Hello Fellow Dreamers,
While the daffodils are blooming sunshine and the crocuses are poking their purple faces up through the ground it is still winter and we can benefit from more hibernation and dreamtime. Find ways to slow down and nourish yourselves be it in your cave or your community. As the days grow longer and your roots sink deeper into the earth draw up the minerals and essence from the earth and let the sun warm, vitalize, and energize you. It is time to speak our cold hard truth with soft round words as we move through the north gate of the medicine wheel. Honor the tall standing ones, the crystal nation and the white hairs of wisdom as we move towards the light and clarity of spring. Perhaps you are making medicine pieces, writing poetry, reading or germinating seeds, may you find and grow the simple peace of living with purpose and an open heart. May your purpose show itself to you along with actions you can take to embody it.
Here are some offerings and dates for ceremonies throughout the year in case you wish to save any dates in your calendar. You’ll also see Zoe’s Light Language training this month in Celo. It is getting rave reviews from those who took it last time round.
Love, gratitude, peace, serenity and strength for the deepening of who we all are and who we are becoming as these times call us forth to heal ourselves, all our relations and the planet,
Miriam/Firebird
Fire Ceremonies 2012
Spring Equinox
Friday March 23 6:30 till 10:00 pm
Summer Solstice
Friday June 22 6:30 till 10:00 pm
Fall Equinox and Yom Kippur
Friday Sept 21 6:30 till 10:00 pm
Day of the Dead
Friday Nov 2 6:30 till 10:00 pm
Winter Solstice
Friday Dec 21 6:30 till 10:00 pm
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves us. Come feed the eternal flame as we circle round the sacred fire. On this North Face of the Medicine Wheel we will honor the death and rebirth cycle at this Fire. We will call on the wisdom of the elders, the tall standing ones and all the beings of the North to help us to purify and Be it the death of something within us that we are ready to release or loved ones we have lost, the fire will receive the old and light the new spark within us. Take strength, courage, love, light, growth, resilience, clarity, innocence, playfulness, and joy away with you.
You will have the opportunity to release beliefs, grief, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with spirit and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in co-creating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always yours!
“We spend our lives for-getting that living is for-giving.” Dean Fraser
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net so I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions. ….Bring, an outdoor chair, drums, rattles, water. I invite all women to wear a skirt or sarong over pants to honor our sacred grandmothers and the circle of life. There is never a fee for ceremony but Gifting is appropriate and appreciated to support the life and work of the elders who dedicate their lives to keeping the old ways available.
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat LodgeSaturday March 10, 2012
This lodge will be poured by Miriam / Firebird in the tradition passed down to me by my beloved Elder Sharon Mitchell. This is a beautiful teaching lodge that has the strength and heat for those with experience in an inipi and the gentleness and ease for those who will join us for the first time (which is how it came to be known as the Little Boys and Girls Lodge). It is not a lodge specifically for children as some have asked but supervised children are welcome to attend. Feel free to call me with questions and to let me know if spirit is calling you to join us so I can let you know how to prepare.
Saturday March 10 We will light the fire at 9:00 am so come by 10:00 and plan to stay until we have returned the land and lodge to order and feasted well … into the late afternoon if you can. Let us bring festive food to welcome the turning of the sun with a beautiful potluck feast.
Workday Possibilities: Fridays March 2 or 9, Sunday afternoon Feb 26th or March 4th OR anytime the week before that you have some time. We can always use help with gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. If you have a truck and/or chain saw and want to help gather some wood between lodges please let me know so we can find times to work together, it is an ongoing need. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together.
Contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and/or ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Driving directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching & Healing Circle at DrumsongEvery Other Thursday 7:15 pm -9:30 pm
Dates for 2012
Feb 2, 16; Mar 1, 15, 29; Apr 12; May 3, 17,31; June 14, 28;
July 5, 19; Aug 2, 16, 30; Sep 13, 27; Oct 11, 25; Nov 8, 29; Dec 13, 27
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic as we offer shamanic healing ways to the community near and far.
Please call Miriam if you wish to attend or learn more about this circle.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
LIGHT LANGUAGE CLASSES LEVELS 1 and 2
with Zoe Allison IN Celo At Earth Green Medicine Lodge
These teachings will deepen your respect for Mother Earth and are position in the cycles of time and creation. Light Language will help you find a place of inner peace and harmony knowing that you are co-creating on the deepest level with Creator. You only need to enter in with clarity of mine and open heart. Be willing to move away from a place of expectations, preconceptions and prejudices. This is a rich transformational teaching for claiming your personal power and breaking old patterns of mistrust, limitation, and grief.
Light Language uses Sacred Geometries and vibrations of color light. Matching Geometrical shapes and pairing these shapes with colors to create patterns to realized perfection. Sacred Geometrical shapes form the building blocks of the universe. Specific shapes and patterns occur repeatedly in nature. .Sacred geometries are paired with colors to create outcomes of health and well being in the situations of our lives. Freedom can be co-created in new forms for the benefic of all sentient beings. Even genetic or habitual energies can be shifted with Light Language. The prayers (directives) are clear and direct, free of contamination that words carry, and from this clarity, the universe responds as asked. Transform your life with the power and wisdom of these ancient teachings. You can experience dreaming your life into reality. Co-Creating gifts with Spirit. Find a clearer connection with your inner goddess, helpers, guides and protectors.
Level one 65.00 level two 330.00 one and two together $350.00
Level One Saturday 9:00am-12:00 pm
Level Two Saturday 1:00-5:00 and Sunday 10:00-5:00 Initiation to follow.
LIGHT LANGUAGE CLASS Level 1 and 2
Feb. 18-19, 2012 Earth Green Medicine Lodge, Celo, NC
Guided by your own helpers, guides I want to welcome you to the possibility of you learning Light Language. We use the tools of sacred geometric shapes and dimensional colors; I'm sure you will feel as a privilege as the lineage is strong with master teachers holding profound teachings. I have found them all to be a beautiful gift in my life, and I trust you will too.
Whether you personally offer hands on healing with Light Language or grid-writing sessions to assist with the manifestation of goals, you will step away from these class sessions, empowered.
Light Language is an effective transformational tool to share with clients, friends and family.
