A Message from Hua:
This quote from the article "A Circle of Gifts" by Charles Eisenstein from the November issue of Hope Dance really speaks to filling our lives with each other. Remember that you are the gift. The most priceless gift one can give is time. Time for others as well as time to yourself. In these days we must reinforce our connection to spirit and grow our community stronger for the times coming up. I invite you to re-dream your life and open to the possibility of a more active connectedness with your circles. Ceremonial circles, gardening circles, drum circles, etc. Actively cultivating and weaving ourselves into a force that can heal and uplift each other is a new paradigm of plenty for all.
"Community is woven from gifts. Unlike today's market system, whose built-in scarcity compels competition in which more for me is less for you, in a gift economy the opposite holds. Because people in gift culture pass on their surplus rather than accumulating it, your good
fortune is my good fortune: more for you is more for me. Wealth circulates, gravitating toward the greatest need. In a gift community, people know that their gifts will eventually come back to them, albeit often in a new form. Such a community might be called a "circle of the gift."
With the deepest of gratitude I give Thanks to all that participated in the offerings we have put out there this year. I look forward to next year's offerings of Full Moon Ceremony, Sweatlodge, Drum Circle, Vision Quest, Spirit Dance, Long Dance and all the class offerings and more !! We'll be sure to let you know what's coming up.
Blessings to ALL MY RELATIONS.....
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Date: Saturday, December 18th at noon
You are welcome to come in an hour early to help with set up. Wood donations are gleefully appreciated, as are monetary donations towards wood purchases.
We will have a glorious potluck after Sweat Lodge, so bring your favorite dish to share and a gallon of good drinking water to donate!
If you have never been to a sweat lodge ceremony before, please read our information page by clicking here.
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Saturday, December 18th at 7pm
Sisters: Come for Sweat, stay for Full Moon! Wear a skirt and layers (for that little nip at night), bring a small potluck dish, and water to donate.
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A Note on the Solstice from White Heart:
This year we are blessed to have the last Full Moon ceremony of the year also fall on the Winter Solstice: Tuesday, Dec 21st. Virtually every culture around the world marks this sacred point in the Earth's rotation when the darkest, longest day of the year now begins to bend its arc back to the light.
So it is that even in the midst of deep stillness, a spark of brightness is born, invisible to the eye though it may be.
Jennifer Star, lunar journal creator writes in her guide to this lunation that this December 5th New Moon featured "planetary line-ups in a 'bowl' type configuration. This means that all the planets and asteroids are on one side of the chart." She observes that "this New Moon is a sacred vessel opening to
a powerful filling-up to the upcoming Full Moon total lunar eclipse and winter solstice, which features a 'funnel' type configuration with the Moon being the focus ... There are some who think this Full Moon/Solar Eclipse/Winter Solstice on 12/21/2010 is the true 2012, and I wouldn't be surprised if it is on some levels because it really feels like a changing of the guard to me. We're really moving now!!"
www.13NewMoons.com
Come celebrate this amazing transition and the deepest spiritual night of the year with us at Full Moon ceremony at Hua's. This will be a beautiful expression of our hopes, dreams and offerings to our community as we move into a wondrous new season of change and personal growth. AHO
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Empowerment through Ritual and Ceremony ClassSpecial discount for Long Dancers!Dates: December 11th and 12th,10 am to 5-ish both days.
Classes are offered several times a year. We will be learning about the dynamics of ceremony, the medicines, prayer, shields, all kinds of hands on tools to be very present and empowered in ceremony. Click HERE for more information.Call Hua for more info.or to sign up. Open to creative reciprocity. 805.481.0892. For those interested in hosting a class in your area, call Hua to discuss possible dates.
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Images from this year's Long Dance are available!
You can purchase CDs, photo collage prints, or access to download images (high-speed Internet connection recommended). There are also sets from previous years, back to 2007! Print the photo order form and fill it out if you would like to pay with a check. Mail your check and this form to Lori Steed (Hidden Dove). The address is on the bottom of the form.
To pay with PayPal, send an email to lori@essencecaptured.com, including the detail of what you want to receive in the body of the email. Print out and keep the form, noting what you have requested and when you sent the email. Keep the form for your records. You will receive a request for payment via PayPal. If you do not receive a response, resend the email or call Lori at the number on the form.
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Start your year CLEAN and Undeterred with a Personal Cleansing Ritual
End of year Special $45
A message from Hua:
"A person may come to me feeling as though they have been psychically or energetically attacked. They may feel as though something negative has been attached, sucking their energies away. We call this feeling being shot with "dark arrows." I use sacred powerful medicines that have been passed to me through the years, to cut the ties of attachment, the energetic cables and wires which I can see attached to that person. I use special eyes and other clair-senses: guides, listening - my whole bag of tricks - to clean up what is not theirs, that which has gotten in the way, attached to where it does not belong."
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Drum Circle - 3rd Thursday of each month
Next circle: December 16th, 7 pm
This shall be a place for prayer stick, community bonding, and learning circle songs. Open to all sisters and brothers who want to participate. Munchies and water welcomed.
RSVP to Hua.
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Donate Now through PayPal!
Any amount is deeply appreciated.
Donations can also be mailed to:
Church of Empowerment
PO Box 76
Arroyo Grande, CA 93421
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