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Workshops The Hollow Bone sponsors workshops on shamanism and related topics by various experts in the field. These workshops vary in length and cost and some require certain prerequisite classes or experience. The instructors are chosen for their expertise and integrity. In general, these classes are located in southern Wisconsin.
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Calendar of Events
2009 Upcoming Workshops & Events Click title for more information Earth Mesa Medicine Journey, Ana Larramendi: January 15-18, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Herb Stevenson Workshop (complete Herb’s medicine wheel): March 5-8, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Advanced Curse Removal and Space Clearing, Betsy Bergstrom: March 17-22, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Soul Healing and Recovery, Jose Luis Herrera: April 2-5, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Shamanism and the Wilderness as Healer and Teacher, Ana Larramendi: May 8-10, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Caretaker Apprenticeship #2 Series begins May 23, 2009 PERU TRIP! Shaman’s Dialogue on Land Healing and Journey to Ausangate, Led by Jose Luis Herrera with Ana Larramendi: July 13-24, 2009. Peru Wilderness Vision Quest, Ana Larramendi: Oct. 3-11, 2009 Shamans of Peru, Jose Luis Herrera & Q’ero Shamans come to North America! Oct. 22-25, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Dragon Medicine, Herb Stevenson: Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2009. Dodgeville, WI
Monthly Drumming Circles - Ongoing Drumming Circles: Drumming Circles are open to those who wish to practice Shamanic drumming and journeying within a small supportive group. No experience needed to attend these gatherings. Open to the public. Women’s Drum Circle takes place on the second and fourth Thursday evening 7-9pm Unity Church, 601 Tompkins Dr. Monona, WI. Check dates and meeting times. www.eagleforth.com/womens_drum_circle.html Drum Circles & Ceremonies of the Earth Every 3rd Friday of the month, 6:30pm- 9:00pm. Brookfield/Milwaukee area 130th North Ave. Brookfield, WI. Suggested donation of $10 to cover space rental. Call to confirm. Tom Kotlarek 262-781-7115 The Viroqua Drumming Circle takes place on the second Thursday of each month. Contact Bill Humphrey at bill@essentialskills.org or 608-637-7600, Ext. 2. Quad Cities Drumming Circle takes place on the last Sunday of each month at 1:00 P.M. in the Black Hawk Lodge at Black Hawk State Park, 1510 46th Ave., Rock Island, IL Contact Steve or Angel at amlyle@mchsi.com or website www.rivercircle.org Inipi (sweatlodge) group:
2009 Workshops & Events (Some of these classes are in their planning stages. Please contact the workshop organizer directly for correct information)
Emergence of the Soul: A Journey into Stone Energy & Healing. Herb Stevenson: January 9-11, 2009. Dodgeville, WI This workshop starts at 9:00 a.m. on Friday, January 9 and finishes at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, January 11. In the silence of who we are, we discover a part of our self that is sacred. This part of our self does not come to the surface through determination or brute force or sheer will power. Rather it emerges from within the sacredness of who we are when sacred space is opened and safely held. When we touch our own sacredness, we touch our soul. Rocks and crystals have been treasured for their beauty and healing energies since the dawn of time. For some, the rock and crystal spirit energies can enhance shamanic work by adding new experiential dimensions to the ecstatic journey. The Emergence workshop will do 10-15 journeys over the course of the weekend. The focus of the workshop is total immersion into the spiritual world for three days so that the emergence of one’s soul can surface through a memory, an insight, or a deep awareness. It is common for people to have transformational healing experiences. All participants need to be familiar with shamanic journeying. Class size is limited to 26 people. Fee: $495 residential, ($445 if deposit or full payment is postmarked by December 12) this includes lodging for Friday and Saturday night and meals from luncheon Friday to luncheon on Sunday. You may stay Thursday or Sunday night for $30 extra. You can bring your own linens and towels or add $8 to have them provided. Nonresidential fee $435, ($385 postmarked Dec. 28) which includes the workshop and meals. To Register: Please send a $100 deposit or the amount in full to Marie Smith 19126 Campbell Hill Dr, Richland Center, WI 53581. If you have questions, please contact Marie Smith at marie@hawkrdg.org, (608) 647-2366. The last day for registration is Monday, January 5th. Cancellations received by Friday January 2nd will get a full refund. After January 2nd there will be a $50 fee to cover the food that was ordered. About Herb Stevenson: Go to www.onewhitehorsestanding.com Earth Mesa Medicine Journey: Series begins January 15, 2009 Walking the 4-fold path towards Grace and Wisdom An apprenticeship of shamanic initiation for personal growth, healing and transformation. Facilitated by Ana Larramendi and staff in Dodgeville, WI Apprenticeship #1 meeting dates; Jan. 15-18, 2009. Apr. 23-26, 2009. Sept. 24-27, 2009. Jan. 2010 (TBA) The purpose of the Earth Mesa Medicine Journey is to do deep personal healing work in combination with learning spiritual philosophies that you can apply to everyday living. This training will also help you build a strong personal foundation to any healing practice you wish to be in. While I will include teaching the ‘Illumination’ process of healing, this class will primarily be about your personal healing journey and your personal work. I believe that whether we work as healers or engage in any type of work where we interact with people or are in service to others, having our personal act together makes us better, happier and more whole people for ourselves, our families and our world.