Beginning Light LanguageAt the beginning level we use 7-shaped sequences and consciously create what we desire in our lives. Learn to recognize how we use color and geometry in our everyday language, thoughts, and behavior. Make instant and long-lasting changes in yourself and your environment with the 7-shaped grids. Change the energy of a building, a room, or your office. This course builds a firm foundation in Light Language. Manual included.
At the intermediate level you learn to write 49-shaped grids for relationships, prosperity, cash, spiritual development and more. Receive powerful health grids for over 165 dis-eases. Work with the original cause of dis-harmony and dis-ease in your life and re-write the script. Manual included.
For events happening in Winston-Salem with Robin Lynne , please visit www.flowereagle.com . For events happening at Bo's Elfin Peace Village in Asheville, please contact Bo Deatherage at borose63@gmail.com. For events offered by Zoe Allison-Rockingbear, visit www.mayanrecordkeeper.com. For Vision Quest information please visit www.earthgreenmedicinelodge.com
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Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Sunday, February 13, 2011
The month of January has completely gotten away from me as I stoke the fire and cook soup for the soul warming body and spirit. The ice beings stayed in our little wooded world for quite some time and have now left the landscape damp and muddy. Keeping the birdfeeders full and the woodstove going are my focus along with quiet contemplative time to work on medicine pieces and restore my roots. The sun is shining brightly on this brisk wintry afternoon stirring the urge to grow green and tall beneath the earth’s surface.
It is time to dream and imagine the world we wish to live in so we can come out of the gates this spring ready to create ourselves in that image once again. We are our thoughts and we have the power to be who we most wish to be. But first take this winter time to revel in who you are now, how you got to this point in time, what have you accomplished, how have you seeded your life and what has grown? Spend some quiet time just appreciating who you are and the loved ones in your life. If we can treat our families with loving kindness, generosity and honest communication then we are on the way to creating a world of people who are generous, honest and kind. Ram Dass once said, “If you think you are enlightened, go home for a week.” Let us practice peace- making with every breath we take and let it begin within. Here’s some of what I’m dreaming up for 2011, more to come...
In gratitude for you,
Miriam
FIRE CEREMONIES
Sunday March 20 5:00-8:30ish Spring Equinox
Sunday June 19th 7:00-10:00ish Summer Solstice
Friday September 23 6:30-9:30ish Fall Equinox
Saturday October 8 5:30-8:30ish Yom Kippur (Day of At-One-Ment)
Sunday December 18 4:00-7:30 Winter Solstice
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always ours!
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle at Drumsong
Every Other Thursday 7:15 pm -9:30 pm NEW TIME !
2011 Dates: Jan 27, Feb 10, 24, Mar 10, 24, Apr 7, 21
May 5, 19, Jun 9, 23, July 7, 21, Aug 4, 18, Sep 1, 15, 29
Oct 13, 27, Nov 10, Dec 1, 15, 29
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic as we offer shamanic healing ways to the community near and far.
Please call Miriam if you wish to attend or learn more about this circle.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremonies at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Sunday February 27, 2011 poured by Zoe Allison-Rockingbear weather permitting
Saturday April 2, 2011 poured by Sharon Mitchell
Please Arrive between 9:30 and 10:00 am
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years. Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Zoe Allison is an Artist, Scholar, Science of Mind Ordained Minister and SHY Spiritual Human Yoga Healer and Certified Hypnotherapist. She is co-founder of Earth Green Medicine Lodge, a center for creating healthy spiritual-based mindful lives, located in the Western North Carolina mountains. Zoe has led
classes and workshops privately and at colleges and universities for 35 years and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina visiting many of the sacred sites, working with the people and creating sacred ceremonies. She is the author of the Mayan Record Keeper, the Sacred Tzolkin, an Almanac of the Days, the Mayan Wave Tracker and a yearly calendar of the days of prophecy, and The Mayan Record Keeper cards
Workdays: Fri. February 25 10:00-1:00, Sat. 10:-1:00, Fri. April 1 10:00-1:00,
or let me know when you are available to help with cutting, moving, and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. If you have WOOD or STONES to offer, we are grateful and they can be brought anytime and stacked. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together. Let me know when you can help and we’ll make a plan.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net ) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. We will potluck FEAST together afterwards. I’ll send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website http://www.drumsongsanctuary.com/.
CREATION DRUMS with ZOE
When making drums in a traditional way, we bring into physical form sacred beings. As we open ourselves to the teachings from our drums, we receive healing and transformation. Working with the drum we are able to reach the place before and beyond words, this place is oneness with Creator.
A day of ceremony and drum making with others **** Saturday February 26th 2011 ****
10 am - 3 pm
$135.00 13” cow or $150.00 15” cow includes materials,
$150.00 for elk or bison
Drum can be in elk or bison if 3 or more request before the retreat. $50.00 Deposit 14 days before the retreat for supplies This is a 3" bent wood frame drum you will be expected to complete your drum that day.
We will be using lacing of cow and elk. Each person will find in ceremony with the help of the ancestors their drum. This work is done with ceremony and is intense. It does require your concentration and you will learn many things about yourself. Surprise yourself with the gift of this strong medicine tool.
Location: Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
1920 Western Trail
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
RSVP: Miriam at 919 304-5754
Longed-for good ones of the Winters Cave of Introspection and finding skillful means to create deep medicine with our lives together. Welcome to the Drum Creation Ceremony I look forward to looking in your eyes and celebrating with you this ancient ceremony with the gifts of calling in your own helpers, guides, protectors and ancestors. Our ancestors have been enjoying this part of the creation since the beginning of sound. Please in honor of this ceremony which you have already started by your commitment to fulfill your part of this Beauty Path. Please bring a small bit or corn meal and a small piece of ribbon or yarn of any color. Please include all of these items in this list of things to bring with you
PLEASE BRING THE FOLLOWING WITH YOU:
A dish ready to share for Lunch
Large plastic garbage bag
Clothes Pins
sharp pocket Knife or exacto knife
very good tough craft scissors (for leather)
Patience
Ancestors
2 Ball point pens
pliers are also handy
please bring a cushion to sit on the floor (or chair for outdoors if warm)
**************
Zoe Allison is an Artist, Scholar, Science of Mind Ordained Minister and SHY Spiritual Human Yoga Healer and Certified Hypnotherapist. She is co-founder of Earth Green Medicine Lodge, a center for creating healthy spiritual-based mindful lives, located in the Western North Carolina mountains. Zoe has led
classes and workshops privately and at colleges and universities for 35 years and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina visiting many of the sacred sites, working with the people and creating sacred ceremonies. She is the author of the Mayan Record Keeper, the Sacred Tzolkin, an Almanac of the Days, the Mayan Wave Tracker and a yearly calendar of the days of prophecy, and The Mayan Record Keeper cards "The sacred space created by Zoe in which to make our drums made all the difference. Birthing my drum was a definite highlight in my life. It was a powerful, deep and connective experience... I would recommend it to anyone who wishes to tap into their fullest sense of their creative self."
