"In todays world of instant information, it is certainly tempting to focus our thoughts and energy on what we feel is not working in the world. To me, Setting Sacred Intention is about choosing to focus on what is we want to create and amplify in life. It’s about opening to the creative and abundant energies of unbounded and unthought of possibility. It's about giving one hundred precent of ourselves to the great gift of life. "
- Lorriiii Dragon Dream
- Lorriiii Dragon Dream
Moving Mandala ~ Sacred Water/Sacred Flame
Shamanic Training Retreat
Sept 12th -15th, 2019
For thousands of years the Mandala (Sanskrit for Circle) has been used to establish Sacred Space. A powerful source of creative inspiration and a symbol for wholeness,
the Mandala, has been called “the Basic Structure of Creation” and is a reminder of our infinite connection to Divine Source..
Join Moving Mandala Teachers/Shamanic Practitioners; Brenda Marita Mason & Lori Folkins (Certified Sundoor Firewalk Teacher/Trainer) with special assistance from Moving Mandala Practitioner - Vicki Larramore & Sacred Fire Keeper/Certified Sundoor Firewalk Teacher, Jeff Smyth as they, guide and explore ways to dance with the energies of Sacred Water & Sacred Flame.
Held safely in community support and within the sacred & creative container of the 12 Pointed Star Mandala, participants will receive 7 shamanic initiations corresponding to the 7 Chakras and related Elements. Through Shamanic Journeywork, Creative Expression, Song, Story Telling, Drumming, Colour Work, Dance, Firewalk Ceremony (whether you dance with the fire or simply witness and support others - is up to you) , Sacred Sacred Water Ceremony and much more, participants will journey into the mystery of Being, into the rainbow, into that magical space between the physical and mythical realms, where the skies touch the misty waters and we are home. Whether you practice Yoga, Shamanism, Meditation, Energy Medicine, Intuitive Movement or any Earth-Based Spiritual Practice, you may be a candidate for this powerful Shamanic Training Retreat.
Where: Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A beautiful and Magical land surrounded by Ocean, Lake, Waterfall and Mountain Forest.
When: 4:00 pm, Thursday, Sept 12th - 6:00 pm, Sunday, Sept 15th/2019
Cost: New Participants $650 & Moving Mandala Practitioners $545
Vegetarian Meals, & Shared Accommodations included. Shared inside Cottage or outside (tenting) accommodation - inside is first come first serve.(Limited to 12 new participants and 20 people maximum).
Contact: Brenda Marita Mason brendamarita@live.com,
or Lori Folkins afolklor@gmail.com for more information on this this transformative retreat. A nonrefundable deposit of $200 is required to hold your spot. For more information on the training see Nancy Dancing Light’s (Creator of The Moving Mandala) Travellers Joy Website;
http://www.travellersjoy.ca/mandala.html
the Mandala, has been called “the Basic Structure of Creation” and is a reminder of our infinite connection to Divine Source..
Join Moving Mandala Teachers/Shamanic Practitioners; Brenda Marita Mason & Lori Folkins (Certified Sundoor Firewalk Teacher/Trainer) with special assistance from Moving Mandala Practitioner - Vicki Larramore & Sacred Fire Keeper/Certified Sundoor Firewalk Teacher, Jeff Smyth as they, guide and explore ways to dance with the energies of Sacred Water & Sacred Flame.
Held safely in community support and within the sacred & creative container of the 12 Pointed Star Mandala, participants will receive 7 shamanic initiations corresponding to the 7 Chakras and related Elements. Through Shamanic Journeywork, Creative Expression, Song, Story Telling, Drumming, Colour Work, Dance, Firewalk Ceremony (whether you dance with the fire or simply witness and support others - is up to you) , Sacred Sacred Water Ceremony and much more, participants will journey into the mystery of Being, into the rainbow, into that magical space between the physical and mythical realms, where the skies touch the misty waters and we are home. Whether you practice Yoga, Shamanism, Meditation, Energy Medicine, Intuitive Movement or any Earth-Based Spiritual Practice, you may be a candidate for this powerful Shamanic Training Retreat.
Where: Sandy Cove, Digby County, Nova Scotia, Canada.
