WELCOME TO THE SPRING EDITION SWEET MEDICINE NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the spring edition of our Sweet Medicine Australia newsletter. As I sat down to compile this newsletter two personal current life reflections presented themselves.
I’ve recently started doing some photography courses. Part of my intent for this year is learning to play more and dive into the things that ‘excite me’. I very much have my learner plates on and I’m in love with my new 10-20mm lens because it takes great cloud shots!!) I am learning that the image that I think I’m taking and the one that appears when I view it on the big screen at home are really quite different. Yes I have “fluked” one or two shots that captured the essence or the story of that moment but looking at things through lenses and guessed camera settings really can affect the clarity of that moment. Thanks to the wonders of digital photography I can take a lot of shots of the same thing and by tweaking one thing, whether it’s the aperture, the composition, the angle I shoot from, the focal point, or the ISO speed, I can alter the image quite dramatically.
My other recent reflection came from a personal ceremony in my gateway process. I came away with many new realisations. Among them was the really strong experience of the timelessness of the day when one is in flow and presence in that minute – attentive to and trusting in the messages of my body and also being so aware of the natural world that surrounded me – its signs, its rhythms, and its sheer beauty. At one stage I found myself laughing at the idea that we actually believe we own ‘property’ or ‘the land’– that this waterhole or patch of dense green woods is ours.
So why do I share these reflections? Red Lodge has once again opened up the 2016 enrolments. My involvement in this powerful and life changing program for the last five years (as well as the teachings and experiences of other Sweet Medicine programs) has gifted me tools, understandings and new insights into how I interpret the pictures (or photos) and story of my life; to the a-ha moments when I have linked some wheel or key learning to my self-defeating patterns and story, or seen something from a new perspective. By ‘tweaking a setting’ a whole new picture becomes available to me. I have been able to see a bigger screen interpretation sooner and use new lenses to view details that I hadn’t noticed before. My experiences of ceremony have allowed me to sense more of the sacredness of my life, and helped develop an awareness of my beauty, power and personal rhythms. They have inspired me to access deeper parts of my soul and walk its reflection more strongly into my world. They continue to help me develop a stronger connection to the natural world, accessing reflections of Great Spirit that are always there if I choose to look and listen.
Enrolling in the Red Lodge program is for seekers wishing to begin and continue with a year-long commitment to investigate their own inner world, to expand their horizons in understanding themselves and the patterns they run, to look at the light that shines through the cracks in the dark and to engage in a community of fellow travellers each working on turning up in their true shining and expression of their potential. No matter how many years one has been involved in personal growth, this tradition of teachings and ceremony offers new depths for those who are called to join.
In 2016 Red Lodge enters into its sixth year of running in Australia. All energy moves in a cyclical sequence from 0 – 9. Six is the number of imagination – the ability to understand our imagination and go beyond what is known. We are dreaming in a student group of 18 students for first year – seekers who are committed to the year’s process of teachings and ceremonies to come and join us in the unfolding energy of imagining.
Do you dream yourself being involved in the year of imagination for what is possible?
Setting an early intent is a powerful message of your soul’s desire to the universe.
May you dance your dreams awake in 2015 and beyond
In beauty and power Bronwyn
Welcome to the spring edition of our Sweet Medicine Australia newsletter. As I sat down to compile this newsletter two personal current life reflections presented themselves.
I’ve recently started doing some photography courses. Part of my intent for this year is learning to play more and dive into the things that ‘excite me’. I very much have my learner plates on and I’m in love with my new 10-20mm lens because it takes great cloud shots!!) I am learning that the image that I think I’m taking and the one that appears when I view it on the big screen at home are really quite different. Yes I have “fluked” one or two shots that captured the essence or the story of that moment but looking at things through lenses and guessed camera settings really can affect the clarity of that moment. Thanks to the wonders of digital photography I can take a lot of shots of the same thing and by tweaking one thing, whether it’s the aperture, the composition, the angle I shoot from, the focal point, or the ISO speed, I can alter the image quite dramatically.
My other recent reflection came from a personal ceremony in my gateway process. I came away with many new realisations. Among them was the really strong experience of the timelessness of the day when one is in flow and presence in that minute – attentive to and trusting in the messages of my body and also being so aware of the natural world that surrounded me – its signs, its rhythms, and its sheer beauty. At one stage I found myself laughing at the idea that we actually believe we own ‘property’ or ‘the land’– that this waterhole or patch of dense green woods is ours.