Robin Lynne, Rainbow Feather, Intentional Healing
"The drum making workshop was and continues to be an amazing experience for me. I had no conscious experience with drums or drumming in this lifetime and was expecting a kind of fun and light "craft" workshop with a Native American flavor. Instead I found the ritual, hard work and reverence for what I was creating to be serious and profoundly meaningful and healing." - Patricia Dee, Astrina Living Art
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
2010 Fall Newsletter
Good Morning Friends,
Ahhhhh, the air is cool this morning and the ground dewy soft as the autumn slowly breathes itself into this smoldering land. We planted a fall garden yesterday and the little baby plants are raising their morning faces to the sun as their roots begin digging deep into the warm soil drawing up into themselves the earth’s essence. The promise of life lives in them and in us as we face each day with love in our hearts and in our actions. We do this one interaction at a time, drawing the essence of life up through our feet and releasing it on our breath, with our words, touch and thoughts. My teacher reminds me that our thoughts are our prayers so let us keep our thoughts full of kindness, grace, abundance, gratitude, clarity, forgiveness, strength and love for all beings, but especially ourselves at this season of returning our gaze inward.
As the hummingbirds prepare for their flight south and the butterflies drink the last summer nectar, the peppers, tomatoes, basil, zinnias, okra, and eggplants fill our harvest baskets let us remember what is lush and vibrant in our lives, let us be grateful for this green home.
Miriam
FIRE CEREMONIES
Friday September 17th 7:00-9:30ish Yom Kippur Day of At-one-ment
Sunday October 31st 5:00-8:00ish Day of the Dead Ancestors Altar
Sunday December 19th 4:00-7:00ish Winter Solstice
This ceremony will take place as Yom Kippur begins, a time of holding oneself lovingly accountable for one’s deeds and actions the prior year. This is a time to get in right relations with ourselves and Creator, to seek and offer forgiveness to ourselves and others. It is also the season of the Green Corn Ceremony, to give away our excess, to clean out our cupboards and keep only what we need. In the old ways the previous year’s grain was offered up in flames as the new grain is brought in for another year of grateful abundance. We recommit to live our lives freshly with respect, gratitude, renewed vigor and trust that we always have what we need.
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always ours!
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle at Drumsong
Thursdays 9:45 am -11:45 am
Dates: 2010: Sept 9, 23, Oct 7, 21, Nov 4, 18, Dec 2, 16, 30
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Sharon Mitchell
Saturday, October 23 Sweat Lodge
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years.
Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. Rev. Sharon is part of the Pastoral Team at the Mt. Area Hospice. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Workday options: October 10, 16, or let me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. If you have WOOD or STONES to offer, we are so grateful and they can be brought anytime and stacked. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together. Let me know when you can help and we’ll make a plan.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net ) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. We will potluck FEAST together afterwards. I’ll send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
Ahhhhh, the air is cool this morning and the ground dewy soft as the autumn slowly breathes itself into this smoldering land. We planted a fall garden yesterday and the little baby plants are raising their morning faces to the sun as their roots begin digging deep into the warm soil drawing up into themselves the earth’s essence. The promise of life lives in them and in us as we face each day with love in our hearts and in our actions. We do this one interaction at a time, drawing the essence of life up through our feet and releasing it on our breath, with our words, touch and thoughts. My teacher reminds me that our thoughts are our prayers so let us keep our thoughts full of kindness, grace, abundance, gratitude, clarity, forgiveness, strength and love for all beings, but especially ourselves at this season of returning our gaze inward.
As the hummingbirds prepare for their flight south and the butterflies drink the last summer nectar, the peppers, tomatoes, basil, zinnias, okra, and eggplants fill our harvest baskets let us remember what is lush and vibrant in our lives, let us be grateful for this green home.
Miriam
FIRE CEREMONIES
Friday September 17th 7:00-9:30ish Yom Kippur Day of At-one-ment
Sunday October 31st 5:00-8:00ish Day of the Dead Ancestors Altar
Sunday December 19th 4:00-7:00ish Winter Solstice
This ceremony will take place as Yom Kippur begins, a time of holding oneself lovingly accountable for one’s deeds and actions the prior year. This is a time to get in right relations with ourselves and Creator, to seek and offer forgiveness to ourselves and others. It is also the season of the Green Corn Ceremony, to give away our excess, to clean out our cupboards and keep only what we need. In the old ways the previous year’s grain was offered up in flames as the new grain is brought in for another year of grateful abundance. We recommit to live our lives freshly with respect, gratitude, renewed vigor and trust that we always have what we need.
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always ours!
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle at Drumsong
Thursdays 9:45 am -11:45 am
Dates: 2010: Sept 9, 23, Oct 7, 21, Nov 4, 18, Dec 2, 16, 30
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Sharon Mitchell
Saturday, October 23 Sweat Lodge
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years.
Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. Rev. Sharon is part of the Pastoral Team at the Mt. Area Hospice. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Workday options: October 10, 16, or let me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. If you have WOOD or STONES to offer, we are so grateful and they can be brought anytime and stacked. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together. Let me know when you can help and we’ll make a plan.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net ) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. We will potluck FEAST together afterwards. I’ll send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
Wintry Greetings Everyone,
Please read through the offerings here at Drumsong and our extended community. I’m happy to answer any questions and to assist in anyway I can.
