From time immemorial, shamans, sages, and visionaries of diverse cultures have looked to their ancestors and to the stars to guide their communities through periods of profound change. Embracing our ancestral and starry energies can be vital to navigating the unprecedented times of change within which we now live. Prophets, mystics, and the keepers of indigenous wisdom provide support for us in these changing times , times for death of the old and for re birth and renewal. The star wisdom and ancestral energies align us to the deeper rhythms of change, inviting us to move beyond the vibration of fear to the ecstasy of each moment. We may ordinarily think of the stars as celestial, far away in the great vastness of space. Yet their sacred language is actually encoded in the rocks, the winds, the waters, the earth we walk upon; it is in our DNA and channeled through our spinal column. The memories and songs of the Universe vibrate through each physical cell and molecule in our bodies. The living, breathing life force of the Universe and the Earth that is our mother communicates to us via cosmic symbols , a language of the stars , sacred keys of life that can be embraced by our innermost being. In the non linear world, symbols are the keepers of the wisdom, cosmic pictures, capsules of the divine. As we expand our consciousness we understand that these symbols provide access for us, portals to other realities and mirrors to remember who we truly are. Through shamanic journeying, movement, sound, ceremony, and work with the elements, we'll explore this sacred language. As we awaken to the living library of starlight flowing through our spinal columns, the conduit for cosmic and earth energies, we will open to the repository of memory, the infinite wisdom and creative potential of all life encoded within our DNA. Journey to the infinite intelligence and the vast Universes in the space inside the cells, and to the expanded vibration of the core star within, that divine spark, holographic gateway to the Universe. This workshop is open to anyone with a desire to work with subtle universal energies and to discover ways to bring these energies into their daily lives. The primordial energy of the elements is who we are; its magic is always available to us. We have just forgotten.
Lyn Roberts Herrick holds a master's degree in Tibetan Buddhist and Western Psychology and was a psychotherapist for the acclaimed Buddhist inspired, Windhorse therapeutic community. She is the author of The Good Remembering. Lyn is a shamanic Reiki master teacher, an energetic healer of 15 years with extensive experience in body mind therapies, spiritual healing, and Tibetan Buddhism. She has worked intimately with indigenous teachers from Tibet, Siberia, Guatemala, and the high Andes; facilitates workshops through Dream Change Coalition (DCC www.dreamchange.org); and is DCCs director of the annual Gathering of Wisdom Keepers, hosted in cooperation with the Omega Institute. Lyn is an adjunct faculty member at Union Graduate School and lives with her family in western Massachusetts.
Sue Jamieson holds degrees in Psychology and Life Sciences Education and runs The Highland Center for Health and Healing in Worcester, VT. (www.highland shamanism.com) She is a shamanic practitioner, a Reiki master teacher, and a certified Silva Method Instructor for Inner Solutions Institute. Sue is a graduate of both the three year advanced studies program at the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and an apprenticeship program to Peruvian and Brazilian shamans hosted by Dream Change Coalition. With Harvard Medical School psychiatrist and psychoanalyst Dr. John E. Mack, she recently co authored an article on shamanic journeying and the UFO phenomenon for publication in Shamanism magazine. Sue collaborates with Dr. Mack in the Paranormal Extraordinary Experiences Research (PEER) program at the Center for Psychology and Social Change.