A beautiful and Magical land surrounded by Ocean, Lake, Waterfall and Mountain Forest.
When: 4:00 pm, Thursday, Sept 12th - 6:00 pm, Sunday, Sept 15th/2019
Cost: New Participants $650 & Moving Mandala Practitioners $545
Vegetarian Meals, & Shared Accommodations included. Shared inside Cottage or outside (tenting) accommodation - inside is first come first serve.(Limited to 12 new participants and 20 people maximum).
Contact: Brenda Marita Mason brendamarita@live.com,
or Lori Folkins afolklor@gmail.com for more information on this this transformative retreat. A nonrefundable deposit of $200 is required to hold your spot. For more information on the training see Nancy Dancing Light’s (Creator of The Moving Mandala) Travellers Joy Website;
http://www.travellersjoy.ca/mandala.html
Spirit Drumming ~ Celebrating Autumn Equinox
For anyone interested, our next Spirit Drum Circle will be Monday September 23rd at the Port Robinson Community Centre (40 Cross St, Port Robinson(Thorold)) with the very special intention of “Celebrating Autumn Equinox".
Among other things, Autumn Equinox is a special time of equal day and equal night. It is a time of gathering the harvest and acknowledging our growth. It’s a time of taking stock and preparing for our release. We are nature, and I believe that when we consciously attune ourselves to the movement of the seasons we also attune to the power and possibility that lives within all of creation What a wonderful opportunity to gather in the energies of Grandmother Moon in all her fullness and drum up the energy in celebration of all that we are.
Please bring your drums and/or noise makers (we always have extras to share if needed), a bottle of water and a suggested donation of $5. Generosity policy applies, pay what you can :) No previous experience is necessary. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
In Sisterhood and Love,
Lori
“If you have life within you, you have access to all the mysteries of the universe.” ~ Morihei Ueshiba
Among other things, Autumn Equinox is a special time of equal day and equal night. It is a time of gathering the harvest and acknowledging our growth. It’s a time of taking stock and preparing for our release. We are nature, and I believe that when we consciously attune ourselves to the movement of the seasons we also attune to the power and possibility that lives within all of creation What a wonderful opportunity to gather in the energies of Grandmother Moon in all her fullness and drum up the energy in celebration of all that we are.
Please bring your drums and/or noise makers (we always have extras to share if needed), a bottle of water and a suggested donation of $5. Generosity policy applies, pay what you can :) No previous experience is necessary. Looking forward to seeing you all soon.
In Sisterhood and Love,
Lori
“If you have life within you, you have access to all the mysteries of the universe.” ~ Morihei Ueshiba
Traveller’s Joy Presents
Awaken the Heart Flame A Pilgrimage to Ancient England
October 22 - November 3, 2019
Traveller’s Joy presents “Awakening the Heart Flame” a pilgrimage to Magical England from October 22nd until Nov 3rd/2019. A 13 day journey of awakening, rekindling and remembering the creative fires within. You are invited to join, Shamanic Practitioners;“Lorriiii Dragon Dream” Folkins & Meg Moonbeam as well as, founder and creator of Travellers Joy, Contemporary Grandmother Shaman “Nancy Dancing Light Sherwood” http://www.travellersjoy.ca/nancy-sherwood.html, and fellow Shamanic Practitioners; Brenda Marita Mason ~ “Spirit Whispers” ,and Jeff Smyth on this powerful and healing journey of the Heart.
Our intention is to move into right relationship with the mystical hidden realms of spirit and the web of life. To remember that we belong to the Earth and that as we heal ourselves we also heal the Earth. To call ourselves back into wholeness and to welcome home all that we’ve exiled so we can step more fully into our power and bless the world with our magic/medicine.
During this time of Samhain, when the veils between the worlds are at there thinest, we hope to connect with the Ancestors and Spirits of the Sacred Sites, asking for creative suggestions on how we might release all that keeps us from our greatest possibility. To connect deeply with the land of ancient Folklore, Myth and Legend. Of Merlin and Morgana, the Holy Grail (the Cauldron of Plenty), King Arthur & Guinevere, Faeries and Piskies, Dragons and Giants, Knackers, Knights and Elves, so as to awaken our inner sense of wonder and magic. By walking, dancing, storytelling, drumming and singing we seek to better understand our roles for healing our collective Home, Mother Earth.