Peace, Love and Gratitude, Miriam
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Fire Ceremonies
Sunday March 21st 4:00-7:00ish Spring Equinox
Friday June 18th 7:00-9:30ish Summer Solstice
Friday September 17th 7:00-9:30ish Yom Kippur Day of At-one-ment
Sunday October 31st 4:00-7:00ish Day of the Dead Ancestors Altar
Sunday December 19th 4:00-7:00ish Winter Solstice
(Feel free to bring food to share afterwards)
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being.
We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always ours!
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or
mailto:melieber@mebtel.netso I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions (December may be indoors). If it rains really hard we will come indoors and use the woodstove….Please dress for ceremony (knees and shoulders covered), and women please wear skirts or sarongs over your pants. Bring drums, rattles, water to drink and food to share (optional).
Gifting is appropriate and appreciated.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle at Drumsong
Thursdays 9:450 am -11:45 am
Dates: 2010: Feb 11, 25, Mar 11, 25 Apr 8, 22, May 6, 20
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
VISITING ELDERS
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Sharon Mitchell
Saturday, March 27 We will build a New Lodge
Sunday, March 28 Sweat Lodge
Saturday, October 23 Sweat Lodge
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years.
Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. Rev. Sharon is part of the Pastoral Team at the Mt. Area Hospice. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Workday options: Saturday March 20, Friday March 26 and Saturday, March 27 or let me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or mailto:mailto:%20melieber@mebtel.netto RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
DRUM PAINTING: “Brushing of The Quetzal’s Feathers”
March 6 in Burnsville, NC call Zoe Allison 828 284-0975
March 27 in Winston Salem call Robin Lynne 336 416-7553
April 24 in Chapel Hill, NC call Miriam Lieberman 919 304-5754
(SPACE IS LIMITED TO 10)
$50.00-75.00 with $20 deposit requested to hold space by April 16, 2010
PAINTING FROM OUR MEMORIES:
The Heart Beat of the Central Drum has been courting us with the words of our native mind and tongues through the whispering of the leafless trees this winter. This communication has been using the colors of the winter’s twilights and has been nudging the flanks of the deer, elk, buffalo, cows, and goats to come forth out of the hidden caves and recesses of our own cold tangled manes and tails.
From the place of your inner visionary and artist, now is the time to call in the memory Medicine of your drums and the strength your hearts desire. Whether it’s the airy feathers and flight of the small people, or the cold wash of the surf all are being invited to the ceremony of the “Brushing of The Quetzal’s Feathers” and to fly.
Visionary art for our Drums.
Your challenge is to embrace your visionary artist and tap into our collective rich traditions. Infuse your artisty with the drum and experience your “Dreaming your Life into Creation.” Your gift for Spirit is your creative self. Dream with the Gods and Goddess. Find a clearer connection with your own helpers, guides, and protectors.
Investigate new skills with the use of your drum to find answers to your personal questions.
Divination and protocol will be employed to find the meanings and share the teaching of our designs. Shamanism practices of health and healing with the drum will be addressed.Transform your life with the power and wisdom of ceremony.
10:00am-3:00pm Gathering includes:
This is a day workshop using multi-media techniques for you to create Art, from nature, meditation and ceremony. Books and magazines will be used with historical and architectural references for background information.
1. Most supplies will be provided however if you have special pens, pencils or small paint brushes and would like to use, in addition to our supplies, please bring them.
2. Your Drum!!!
3. Please bring a sturdy tray.
4. A small container for water (i.e. Bowl or cup)
5. Two pieces of paper as large as your drum size.
We will use ancient and modern techniques.
You may want to prepare by bringing ideas or inspiration from your dreams, books or magazine resources.
We will use ideas or designs from our collective past or future.
Dress comfortably.
Zoe Adele Allison-Rockingbear
Zoe Allison-Rockingbear is aTeacher of creating ones life using the aspects of the Artist, Healer, Visionary, and Warrior. Her personal work explores the mysteries and magic of our human relationship with Nature and the marriage of Celestial and Terrestrial energies, She incorporates the symbols and teachings of ancient cultures into our current life. As a Mayan Scholar and Day Keeper, She makes use of the sacred calendar and count of days. With integrity, heart and humor, she offers support and guidance in opening veils, dancing in multiple dimensions, manifesting dreams, and bringing clarity, freedom, and balance to our individual Earth walks.
VISION QUEST 2010
The Earth Green Medicine Lodge Vision Quest will be the week following July 4th in the mountains near Asheville, NC so mark your calendars and more information will follow. Feel free to call with questions about questing or supporting those on th
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Autumn Colors
Greetings Everyone,
Aaahh, the fall colors are sublime. This weekend I‘ve been out walking in the rain and driving past trees on fire with orange, yellows and reds. We had some cool weather and more is on the way. I’ve been stacking wood and getting ready for the cold weather. I love the smell of the wood, feeling it in my hands, hearing the thud of logs landing atop one another, splitting kindling and feeling my muscles tighten as I grip the axe and feel it sink into the end of the wood. I love the focus required to use the tools and knowing that these tall standing ones have given their lives and will also heat our home. The roses and honeysuckle have lingering blooms and the little porch lizard has moved from the flower pot to the wood pile but still greets me as I come and go. The spiders continue to catch the last of the summer’s bug harvest in their shimmering webs.
I’m heading south for a Vision Quest Ceremony so we will miss the Day of the Dead Fire Ceremony here this year, but we’ll meet at the winter solstice around the fire circle (Dec. 20th). Prior to that we will have circles here at Drumsong, a Clan Mother’s circle with Robin Lynne, a sweat lodge (Dec 5th) with Sharon Mitchell, and then in January Will Rockingbear and Zoe Allison Rockingbear return to our area for teachings, healings and drummaking. Please read the newsletter for more information.
May the vibrancy of the autumn colors illuminate your heart and bring a smile to your face in this season of great gratitude.
Peace, Love and Gratitude,
Miriam
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Aaahh, the fall colors are sublime. This weekend I‘ve been out walking in the rain and driving past trees on fire with orange, yellows and reds. We had some cool weather and more is on the way. I’ve been stacking wood and getting ready for the cold weather. I love the smell of the wood, feeling it in my hands, hearing the thud of logs landing atop one another, splitting kindling and feeling my muscles tighten as I grip the axe and feel it sink into the end of the wood. I love the focus required to use the tools and knowing that these tall standing ones have given their lives and will also heat our home. The roses and honeysuckle have lingering blooms and the little porch lizard has moved from the flower pot to the wood pile but still greets me as I come and go. The spiders continue to catch the last of the summer’s bug harvest in their shimmering webs.