So why do I share these reflections? Red Lodge has once again opened up the 2016 enrolments. My involvement in this powerful and life changing program for the last five years (as well as the teachings and experiences of other Sweet Medicine programs) has gifted me tools, understandings and new insights into how I interpret the pictures (or photos) and story of my life; to the a-ha moments when I have linked some wheel or key learning to my self-defeating patterns and story, or seen something from a new perspective. By ‘tweaking a setting’ a whole new picture becomes available to me. I have been able to see a bigger screen interpretation sooner and use new lenses to view details that I hadn’t noticed before. My experiences of ceremony have allowed me to sense more of the sacredness of my life, and helped develop an awareness of my beauty, power and personal rhythms. They have inspired me to access deeper parts of my soul and walk its reflection more strongly into my world. They continue to help me develop a stronger connection to the natural world, accessing reflections of Great Spirit that are always there if I choose to look and listen.
Enrolling in the Red Lodge program is for seekers wishing to begin and continue with a year-long commitment to investigate their own inner world, to expand their horizons in understanding themselves and the patterns they run, to look at the light that shines through the cracks in the dark and to engage in a community of fellow travellers each working on turning up in their true shining and expression of their potential. No matter how many years one has been involved in personal growth, this tradition of teachings and ceremony offers new depths for those who are called to join.
In 2016 Red Lodge enters into its sixth year of running in Australia. All energy moves in a cyclical sequence from 0 – 9. Six is the number of imagination – the ability to understand our imagination and go beyond what is known. We are dreaming in a student group of 18 students for first year – seekers who are committed to the year’s process of teachings and ceremonies to come and join us in the unfolding energy of imagining.
Do you dream yourself being involved in the year of imagination for what is possible?
Setting an early intent is a powerful message of your soul’s desire to the universe.
May you dance your dreams awake in 2015 and beyond
In beauty and power Bronwyn
|
|
|
Shamanic Wheels and Keys Volume 1 Harley Swift Deer Reagan p 92
THE AUSTRALIAN RED LODGE SHIELD EXPLAINED
The Australian Red Lodge Shield image was imagined in 2009 during a purification lodge. Members of the community came together and dreamed of the future for what is now known as the Sweet Medicine Australian community. The shield holds the symbols of this combined dreaming. Then using artistic and creative flair of some of the apprentices, the shield was born and danced to the Sundance tree in 2010, the year before the first Red Lodge was held in Australia.
The turtles at the centre are symbols of Grandmother Earth, the keepers of the teachings of shields and the carrier of teachings of humanity. Australia, New Zealand and the Americas were also part of what was known as Turtle Island. For thousands of years medicine men & women, shamans and other seekers from the tribes of Turtle Island travelled beyond their tribal boundaries to gather wisdom and knowledge.
These three turtles are moving forward towards Uluru, the iconic land feature at the heart of Australia. For the Aboriginal people of Australia, Dreamtime represents the essence of their society, culture, traditions and spirituality. It is a time when ancestors, gods and living mortals come together to learn about the heritage and customs of the Aboriginal people. Dreamtime is the core of everything, and of the many sacred sites in Australia, few are as important as Uluru.According to Uluru dreamtime, the world was a featureless place until the ancestors of the Anangu emerged and travelled across the land, creating the features like Uluru that we see today. Uluru represents the physical evidence of their time on the earth. It is seen as one of their most dramatic and inspiring creations (http://uluru-australia.com/about-uluru/aboriginal-uluru-dreamtime/)
Above Uluru is the Hopi Sun symbol. The Sun symbol is of great importance as it is recognized as a giver of life, and a provider of warmth. The rays of the Sun signify the cardinal directions. An important annual ceremony held each year in this tradition is SunDance. Symbols from the Mayan calendar surround the outer edge. The Mayan Calendar brings in links to the Americas and cycles and timing.
The turtles at the centre are symbols of Grandmother Earth, the keepers of the teachings of shields and the carrier of teachings of humanity. Australia, New Zealand and the Americas were also part of what was known as Turtle Island. For thousands of years medicine men & women, shamans and other seekers from the tribes of Turtle Island travelled beyond their tribal boundaries to gather wisdom and knowledge.
These three turtles are moving forward towards Uluru, the iconic land feature at the heart of Australia. For the Aboriginal people of Australia, Dreamtime represents the essence of their society, culture, traditions and spirituality. It is a time when ancestors, gods and living mortals come together to learn about the heritage and customs of the Aboriginal people. Dreamtime is the core of everything, and of the many sacred sites in Australia, few are as important as Uluru.According to Uluru dreamtime, the world was a featureless place until the ancestors of the Anangu emerged and travelled across the land, creating the features like Uluru that we see today. Uluru represents the physical evidence of their time on the earth. It is seen as one of their most dramatic and inspiring creations (http://uluru-australia.com/about-uluru/aboriginal-uluru-dreamtime/)
Above Uluru is the Hopi Sun symbol. The Sun symbol is of great importance as it is recognized as a giver of life, and a provider of warmth. The rays of the Sun signify the cardinal directions. An important annual ceremony held each year in this tradition is SunDance. Symbols from the Mayan calendar surround the outer edge. The Mayan Calendar brings in links to the Americas and cycles and timing.
