Monthly Full Moon Offering
Calling all Spiritual Seekers….
I am calling in:
You with the brave heart, who wants to cultivate courage
You who are seeking deep knowledge, embodiment, and transformation
You who knows there is more to life then just consuming… Who want to become a contributor
You who want to become more embodied
You who want an alive and thriving relationship to your body, your surroundings, your community, and the earth
You who are craving deep and practical wisdom
Each gathering will consist of an embodiment practice, a guided meditation, a Vedic wisdom teaching (new topic every month), a 5-step Sacred Ceremony, and a sharing circle.
Embodiment Practice
This is a combination of music, breath, and movement. You will be guided to feel into your body, move with the rhythm, and allow your various emotional expressions to come through movement.
Research has shown that dancing comes out #1 for reducing stress, anxiety, and depression symptoms. Take a pause and reflect on that! Dancing is better than psychotherapy, than medication, than other forms of exercise. Why? Probably because when we move through our emotions, we express them in healthy ways and can then let them go both from body and mind.
Vedic Wisdom Teaching
The topic will be different each month. I’ll share about the topic in monthly emails and social media posts.
The topics generally come from the wisdom I’ve gathered from my teachers in the Vedic tradition over the last 10 years.
This is the deepest spiritual knowledge available to us as human beings, in my experience.
5-step ritual (puja)
This is a basic way to connect to the five elements: Earth, Water, Fire, Wind, and Space.
By honoring the elements not just in nature but in our own bodies and minds, we fulfill a deep human need that has not gone away just because we live in the modern industrial world.
Our ancestors for more than 90% of human history were deeply embedded in ritual and prayer.
In the Vedic tradition, prayer is available regardless of belief – if you are atheist, agnostic or have a deep faith in a different tradition.
I specialize in building bridges and this is a space that is accepting of all faith journeys. No matter where you are in your spirituality, you’ll never find an agenda here for you to be different. So much of religious history has been about manipulation and control, so this is a remedy to all of that.
Ritual is a way to connect in a physical, embodied way, to the subtle forces around us which govern our lives. Where would we be without earth? Water? Air? Fire? These allow life itself to exist.
Animism is the viewpoint that everything is actually a two-way street, which is what quantum mechanics is verifying. On a subtle level, our intention is felt by the objects and the world around us.
For more information on ritual and animism, I highly recommend The Emerald Podcast.
Sharing Circle
This is a shorter version of the New Moon Sharing Circle, where we go over the values for sharing space, then each person has a few minutes to share their reflections and take-aways, questions about the teaching, or anything else that comes to the surface from the heart.
The suggested donation for this gathering is $40.
If you cannot pay the suggested amount, please come anyway. Simply contribute the highest amount beneath that, that feels comfortable to you even if it’s just $1.
You may also contribute more, if able — this will support those who cannot afford the full amount.
Upcoming dates:
- Sunday, January 12, 2025 at 6pm
- Wednesday, February 12, 2025 at 6pm
- (No circle in March or April 2025)
- Sunday, May 11, 2025 at 6pm
- Wednesday, June 11, 2025 at 6pm