I’m heading south for a Vision Quest Ceremony so we will miss the Day of the Dead Fire Ceremony here this year, but we’ll meet at the winter solstice around the fire circle (Dec. 20th). Prior to that we will have circles here at Drumsong, a Clan Mother’s circle with Robin Lynne, a sweat lodge (Dec 5th) with Sharon Mitchell, and then in January Will Rockingbear and Zoe Allison Rockingbear return to our area for teachings, healings and drummaking. Please read the newsletter for more information.
May the vibrancy of the autumn colors illuminate your heart and bring a smile to your face in this season of great gratitude.
Peace, Love and Gratitude,
Miriam
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Fire Ceremony
Sunday, December 20, 2009 (Winter Solstice)
4:30 pm till 7:00 ish
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always yours!
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or
melieber@mebtel.net so I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions. If it rains really hard we will come indoors and use the woodstove….Bring sarongs, drums, rattles, water to drink.
Gifting is appropriate and appreciated.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle
Thursdays 9:30 am -11ish am
Dates: 2009: Nov. 12, Dec 3, 17, 31
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
VISITING ELDERS
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony
at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Sharon Mitchell
Saturday December 5, 2009 10:00 am till……after the feast.
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years. Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. Rev. Sharon is part of the Pastoral Team at the Mt. Area Hospice. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Workdays: Saturday November 21 and Friday December 4
or by letting me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net ) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website http://www.drumsongsanctuary.com/.
Sunday, December 20, 2009 (Winter Solstice)
4:30 pm till 7:00 ish
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always yours!
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or
melieber@mebtel.net so I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions. If it rains really hard we will come indoors and use the woodstove….Bring sarongs, drums, rattles, water to drink.
Gifting is appropriate and appreciated.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle
Thursdays 9:30 am -11ish am
Dates: 2009: Nov. 12, Dec 3, 17, 31
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through serving as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. May spirit always be your guide.
VISITING ELDERS
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony
at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Sharon Mitchell
Saturday December 5, 2009 10:00 am till……after the feast.
Bring yourselves and your prayers to this lodge. As the water is poured over the sacred stones the steam will carry our blessings to creator and assist us to purify. The name of this lodge refers to an Arapaho tradition that is gentler and more flexible than some sweat lodge traditions but does not mean that is intended only for children as I have been asked this question often. This is a lodge for people of all ages to come and bask in the womb of the earth mother and the gentle teachings of our grandmother Sharon.
Rev. Sharon Mitchell has been honored with the passing down of the tradition of this Arapaho Nation sweat lodge. She has been on the Red Road, living Native American Spirituality for over twenty years. Her experience will inspire you to discover the power that you carry within you to manifest Grandmother‘s Spirit in your personal life. Rev. Sharon is a Science of Mind Ordained Minister bringing together New Thought and Ancient Wisdom in a weekly circle. Rev. Sharon is part of the Pastoral Team at the Mt. Area Hospice. She creates sacred and traditional ceremonies in her business, Ceremonies From the Heart.
Workdays: Saturday November 21 and Friday December 4
or by letting me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we joyfully do this sacred work together.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net ) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website http://www.drumsongsanctuary.com/.
Cherokee Elder Will Rockingbear Returns to Chapel Hill
January 8-10, 2010
SAVE THE DATE
We are still planning the weekend but he will most likely give a public teaching on Saturday night. What are you ready to heal in your life? He will be available for some private sessions so let me know if you wish to reserve a time. The sessions will most likely be on Friday and Saturday (Jan 8 and 9).
Zoe Allison Rockingbear will also be available for some private sessions.
Drummaking
January 9th, 2010 10-3pm (location TBA)
Calling all those who wish to make a drum. Saturday Jan 9th, 2010 10-3 (Location TBA)
$135.00 for 13” or $150.00 for 15”, $35.00 Deposit by December 15, 2009 for supplies
Zoe will be here and will lead a drum making ceremony if we have enough people.
Drum Birthing Ceremony with Zoe Allison
January 9th, 2010 evening time TBA
At Drumsong Sanctuary
RSVP 919 304-5754
Bring the drum you created in ceremony here This Spring or a drum that has come into your life and Birth it in ceremony. Bring gifts such as adornments, talismans, cordage, ribbons, belts, fetishes or beaters as gifts for all the drums being birthed (check with Miriam about Numbers).
The gifts need to be ready for the drums. Also bring a cushion and a blanket to sit on.
Sharing our abundance with Zoe for travelling this way and blessing these drums is appropriate and appreciated.
CD’s available from Rockingbear’s Teaching Circle and Drumming at Unity Church in Chapel Hill April 09 and from his visit here in 2006.
Cherokee Elder Will Rockingbear
APRIL 24-26, 2009
Teachings on “Healing Fear” $15 Donation plus S&H
to support Will Rockingbear and Earth Green Medicine Lodge
make checks to: Earth Green Medicine Lodge
January 9th, 2010 evening time TBA
At Drumsong Sanctuary
RSVP 919 304-5754
Bring the drum you created in ceremony here This Spring or a drum that has come into your life and Birth it in ceremony. Bring gifts such as adornments, talismans, cordage, ribbons, belts, fetishes or beaters as gifts for all the drums being birthed (check with Miriam about Numbers).
The gifts need to be ready for the drums. Also bring a cushion and a blanket to sit on.
Sharing our abundance with Zoe for travelling this way and blessing these drums is appropriate and appreciated.
CD’s available from Rockingbear’s Teaching Circle and Drumming at Unity Church in Chapel Hill April 09 and from his visit here in 2006.