You are invited to join us as we activate our Dragon Eyes to see beyond our preconceptions and expectations. To see clearly in both, the Physical World ~ with all that can be touched and felt with our hands and feet and the Mysterious Worlds of intuition and instinct ~ with all that can be sensed and felt within our heart & soul. To strengthen our vision so as to make our dreams real in the world.
This trip may include occasional discomfort, sweat, faery laughter, spiritual warrior-ship, tenderness, feasting, grief, compassion, creativity, and wild joy. In other words, living fully, through the contributions of Celtic culture, lands and point of view, which will bring us more of what we need to know.
Serpent Temples and Stone circles, Historical Town walks and Garden Strolls, a Shakespeare Play, the Mysterious Isle of Avalon, Ancient Cairns & Sacred Wells, A White Horse & Dragon Hill, Giants’ table & Faery Mounds, Magical Caves & Faery Forests, Waterfalls & Ancient Ruins, Birthplace and Burial of Kings, Druid Trees & Ancient Underground Labyrinths, Planned & Spontaneous Ritual and Ceremony (Including Samhain and New Moon Drumming), Merry Maidens and a Castle(s) x Three, Faery Guardians, and Mounds, Streams and Beautiful Ocean Landscapes…and much more, remain possibilities within all of the above.
Our intention is to move into right relationship with the mystical hidden realms of spirit and the web of life. To remember that we belong to the Earth and that as we heal ourselves we also heal the Earth. To call ourselves back into wholeness and to welcome home all that we’ve exiled so we can step more fully into our power and bless the world with our magic/medicine.
During this time of Samhain, when the veils between the worlds are at there thinest, we hope to connect with the Ancestors and Spirits of the Sacred Sites, asking for creative suggestions on how we might release all that keeps us from our greatest possibility. To connect deeply with the land of ancient Folklore, Myth and Legend. Of Merlin and Morgana, the Holy Grail (the Cauldron of Plenty), King Arthur & Guinevere, Faeries and Piskies, Dragons and Giants, Knackers, Knights and Elves, so as to awaken our inner sense of wonder and magic. By walking, dancing, storytelling, drumming and singing we seek to better understand our roles for healing our collective Home, Mother Earth.
You are invited to join us as we activate our Dragon Eyes to see beyond our preconceptions and expectations. To see clearly in both, the Physical World ~ with all that can be touched and felt with our hands and feet and the Mysterious Worlds of intuition and instinct ~ with all that can be sensed and felt within our heart & soul. To strengthen our vision so as to make our dreams real in the world.
This trip may include occasional discomfort, sweat, faery laughter, spiritual warrior-ship, tenderness, feasting, grief, compassion, creativity, and wild joy. In other words, living fully, through the contributions of Celtic culture, lands and point of view, which will bring us more of what we need to know.
Serpent Temples and Stone circles, Historical Town walks and Garden Strolls, a Shakespeare Play, the Mysterious Isle of Avalon, Ancient Cairns & Sacred Wells, A White Horse & Dragon Hill, Giants’ table & Faery Mounds, Magical Caves & Faery Forests, Waterfalls & Ancient Ruins, Birthplace and Burial of Kings, Druid Trees & Ancient Underground Labyrinths, Planned & Spontaneous Ritual and Ceremony (Including Samhain and New Moon Drumming), Merry Maidens and a Castle(s) x Three, Faery Guardians, and Mounds, Streams and Beautiful Ocean Landscapes…and much more, remain possibilities within all of the above.
The Travellers Joy Team
Itinerary & Investment
Oct 22: Arrive BEFORE NOON at London Heathrow Airport.
Fee -Early Bird Prior to Midnight June 1st, 2019: $1950 CAN per person
Fee - After midnight June 1st, 2019: after June 1st: $2050 CAN per person
Price includes all ground-travel within England (including to and from Heathrow prior to 12:30 pm on Oct 22 and flights leaving late morning to evening on Nov 3/19), entrance fees and Tour & Circle facilitation, Ceremony, Contemporary Shamanic teachings, booking of shared accommodations at a discounted price (based on sharing a room with others; when there is a private bedroom available for people who want to sleep together in a double bed, we will try to make it happen, but cannot guarantee a private room). Please contact us for pricing of accommodations.
