A powerful guided process of transforming printed photographs into mythological masterpieces. In the spirit of sacred storytelling, come home, listen, and be guided. Apprentice to the archetypes, symbols, elements and spirit animals that show up. Dance with the blurring edge between fact and fiction. Decipher your dreamscapes and the hidden messages they hold. Get out of your head and into your heART. Pray, Play and Paint outside the lines. Bring it all the way down to earth as you map the mystery and the magic of your visions with texture, color, collage and a circle to witness you.  

 

Inspired by the Latin American literary tradition of Realismo Magico, this course is an invitation to consider, digest and express our stories in a way that makes space for the unexpected and the magical. We develop a language that honors the mysterious, mystical and mythic aspects of our lives and cultivate our ability to connect with our creative intuitive channel. By embracing the metaphors behind the wild and unruly aspects of our stories, we are able to celebrate that which is colorful and potent about our lineages, legacies, pasts and paths with fresh energy. We cultivate a new lens that elicits bravery, vitality, creative play, and poeticism, and by doing  this, we tap into our potential to heal and become even more free. 

 

We come together in this course to practice, to explore, to play and to pray. We  map the way in and out of our wild unconscious.  Harvesting information from the  unseen dreamscapes within and beyond us in the form of shape, color, symbol, archetype, elements  poetry, and raw life force . Together, we take a break from the waking world and  engage with sacred ritual art to listen deeply to the guidance and wisdom our visions  carry.

There are times in our lives where we are initiated by such loss and grief that a way through is unimaginable. Where, like the chrysalis, we liquify, losing all form, relying only on the imprint in our cells for regeneration, resilience and rebirth to guide us. 

 

In these times, creative practice can be a channel to name what has happened, the truth of its impact, and imagine a way through. By expressing ourselves through the ritual of sacred storytelling  we get glimpses of the one who is to rise from the ashes, the one who is guiding us towards new life, the one that knows the cycles of descent and return.

 

In this course, we work with mythopoetic writing prompts, movement, poetry, visual art, ritual  and council to be with the underworld initiation we are traversing. We come together to honor our grief, and to map the way in and out of our creative, intuitive consciousness. Together,  we name the impossible, bring form to our underworld, and become revealed in the ache of our prayers. This course is for the wounded ones, calling their souls back home,

Across traditions and time, people have sought answers, inspiration, and understanding through questing for self-knowledge,  visions of the future, and  greater understanding of the world around them. Our modern cultures tend to forget the importance of this hero's journey. So often, we are guided down a well worn path, towards predetermined  goals, destinations and outcomes that have very little to do with our soul’s longing. But an essential part of our development is journeying beyond our comfort zones into the wide and wild unknown to ask: What mysteries might I uncover about this planet, and my place in it? What are my unique gifts, and how do those gifts meet the wounds, needs and gaps of the world?

 

This course will guide you in preparing for your Heroes quest. Together we will consider what it means to tread lightly and be a good guest to the places you visit. We will explore tools and practices for staying awake, staying safe, and deepening into respectful practices for cultural immersion. We will develop rituals for your Rite of Passage, go over practical preparation for travel, and tips and tricks for the open road. We will also delve into the rich questions of what it means to travel  in this modern world, sitting with questions of reciprocity and exchange, traveler versus tourist, creator versus consumer, and solidarity versus charity. And of course, lay a generous foundation of creative tools for digestion.

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Tending Your Taproot offers a sacred container to be together in solidarity and Sisterhood. We cultivate a field of radical nourishment, self care, truth telling, soul tending, movement, crafts, creativity, cackling, &  remembering. Gathering in this way becomes a remedy for stress, fatigue and burnout, and a rebellion and revolution for the feminine to reclaim her power. We practice the radical act of going in, softening in order to be nourished and connecting to our taproot–an indestructible essence that survives fire & flood, and slowly this becomes a  way of life.