The focus of this training is to develop an Earth-Centered spiritual practice. This is a deeply personal journey where we find oneness with the Great Mystery, by claiming our spiritual relationship with the Earth and the Divine. The 4-fold principles of this training mirror a personal medicine wheel journey which will give participants the skills to begin moving towards wholeness, and continue it beyond this class. The insights and philosophies that are experienced through personal healing and awareness create a template of how to live life in a mystical way, with practical feet. Students of these teachings say that their relationship with life and people becomes gentler and easier. They are less reactive and see the matrix of interactions in a spiritual and philosophical way. They also become better trackers of discordant energy and can avoid or not engage with toxic situations. These teachings strengthen and help balance us to our very core.
This 4-meeting Apprenticeship focuses on the shamanic principles of Andean cosmology as well as other shamanic traditions. Our activities will consist of spiritual teachings, personal healing work, as well as transmissions and rites of passage. Individuals will each build an Earth Mesa (medicine bundle) as an anchor for their spiritual work.
Our four meetings consist of: South: We initiate our journey by shedding and clearing from our energy fields some of the core wounds we carry in this lifetime. By making Medicine of our past, we begin to look upon ourselves, our struggles and the suffering of others from a place of love and compassion. We cultivate the skill to move out of a reactive state of hurt, into the witness state of grace. Drawing from the Archetype of Amaru, (the sacred serpent) we shed the past and reveal our beautiful wholeness beneath. This is the Healer’s Journey. West: We continue our healing journey into the realms of shadow and what is hidden. Here we learn to meet the death that stalks us by tracking to the imprints of our ancestral lines and past-life traumas. By unwinding the trapped, unbalanced energies of fear, rage and power from our lineage, we begin to embody the luminous warrior—the one who walks the path of light and love. Drawing from the archetype of Chocachinchay, (the rainbow jaguar) we will learn how to track what is unseen in the Spirit realms. This is the journey of the Luminous Warrior. North: As we move beyond healing we move into deepening our relationship with the Great Mystery. We learn about timelessness, invisibility and fluidity. Here we shed our identity and attachment to the roles and the places that keep us fixed and stuck. We learn how to embrace the energy of change and awaken the sacred “Now” that contains the past, present and future simultaneously. For this medicine we draw from the collective pool of Wisdom and Knowledge of the ancestors and the archetype of Siwarkintay (The Hummingbird) who embodies joy and fluidity. This is the journey of the Wisdom–Keepers and Teachers. East: In our final exploration, we move into the realms of Destiny, Vision and who we are becoming. This is the realm of “dreaming the world into being”. We learn the art of changing our world by changing our perceptions. By letting go of control, removing our projections, and clearing our path, we leap into the future, not only in this lifetime, but for future lifetimes. In the East we learn to surrender, so we may become luminous, and have no attachment to outcome. We are able to show up, and let the universe happen. We awaken to seeing the interconnectedness to everything…We are the mystery. We draw from the archetype Apuchin/Anka (condor/eagle) who gives us the gift of expansive seeing. This is the journey of the Visionary.
