The Q'ero, the keepers of the prophecies, are the medicine men and
women who preserve the teachings of luminous healing and soul
retrieval. We are delighted to have Q'ero elders don Francisco, don
Humberto and dona Bernadina at the following upcoming classes:
Feb 23-28
Munay-Ki
Joshua Tree, California
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Mar 1-6 HLB South
California
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You have to reclaim your power to dream boldly and courageously, conscious of your journey through infinity. Only then can you easily and naturally let go of the fear that keeps you bogged down in your personal nightmares.
Alberto Villoldo |
THE CREATOR RITE
THE NINTH RITE OF MUNAY KI INITIATION
The Creator Rite awakens our God nature within by connecting us to our Buddha or Christ consciousness. As with all of the Munay-Ki rites, the Creator Rite is given in seed form, and the recipient continues to grow the seeds with ceremony and devotion. When an individual does personal healing work, it creates a deeper vessel for the seed to take root in. The recipient becomes a steward for all living things. For these reasons, the Creator Rite is very powerful, moving us to dream mythically and to become beauty. read more> |
The ancient shamans of the Americas understood that we’re not only creating our experience of the world, but are dreaming up the very nature of reality itself. When you don’t dream your life, you have to settle for the nightmare being dreamed by others. Courageous Dreaming shows how to wake up from the collective nightmare and begin to dream a life of courage and grace, a sacred dream that shamans throughout time have known and served.
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We're happy to add Non-Profit news to the newsletter this month to
keep you up-to-date about the activities of the Institute for Energy
Medicine (IEM), which has been and continues to be supported by many
graduates, students and friends of the Four Winds.
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"We all have the potential to dream a sacred and courageous dream, one that goes beyond serving our personal desires and brings beauty into the world."
Courageous Dreaming, Alberto Villoldo
Alberto's quote illustrates the focus of January's newsletter. Now is
not a time to collude with collective fears. It is a time to dream
courageous dreams on behalf of the planet. This is the moment we have
been waiting for. It is the time to step in and create our prayers for
the time to come!
In our Featured Ceremony, we discuss the shaman's form of prayer. As
Linda Fitch explains, the form is not as important as developing a
place of stillness and gratitude, setting a clear intention, and
surrendering our prayer to Spirit - Allowing the universe to conspire on our behalf.
This month, we showcase the practices of the East – the place of the
Sage. In the East class, our students learn how to turn their
limiting projections into potent dreams – both personal and collective.
We also celebrate the February visit of our Q'ero elders who will
be joining us in California for the Munay Ki and South Classes! These
Sages of our lineage embody prayer in every moment. This is a rare
opportunity to sit with them in ceremony.
Finally, we have added a new section titled Munay-Ki news. This month we visit the Creator Rites, the Ninth Rite of the Munay Ki
initiations. This newest rite awakens the Creator within and allows
the recipient to become a dreamer of mythic dreams.
Here at Four Winds, we also have been busy dreaming beautiful dreams!
In the past year, we have expanded our staff globally, added new
classes and venues, updated our website, and focused on several
non-profit projects, such as the Dying Consciously website. In the upcoming year, you will see many more changes. Check out Leigh Ellen
Key's message this month to find out more about the transformation
underway on the Munay Ki website.
At this time of great transition, please join with us at the fire
where we can dream together!
Peace and Blessings, The Four Winds Staff
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In the East class, Healing the Light Body students learn the Fourth Insight of the Wisdom Teachings: The Way of the Sage. The Fourth Insight teaches the specific steps for becoming a visionary who dreams the world into being. To be a Sage is to perceive only beauty around you, and to dream from a deep place of stillness where you are one with Spirit.
It is our job to co-create reality, partnering with the Divine. For the Laika, creation is not complete. Along with serving as the stewards of all life, we must also finish the process of creation. Dreaming the world into being is not only a gift, it is a calling and a responsibility.
Many of us have allowed ourselves to fall asleep and participate in the collective nightmare. We have closed our eyes, drifted off, and ignored the needs and suffering of others, along with our own ability to make a difference. In the East, we discover how important it is to be totally awake and fully present in the moment.
As part of the awareness practice of the East, you learn the specific steps to identify what you are dreaming into being now, and you learn to own what you are creating. To dream the world differently, you have to turn your projection or story into a new story of power and grace. You must create a dream, projection, or story that is from your soul, and begin a journey that will allow you to fulfill your destiny. When you truly understand the mechanisms of dreaming and creating, you see how simple the steps are and realize that you have been dreaming the world into being all along. You know that you can be fully awake to create a sacred dream with the help of the Divine.
