Winds of Change
New
vision and inspiration for the journey.
A Mystery School Newsletter
from Linda Heron Wind published on each Full
Moon
March 2007 Full Moon Newsletter
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March 3, 2007, Full
Moon Eclipse in Virgo
(Full
at 6:18 PM Eastern Standard Time)
If oneness is real
I can find everyone's gifts
Right inside me
This month we are in for a treat with both a lunar and solar eclipse. The lunar eclipse occurs on the Full Moon and should be visible just as the moon is rising and the shadow of the Earth passes over the moon. It is a time for eclipsing emotional baggage. With the Full Moon in Virgo, it is easy to see what work need to be done in our lives - it will quite likely be sitting in front of you waiting to see if you can recognize it as your work or just see it as another problem. Make use of the eclipse to send those old patterns on their way. The solar eclipse will occur on the evening of the New Moon on March 18th. This will be a time for setting intentions and moving forward with a sense of rebirth.
Surrender to joy
Let it hold you in its arms
And make you giggle!
Upcoming
Workshops, Retreats and Camps with Heron
Coming soon - Online
Mystery School Course
Entering the Circle of the Soul Series
This Mystery School course consists of five lessons. Each lesson will
include written material with graphics for study, a lecture, a meditation
exercise, homework that will be emailed to Heron, and discussions questions
for the discussion board. Everyone taking the course will have access
to the Discussion Board so opportunity will be available to connect with
others who are studying the same Material. You may work through the lessons
at your own pace. Expected to be available by Spring Equinox.
- Lesson One - Circles of Consciousness
- Lesson Two - Mastering the Circle of the Mind
- Lesson Three - Mastering the Circle of the Heart
- Lesson Four - Mastering the Circle of the Soul
- Lesson Five - Living from Awareness
Problems are practice
In this Mystery School called life
Dream the solution
Spring, Summer and Fall at SHEQUAGA in Dansville,
NY:
May 18-20 Living with Joy - Hummingbird's Journey
Hummingbird is a symbol for joy and also for mythic journeys. This weekend
retreat gives us time away from our everyday world to return to the silence
of our hearts while we are serenaded by the birds, the frogs, the falls,
the wind, and our inner knowing. This retreat will provide you with alone
and silent time in nature as well as sharing circles, and opportunities
for creating sacred art. Individual time with Heron will also be available
for guidance. We will let hummingbird lead us back to ourselves, as we
discover the sweet spring of joy that flows eternally within our hearts.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by May 4
at www.circleinc.org
June 1-3 Medicine Circle - Women's Vision Quest
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 from sunrise to sunset. Preparation for this vision quest
will be made in the form of cleansing and releasing rituals, talking circle
and hiking out on the land. When you enter your circle, you will be free
of the usual clutter to open up to a deeper part of yourself, to nature
as teacher, and to spirit. A day of creating ritual art, group process
and ceremony will help you find 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.
Begins Friday at 10 am and ends Sunday at 4pm.
$200 (limit of 12 participants, all meals provided) register by May 18
at www.circleinc.org
June 29-July 1 Pathway to the Stars - Firefly Retreat
Firefly reminds us of where we came from - the stars - and the light that
shines within. This retreat will provide you with time alone in nature
as well as in sharing circles and individual time with Heron. With fire
ceremony we will call the solstice energy and Star Beings to show us the
pathway to the stars, our own personal journey to embody the light. Then
by the light of the Full Moon we will journey with the fireflies to show
us the way into the future.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by June 15
at www.circleinc.org
July 27-29 Mother-Daughter Earth School
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
address mothering concerns as well as self-growth. Come play with us in
the beauty of nature!
Begins Friday at 10 am and ends Sunday at noon.
$250 for the adult and first child, $75 for each additional child (all
meals provided) register by July 1 at www.circleinc.org
August 17-19 Cleansing and Clearing - Bull Frog Retreat
Bull Frog represents cleansing, so come to this retreat to clear away
what needs to be released. Time alone, massage, energy healing, cleansing
foods, and creating a lifestyle of renewal will be offered to start the
fall fresh and clear. We will sing with the Bull Frogs down by the pond
and play under the waterfall in the creek. Sweat lodge will be offered
for those who want to cleanse body, mind, emotions and spirit. A number
of different healers and energy workers will be present to make this an
inspirational weekend!
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (all meals provided) register by Aug 3 at www.circleinc.org
September 28-30 Dancing into the Darkness - Jaguar Dreaming Lodge
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.
Begins Friday at 7 pm and ends Sunday at noon.
