The Alchemy of Light & Heavy Energy: Applying Andean Cosmology in our Lives with Meg Beeler

Start date: July 4th, 2008
End date: July 6th, 2008
Region: Northwest
Location: Portland Metro Area, Oregon
Email: lauri@...
Website: http://www.hiddenlakeretreat.org

Description:

Andean cosmology focuses on the "living energy" of the universe, what we sometimes call Gaia consciousness. The Inca/Q'ero people in the high Andes live in reciprocity, "see with heart," and work with healing light in a tradition thousands of years old. 

This workshop, grounded in Q'ero practice, will give you a simple system for thinking about and integrating intention, energy flow, and alchemy in your life. It will provide practical tools for releasing the heavy, gathering in the light, and transforming your own energy and awareness on an ongoing basis.

During the weekend, we will:
• Explore practices we can use to shift our mood, focus, and thought patterns with intention.
• Experience ancient methods of using our cosmic connections for personal and global healing.
• Explore our own creation stories, laying the groundwork for shifting our basic perceptual framework of the world. 
• Learn and practice "ponq'o," an Andean hands-on healing practice with profound spiritual and energetic effects.

Like most indigenous shamans, we will work and play outside as much as the weather allows, grounding both physical experience and spiritual awareness of "living energy" in our bodies. Shifting consciousness and creating a more positive, joyful, light-filled world becomes much easier when we incorporate these ideas and practices into our daily lives.

Location: Hidden Lake Retreat, Eagle Creek, Oregon 

Cost: Varies with accommodations:
$475 (tuition, meals & indoor accommodations); Tipi/Porch: $435 (tuition & all meals); Camping: $375 (tuition & all meals); or Commuting: $295 (tuition & lunches and dinners only). 

To register, contact: Judith@... or 
call 503-637-3407
by June 25th

Meg Beeler, MAT, has been practicing shamanism and creating ceremony for 20 years. A heart-centered healer, her joy is in helping people discover their radiance, wisdom, and wholeness. Meg integrates Andean and core shamanism, meditation, sound healing, feminist spirituality, and Medicine for the Earth in her experiential classes, healing practice, and apprenticeship program. She has studied Andean cosmology with Americo Yabar, Jose Luis Herrera, and Alberto Villoldo. A naturalist and artist in Sonoma, near San Francisco, she has authored many articles on nature, spirit, and Andean ways of being and perceiving.