Please contact Lori Folkins at afolklor@gmail.com or Meg Moonbeam at Ph# - 289 681 9795 (call/text) &/or Email - info@onthesidesrecords.com to reserve you spot and/or confirm availability. Once registered we will invoice you through PayPal. For more information see Travellers Joy Website http://www.travellersjoy.ca/tours.html Lori’s website https://www.spiritdrumming.com/news---upcoming-events.html and/or our FB event page https://www.facebook.com/events/324965585032997/
Fee does not include airfare which must be arranged and paid for by participants. All Flights must arrive before 12:30 pm in Heathrow on Oct 22nd.
Fee does not include Accommodations/meals will be paid by participants individually at the venues and/or prearranged catered Vegetarian meals as we travel. Accommodations to be paid in CAD. Participants will likely need an additional $1850 - $1950 CAN for expenses, such as accommodation, lunches and dinners depending on food tastes etc.
Self catered light Vegetarian Breakfast food is included with accommodations. All other meals will be paid by travellers.
Catered Vegetarian Dinner at Mesmear is £20 GBP/meal/person Oct 26th, 27th & 28th, Catered Lunch Vegetarian lunch at Mesmear on Oct 28th is £15 GBP/person, lunches out run from £10-£18 GBP ($17-$30) and evening meals are about £15-£25 GBP ($26-42).
BAGGAGE: One small carryon and One Average Suitcase
Our team of 5 leaders have previous pilgrimage experience together as well as one our own: Including Nancy Dancing Light Sherwood founder/owner of Travellers Joy with over 20 years experience leading Sacred Pilgrimage. each person is a seasoned shamanic/spiritual practitioner, who will be part of an energy shield of Dragon essence that we are creating for this trip.
Non-refundable Deposit if made prior to midnight on June 1st/2019: $550
Non-refundable Deposit if made after midnight on June 1st/2019: $650
Second Payment: by June 1st: $550
Final Payment: by Sept 15th: $850
NOTE: As seats are limited this offer is extended on a first-come-first-served basis until the 18 seats are filled.
We will give notice when that point is reached.
Also please note that all TJ pilgrimages have a very strong subtext of community building. If you wonder what the better world could be, a pilgrimage with TJ offers a delicious taste!
- Drive to Stratford-Upon-Avon (stopping to pick up groceries on our way) to our home for 4 nights the beautiful Stratford Holiday Let https://www.stratfordholidaylet.co.uk/ a 15 min walk or 5 min drive to Historic town of Stratford-Upon-Avon.
- Opening Circle
- After Lunch we visit Shakespeare’s Schoolroom & Guildhall.
- Walk to Shakespeare's Birthplace and grave.
- Dinner together in Town
- Circle up
- Afternoon Quiet Time
- 5:30 pm Dinner together in town.
- 7:30pm "King John" play at Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company.
- •Avebury Stone Circle site (The Serpent Temple), Faery Tree & village Shops.
- Lunch Red Lion Pub
- Uffington Castle - White Horse and Dragon Hill (40min drive East of Avebury)
- Dinner Together
- Last night in Stratford.
- The Rollright Stones
- Lunch
- Okehampton Castle
- Arrive at our home for the next 4 nights the beautiful Mesmear Cottages at Polzeath Beach, Cornwall https://mesmear.co.uk/
- Catered Dinner at Mesmear Cottages
- Circle up
- Tintagel Castle & Merlin’s Cave
- Lunch in Tintagel
- St. Nectan’s Glen/Rocky Valley
- Catered Dinner at Mesmear
- Nighttime New Moon Drumming
- Southern Cornwall; Men-an-tol, Lanyon Quiot, Ballowal Borrow, Merry Maiden’s Stone Circle & Madron Holy Well all remain possibility ~ allowing for in the moment guidance.
