“Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan—the holy air—which renews all by its breath. Woniya, woniya wakan—spirit, life, breath, renewal—it means all that. Woniya—we sit together, don’t touch,
but something is there; we feel it between us, as a presence. A good way to start thinking about nature, talk about it. Rather talk to it, talk to the rivers, to the lakes, to the winds as to our relatives.”
― John (Fire) Lame Deer, Lame Deer, Seeker of Visions
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The heat grows steadily, and the days get longer. We are deep in the light side of the medicine wheel. Summer is a memory of childhood freedoms, spontaneous vacations, and warm nights with friends. The roar of waves at the beach, or the graceful rush of wind in the trees, any moment can bring forth a multitude of summers past. Let these feelings take you, and ground you in who you are, but also in what can be had. Find yourself a beautiful summer, awaken the magic of the season, that healing abundance and plans that can come to fruition.
--Raven Star
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Vision Quest Success
Thank you to all that supported our nine questers! They and their number ones stood strong in their journeys in our sanctuary of Suma Sil. Gratitude for all the prayers and energetic support sent to them, it means so much in the way of safety, comfort, and strength to complete their journey. As well, thank you so much to Center Camp, all those that showed up to complete projects around our ceremonial space. We completed work on the Sweat Lodge, blanket shed, field shower, stage, and social fire pit. We also started work on painting our storage facilities. So much more beauty way to come as we continue to develop our sanctuary with love.
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Wisdomkeeper Discussions
So far we've had great success with our Wisdomkeeper Discussion series on Zoom. We will continue these one hour talks into the foreseeable future. We have recorded each one so that we may feature them on the new website that we are developing, and releasing very soon. Stay tuned for more information on upcoming events, and to hear about when the website is released. Thank you!
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Brother's Ceremony
The brother's have been meeting every other Tuesday on Zoom, and have been developing the Brother's Ceremony. This ceremony will be an amazing chance for Men to come together in sacred space, to express the healing they need, and for the greater expression of the divine masculine in balance.
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31st Long Dance 2021
September 23rd - 26th
Dancing in the East
The wheels are turning for this ceremony! We've already had a few of our first of the month Wednesday calls, and as well we are working on getting registration up! Hua is now open to emails for volunteers that are willing to participate in Home Lodge positions. Email soon so you can have more options on your undertaking. We need the Welcome Lodge, Raffle, and Latrine lead positions filled as well as helpers within other lodges.
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"Without community service, we would not have a strong quality of life. It's important to the person who serves as well as the recipient. It's the way in which we ourselves grow and develop."
--Dorothy Height
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Board and Committee Service
To achieve all our goals and the quality our community deserves, the board depends upon people to come and help. This kind of commitment can present itself in many ways, be it as a board member, board assistant, committee member, or project volunteer. If this is something that resonates with you, please connect with us and let us help you explore these possibilities.
There are many positions available within the board, as well as on other committees.
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GoFundMe Campaign
Now that we can start to dream on our sanctuary, our first major project is to build a permanent restroom facility. This would be a place for showers, sinks, and toilets. A financially big project, but essential to the health and well being of our sanctuary. We have started with a GoFundMe campaign for those that wish to directly donate to its manifestation.
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Day on the Land
July 10th 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM
In the Spirit in continuing to develop our sacred site we are asking community to join in a work day party to complete and develop projects that need to be done. There are various projects to do, such as painting, setting up the medicine wheel, watering the land, compressing soil, beauty way, the list could go on! Come find where you fit!
Bring:
- Gloves
- Sunblock
- Water (ours is drinkable!)
- Lunch/Snacks
- Chainsaw and Weedwhackers would be great!
Also if someone is good at Poison Oak (Guardian Oak) abatement, we need some removed, and that would be so AWESOME!
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Notice: Due to COVID-19 we still aren't open for Sweat Lodge but we have great hopes to open in October as the vaccine relief effort makes a difference. We are monitoring the reporting data and local guidelines in an effort to best serve and best protect our community.
For the Zoom events below, we will send out emails with links.
June 24th Full Moon Ceremony on Zoom
July 7th Long Dance Home Lodge Leads Meeting
July 10th Day on the Land
July 17th & 18th Empowerment Through Ritual and Ceremony Class
July 23rd Full Moon Ceremony
August 4th Long Dance Home Lodge Leads Meeting
August 22nd Full Moon Ceremony
September 1st Long Dance Home Lodge Leads Meeting
September 20th Full Moon Ceremony
Long Dance September 23rd - 26th
Write it into your calendar, save the date, take the time off.
Since this is our sanctuary, all are welcome to camp Sunday night.
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We will continue to offer Fullmoon Ceremony, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, Long Dance Ceremony, Pipe Ceremony, and Vision Quest.
Opportunities to interact with us more closely are always available, just email us.
As a non-profit we are asking for monetary donations in a few areas.
1. General monthly contributions. We use this source to pay for our monthly operations. We could really use a boost on this one.
2. Long Dance scholarship fund.
3. Long Dance General fund. For materials and equipment upgrades.
4. General Land fund, so we may continue to develop and pay for sanctuary Suma Sil.
5. Supporting our GoFundMe for Restroom Facilities on the land.
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