Cherokee Elder Will Rockingbear
APRIL 24-26, 2009
Teachings on “Healing Fear” $15 Donation plus S&H
to support Will Rockingbear and Earth Green Medicine Lodge
make checks to: Earth Green Medicine Lodge
Robin Lynn Rainbow Feather
Robin has begun a Clan Mother’s circle in Chapel Hill at the United Church of Christ on Airport Rd. It meets the second Friday of each month 7-9:30 pm. Call Robin for more info (336) 416-7553 or email her at robin@flowereagle.com
Friday, January 23, 2009
Winter 2009 Newsletter
DRUMSONG SANCTUARY FOR THE SOUL
Miriam Lieberman, MA, LPC
1920 Western Trail
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919 304-5754
www.drumsongsanctuary.com
A warm wintry greeting to you,
This season of going within has called me into the lodge to dream, rest and heal the deep within places with quiet time by the woodstove listening to the ancestors and guides. It is a time to work on medicine pieces and to hone our intentions for this New Year. Here at the lodge part of that is fresh paint and fresh perspective. The rains have blessed us pretty steadily replenishing our water tables and providing many gray soggy days to deepen the turn inward, to be rather than to do. I’m grateful for all the teachers in my life who remind me that joy is my birthright and that fear and anger can be transformed into trust and right action. I am learning from my teacher that generosity heals anger. I listen much these days to the chanting of the Dalai Lama and feel his commitment to non-violence in the face of great challenge as an inspiration to my life and practice.
In this time of political transition and wars that engender suffering it is a time to be the peace we pray for, to call it forth in our thoughts, actions and dreams. In a week’s time we will have a new president here and hopefully many positive changes in our nation and world. Let us each take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions, to speak our truth in loving and kind ways and hold ourselves accountable first and foremost for the healing we bring into our own lives and the lives of others. May we abundantly embody our medicine gifts and be blessed ten-fold in return for each act of kindness and generosity (to self and others) that we freely give. May this year bring us together in ceremony and healing.
With great gratitude for life,
Miriam 1/12/09
Scroll down to learn about ceremonies and classes:
At Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul (Chapel Hill)~ (Fire Ceremonies, Sweat Lodge Feb.7, Teaching circle, drummaking, Cherokee Elder Will Rockingbear will be back at Drumsong this Spring, date TBA
At Raven Haven (Graham)~ Gods and Goddesses class with Zoe Allison.
At Flower Eagle Medicine Lodge (Winston Salem)~ visit www.flowereagle.com for Soul Healing Training, classes and ceremonies
At Healing the Heart to Heart Connection~ Soul Healing Sessions 919 545-9833
Fire Ceremony
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Friday March 20 Spring Equinox
Sunday June 21 Solstice
6:30 pm till 9:00 ish
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always yours!
“We spend our lives for-getting that living is for-giving.” Dean Fraser
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net so I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions. Bring sarongs, drums, rattles, water. Gifting is appropriate and appreciated.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle
Mondays 4:30 -6:30 pm
Dates: 2009 , Feb. 2, 16, Mar. 2, 16, 30, Apr. 13, 27, May 11, 25
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through you to serve as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. Just let spirit be your guide. Keep scrolling down
VISITING ELDERS
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Zoe Allison
Saturday February 7th, 2009 4:00- till……?
Zoe Allison is an Artist, Scholar, Science of Mind Ordained Minister and SHY Spiritual Human Yoga Healer and Certified Hypnotherapist. She is co-founder of Earth Green Medicine Lodge, a center for creating healthy spiritual-based mindful lives, located in the Western North Carolina mountains. Zoe has led classes and workshops privately and at colleges and universities for 26
years and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina visiting many of the sacred sites, working with the people and creating sacred ceremonies. She is the author of the Mayan Record Keeper, the Sacred Tzolkin, an Almanac of the Days, the Mayan Wave Tracker and a yearly calendar of the days of prophecy, and The Mayan Record Keeper cards
We will light the fire after Zoe’s God/Goddess class and be in ceremony until we have feasted well … into the moon filled night.
Workday: Sunday Friday Feb. 6 or by letting me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we do this sacred work together joyfully.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
GODDESS AND GODS: TEACHINGS FOR THE MODERN NOBILITY
In our modern times we often look to others to see how to act; or at the very least reflect on how dysfunctional our personal families are. Do we see immature, weak or absent mothers and fathers? Are our kings and queens sufficiently present? Are the god and goddesses of our lives in disorder and chaos or are we showing up engaged and wholly (holy) present with our spiritual helpers. Join me in this exploration of the Goddess and Gods and how they might become more vivid, and more fully present. Knowing the shadow work in our psyches can always use some new light.
In our pre-patriarchal times, the earth as Mother was seen as the primary source of fertility but as our cultures have risen this modern time, the emphasis has shifted from the feminine as the source of fertility to the masculine. The ancient myths have used Biology, at least on the physical plane to be recognized as the union of the males and females, however on the cultural plane and the creation of civilization and technology, the mastery of the natural world, needs to employ both the Goddess and the Gods in recreating the mastery of our natural world. The primary expression for many peoples of the life-force, the libido, of the cosmos must be addressed with a new compassion of the life giving nurturing of ourselves as well as the mastery of our psyche. Allowing us to become the noble beings and create the new Earth.
This will be an empowering, delicious reference guide for modern day people working with gods and goddesses from many traditions in our daily lives. We will spend a year investigating the known strengths and weaknesses of the Gods and living our lives with assistance from the Gods. Perhaps you remember some of these from your past…Diana, Isis, Hathor, Ra, Osiris, Quetzacoaztl, Tzcatlipoca, Ceridiwen as well as others. Traditional ceremonies, messages, altars and teachings of the Gods will be employed to create an ongoing connection with our creators.
January-10 Asheville, NC and January 24 near Graham, NC
February- 11 Asheville, NC and February 7 near Graham, NC
March- 25 Asheville, NC and March 28 near Graham, NC
April- 8 Asheville, NC and April 11 near Graham, NC
May-6 Asheville, NC and May 9 near Graham, NC
All gifting is appropriate and appreciated. Suggested monetary gifting is $20.00 per session and will include all materials. The amount you gift is entirely up to you - it's between you call:
Zoe (828) 284 0975 mayanrecordkeeper@hotmail.com for Asheville or Graham
Judith (919) 260 1430 jabrooks@bellsouth.net for Graham class only
CREATION DRUMS
A day of ceremony and drum making with others
When making drums in a traditional way, we bring into physical form sacred beings. As we open ourselves to the teachings from our drums, we receive healing and transformation. Working with the drum we are able to reach the place before and beyond words, this place is oneness with Creator.