The journey through the Four Insights of the Wisdom Teachings is a journey of letting go of our old story (First Insight), releasing our ancestral and karmic bindings and influences (Second Insight), and stepping out of ego and into stillness (Third Insight) so as to be fully present and able to dream from a place of power, co-creating a world of beauty and grace. We invite you to step into this transformational journey.
To learn more about the Wisdom Teachings and our Healing the Light Body Program, visit our website or contact Judy McCarthy or Dannielle Bryan.
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We are so excited to report this month's news from around the world!
Australia - In addition to workshops in Sydney and Melbourne, Alberto will be in Bangalow on February 23 speaking about "2012 and Beyond." Each of these events is an incredible introduction to our Healing the Light Body Program, led by Linda Fitch, which will be held March 27 – April 1 in East Geelong. For more information or to register for a workshop, click here. To receive more information on the HLB training, e-mail Chris Hooper or call + 61 (0) 3 9844 5379.
Mexico – The first Healing the Light Body program is taking place in Queretaro, a city rich in tradition and culture, July 9 – 14. Mexico has a great mosaic of shamanic traditions, and we are very excited that the Eagle and the Condor are going to be reunited through the wisdom, the beauty, and the medicine of the Light Body School.
All of the lectures will be in English with Spanish translation provided. After his return from Peru, Dr. Alberto Villoldo will be joining us for the beginning of the class, with the remainder to be taught by our senior teacher, Christine Allen, assisted by Mexican teaching staff members Kushala Camarena, Maria Gay, and Claudia Castillo. For more information, contact mexico@thefourwinds.com
Scandinavia – Jeanette Mantel, senior staff member at the Four Winds, is very excited to be assisting Linda Fitch with the Working with the Sacred class in Sweden, February 9 – 14. Students are coming from several different countries in Europe, and from the U.S. and Canada. In April, Jeanette is teaching the HLB South in Sweden in addition to hosting Munay-Ki and Soul Retrieval talks. There’s been an increasing interest in Four Winds trainings since Shaman, Healer, Sage and Mending the Past and Healing the Future with Soul Retrieval were translated into Swedish, and Four Winds is thrilled to be responding to this interest. Contact Jeanette for more information >
Taiwan – February 13 – 15, Dr. Alberto Villoldo will hold a workshop and lecture in Taipei, Taiwan. Victoria, Tony, and Yu Ching, along with local HLB students, are sponsoring the event and have created a website to promote it. Please visit www.2012.org.tw for further information in Chinese.
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The Result of Prayer
The result of prayer is life. Prayer irrigates the
earth and heart.
St. Francis of Assisi |
“If you can’t pray sincerely, offer your dry, hypocritical prayer. For God in his mercy accepts bad coin.” - Rumi
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Mastery of the Time to Come
With Alberto Villoldo and Linda Fitch
We must learn the skills for mastering time to be able to step into the stream of infinity where we are informed by timelessness. This is the moment we have been waiting for -- stepping into infinity allows us to find the most desirable destiny not only for ourselves but for the world, and to select it. Join us in exploring how to consciously live in the time to come today!
Monday, January 26th
5:00 pm MST (Utah, USA)
To Listen dial (616) 883-8400
Enter Access Code: 429628572#
Long Distance charges will apply
Check your local time: www.timeanddate.com
This call will be recorded
and available online within 48 hours of the call in our Conference Call archives >
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Most religions in the world involve prayer in one way or another in
their rituals. Wikipedia defines prayer as the act of attempting to
communicate with a deity or spirit whether for guidance, confession,
worship or as an expression of thoughts and emotions. The shaman's
journey also includes prayer but the form is different.
For the shaman, prayer is an active
co-creation with the universe. read more >
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Close your eyes and dream, my friend. The truest experience of life
is when we dream awake.
Alberto Villoldo
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Wild Salmon with Rosemary Sweet Potatoes and Lemon Asparagus
By Dr. Mark Hyman
Dr Hyman's Ultramind Solution message is carried forth in this months featured recipe:
"Rosemary for Remembrance", an age-old adage, holds true today as this aromatic herb in the mint family offers antioxidant and anti-inflammatory benefits important for memory. link to recipe >
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