 

In these offerings we come together to map the portals into deep nourishment, guidance and connection. We are supported to snap out of the mundane trance, and to open to the magic & mystery of our mythos and the power of our connection to PachaMama.  We soften our logical minds, put aside our to-do lists and court our creativity, honoring  our art’s power to heal, guide, and transform. We welcome the wild and mysterious messages of our lifeforce and creative vitality, gathering  to taste the potency of our inner worlds, and to restore the pathways to practicing restorative, regenerative rest in our everyday lives.

 

This is not a luxury. This is a lifeblood relationship with our power and our liberation. This is a radical act of rebellion–to be connected, nourished, comforted, embodied and connected to creativity; to weave community and ritual and wakefulness around life's passages, the turning of the wheel, the gifts and challenges of each season.

 

Our three-hour sessions offer a pressure point reminder of connection and strength. Our daylongs offer a deeper dive, letting our nervous systems ease into spaciousness and community with some abundance. In our weeklong retreats, we do a full rewiring. 

Circulos mensuales-abiertos al publico - Niwot, CO

En estos tiempos, más que nunca, la necesidad de espacios seguros para unirnos en solidaridad y comunidad es crucial. Nuestras historias, a menudo invisibilizadas, necesitan lugares donde estar en profunda compañía y las partes de nosotros que están sedientas  y solitarias necesitan alimento y contacto. A través de los círculos sagrados  de consejo, y la práctica creativa, nos reunimos para alquimizar la belleza y las cargas de los caminos que hemos recorrido. Darles voz a nuestro amor, y nuestro anhelo y para lamentar nuestras pérdidas. Junt@s podemos sentir el poder de nuestros linajes, reconocer la complejidad y el alma de nuestras historias, y conectar con nuestra resiliencia. Grupos guiados en español e inglés.

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Safe space to be with the rich and layered complexity of migration, and the diasporic experience. Through art, movement and ritual we reconnect with our motherlands, re-member our roots,  & re-imagine the depth and breadth of our identities, our stories and our belonging

Offered monthly as inperson drop-in group sessions ~ Niwot, CO.

In these times more than ever,  the need for safe spaces to come together in solidarity and community are crucial. Our stories that are so often invisibilized need places to be in deep company and witness; the parts of us that are parched  and lonely need nourishment and contact. Through council, sacred witness, and creative practice we come together to alchemize the beauty and the burdens of the roads we have traveled, give voice to our love, our longing and our loss. Feel the power of our lineages, acknowledge the complexity and soul of our stories, and connect with our resilience.   Groups run in Spanish  & English

In an era lacking meaningful intergenerational transmission many of us hunger for stories and spiritual sustenance from our elders. For those who are blessed to have grandmothers, grandfathers, and community leaders, there is a profound opportunity to truly drop in to ask, and to deeply listen.

 

Creating intentional space for these conversions is a way of honoring our elders  and their important place i  our communities, We provide a reflective space for them to share their hard earned wisdom. What have their many years on this planet taught them? How might they bless and guide us if given the opportunity?Perhaps they are waiting to be asked and truly heard. By setting a container for connection we open to the possibility of unearthing relevant ancestry information, family folklore,  and tradition and a sense of belonging and interconnectedness  that is ours to be cherished. 

 

This course will guide you in  designing a powerful container that is culturally sensitive to the context you are interviewing in, and that feels accessible and natural for you. We explore barriers considering culture, language, and varying layers of digestion and maturation of stories and the way they lice in individuals and family systems. We till the soil of your own curiosity and longing through self reflective exercises and from that place brainstorm evocative and meaningful questions. We court interview structure, style and skillfulness that is sensitive to cues,  trauma informed, intuitive, brave and soulful. We share our struggles and our learnings through the process in a supportive group context. And finally we integrate the interviews within our group by working with the creative outlet of your choice to encapsulate the medicine we have harvested. This may include but is not limited to poetry, prose, a scrapbook, collage, painting, an altar/art installation, or song.