Workshops start at 8:00 AM Sat. morning till 7 :00 PM dinner, then 10:00 AM Sunday morning till closing circle at 3:30 PM. Please read the workshop descriptions to see if there are any specific items or preparations needed for workshops that you are interested in, so that you can fully benefit from them.
SATURDAY WORKSHOPS
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Main Hall |
Games Cabin |
Ski Hut |
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Artspace |
7:00 am |
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8:00 |
Hatha Yoga |
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9:00 |
BREAKFAST |
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10:00 |
Drumming |
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11:00 |
11:30 |
11:30 Feldenkrais |
11:30 |
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NOON |
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1:00 pm |
LUNCH |
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3:00 |
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3:30 Peak Oil |
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4:00 |
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Shadow Yoga |
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Fermenting |
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5:00 |
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6:00 |
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7:00 |
DINNER |
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8:30 Energy Healing |
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TRIBAL MARKET - SATURDAY AFTERNOON
SUNDAY WORKSHOPS
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The Hive |
Chill |
Ski |
UBC Cabin |
Artspace |
9:00 am |
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Yoga |
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11:00 |
BRUNCH |
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12:00 |
Drumming |
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1:00 pm |
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3:30 Closing Circle |
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~Jenny Noble~ “Dreamtime is the multi-dimensional reality in which three-dimensional reality floats.” ~~ Robert Moss
In dreams the Soul speaks its wishes, travels to other realms, and initiates us into our Bigger Story. Active Dreaming goes beyond interpretive mind-games to teach us how to live. This workshop will quantum-grow our collective dream. Bring your dream journal, a cover for your eyes, and your sense of adventure! Jenny Noble has dreamed in the Cariboo for nearly ever, and studied Active Dreaming with its originator Robert Moss for 8 years, including all levels of his teacher training. Her bread-crumb trail has wandered through forestry, bartending, Astrology, Tarot and teaching. |
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Intuitive communication with animals is a spiritual experience that brings with it a felt sense of unity. Acknowledging the intelligence, emotion, awareness and sentience of other beings is part of the process and brings us back toward balance. Thea has been researching this topic for many years and will share some knowledge and stories of her experiences and invite you to offer yours before facilitating a guided visualization and interspecies communication exercise.
Thea Fast works with her horses through Human Be Herd (info at humanbeherd.com) to offer Equine Facilitated Personal Development(EFPD).
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~Richard Case~ Transitioning is about envisioning (and planning for) the future in the context of the realization that we are both at the beginning and end of an age, hence transitioning (either proactively or reactively). A rapidly changing climate, the depletion of global oil reserves, and now an economic meltdown are the drivers of this realization. Proactive transition envisioning processes and activities at a community level (towns, cities, hamlets, islands, neighborhoods, etc.) began in the UK around 2004. They labeled themselves "Transition Towns". As they learned and were questioned by other communities, they developed a blueprint that has spawned a worldwide viral movement to thousands of comunities and now spreading to the US and Canada. The aim of a transition initiatve is to simultaneously and creatively (in a fun way) address NOW the twin threats of climate change and peak oil as opposed to doing nothing and being caught by surprise. The blueprint suggests that after 2 or so years of raising awareness and engaging the community (activists, youth, local government, business) the focus becomes the development of increased "Community Resilience", a Relocalized Independent Economy" and an "Energy Descent Plan." In many ways the vision is based on older lifestyles that are more enjoyable connected to community and the land. We have a window of opportunity (1 to 10 years) to make this transition creatively before it is imposed by nature. This vision is not necessarily about going back to the past, however the future will be different depending on us. To our benefit we have tools, knowledge (ecological), and communication technologies that will help with the transition. |
~Jenny Noble & Martin Comtois~
Enact the archetypes of western astrology and the zodiac.
Expand your understanding of this ancient art.
See the twelve signs and the ten planets dramatically come to life.
Develop a better understanding of the cycles and how they affect us all.
-The ongoing Saturn and Uranus Opposition.
-This Years Jupiter and Neptune conjunction.
-The cardinal grand cross of 2010.
See the big picture unfold as we all seek to navigate these challenging times.
Raised in Montreal in the turbulent 60's and 70's Martin Comtois developed an earlyattraction for mysticism and the counter-culture. He's been studying astrology for 20 years, mixed with ten years of asrama living around the world and 10 years as a restaurant owner and impresario in Ashcroft, Martin brings a new maturity and conviction to the astrology of changing times.
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~Lora "Arnica" Fairbrother~
Lora was born in Alberta into a family known to Performance Arts. Her father Howard, a partners figure skater, mother Marlene, a dancer, opera singer, & pianist, and paternal Grandmother Madame Zelema, a musician, public speaker, published author & globally used clairvoyant. Arnica's first dance lessons began at age 4 with Lillian Cozzebbo a professional dancer & drummer from New York. Learning acrobats, Africuban, tap, Highland, & Hulla Dance until Lillian's retirement.
