Events for September 2009
September 18-19
Peace Lake Medicine Wheel
Using this Transformational Wheel of Life we will learn to listen to the teaching of the Stone People who hold many lessons from Creator. In celebration of Autumnal Equinox, join us as we build a medicine wheel at Peace Lake, led by Rev. Dr. Carol Vaccariello and Peace Lake faculty.
September 19
Autumnal Equinox Drum Circle
Experience labyrinths, medicine wheel, labyrinths and a cicle of sound as we honor the Autumnal Equinox, led by members of Peace Lake core faculty.
September 26, 2009
Exploring Dreams Through Creative Expression:
Creating Dream Journals with Haiku and Contemplative Brush
Mandala is a Sanskrit word that means “circle” or “completion.” In various spiritual traditions, the creation of mandalas is employed for focusing your attention, used as a spiritual tool and for creating a sacred space to aid in meditation and trance. Creating Mandalas is one of the most important ways to connect to the Dream Time.
Our retreat will commence with embodied labyrinth work, using sound and meditation to build the group container. From this nexus will emerge the material that will then be explored with contemplative brush and haiku. It is being offered in the spirit of the Dalai Lama when he said, “It is in the context of a calm mind that we may say that even the one careful stroke of a brush can speak.” We will experience “meditation with a brush” and create a variety of one stroke paintings based on geometric forms from world wisdom traditions. We will also explore the history of haiku and learn how to create "wordless poems". We will create dream journals with haiku and brush paintings. Retreat led by Rev. Dr. Calen Rayne, a member of core faculty at Peace Lake.
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