Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind
published on each Full Moon
February 2005 Full Moon Newsletter
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Winds of Change
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February Full Moon in Virgo - February 23, 2005, 11:54 PM Eastern Standard Time) Clutter
is structure Goodbye and hello
The Virgo full moon calls us to examine what needs a bit
more work. It might possibly be around the area of blame and judgment
that is so easy to slide into when we engage with the third dimensional
illusion. It might be judgment about others but all judgment of others
arises from self judgment. We might not see it in all its subtle forms,
such as judging others for judging or judging ourselves for judging others
who are judging. When we meet the world with both compassion for others
and compassion for ourselves, we have released judgment. This is very
difficult when we are in a time of old structure dissolving and a new
world forming. However this manifests in your life, meet it as an opportunity
to let go of the old structure within yourself.
Emotional Education for Parents and Children. Facilitated by Linda Heron Wind, Ph.D. You probably never went to school to learn about the purpose of your emotions, how they can be effectively expressed, and what they can teach you. If you are like most people you learned about your emotions from your parents who didn't know any more than you did. This usually results in a variety of ineffective ways of responding to your emotions that go all the way from stuffing them to projecting them onto others. Wouldn't it be nice if you and your children could learn together how to work with emotions in a way that enhances family relationships and promotes good emotional skills in everyday life? That is exactly what this series of classes
is about. In 8 sessions of 1 1/2 hours each you will acquire the knowledge
and practical skills that will provide a solid foundation for your family
to work effectively with the emotions that surface in everyday living. Using dialog, role playing, self control techniques, and problem solving skills, parents and their children will learn to identify, express, learn from, and resolve their emotions as well as how to respond in helpful ways to the emotions of others. Outline
WHEN: The program began Friday, February 18 from
4 to 5:30 and runs for 8 Fridays. WHERE: The program is held at the Genesee Charter
School at the Rochester Museum and Science Center, Gannett Building. COST: $150 per family for all 8 sessions or $25 per individual session If you are interested in more information on this workshop you can e-mail me at LHWind@aol.com. (You may come to one or more sessions. This series will be offered at a different place and time later in the Spring.) UPCOMING SUMMER CAMPS AND WORKSHOPS Medicine
Circle - Vision Quest for Women A Medicine Circle creates a space for you to experience in solitude a deeper connection with yourself and with the whole circle of life that surrounds you. You will remain in your medicine circle, a small space in nature, from sunrise to sunset on Saturday. Preparation for this vision quest will be made on Friday in the form of cleansing and releasing rituals, talking circle and hiking out on the land to find your medicine circle. When you go out to your circle at sunrise on Saturday you will be free of the usual clutter to open up to a deeper part of yourself, to nature as teacher, and to spirit. Sunday will be a day of creating ritual art representing your experience, and, through group process and ceremony, finding ways to integrate your experience into your daily life. We will create together a loving space to explore your growing edge and celebrate the visions that come. Time: Friday June 3 (10 AM) to Sunday June 5 (4 PM) *** The Marriage Basket -Weaving the Aspects of Self into Unity "It is time," said Old Woman, "all the pieces are contained within this basket. I have been gathering them, one by one, and welcoming them home. They now must be woven into something greater than just many pieces in a basket. This is what you have come here for, are you ready to weave yourselves into ……… Well, perhaps it is not for me to say but for you to discover." Are you ready? If your heart says yes, join us in this magical time of using solstice energy and the energy of a common-unity of women doing ritual and ceremony together to weave yourselves into something greater. Under the solstice sun by day and the full moon and stars by night we will create a sacred space to do our work. Sacred art, small group work, large group ritual, sweat lodge, silence in nature, energetic tools, song, dance, and community are a few of the tools we will use to weave the many aspects of our selves into unity, wholeness and holiness. We have all been working hard to gather the authentic pieces of ourselves and now is the time to bring them together to form a container for a radiant wholeness. We move through fear into integrity where the inner self is the outer self and the illusion dances around us in support of the radiance we vibrate out into the world. Begins: Wednesday, June 22 at 7:30pm *** Awakening Spirits Children's Earth School Camps Mystery Schools over the ages taught the basic truths of the Universe that are often found at the core of every major religious and spiritual tradition. Through small group activities and exercises, community talking circles, creative arts, story telling, singing, dancing, ceremony, and sacred play, Awakening Spirits Earth School camps teach a core curriculum that emphasizes:
Earth School camps provide an opportunity for youth and adults to explore and practice together these teachings in a playful and loving atmosphere. *** Mother-Daughter Earth School July 15-17, 2005 When mothers and daughters share the same deep experience of community
where each person, regardless of age, is honored for their gifts and wisdom,
magic happens! Through loving community with ourselves, each other and
the Earth, we learn how to be who we really are and the skills to take
that home to enhance the mother-daughter relationship within the family.