$175 (limit of 15 participants, all meals provided) register by Sept 14
at www.circleinc.org
Releasing Work with the Lunar Eclipse- It seems like we have released and released and still released some more! But there is still releasing to do. Release the fear that guards the doorway to your dreams! Make a list of old patterns that still seem to come up when you are under stress or have your buttons pushed. Write down what it is that can still pull you into the drama. Then burn them at the time of the lunar eclipse with intent to clear them away.
Eclipse old patterns
Let the fire burn them away
A time for release
Setting intentions with the Solar Eclipse - On the day of the solar eclipse, do this meditation. Get in a comfortable position and close your eyes. Take a few breaths to relax and ground yourself. Imagine that you are in a cave of possibilities. This is a crystal cave, like the inside of a geode. It may be all one color or a variety of colors. Notice what crystal seems to stand out. When you touch it, let it show you a possibility for your future, perhaps in response to a question you have. Walk right into that possibility as if it were a hologram and see how it feels. If you don't like it, try another crystal. If you do, loosen the crystal and take it from the wall of the cave and put it right into your heart. There it can hold the possibility for you and vibrate it out into the world. Journal after doing this meditation about the possibility that you are calling into your life.
Possibilities
Wait for me to explore them
Try them on for size
Article
The Many "Secret" Paths
The Many "Secret" Paths
Linda Heron Wind
Once it hit Oprah, the Secret, or Law of Attraction, seems
to have gone mainstream. Many of us have been working with this law for
some time but it is exciting to see that so many people are now becoming
aware of it. At the same time there are a lot of questions that seem to
be coming up around different spiritual approaches to using the Law of
Attraction. It seems to me that there are many ways to reach the same
place.
Some traditions stress being clear about what you want and
then feeling as if it were already here. This can be done by making present-time
statements about your gratitude for whatever it is that you want. Getting
the good feeling going is the key to making this work. Basically you focus
on what you want and feel like it is already here, instead of focusing
on what you don't want.
Other traditions try to stay away from wanting anything.
Here the strategy is to just be grateful for what you have to the point
of feeling abundant right now. What you notice when doing this is that
you have an awful lot more than you thought you did. The more grateful
you are and the more abundant you feel, the more abundance comes to you.
In this approach it is not important to focus on what you want.
Another strategy says that wanting things is part of the
ego and trying to manifest what the ego wants can lead to suffering. Here
the way is to find joy within through taming the mind and letting go of
the ego. Sometimes this is accomplished by service to others and sometimes
by long periods of meditation.
Still another path is to connect with the higher self before
deciding on what to create. It says that when we manifest something it
is important to be sure it is coming from the higher not the lower self.
We can often tell by whether we feel attached to what we would like. The
higher self is detached from the goal of manifestation where the lower
self tends to get attached. So the trick here is to want something and
feel like it is already here but not be attached to it.
So you can see that the one thing that all these paths have
in common is that, when you follow them, you end up holding a very high
vibration of peace and joy within you. I believe that is the critical
ingredient regardless of which path you follow. Without it, none of the
paths will bring what you would like to achieve, whether it is a specific
thing, abundance, or nirvana.
Practice joy today! It is at the heart of every secret law.
Surrender to now
And what is in front of me
Joy comes when I do
If
you have comments on this newsletter or ideas for future topics,
call Linda Heron Wind at (585) 924-5620 or send e-mail to LHWind@aol.com.
Check out the article about CIRCLE in the D&C
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/02042S35QT0_news.shtml
Note: The Soul Retrieval tapes from the Inner Work Tape Series Part Two have been converted to CDs. CDs are $8 each or $25 or all four. They can be ordered on the web site through Pay Pal, by phone (585-924-5620), or by email (LHWind@aol.com) using a credit card or check.
Soul Retrieval 1
1. Recovering and Integrating Aspects of Self
2. Exercise 1 - Finding the Magical Child
3. Exercise 2 - Retrieving Lost Soul Parts
Soul Retrieval 2
1. Finding the Inner Masculine/Feminine Balance
2. Exercise 1 - Meeting the Inner Male and Female
3. Exercise 2 - Inner Family Therapy
Soul Retrieval 3
1. Re-imagining the Past
2. Exercise 1 - Re-imagining a Past Event
3. Exercise 2 - How You are Different Now
Soul Retrieval 4
1. Past Lives and Present Lessons
2. Exercise 1 - Soul Retrieval from Past Lives
3. Exercise 2 - Working with the Soul Guide
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