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7 Thursdays
6 biweekly sessions
w/ 1 follow-up session a month later

from 6:30 - 9:30 pm

Where: Ananaia's home

 
2008

DATE CHANGE
April 10 cancelled, make-up date will be rescheduled by group consensus
April  24
May 8 & 22
June 5 & 19
July 24 - follow-up session

 

REGISTRATION


$250
register by 03-10-08


$260
register by 04-10-08


Pay As You Go
2 installments of $135
(due w/ registration & 05-22-08)

 

Register online or mail payment to:

HeartWorks Healing Arts
6108 College Ave.
Indianapolis, IN 46220

 

CONTACT

Ananaia O'Leary
at 317-253-7357
or email at

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Medicine Bag Basics

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Medicine Bag Basics provides an introduction to building and carrying a medicine bag.  While medicine bags can take many forms, we will be working with our medicine bags in a manner derived from the shamanic traditions of Peru.  A medicine bag of this type is a great mystery. It is a living altar, a sacred space, which energizes and facilitates personal evolution, alliance with the powers of life and the magic of creation.

A well-tended medicine bag provides a stable foundation for your spiritual journey, catalyzing sustainable accelerated soul growth.  Working with your medicine bag enables you to heal and transform with ever-increasing ease and clarity.   As you work with your medicine bag, it progressively embodies and reflects the energies of your spirit and of the cosmos, becoming a powerful ally on your pathway to the luminous.

A medicine bag is also a responsibility. It requires care, commitment and co-creative partnership. It calls you to a high degree of impeccability, a clear intention to align with the luminous and a commitment to service through the generous expression of your spirit gifts and wisdom. 

To ensure that participants have a good foundation for this work, Medicine Bag Basics is open to members of the HeartWorks community who have received the 4 foundational rites of the Munay-ki and participated in at least one transformational partnership or transformational spirit journey (such as Aligning with the Luminous, Sacred Earth Whispers, Wisdom Wheels, Clan of the Heart, etc.)
Our exploration will include:
Stepping Up as a Medicine Bag Carrier:
We'll explore the purpose and benefits of creating and carrying a medicine bag, tuning deeply to our spirit wisdom for guidance and welcoming spirit support for our journey.

Creating a Medicine Bag:
We'll learn about the configuration of our medicine bags, including things to consider when choosing stones and creating or selecting a cloth wrap for your bag. We'll also cover some basic tips for transitioning stones in and out of an established medicine bag.

Establishing a Medicine Wheel:
We'll be aligning our stones with the Four Winds, creating a medicine wheel in our bags. Our medicine wheel will embody the luminous energies of the Singers (or Cosmic Angels) of Hope, Trust, Love & Sovereignty. We will align with Source, connecting to Unity & Ekstasis, the joyous song of creation.

Caring for Your Medicine Bag:
We'll learn about the care & feeding of our medicine bags, including choosing offerings of herbs, grains and beans, taking our bags to the fire, and basic practices for bonding with your bag.

Working with Your Medicine Bag:
We'll explore some avenues for working with your bag, including healing, spirit support, dreamwork, opening sacred space, building relationship with our medicine wheel, meditation, and more.

Welcoming the Support of Your Medicine Bag:
We'll be nurturing a receptive relationship with our medicine bags, spending opened-hearted time with them and developing a practice of welcoming the wisdom, nourishment and blessings our bags have to offer.