- Dinner in Penzance
- Wistman’s Woods
- Left over picnic lunch
- Drive to Swallet Farm, Bristol, http://www.swallet.co.uk/ (stopping to pick up groceries on our way)
- Dinner in town
- Time to explore Glastonbury
- The White Spring
- Stonehenge
- Dinner Together
- Circle up for Samhain Ceremony
- Glastonbury Tor, Chalice Well
- Lunch in Glastonbury
- The Glastonbury Abbey
- Dinner together
- Stanton Drew
- Lunch out
- Afternoon Quiet time
- Supper
- Close the Circle and prepare to leave Swallet Farm tomorrow AM
- Drive to Heathrow
- Goodbyes and See you Soons.
Fee -Early Bird Prior to Midnight June 1st, 2019: $1950 CAN per person
Fee - After midnight June 1st, 2019: after June 1st: $2050 CAN per person
Price includes all ground-travel within England (including to and from Heathrow prior to 12:30 pm on Oct 22 and flights leaving late morning to evening on Nov 3/19), entrance fees and Tour & Circle facilitation, Ceremony, Contemporary Shamanic teachings, booking of shared accommodations at a discounted price (based on sharing a room with others; when there is a private bedroom available for people who want to sleep together in a double bed, we will try to make it happen, but cannot guarantee a private room). Please contact us for pricing of accommodations.
Please contact Lori Folkins at afolklor@gmail.com or Meg Moonbeam at Ph# - 289 681 9795 (call/text) &/or Email - info@onthesidesrecords.com to reserve you spot and/or confirm availability. Once registered we will invoice you through PayPal. For more information see Travellers Joy Website http://www.travellersjoy.ca/tours.html Lori’s website https://www.spiritdrumming.com/news---upcoming-events.html and/or our FB event page https://www.facebook.com/events/324965585032997/
Fee does not include airfare which must be arranged and paid for by participants. All Flights must arrive before 12:30 pm in Heathrow on Oct 22nd.
Fee does not include Accommodations/meals will be paid by participants individually at the venues and/or prearranged catered Vegetarian meals as we travel. Accommodations to be paid in CAD. Participants will likely need an additional $1850 - $1950 CAN for expenses, such as accommodation, lunches and dinners depending on food tastes etc.
Self catered light Vegetarian Breakfast food is included with accommodations. All other meals will be paid by travellers.
Catered Vegetarian Dinner at Mesmear is £20 GBP/meal/person Oct 26th, 27th & 28th, Catered Lunch Vegetarian lunch at Mesmear on Oct 28th is £15 GBP/person, lunches out run from £10-£18 GBP ($17-$30) and evening meals are about £15-£25 GBP ($26-42).
BAGGAGE: One small carryon and One Average Suitcase
Our team of 5 leaders have previous pilgrimage experience together as well as one our own: Including Nancy Dancing Light Sherwood founder/owner of Travellers Joy with over 20 years experience leading Sacred Pilgrimage. each person is a seasoned shamanic/spiritual practitioner, who will be part of an energy shield of Dragon essence that we are creating for this trip.
Non-refundable Deposit if made prior to midnight on June 1st/2019: $550
Non-refundable Deposit if made after midnight on June 1st/2019: $650
Second Payment: by June 1st: $550
Final Payment: by Sept 15th: $850
NOTE: As seats are limited this offer is extended on a first-come-first-served basis until the 18 seats are filled.
We will give notice when that point is reached.
Also please note that all TJ pilgrimages have a very strong subtext of community building. If you wonder what the better world could be, a pilgrimage with TJ offers a delicious taste!
Moving Mandala : A Wild, Creative and Therapeutic Retreat
Nov 8th - 11th, 2019
The Moving Mandala Creative Retreat for Earth, Peace and Transformation.
This is a superb opportunity to go within and connect deeply to the earth, working with goddess archetypes, the chakras and taking the time we need to listen to the earth singing.
Let us step away to dream, weaving the wisdom of the earth with our bodies and a deep creative process. We are honouring our own unique soul's journey. Our work will culminate in a moving meditation or dance for the land, connecting to our descent into the darkness of winter and preparation for the winter solstice.
We will sing, dance, meditate, make art and food together - tuning into our chakras and Mother Earth.
We will connect to ourselves through creative practice inspired by nature and it’s seasons, and elements.
