of your hand
And eternity in an hour
William Blake

This is an opportunity to have personalized attention from Simone and Damian while spending 3 days and nights in the Yackandandah Bush.

Focus on your current personal or professional situation, and plan for your next phase of life and career. Ideal for executives in mid-life crisis. Each retreat will be individually designed to your needs and may include nature experiences, coaching sessions, meditations and other tools to help you to:

• explore your deepest self
• clarify your direction in life
• overcome your fears
• find ways to live your highest missions and goals in life

Learn to take time out from the “busyness” of doing to reflect deeply and to let life speak to you. Especially if you feel confused, that is a good time to go away by yourself. Rest from the external pressures that cloud your vision. Seek the solace of nature. Many times we already know the answers we seek, but the chatter of the mind prevents them from surfacing. Without a quiet heart we cannot hear.

Wisdom is available to everyone, but unlike knowledge it cannot be learned. It is received through the open heart, the quiet mind.
Kurt Kaltreider American Indian Prophecies

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