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We offer several different workshops and retreats covering subjects like personal development, healthy living, creative expression and living in harmony with nature. Prices listed are for workshops/retreats unless stated otherwise. Food, lodging, and other activities are separate. Workshop and retreat information is subject to change. To register, please contact us. Our workshops fall into several categories listed below.
We also host events for families, corporations and various groups by offering a venue to facilitate your own workshop or event. Health and Healing WorkshopsGet started on your path to wellness and expand your perception of living in a holistic healthy way. Sample some of the natural methods used to facilitate healing by treating the mind, body and spirit. We offer nature spa services and healing workshops throughout the year to the general public and to private groups. Treating the Mind, Body and SpiritDates: TBA What does treating the mind, body, and spirit mean? There is so much information out there that we've prepared a starter kit for you. We we provide you with a place to start the process here at Wind Walker with a starter kit and support system to assist you as you continue your journey through life. In this Workshop you will learn: how to support yourself and others, what energy medicine is, what constitutes good nutrition, how ceremony and ritual can assist, and in some cases, harm the healing process, how to connect to your spiritual support system, and why some heal and others don’t and what you can do to assist with changing those patterns. This course is taught on the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels. Personal Sacred MandalaDates: TBA Tap into your unconscious, the place where e-motion lives deeply. Unlock your strengths and beauties. Find your soul's essence through the symbols expressed in your personal mandala. We will utilize various media to construct mandalas, and then we will explore their symbolism and meaning through our individual and group interpretations of the process. Energy Mastery, Self MasteryDates: TBA Here you can learn or hone your skills with techniques to clean, clear and maintain balance in your aura energy field on the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual levels. Transform energy blockages, toxins and trauma into powerful catalysts that can assist you in creating what you want out of life. Learn energy work, bodywork, toning and conscious dialog to bring your own inner workings into conscious awareness. Nature, Vibrational Alchemy and TonesDates: TBA Learn how to connect and communicate with nature; how to "become;" how to prepare and use nature based medicine and spa treatments. Explore how rituals and ceremony can shift energy. Each participant will make their own ritual bath with sacred alchemical ingredients—salt, flower essences, pure essential oils and the divine energy of our sacred selves. Expand your consciousness through interaction with the natural world and the group. Explore the use of tones and colors to assist with the elevation of life. Connect with the elements. Connect with your spiritual support system. BelvaspataDates: April 16-18, 2010 Belvaspata is a new tool for healing and transformation, similar to Reiki but with a greater connection to new planetary energies. It is always done with love, praise and gratitude. We will cover the new emotional pairs, tones and rays of light, and their integration into our consciousness. This is very powerful and gentle in its ability to open "stuck" areas in our physical, mental, emotional and spiritual natures. The Ancient Art of Ear ConingDates: TBA Ear coning or candling is a gentle and non-invasive technique used to clear physical, emotional and energetic debris and blockages that impair our ability to hear and take in information on many levels. We will begin with a mild lymph massage of the neck and head which helps to open up the body for drainage and then learn the coning techniques. Learn this to help your children, friends and family or as an auxiliary modality for your therapy sessions. Ear cones are included in the cost of the class, and additional cones are available for purchase. Life Exploration Workshops/RetreatsRemembering the Love that We are: A Women's RetreatDates: April 16 - 18, 2010 Can you hear the whistles in the wind, the bells in the starlight, the big rumbling up from our mother earth, the rhythmic drum beat of our hearts and souls? This sound is a gift and a calling from within and with out. Our collective souls are calling out to come together as sisters and goddesses all around the globe. It's time to come together as the powerful and wise instruments of love that we are. Tobya Negash of Open Heart Bodyworks invites you to participate in a transformative women's weekend retreat. Join us as we tune into our ancient Egyptian priestess, warrior, fairy, star being, shamanic and angelic selves. Celebrate the Divine FeminineDates: TBA The Divine Feminine is a unseen dimension of the soul to which we are connected through our instincts, our feelings, and the longing imagination of our heart. Come celebrate the Divine Feminine at this retreat as we re-connect to the divine mother to the womb of being as we ascend through our deepest instincts. Jacquelyn Saunders with Goddess Productions takes you on a journey of exploration of your gifts, intuition, expression, and femininity. Claiming your power and balancing your masculine and feminine aspects allowing you to step into true co-creation. Your weekend will include:
* Price includes your lodging, 3 meals a day, 2 guided services, 2 class events, and 1 personal service. Extra services can be added at an additional cost. Tax and gratuity will be added to the final bill. Airport transportation is available from Salt Lake International airport at an extra fee. Queer Spirit RetreatDates: TBA Queer Spirit is about men loving men, gathering together in loving and intimate ways to explore, dialog, enjoy, dream and celebrate the "who" and "what" we are in the broader community... See this YouTube video for more information or visit www.queerspirit.org. Presented by Jerry Buie and John Cottrell in productions with White Crane. Transmutation: The Art of TransformationDates: TBA We often know or have a vague sense of where we are blocked in our lives. How do we shift that blocked energy and make a change? Learn ancient ritual that releases energy patterns, behaviors, relationships, situations that no longer serve you, and then create new energy patterns that support your growth and life purpose. Releasing IllusionsDates: TBA As we make our way on our spiritual journey, we often discover limiting beliefs that we have of ourselves, other people, society and the world. These demanding expectations that we attempt to live up to, can obscure our authentic selves and leave us feeling empty. In this workshop you will learn to identify your illusions, find where they have taken root, and release them from your being. Discover ways of healing, becoming whole, and evolving. As we evolve, so too does humanity and mother earth as we come to understand what it means to be free. Interpreting SignsDates: TBA The universe is constantly communicating with us through a universal language, the language of signs and symbols. Dreams we have, animals we see, colors, numbers, places we're attracted to, patterns we repeat are all a part of the way Spirit guides us to discover our true Essence. Learn the Universe's language and understand the opportunities being presented to you through what you experience and notice every day. Living a New WayDates: TBA Discover 16 emotional frequencies and perceptions through love, praise and gratitude. Explore the e-motions and new ways of seeing, doing and being. We’ll do an attunement to assist with balancing the new energy fields we are living in as we explore how to maintain our inner peace in the midst of turmoil. The Divine MasculineDates: March 12-14, 2010 and October 15-17, 2010 Just who is this divine masculine guy and what does he have to do with me? Explore what it is to be balanced in the masculine energy. Discover its place in the world and how it can be used to create and build things of amazing wonder. How it can perpetuate the safety of all. Participate in ritual and alignment to release the wounded masculine and accept with all its majesty the divine masculine. The Dance of BalanceDates: October 18-20, 2010 So you want to do things differently but there is so much to be done. Balance affects us in many ways from balancing our work with play, work with family, masculine with feminine, perfection to slob, and emotional to emotionless. We’ll explore this dance and ways to find balance. Family CampDates: July 15-18, 2010 Deepen spirituality in your family, relax with your children, and share experiences with other families who have similar values. As a parent you will learn how to nurture your children’s and your own innate spirituality. Your children will learn to live in harmony with others and with nature through yoga, games, art, theatre, stories, and music. Nature Workshops and RetreatsAnimal Assisted LearningDates: TBA Horses are amazing mirrors that can teach us about ourselves and our group interactions. Connecting with a horse can be a very rewarding experience in opening up us to the greater whole. Guaranteed to expand your consciousness. Activities are customized around the participants and can be done as an individual, family, organizational group or business group. Under the Tree of LifeDates: TBA This program is modeled after the Native American education programs using 4 world’s development model. By connecting to the wisdom of indigenous people, we can connect to the roots and wings of the oldest form of spiritually on the planet. Each individual is an important link in the whole for we are all connected as one. Back Country Horse Packing ExpeditionsDates: June 23 – 27, 2010 Our trips into the back country are for physically fit young adults and adults. Our trips are rated according to difficulty. The horse trips pace is leisurely and there is time for wildlife watching and relaxation but prepare for long days and unpredictable challenges posed by weather, wildlife, and terrain. Unless specified otherwise, no prior experience is required. On all these trips we practice leave no trace outdoor ethics. Guest experts accompany some of our back country trips.
Kids CampDates: TBA Our kids camp offers many activities that inspire, educate, and enrich their understanding of the world. We believe kids deserve the opportunity for creative recreational and educational experiences that honor individuality. Our camp takes a maximum of 28 kids so they can get individual attention within a group setting. We focus on enhancing each camper’s mental, physical, spiritual and social development. Riding and caring for horses and mother nature helps kids to build confidence, respect and balance. We focus on allowing kids to have fun, by using their imaginations to be creative and participate in activities that develop self-confidence and a sense of self all in mother nature’s backyard. Camp activities:
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