This retreat offers a selection of creative, experiential and shamanic exercises, including meditation, creative visualisation, dance, singing, painting exercises, felting, form drawing, pastel work, writing exercises and clay.
This will be a nourishing and creative weekend, working in healing indoor space and in outside locations in East Sussex where appropriate. This time holds a powerful container for personal and community energies to be embraced.
This retreat is informed by the shamanic medicine of the Q’ero tribe in the High Andes and the Moving Mandala Programme.
We are extremely honoured to have with us Nancy Dancing Light who created this beautiful shamanic work to be shared around the world. Please see her website for more information on the Moving Mandala Programme and her work. Also Brenda Marita Mason and Lori Folkins will be here, Brenda and Nancy are coming from Nova Scotia and Lori from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada to be with us.
Led by Ali Rabjohns (Transpersonal Arts Counsellor, BACP and AATA and experienced shamanic practitioners Brenda Marita Mason and Lori Folkins ( https://www.spiritdrumming.com/). All facilitators are fascinated by each person’s unique process and courage to welcome transformation, self-development and improvement. All facilitators have completed a Teacher Training in the Moving Mandala
The core shamanic tools that we will be working with are: working as a circle, hucha (heaviness) release and calling in sami (light) to replace this, sand paintings, shamanic journeying, dreaming our world into being and a deep connection to nature.
This workshop can help with : navigating a deep transition, coping with a physical ailment, developing confidence and wellness.
Early Bird Booking until August 31st - see below for ticket prices.
Accommodation : There is the possibility to rent a cottage in a village at an extra cost. Please contact ali for more details: ali@lucidhealing.co.uk
If you are drawn to experience this deep listening to the earth and yourself, then we invite you to book as soon as possible as places are limited.
For more info. and to keep updated on the event see the Facebook event page; https://www.facebook.com/events/350711368887602/
This is a superb opportunity to go within and connect deeply to the earth, working with goddess archetypes, the chakras and taking the time we need to listen to the earth singing.
Let us step away to dream, weaving the wisdom of the earth with our bodies and a deep creative process. We are honouring our own unique soul's journey. Our work will culminate in a moving meditation or dance for the land, connecting to our descent into the darkness of winter and preparation for the winter solstice.
We will sing, dance, meditate, make art and food together - tuning into our chakras and Mother Earth.
We will connect to ourselves through creative practice inspired by nature and it’s seasons, and elements.
This retreat offers a selection of creative, experiential and shamanic exercises, including meditation, creative visualisation, dance, singing, painting exercises, felting, form drawing, pastel work, writing exercises and clay.
This will be a nourishing and creative weekend, working in healing indoor space and in outside locations in East Sussex where appropriate. This time holds a powerful container for personal and community energies to be embraced.
This retreat is informed by the shamanic medicine of the Q’ero tribe in the High Andes and the Moving Mandala Programme.
We are extremely honoured to have with us Nancy Dancing Light who created this beautiful shamanic work to be shared around the world. Please see her website for more information on the Moving Mandala Programme and her work. Also Brenda Marita Mason and Lori Folkins will be here, Brenda and Nancy are coming from Nova Scotia and Lori from Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada to be with us.
Led by Ali Rabjohns (Transpersonal Arts Counsellor, BACP and AATA and experienced shamanic practitioners Brenda Marita Mason and Lori Folkins ( https://www.spiritdrumming.com/). All facilitators are fascinated by each person’s unique process and courage to welcome transformation, self-development and improvement. All facilitators have completed a Teacher Training in the Moving Mandala
The core shamanic tools that we will be working with are: working as a circle, hucha (heaviness) release and calling in sami (light) to replace this, sand paintings, shamanic journeying, dreaming our world into being and a deep connection to nature.
This workshop can help with : navigating a deep transition, coping with a physical ailment, developing confidence and wellness.
Early Bird Booking until August 31st - see below for ticket prices.
Accommodation : There is the possibility to rent a cottage in a village at an extra cost. Please contact ali for more details: ali@lucidhealing.co.uk
If you are drawn to experience this deep listening to the earth and yourself, then we invite you to book as soon as possible as places are limited.
For more info. and to keep updated on the event see the Facebook event page; https://www.facebook.com/events/350711368887602/
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