LIVING THE CEREMONY

PACHAMAMA'S WISDOM:
Awakening The Living Intelligence Within

One of the most important stages of unlocking true shamanic power is ironically one’s capacity for surrender.  Letting go of the personal self is likely the most underrated and overlooked step in the acquisition of “true” power.  Allowing energy to flow through you unhindered is nearly impossible if the lowest expressions of the self are still unconsciously governing your energetic movement through the world.  In this world, ironically, we stand taller with knees bent into a bow, than we ever could with shoulders back and chin up.  True power is humble.  Thoughtful.  Courteous.  And deeply understanding.  It is not commanding or controlling.

Learning to become the hollow bone is more than a poetic notion.  It comes from the hard work of letting yourself go.  From taking the time to consciously dismantle patterns, behaviors, and ways of thinking that prevent the natural flow of energy from moving through the field of the body without restriction. 

Aligning yourself to patterns that do not follow the human directive, such as immersion in the patterns and movements of nature, are key forms of apprenticeship to begin actively dismantling the parts of your persona that are preventing true power from flowing through you unhindered.  This emptiness is the magical component that allows a form of wisdom greater than the personal self to inform your movement through the world. 

This will be one of the main themes of our work together for this retreat, yet most of what comes through from the stillness and emptiness arises in the moment.  It happens through attending to what each person carries into circle.  This is where the true magic of apprenticeship reveals itself.