Sunday March 29 10 am - 3 pm
$100.00 includes materials, $35.00 Deposit by March 10 requested (scroll down)
Mail to: Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul in Chapel Hill, NC
1920 Western Trail Chapel Hill, NC 27516
To register call Miriam at (919) 304 5754 or Email: melieber@mebtel.net
Please bring the following with you:
Lunch to share (ready to eat)
sharp pocket Knife or exacto knife
Very good craft scissors for leather
Patience
Ancestors
Ball point pen, pencil
Small pliers
Two towels
Cutting board
please bring a cushion to sit on the floor inside (a camping chair optional)
Thanks for reading and hope to see you along the path….to unsubscribe here just reply and say unsubscribe in the subject line and I’ll take your name off mymailing list
Miriam Lieberman, MA, LPC
1920 Western Trail
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
919 304-5754
www.drumsongsanctuary.com
A warm wintry greeting to you,
This season of going within has called me into the lodge to dream, rest and heal the deep within places with quiet time by the woodstove listening to the ancestors and guides. It is a time to work on medicine pieces and to hone our intentions for this New Year. Here at the lodge part of that is fresh paint and fresh perspective. The rains have blessed us pretty steadily replenishing our water tables and providing many gray soggy days to deepen the turn inward, to be rather than to do. I’m grateful for all the teachers in my life who remind me that joy is my birthright and that fear and anger can be transformed into trust and right action. I am learning from my teacher that generosity heals anger. I listen much these days to the chanting of the Dalai Lama and feel his commitment to non-violence in the face of great challenge as an inspiration to my life and practice.
In this time of political transition and wars that engender suffering it is a time to be the peace we pray for, to call it forth in our thoughts, actions and dreams. In a week’s time we will have a new president here and hopefully many positive changes in our nation and world. Let us each take responsibility for our own thoughts and actions, to speak our truth in loving and kind ways and hold ourselves accountable first and foremost for the healing we bring into our own lives and the lives of others. May we abundantly embody our medicine gifts and be blessed ten-fold in return for each act of kindness and generosity (to self and others) that we freely give. May this year bring us together in ceremony and healing.
With great gratitude for life,
Miriam 1/12/09
Scroll down to learn about ceremonies and classes:
At Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul (Chapel Hill)~ (Fire Ceremonies, Sweat Lodge Feb.7, Teaching circle, drummaking, Cherokee Elder Will Rockingbear will be back at Drumsong this Spring, date TBA
At Raven Haven (Graham)~ Gods and Goddesses class with Zoe Allison.
At Flower Eagle Medicine Lodge (Winston Salem)~ visit www.flowereagle.com for Soul Healing Training, classes and ceremonies
At Healing the Heart to Heart Connection~ Soul Healing Sessions 919 545-9833
Fire Ceremony
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Friday March 20 Spring Equinox
Sunday June 21 Solstice
6:30 pm till 9:00 ish
Join us for a Fire Ceremony to release what no longer serves you. You will have the opportunity to shed beliefs, feelings, thoughts, relationships or anything else that is hampering your ability to be fully and completely who you are by offering them to the fire. We will witness each other as we make new agreements with ourselves and dream our lives into being. We will feed the holies and ask their assistance in recreating ourselves, our thoughts and our lives as we wish them to be. The choice is always yours!
“We spend our lives for-getting that living is for-giving.” Dean Fraser
If you are drawn to be here please call or email Miriam at (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net so I’ll know how many people to expect and give you directions if needed. Come prepared for outdoor conditions. Bring sarongs, drums, rattles, water. Gifting is appropriate and appreciated.
Bi-Weekly Shamanic Teaching Circle
Mondays 4:30 -6:30 pm
Dates: 2009 , Feb. 2, 16, Mar. 2, 16, 30, Apr. 13, 27, May 11, 25
Explore the world of your dreams and partner with your spirit helpers to trek deep within and become a spiritual warrior on the path of peace. Each week’s skills will build upon the next, stalking our inner obstacles and finding our power through impeccable action. We will journey with the sacred drum each week. Learn to get out of your own way and bring spirit through you to serve as a hollow bone in all your endeavors. When we work with the guides and helpers that are available to us, invite our medicine ancestors and honor the old ways and our elders, the doors of spirit healing open to us. Come be a part of the magic.
A contribution of $20- $25 per circle is suggested. Just let spirit be your guide. Keep scrolling down
VISITING ELDERS
Arapaho Little Boys and Girls Sweat Lodge Ceremony at Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul led by Zoe Allison
Saturday February 7th, 2009 4:00- till……?
Zoe Allison is an Artist, Scholar, Science of Mind Ordained Minister and SHY Spiritual Human Yoga Healer and Certified Hypnotherapist. She is co-founder of Earth Green Medicine Lodge, a center for creating healthy spiritual-based mindful lives, located in the Western North Carolina mountains. Zoe has led classes and workshops privately and at colleges and universities for 26
years and has traveled extensively throughout Mexico, Peru, Bolivia and Argentina visiting many of the sacred sites, working with the people and creating sacred ceremonies. She is the author of the Mayan Record Keeper, the Sacred Tzolkin, an Almanac of the Days, the Mayan Wave Tracker and a yearly calendar of the days of prophecy, and The Mayan Record Keeper cards
We will light the fire after Zoe’s God/Goddess class and be in ceremony until we have feasted well … into the moon filled night.
Workday: Sunday Friday Feb. 6 or by letting me know when you are available to help with cutting, splitting and gathering wood and stones, raking, moving blankets, etc. The preparations are part of the ceremony and are a labor of love and communion with the land, the tall standing ones, the stone people, the water and enrich one’s experience of the ceremony greatly as we do this sacred work together joyfully.
Please contact Miriam (919) 304-5754 or melieber@mebtel.net) to RSVP, find out protocols, directions and ask questions. I will send more information to those planning on attending as to how to prepare and what to bring. Directions are also available on my website www.drumsongsanctuary.com.
GODDESS AND GODS: TEACHINGS FOR THE MODERN NOBILITY
In our modern times we often look to others to see how to act; or at the very least reflect on how dysfunctional our personal families are. Do we see immature, weak or absent mothers and fathers? Are our kings and queens sufficiently present? Are the god and goddesses of our lives in disorder and chaos or are we showing up engaged and wholly (holy) present with our spiritual helpers. Join me in this exploration of the Goddess and Gods and how they might become more vivid, and more fully present. Knowing the shadow work in our psyches can always use some new light.