Arnica went on to practice & perform competitively on her own as a youth, using story telling performances while living in Kelowna. Later moving to Vancouver, Arnica began studying Eastern dance focusing on Egyptian Caberet Bellydance & Temple Dances and finding her own style in Tribal Fusion Bellydance. Lora's Spiritual background began taking shape as a toddler with Clairvoyance, visions, Hatha Yoga, aura sightings, then Huna pendulum readings & palms. Lora is a certified natural nutritionist, homeopath, addictions counsellor, psychiatric aid, youth worker, group fitness instructor & mother of 2 performers, residing in the Williams Lake area. Workshop Content Personal intro, Feeling the music, Warm ups, Eastern Dance drills, More drills, Working up a sweat & feeling the burn, Putting it all together, Stretches...
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~Goji Leakey~ To be joyful is a blessing we all are able to enjoy and during the joyfulness workshop we will be doing laughter yoga, with participants learning to create their own laughter exercises. In addition there will be joyfulness exercises to help you connect with the joy that lives in each one of us and learn to intensify that emotion so that it fills your entire being.
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During Our LOVEvolution, We will Experience 'Loving Presence' as Who we Are: The Divine, the Power of Connection with our True Selves and each other, As We Are, Realized in the Fullness of our Moments. In this workshop, through Experiential Exercises, Meditation, Intention, Creative Exploration, Intuitive Expression, Gentle Witnessing, Self-Acknowledgment, Shadow Embracing and Genuine Support, We will Honor Our Strengths, Gifts to Share, Passions, Fears and Needs. We will have the Opportunity to Fully Embody Our Selves, Share through our Hearts from Our Infinite Source, and Experience Unconditional Acceptance and Love, and the Full Circle of Giving and Receiving. Tears of Healing, Tears of Realization and Tears of Joy are all Welcome Here, in this Sacred, Safe and Fun Space!
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~Lorne Dufour and Sage Birchwater~ Lorne specializes in poetry. He has published two books of poetry and has had numerous poems published in various journals and magazines. He invites people of all age levels and various degrees of poetry experience to come out and check out what poetry means. "All age groups, high school, elder or and inbetweener! Anyone with courage, with heart, with even a faint memory of the power of the imagination. If you have the desire to learn, to experience and to participate in creating something both beautiful and interesting then this workshop is for you. "For instance it matters not that pure sarcasm exists in some lines by W. H. Audin or hatred becomes almost celebrated in the "Daddy" poem by Sylvia Plath. Nor does it matter that other poems by different poets often celebrate not only the act of discovering something, something that we usually walk right by without realizing how powerful it is. Love poems, being in love, life itself, especially when the imagination is being used. We should never be denied their beauty and strength." Sage has thirty years of journalism and reporting under his belt. For twenty years he roamed the Chilcotin from Nemiah Valley to Bella Coola covering the news, events and happening of the time. In the process he met some very interesting people and was introduced to the art of storytelling. Sage has written five books, edited several others, and contributed to periodicals like Lived Experience. Much of his work deals with oral history, or recording other people’s stories. "Story telling and oral history are the talking points of culture. Come and tell your own story; learn techniques of interviewing. Discover your inner voice, your literary voice. Court your muse, articulate your soul. Speak your authority. Come join our writers’ circle." Participants are encouraged to bring a poem or short story they are working on. (Bring extra copies to share so we can all enjoy these stories and poems.) Bring samples of authors or poets that turn you on or inspire you. Perhaps we can turn you towards authors who you can learn from. Perhaps you will discover ways to make your poems and stories more poignant and possibly more powerful. What to Expect – Lorne Dufour and Sage Birchwater will facilitate the workshop. We’re not "experts" we’re writers. Our aim is for participants to inspire one another. It’s a writer’s "circle" after all because we’re all in it together. Each participant has a valid voice to share. Consider Submitting Your Work to be Published – We are looking for writers of prose or poetry interested in submitting their work to Lived Experience, a "literary journal from the Mountains of BC" edited and published by our friend Van Andruss from Yalakom near Lillooet. There are other publishing options out there we can talk about. What To Bring – A pen, pencil or some other writing implement, a pad of paper to write on, and samples of writing you have done or are in the process of creating. Bring any works of favourite writers that inspire you that you’d like to share with the group. A Writers’ Fellowship – Wouldn’t it be awesome if this workshop brought together some writers in the Cariboo Chilcotin who could stay in touch afterwards, inspire each other, bounce wild and crazy ideas off each other, and who knows what.
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~Madeline LaBerge~ “Man is least himself when he talks in his own person. Give him a mask, and he will tell you the truth.” Oscar Wilde Masks are a wonderful way to transform yourself into any magical creature of your imagination. Making plaster masks is a wonderful activity as it can be done by children and adults alike. It also can take less than an hour to make a mask or you can take your time and embellish your mask in great detail. The activity can be done in pairs or alone.
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"The only thing permanent about our behaviours is the belief it is so." ~ Moshe Feldenkrais
Please bring a blanket, pillow and warm, comfortable clothing to sample a session in the Feldenkrais Method. Awareness Through Movement lessons are a vehicle to discover the inherent design and structure of our skeleton and its movement in space. Come to explore, listen, learn and adjust to the pleasure and challenge of these movement experiments. The only goal is knowledge to enhance choices which reflect self responsibility and respect.
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African Drumming Yoga Fermented Foods Sonically Activated Shadow Yoga Peak Oil & Transition Towns Meditation Contact Dance & more...! Check back soon for updates and workshop descriptions!! |