Cost: This is a residential training. Total cost for the series is $2100 or $525 per session. This cost includes the teachings and room and board (3 nights lodging and all meals per session). Class size is limited to 14 students. To reserve a space send in a deposit of $100 with your application. There is a $50 discount off the first class for early registrations. For more information Contact Ana Larramendi 608-255-4333 or email inomoxo@tds.net
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Medicine Wheel Integration Workshop, Herb Stevenson: March 6-8, 2009. Dodgeville, WI March 6 - 8, we will be offering a Medicine Wheel integration workshop, where those that have completed three of the four workshops on the medicine wheel will be brought together to integrate all that we have learned. This should be very powerful. Final details and costs of this workshop have not yet been set. If you would like to be notified of updates for this event, contact Marie Smith for the details at marie@hawkrdg.org, (608) 647-2366.
Advanced Curse and Thoughtform Unraveling with Space Clearing, Betsy Bergstrom March 17-22, 2009. Class begins Tuesday at 7:00pm, ends Sunday at 12:00noon. Dodgeville, WI
Throughout history, shamans have worked with healing the effects of sorcery and curses. This is as much a part of our modern culture as it was a part of ancient times. Sorcery often affects us in the form of a curse. Sorcery is defined as any harm directed to ourselves or others: The abuse of power even with good intentions. Curses often present as repeating unhealthy patterns like: Compulsive thoughts, a feeling of being under attack, chronic accidents, injuries, illness or other types of repeating “bad luck”. Some of these patterns can be rooted in past-life events or are passed down through the family lineage. Others are self-sorcery--curses that are negative thought forms which we fuel and perpetuate on ourselves. This training will introduce students to the concept of curse and thoughtform unraveling and then go deeper into an advanced understanding of this multifaceted topic. In addition, the class will explore the concepts of space clearing and psychopomp. Learn about Betsy: www.betsybergstrom.com
Prerequisites: Participants should have extensive experience with shamanic journeying to attend this training. Please contact Ana Larramendi if you have questions about this. Times: Begins Tuesday, March 17, at 7:00pm. Class ends On Sunday, March 22, at 12:00noon. This 5-day residential includes dormitory-style sleeping quarters and delicious meals with vegetarian options.
Cost: $1200 includes instruction, all meals, and 5 nights lodging. $200 reserves your space. There is a reduced rate of $1075 for early registrations postmarked by Feb. 14, 2009 Last day for registration is March 14, 2009. Payment can be made with check, VISA or MC.
Space is limited so please register early.
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Soul Healing and Recovery, with Jose Luis Herrera April 2-5, 2009. Class begins Thursday at 1:00pm, ends Sunday at 12:00noon. Dodgeville, WI This class will explore the Peruvian tradition of Soul Retrieval. For mesa carriers only. They say that the soul fractures due to trauma, transition, or when we are unable to deal with the intensity, gravity, or pain of a situation. Soul loss could be the accumulative effect of continuous pain, dysfunction, or it can occur in one painful event. In times of chaos and transition when the soul cannot hold its integrity, it splinters off and seeks refuge in safer environments. The soul retreats to a safer domain in order to avoid the intensity or the pain of the original trauma. Our psyche weakens, and loses sight of what our healed state is. We lose our memory of fullness, our clear vision dims, and our sense of vitality is weakened. The missing soul piece expresses its absence in many ways;
Throughout the course of our life, all of us experience soul loss to some degree. To live in wholeness, it is essential that we enter the process of soul retrieval. For millennia, shamans through skillful tracking have been able to map those domains of the unknown, the uncharted territories of the unconscious. The ancient practice of soul retrieval, brings the individual into a state of synergistic dialogue with wholeness and life, summoning the souls vision in discernable ways.
