Invitation: Ayni Despacho, a Benefit forStanding Rock--revised link

Published: Fri, 12/16/16

 
Greetings ,

We're all struggling in these dark times. It is taking more and more energy to stay focused, put a stop to our freak-outs, and avoid falling into total despair or denial.

Yet the darkness can be a blessing. For the dark holds all potential. Our vision as well as our fears rest there.

Ceremonies are one of the ways we can explore the darkness. They help us find the filaments of hope and connection that sustain. They focus our attention, gather our collective resources, and create change.

Ceremony has always been an indigenous way of gathering, reflecting, sharing wisdom, and shifting the energy of the world. At Standing Rock there are ceremonies daily: they help the Water Protectors stay focused on prayer, balance, and support for each other and the water of life. 

It is up to us—whether we be lightworkers, visionaries, dreamers, idealists, or simply determined humans—to create the world we want to live in.

Join us at the upcoming Ayni Despacho if you can, or find ceremonies where you live. They will help you feed your spirit, hope, and connection. The more you strengthen those, the more you will be able to be the change you want in the world, no matter who is in power.
 
Connection in the Web of Life:
Ayni Despacho
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A Benefit for Standing Rock
Join us for a beautiful ceremony on New Year’s Eve. On the cusp of winter, returning light, and a full moon, we will co-create an Ayni despacho, a living mandala of our offerings.  

Our focus will be on feeding spirit, hope, and connection: in ourselves, with the earth, and with water protectors everywhere. Your donation goes entirely to Standing Rock.

When you engage fully in this traditional Andean Ayni Despacho ceremony, the energy moves. You make space for something new; you reconnect in ways that can carry you forward in these times of change.

You’ll feel the shifts reverberate vibrationally in your body and cells. You’ll experience change somatically, emotionally, and spiritually. 

Creating this ceremony in reciprocity is a wonderful way of focusing your intent, giving back to the Earth and spirits, and being with your tribe. It is a gift to the universe.

When we give our offering to the fire, our intentions and prayers are carried into the cosmos on the smoke of transmutation. 

Despacho and Fire Ceremony 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM on Sunday, Dec. 31 at my home. Optional potluck and hang out afterwards, 4:30 on.

Bring:
  • Your intent to release personal and world grief and loss.
  • A mind-picture of the place you are most connected to on the earth.
  • Your personal intent for the year ahead, and a commitment you want to make to the earth.
  • A potluck dish to share.
  • Your donation for Standing Rock.
Donate/Register for Despacho Ceremony on Dec. 30

What is an Ayni despacho? It is a traditional Andean ceremony, a reciprocal offering to bring balance into our lives and relationships. The offering uses incense, seeds, sweets, kintus, and representations of all aspects of life, with intent, to help inspire and connect us within the web of life.

A despacho transmutes energy. There is much heaviness in the world, and more to come. This ceremony is an energy-moving way to let it go, heal, and open your heart.

Within sacred space your burdens become lighter, and you can be touched by the hand of Spirit. Within sacred space you experience the lightness of your being and the power of your connections. 

I find Despacho ceremonies so beautiful and powerful that I have explored, guided, written about, and made them for more than 20 years. We've created despachos on all the mountains of San Francisco Bay... made Chas'ka (Star) despachos around the world to call the star beings down to help us in these times...and use the ceremonies as a way of gathering tribe and community to move energy and make change. 

 
Some Really Good News!
Findhorn Press in Scotland will publish my book, Living in the Heart of the Universe, in 2017 (with a different title).

So... 
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Print and Kindle copies only available until Dec. 30. It has to go off the market after that date, so you'll have to wait another year for the Findhorn version!

One of my longtime students said to me recently, "Reading your book is like taking a whole workshop with you for only $20 bucks! I feel like you are talking directly to me." 
 
Dive Deeper: Talks, Interviews, and Presentations
​​​​​​​Listen to "Joyful Radiance" on Future Primitive with Meg and Joanna Harcourt-Smith. We talk about reclaiming your inborn fluidity through Energy Alchemy...What is a spiritual connection with Nature?...Equanimity and embracing the whole...The ecstatic practice of transfiguration...and the book, Living in the Heart of the Universe.  

Come to the annual Canadian Shamanic Conference—"Communion"—in B.C, Canada, May 2017, Meg presents "Making Friends with Your Shadow," a ceremony for transformation, and "Deepening Your Relationship to Earth and the Cosmos," a two-hour experiential workshop.

Watch "Energy Alchemy Magic for Wizards" with Meg and Sage Lee.
 
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Anytime you need some reminders on how to let the stress go (like now), explore three potent practices to release heaviness, fill with your lightness of being, and shift your energy. Free, half-hour webinar. Watch anytime on LearnItLive.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

May you have a wonderful Solstice as the light returns! 
 
Meg Beeler, MA, Shamanic Guide, expertly weaves her Energy Alchemy and Shamanic Meditation to help seekers like you find joyful connection, soul healing, and luminous presence. She offers shamanic healing, shamanic training, and community gatherings for living a shamanic life. Meg is the founder of Earth Caretakers, and author of Living in the Heart of the Universe: Expanding Your Relationship with Earth and the Cosmos. She lives on Sonoma Mountain in Northern California. 

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