Children spend time in age clustered hoops as well as whole community
activities. Mothers hoop engages in similar learning and activities that
a address mothering concerns as well as self-growth. Come play with us
in the beauty of nature. For: mothers, grandmothers, aunts (or other caring female adults)
and girls, ages 5-12 *** Parent-Child Earth School August 19-21, 2005 When parents and children engage in the same process of learning about
themselves, it enhances family life. We learn from each other, younger
and older and we engage in creative activities, storytelling, music making,
and playing in the woods and the water. A girls hoop, boys hoop and parents
hoop explore questions and stories and then come together to share around
a camp fire. For: parents, male and female, and sons or daughters ages 5-12 SCHEDULED FALL WORKSHOP Dancing into the Darkness September 23-25 If we are to survive on this sweet Earth and move into the predicted time of love and peace, we must learn to be the conscious dreamers of our lives and our world. Shamans have known how to dream the world and jaguar teaches us the secrets that the darkness holds. Together we will make our dream masks, call on the jaguar and dance into the darkness to bring these ancient wisdom ways more fully into our lives. Join us as we dance, create ceremony and sacred art, and ride the jaguar into the darkness.
Shequaga is a beautiful 50 acres with creeks, waterfalls, pond, woods, and open fields owned by CIRCLE in the southern tier of NY about 50 minutes south of Rochester. A turtle shaped building houses kitchen, showers, healing room, craft room and an indoor labyrinth. Tent camping with some platforms, and great vegetarian cuisine create a great environment for living in close relationship to the Earth and her rhythms. *** More details on these Summer Camps and Workshops are available on the Workshops page of this website or the CIRCLE website www.circleinc.org. Practical Self-Love - Whenever I suggest that people love themselves, they always ask how. Certainly there are many ways to nurture our bodies with self care and by doing things we enjoy, but, while helpful, those ways often do not create an inner feeling of being loved. One technique that I have found helpful is to monitor the inner critic and any time that it makes a critical statement about you, follow it with the statement, "Even though ________ (whatever it said), I deeply and completely love and accept myself." Continue to repeat this until you feel a lightness. For example, I might catch my inner critic saying something like this: "You are never going to get all of these things done, why do you keep taking on so much!" I would then answer with, "Even if I never get all of these things done and I continue to take too much on, I deeply and completely love and accept myself." This even works better if you rub the acupuncture point that is just below your collarbone on both sides. It seems that your inner critic has kept a list of all the reasons that you are not good enough since you were a child. Answering the critic in this way crosses that particular reason off the list. This is a powerful way to release self-judgment. Practice this over the next full moon as a way of letting go of the old structure within. Release the critic Meditation Exercise
The grandmother is very old, her face round and glowing. She motions for you to come closer and, as you do, you feel a beautiful loving presence. She whispers to you, "Grandmother Moon shines on all - no judgment. All are acceptable in her eyes from the smallest of creatures to the greatest. There is nothing you can do to make her look away and withhold her loving light. Come, step into this pool and bathe yourself in the loving waters of the moon." You slip out of your clothes and into the warm waters of the pool. Looking up through the mists, you feel the silvery moonlight enveloping you, accepting you, and loving you. Stay in the pool as long as you like and when you feel complete, thank the Grandmother, and return back to your physical self the same way you came. Moonlight surrounds me The Mask The hawk circled over the field, its white wings spread wide and gleaming in the sunlight. Down below, among the waving grasses, lay a woman dreaming. She looked down at the Earth from above, as if she were floating on powerful wings. She could feel her feathers ruffle around her eyes and on her breast. She saw the smallest details of the grass moving and the figure of a woman sleeping in the meadow. She soared up and over the trees with a new sense of freedom and came to rest on a branch near the top of a very tall tree. Her now quiet body did not change the clarity of her vision. No detail escaped her notice, yet she felt no need to comment on the activity of the mice, the squirrel's antics in a nearby tree, or the crows that had gathered to announce her presence. Click here for the full article. If
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