NEWS FROM RED LODGE OZ: ENROLMENTS FOR 2016 OPEN - GREAT EARLY BIRD PRICES
WANT TO FIND OUT MORE ABOUT THE RED LODGE PROGRAM ? – SOME SUGGESTED WEBSITES
VISIT US AT www.redlodge.com.au or Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Site
CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK
or
EMAIL BRONWYN AT info@sweetmedicine.com.au
VISIT US AT www.redlodge.com.au or Deer Tribe Metis Medicine Site
CONNECT WITH US ON FACEBOOK
or
EMAIL BRONWYN AT info@sweetmedicine.com.au
|
RED LODGE OFFERING GREAT EARLY ENROLMENT INCENTIVE DEALS - CONTACT US NOW IF YOU WANT TO FIND OUT MORE
For more details on payment and plans, contact: Marg: ausredlodge@gmail.com or 0448079601 Please note that course fees do not cover accommodation or living expenses. Red Lodge is held in Mullumbimby NSW. . |
|
A PICTURE TELLS A THOUSAND WORDS - RED LODGE
UPCOMING EVENTS
OCTOBER 7 BRISBANE : THE PUSSY TALKS ON TOUR WITH MUKEE OKAN
An Eloquent Educational Evening • the Art and Science of a Woman's Intimate Anatomy with Mukee Okan
- Cost: $25 online or $30 at door
- 7pm - 10pm
- College of Kinesiology, Shop 8, Given Terrace, Paddington, Brisbane
THURSDAY OCTOBER 22 – COMMUNITY PURIFICATION LODGE
- Mullumbimby
- Gathering Time 8:45am
- Cost- Medicine Gift and donation to cover Purification Lodge Costs
- RSVP ESSENTIAL - Text or phone Brad on 0408858800 or email bradheydon@gmail.com
PLEASE NOTE THERE MAY BE ANOTHER PURIFICATION LODGE HELD ON THE 29 OCTOBER TO CELEBRATE BRAD’S PASSING OF DANCE CHIEF MANTLE. SHOULD YOU WISH TO REGISTER YOUR INTEREST FOR THIS LODGE PLEASE LET BRAD KNOW.
TUESDAY OCTOBER 27 - CONSCIOUS ASSEMBLY GO WITH THE FLOW IN DHARMA DANCE
Taught by Janneke Laughing Willow - author of the Conscious Assembly Workbook
- 6:30pm-9:30pm (NSW time)
- Price: $35
- Location: Earth Heart Lodge Mullumbimby
- Start: Registration is at 6pm for a 6:30pm start time, please be prompt.
- Booking is essential (for preparation of room space, seating and printing). Please RSVP to Sonia 0408 280 651 or 10soniaweston@gmail.com
2012 opened the Gates to the Human World. Now, three years later, we are on the “other side” of these Gates. Have you noticed that “nothing works as it used to work”?! Are you paddling like mad to keep up? Or are you drifting without aim because you simply don’t know which way to turn? Are you looking for ways to stabilize your everyday world even as you speed forward in your spiritual evolution? Come learn about Conscious Contractual Assemblage – and if you are already using this tool, come to take your practice to the next level!
Janneke will explain the basics and what it means to “assemble” our life in dharma and then take you further than you have been before. Our Higher Self – both individually and collectively – is asking us to go to the next level of alignment, co-empowerment, and service. We are being asked to unleash Beauty out into the world.
Whether you are already experienced and using your CONTRACTS regularly or you are a beginner with this tool, Janneke creates a forum where you will walk away with knowledge that works and a tool you know how to use.
What to Bring: Your current BOL reading and your impact intender statements (if you have them); Paper and pens and different coloured highlighters (3 or 4 colours is good)
Contact Sonia if you do not have a Book of Life reading - 0408 280 651 10soniaweston@gmail.com
WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 28 – RITE OF PASSAGE
33 – 44 YEAR OLD RITE OF PASSAGE – NATURAL SELF EVOLUTIONARY RITE ‘A MESA WORKING’
Led by Razel Wolf
- 3pm – 10pm approx.
- Cost $30
- Preparation required
- RSVP by 15 October to Lucinda lucicooper@gmail.com
- Please register by 14 October, 2015.
To take part in this ceremony you must be between the ages of 33 and 44, 11 months and 29 days.
OR
If you are 45 or older and would like to attend, you must have completed all rites of passage ceremonies from 45 upwards to your current age (i.e. ceremonies for age 60, 57, 54, 45).
This rite of passage will run from 3pm until approximately 10pm.
It is based around matters of the south-east moon of the big west moon — Concepts of Self, World View Model, Light and Dark Arrows, Self-Acceptance, Self-Worth, Self Deservement, Self-Love and Self-Respect.