In this class, we learn a number of soul retrieval methods. We learn to engage in perceptual shifts to track where original soul loss has occurred, and where the soul part or parts, have retreated. In this animistic tradition, we learn to dialogue and negotiate in order to bring the soul part home, and to integrate the soul part into the current reality of the client. The process of soul retrieval brings a new sense of awareness and a revitalized sense of wholeness. Soul retrieval is the process of remembering wholeness, the process of remembering presence and ones becoming. Prerequisites: Participants should have a mesa and be comfortable with shamanic journeying to attend this training. Please contact Ana Larramendi if you have questions about this. Times: Begins Thursday, April 2, at 1:00pm. Class ends On Sunday, April 5, at 12:00noon. This 4-day residential includes dormitory-style sleeping quarters and delicious meals with vegetarian options. Cost: $750 includes instruction, 8 meals, and 3 nights lodging. $200 reserves your space. There is a reduced There is a reduced rate of $695 for early registrations postmarked by March 16, 2009. Last day for registration is March 30, 2009. Payment can be made with check, VISA or MC. Space is limited so please register early. Download full class description & registration
Shamanism and the Wilderness as Healer and Teacher, with Ana Larramendi May 8-10, 2009. Class begins Friday at 3:00pm ends Sunday at 3:00pm. Dodgeville, WI The Shaman’s spiritual practice is inextricably woven with the natural world. Shamans drew their spiritual strength
Ana brings her deep passion for the wild and desire to support people on their healing paths to her work. Her teachers are the animals, trees and Spirits of the Land, who have helped heal and guide her through her own “Dark night of the soul”. Class will be held on 500+ picturesque acres of ancient bluffs, prairie and woodland. This is one of my favorite classes to teach, and this will be the first time I have offered it in 4 years. I have new material to introduce to students and, as always, the magic of the land will make this a transformative experience! For more information Contact Ana Larramendi 608-255-4333 or email inomoxo@tds.net
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Caretaker Apprenticeship #2 Series begins May 23, 2009 A 4-session Shamanic Land Healing Apprenticeship Facilitated by Ana Larramendi and staff.
This is a unique in-depth training, which weaves together many traditions of shamanism and applies them to healing the planet. In this apprenticeship we will study the anatomy and cosmology of earth energy systems from a spiritual perspective. We will learn how the earth is a complex living organism woven with an energetic matrix of vortexes, ley lines, energy fields and multiple dimensions which all work in harmony to support and nourish life on the terrestrial level. We will discover how earth trauma manifests, how it is created and how to prevent it. By developing specialized shamanic skills, we will learn to identify an imbalance and create an intervention to bring a place back into balance.
Human activity on the land leaves not only a physical imprint, but an energetic imprint as well. Human activity (both physical and energetic) that is done in harmony with the land maintains the sacred balance of place and can actually raise the vitality and carrying capacity of the land. In addition to imprints caused by trauma, this class will explore how to work with the earth’s energetic matrix to revitalize weakened energy centers, ley lines and sacred sites that have lost vitality, been disrupted or are out of balance.
Shamanic Earth Healing is the co-creative process of working with the natural world and the Divine and balance the Earth’s energetic matrix and heal the heavy imprints left from unbalanced human activity. Cost: $4800 for the series. $1200 per session. There is a $200 discount off the first meeting for early applications postmarked by April 24, 2009. Meeting Dates: First session: May 23-29, 2009 (begins at 1:00pm Saturday, ends at 12:00noon Friday) Second session: Aug. 28- Sept. 3, 2009 (begins at 1:00pm Friday, ends at 12:00noon Thursday) Third and Fourth sessions in spring and fall of 2010 (dates not set) This is a residential class. The price includes tuition for the class, 6 nights lodging, delicious homemade meals and transportation to off site study locations. For more information Contact Ana Larramendi 608-255-4333 or email inomoxo@tds.net
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PERU TRIP: Shaman’s Dialogue on Land Healing and Journey to Ausangate with Jose Luis Herrera, (sponsored by Ana Larramendi) July 13 – 24, 2009
For those who wish to serve and support the Pachamama, here is a unique opportunity to learn the sacred dialogue of medicine people and the land. This trip will include meeting with shamans and sharing their understanding of working with the earth and healing the land. We will experience dialoguing with the Mountain Spirits or Apus led by ceremonies conducted by Altomesayoks. We will follow the footsteps of High Initiation of Mountain Shamans receiving karpays at Waka Wilka. Then we will journey for a 4-day stay at Apu Ausangate over 21,500ft, and camp at the base amidst the crystal turquoise glacial lagoons. Here at this sacred location, we will undergo Rites of Passage as we bathe at the Jaguar lagoon beneath the mountains and blue skies. At our base camp the shamans and medicine people will share deeper teachings and karpays. Participants will have alone time for explorations, prayers and communion with this most sacred Holy Mountain. After we descend from our journey to Ausangate our last visit will be to Machu Picchu, the most prized indigenous sacred site of Peru. On the tour our guide, Jose Luis, and the medicine people will bring together the archeological and spiritual mysteries of this ancient city that, hidden in the clouds, remained undiscovered for centuries.