In our pre-patriarchal times, the earth as Mother was seen as the primary source of fertility but as our cultures have risen this modern time, the emphasis has shifted from the feminine as the source of fertility to the masculine. The ancient myths have used Biology, at least on the physical plane to be recognized as the union of the males and females, however on the cultural plane and the creation of civilization and technology, the mastery of the natural world, needs to employ both the Goddess and the Gods in recreating the mastery of our natural world. The primary expression for many peoples of the life-force, the libido, of the cosmos must be addressed with a new compassion of the life giving nurturing of ourselves as well as the mastery of our psyche. Allowing us to become the noble beings and create the new Earth.
This will be an empowering, delicious reference guide for modern day people working with gods and goddesses from many traditions in our daily lives. We will spend a year investigating the known strengths and weaknesses of the Gods and living our lives with assistance from the Gods. Perhaps you remember some of these from your past…Diana, Isis, Hathor, Ra, Osiris, Quetzacoaztl, Tzcatlipoca, Ceridiwen as well as others. Traditional ceremonies, messages, altars and teachings of the Gods will be employed to create an ongoing connection with our creators.
January-10 Asheville, NC and January 24 near Graham, NC
February- 11 Asheville, NC and February 7 near Graham, NC
March- 25 Asheville, NC and March 28 near Graham, NC
April- 8 Asheville, NC and April 11 near Graham, NC
May-6 Asheville, NC and May 9 near Graham, NC
All gifting is appropriate and appreciated. Suggested monetary gifting is $20.00 per session and will include all materials. The amount you gift is entirely up to you - it's between you call:
Zoe (828) 284 0975 mayanrecordkeeper@hotmail.com for Asheville or Graham
Judith (919) 260 1430 jabrooks@bellsouth.net for Graham class only
CREATION DRUMS
A day of ceremony and drum making with others
When making drums in a traditional way, we bring into physical form sacred beings. As we open ourselves to the teachings from our drums, we receive healing and transformation. Working with the drum we are able to reach the place before and beyond words, this place is oneness with Creator.
Sunday March 29 10 am - 3 pm
$100.00 includes materials, $35.00 Deposit by March 10 requested (scroll down)
Mail to: Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul in Chapel Hill, NC
1920 Western Trail Chapel Hill, NC 27516
To register call Miriam at (919) 304 5754 or Email: melieber@mebtel.net
Please bring the following with you:
Lunch to share (ready to eat)
sharp pocket Knife or exacto knife
Very good craft scissors for leather
Patience
Ancestors
Ball point pen, pencil
Small pliers
Two towels
Cutting board
please bring a cushion to sit on the floor inside (a camping chair optional)
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Monday, July 28, 2008
Drum Birthing Ceremony & Rattle Making Ceremony
Drum Birthing Ceremony
With Zoe Allison
Friday August 8
6:30-8:30 pm
Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
1920 Western Trail
Chapel Hill, NC 27516
RSVP to Miriam at 919 304-5754
melieber@mebtel.net
www.drumsongsanctuary.com
(see website or email for directions)
Bring the drum you created in ceremony here nine months ago or a drum that has come into your life and join the birthing ceremony.
Bring gifts such as adornments, talismans, cordage, ribbons, belts, fetishes or beaters as gifts for all the drums being birthed (check with Miriam about Numbers). The gifts need to be ready for the drums. Also bring a cushion and a blanket to sit on.
Sharing our abundance with Zoe for travelling this way
and blessing these drums is appropriate and appreciated.
Rattle Making Ceremony with Zoe Allison
At Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul
Saturday August 9, 2008
$75.oo (materials included)
9:00 am –1:00 pm
The ancient rattle gives us access to the unseen realms and has been used to dispel illness, dis-ease and also during life’s many celebrations. The sound of the rattle is magic and the ritual use of it’s energy can move us to create a deeper place of connection to ceremony within us. You will create a rattle and charge it with your own energy to assist you in calling in and working with your own helpers, guides, teachers and protectors. We will use simple techniques of sewing, painting and dreaming to create from our own inner wisdom a place where the magic of the rattle can assist us. Whether your rattle is made of hide or gourds, it will include the beings of the tree people, the four leggeds, the sacred plant people and all our relations. We will give thanks to all the beings and Mother Earth who in her abundance has given us refuge with our spirit relations who come to assist us.
Please BRING some or all of these sweet gifts from nature:
Sea shells, sea salt, seeds, beads, small round stones (corn seed size),
Any personal scissors, awls, needles, cutting boards you may prefer using.
Registration and information:
Call Miriam Lieberman at 919-304-5754 or email: melieber@mebtel.net
Deadline for registration paid in full: Saturday August, 9, $75.00 (bring a snack for yourself)
Make checks payable to: Zoe Allison
Send to Miriam Lieberman 1920 Western Trail Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Directions to Drumsong Sanctuary for the Soul will be sent upon registration or can be found at http://www.drumsongsanctuary.com/
Zoe Allison is an Artist, Teacher, Healer, Mystic, Visionary and Warrior. Her work explores the mysteries and magic of the dynamic human relationship with Nature and the marriage of Celestial and Terrestrial energies, incorporating the symbols and teachings of ancient cultures. A Mayan scholar and Day Keeper, Zoe assists her students in making use of the sacred calendar and Count of Days in their lives. With integrity, heart and humor she offers support and guidance in opening veils, dancing in multiple dimensions, manifesting dreams, and bringing clarity, freedom and balance to our individual Earth walks.
Zoe authored the The Mayan Record Keeper, The Sacred Tzolkin and the Mayan Wave Tracker. She is also a Reverend, Certified Hypnotherapist and Shaa Healer. She has traveled extensively throughout Mexico and South America working with native elders to create sacred ceremony honoring the Earth and Ancestral Wisdom. Zoe lives in the Blue Ridge Mountains where she leads ceremonies and circles and works as a spiritual and shamanic counselor. She is co-founder of Earth Green Medicine Lodge, a center created from her vision of providing a place for spiritual community, healing, empowerment and transformation.
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