This powerful day will involve teachings and building the mesas, followed by the actual ceremony. As we seek answers, we create connection to the universal masculine and feminine energies. We look to recognize and become better acquainted with these energies within ourselves.
When we do this, we step into maturity and develop self-concepts of power and beauty as an adult. We find the balance within that is our right. We empower our natural self so that we may walk away with an ability to live it in everyday life.
To register or ask questions, please email Lucinda at lucicooper@gmail.com and in the subject write - 33 yr old RoP ceremony.
THURSDAY OCTOBER 29 2015 LINEAGE ADDRESS TIME FOR A TURN AROUND
- Location: Earth Heart Lodge - Mullumbimby
- Time: Please arrive 6 – 6:30pm for a 6.45pm start.
- Cost: $15 (Red Lodge Students Free)
- RSVP for address details
Our annual Sweet Medicine Dreamers’ SunDance revealed the nature of this change and gave us some very direct suggestions on how to align with these changes. We are being asked to open our seeing, feeling, sensing, and knowing into a more spiritual vein so we can take into account the ‘invisible energies’. We are being invited to make a big jump in our evolutionary potential as humans. And this demands that we are balanced, present, and willing to grow far beyond our current skills and abilities.
Janneke will take us on a journey of discovery. We will explore the nature of the cycles of change and identify what will bring the clearest and brightest light to bear on what change offers us. Our goal is to become ever more present — and thus ever more happy and balanced
TUESDAY DECEMBER 8 RITE OF PASSAGE:
30 - 33 year old Book of Life Rewrite and Recapitulation Rite – “A Recapitulation Purification Lodge.” Led by Kristin Viken.
- from 6pm
- Cost – cover lodge and venue hire plus medicine gifts
- To register please email Lucinda at lucicooper@gmail.com.
- Please register by 30 November, 2015
To take part in this ceremony you must be between the ages of 30 and 32, 11 months and 29 days. OR If you are 33 or older and would like to attend, you must have completed all rites of passage ceremonies from 33 upwards to your current age (i.e. ceremonies for age 60, 57, 54, 45, 33).
The 30 Year Old Rites of Passage Ceremony is the East of the Centre of the Big West Moon ceremony. It is designed to help us create our own empowered voices of authority to navigate our way through life in all aspects. Whether it be with our family, partners, financial circumstances, community or other aspects of our lives, this ceremony assists us to walk our path in beauty and engage with life in a more healthy and confident manner.
Throughout this six round sweat we will experience a lot of journeying and visioning to aid us in reaching our goals. We will recapitulate our shadow by identifying the times we disempowered ourselves and created pretender voices. We will then eliminate this self-deception through giving away these pretender voices and step into our shining by replacing them with 5 commander voices.
Participants will pay for the expenses and bring a medicine gift and tobacco for the dance chief and the fire crew.
THURSDAY 10 DECEMBER LINEAGE ADDRESS WITH KRISTIN VIKEN TOPIC TBC
FOR YOUR CALENDARS: RED LODGE DATES FOR 2016 (Registrations open)
|
FIRST YEAR - Red Lodge dates 2016
Session 1: March 10-13th, 2016 Session 2: April 29th- May 1st (no Lineage Address this weekend) Session 3: July 28-31st Ceremonial week and Eagle Dance: August 26th to September 1st Session 4: October 20-23rd Session 5: December 8-11th SECOND YEAR Session 1: March 4-6th, 2016 Session 2: April 22-24th Session 3: August 5-7th Ceremonial week and Eagle Dance: August 26th to September 1st Session 4: October 14-16th Session 5: December 2-4th THIRD YEAR Session 1: March 4-6th, 2016 Session 2: April 22-24th Session 3: July 22-24th Ceremonial week and Eagle Dance: August 26th to September 1st Session 4: October 14-16th Session 5: December 2-4th FOURTH YEAR Session 1: March 10-13th, 2016 Session 2: April 29th- May 1st Session 3: July 28-31st Ceremonial week and Eagle Dance: August 26th to September 1st Session 4: October 20-23rd Session 5: December 8-11th |
Other IMPORTANT DATES
Rites of Passage 2015 - 28 October 33-44 - 8 December 30-33 Red Lodge 2015 - Session 4: Oct 29 to Nov 1 - Session 5: Dec 10-13 Community Event: Lineage Address - 29 October 2015 - 10 December 2015 With Mukee Okan Spiritual Sexual Wisdom for Women - 3 October 1 – 7 pm The Pussy Talks On Tour - 7 October 2016 Dates SHAMANIC DE-ARMORING August 7 - 21, 2016 near Byron Shire Shamanic De-armoring is an intense healing process that utilizes pleasure to transform the cellular imprinting of past pain tapes held within your body. It frees your life force energy and inspires greater health, hope and happiness. This modernized shamanic technique and ceremony restore your full presence and connection to your natural self. info@shamanicdearmoring.com |