Master Q’ero, Paqareqtambo, Vilcabamba, and Cusco ceremonialists will travel with us and teach us the Andean ways to personal power and attainment of perfect Ayni. An experienced mountain team, gourmet meals, and excellent camping equipment will make our experience comfortable. Excursion limited to 24 participants. (For Mesa carriers)
Ana’s Caretaker of the Earth Apprenticeship students and Earth Mesa students have first priority pick to this special journey. If you are not a part of these trainings, please contact Ana Larramendi for admission. For more information Contact Ana Larramendi 608-255-4333 or email inomoxo@tds.net
This trip will cost between $2800-$3200, with final prices set in January 2009 (price estimate does not include airfare, single occupancy, or other extras not included in travel package) Final details and costs of this trip have not yet been set. If you would like to be notified of updates for this event, please email: inomoxo@tds.net and write “send Peru Trip updates” in the subject line.
Wilderness Vision Quest, with Ana Larramendi and staff. October 3-11, 2009. Dodgeville, WI. Cost $795 (This 9-day journey includes Spiritual teachings, personal healing work, a 3-day solitary fasting time for spiritual awakening, a loving staff and nourishing vegetarian meals before and after the fasting time.) The Vision Quest is the great mythic inner journey that pushes our edges and takes us beyond ourselves. Every indigenous culture has incorporated elements of the vision quest into spiritual seeking, either as a form of initiation, or an impassioned search for inner truth or God. From Jesus to Buddha, Native Americans to Aborigines, the vision quest is the profound search, the archetypal journey to wholeness, healing, truth and wisdom which is done alone, in the remote wild and has been with us for thousands of years.
Many contemporary people quest when they are facing momentous life transitions. Events such as marriage or divorce, loss of a loved one, facing ones death, a spiritual crisis, moving to a new location, loss of a job, or a deep dissatisfaction with ones life, can bring a person to an emotional edge which calls them to seek the answers found in the solitude of a Vision Quest. Questers come from all walks of life and backgrounds. The quest is open to adults of all ages and levels of physical ability.
The wilderness is a powerful teacher and healer. In our modern lives we have lost the connection to the wild which was such an integral part of spiritual, emotional and physical vitality to our ancestors. We are so overrun with busy schedules, noisy environments, emotional and psychological stresses, that we have stopped knowing how to listen to our inner voices and truths. In the great beauty and silence of the wild, many people rediscover a wholeness they had lost long ago. Last day to register is Sept. 4, 2009. Limit 6 questers. Cost $795 For more information Contact Ana Larramendi 608-255-4333 or email inomoxo@tds.net or go to: www.thehollowbone.com/quest.html
The Medicine People of Peru with Jose Luis Herrera. October 22-25, 2009. Dodgeville, WI I am working with Jose Luis who is in the process of trying to see if he can bring the medicine people of Peru to the USA in the autumn of 2009. More details will be available in January of 2009. Jose Luis Herrera will be our guide and translator. This will be an extraordinary chance to meet Altomesayoks, Pampamesayoks and share their unique medicine, ceremonies and teachings. For Mesa carriers.
Dragon Medicine, Herb Stevenson: Oct. 30 to Nov. 1, 2009. Dodgeville, WI Final details and costs of this workshop have not yet been set. For more information, or to register, call Marie Smith at 608 647-2366 or email hawkridge@mwt.net.
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