In this time of intensity and great changes all around us and within us, we are offering this opportunity to dive deep into personal healing work to release what is no longer needed and deeply nourish our body, mind, and spirit. Through sacred teachings, connecting with the plant allies, and working with the elements, we find guidance, joy, and wellness in our lives.

The Patziapa Sanctuary on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala is a powerful ancestral and elemental site that supports transformational work and evokes inner peace through its incredible beauty and abundant medicine plants.

We will be working in the sacred geometries of the maloca (roundhouse), temescal (Mayan sweatlodge), ancestral altars of the ancient pyramid, and the land and lake itself that vibrate with the energetics of the volcanoes. This retreat takes us through the energies in the Mayan Calendar of Wuku (7) Kan- the balance of our life force energy, Waqxaqui (8) Keme- the completion of our transformation, and Belejeb Kiej - the birthing of the Medicine Person. This is a special day to the Maya.   

Schedule:

• Thurs Jan 6th (5 Akabal) - Arrive in Guatemala City, overnight.

• Fri Jan 7th (6 Kat) - Leave at 10 am to drive to Santiago Atitlan, lunch at the Tiosh Abaj Hotel & Restaurant, boat ride to Patziapa. Orientation and opening circle, dinner.  

• Sat Jan 8th (7 Kan) - Breakfast, teachings, lunch, harvest plants for use in the herbal baths in temescal (sweatlodge), late afternoon temescal ceremony, dinner.

• Sun Jan 9th (8 Keme)  - Breakfast, set up mesas/altars, lunch, teachings/working with medicine altars, dinner, night prayer vigil to work with the medicines & the fire.

• Mon Jan 10th (9 Kiej) – Rest and integration, Mayan Fire Ceremony to give gratitude. 

• Tues Jan 11th (10 Q’anil) - Sunrise ceremony, brunch, personal time to integrate, afternoon sharing circle & teachings, dinner.

• Wed Jan 12th (11 Toj) - Breakfast, closing circle, depart Patziapa at 1 pm, Lunch at Tiosh Abaj, travel to Guatemala City, dinner and overnight

• Thurs Jan 13th (12 T’zi) - Fly out of Guatemala City   

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat : 

Financial offering includes: shared rooms at hotel in Guatemala City, airport shuttle, breakfast morning after arrival and dinner the night of arrival. (Any additional food would need to be covered by people directly at the hotel). Pre-arranged shuttle from Guatemala City to Santiago Atitlan. We will be staying at the Patziapa Sanctuary in shared rooms at the edge of beautiful, sacred Lake Atitlan, a short boat ride across the lake where we will provide meals, boat transportation, ceremonial materials, teachings, and support of the ongoing upkeep of the sanctuary. We also encourage donations to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 

Loving Offering; $2275 per person.   Space for this retreat is limited to 13 people. 

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, extra meals in Guatemala City, shopping expenses, gifts for elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

Click HERE to register. To secure your space, we will require filling out the registration form and receipt of a $500 deposit that can be made here.

For more information, please email Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com.

There is an option to come early for 3 days before or 2 days afterwards to work on the granja ecologica (ecological farm), contact us for more information.  

WELCOME TO 2020, A NEW YEAR OF CLARITY AND VISION.

The spirits have spoken and we are listening... and now we are doing our best to create the time and space for a very powerful few weeks of ceremony, medicine and togetherness in beautiful Guatemala.

The ceremonial festivities kick off with a Ceremonial council to honor Earth Day as we unite efforts for our Mother Earth - and showcasing solutions that we can support in the care and healing of our Mother Earth. Tat Erick Gonzalez and Sweet Medicine Nation head up the council and bring many peoples together for the future of our planet. Please see http://www.spiritjaguar.com/event-calendar for more info on this most wonderful event!

Directly after council, in honor of this auspicious work, we will be offering ourselves up as sentinals, guardians, warriors, healers and caretakers of this world by cleansing and healing ourselves through Kambó, Temescal and other medicine ceremonies. When we truly take the time to heal within, only then do we have the possibility of caring for the world around us.

Your hard work and transformation, will resonate out to the great mother and father and spirits of this land. By cleansing yourself of unwanted toxins (emotional, spiritual, and physical) and connecting with your ancestral wisdom and rights of passage, the Kambo experience can be a powerful way to start the purging all of the pain, trauma and sickness you and this world no longer need to carry. Together with Kambó practitioner, A. Raven Cruz and Tata Erick Gonzalez we are offering you this magical medicine and ceremonies held in a container of utmost love and support.

KAMBO INITIATION April 27th - May 4th, 2020 in Guatemala

The Retreat will Include:

• Stay at the beautiful Patziapa sanctuary on lake Atitlan (limited space) or Hotel Tiosh Abaj (7minute boat ride across the Lake) see http://www.spiritjaguar.com/patziapa-sanctuary and https://www.tioshabaj.com)
• Lovingly prepared food and drinks to support your initiation
• 3 rounds of Kambo medicine
• 2 Temescal ceremonies. You will learn about this version of the North American Inipi or Sweat Lodge
• 1 Medicine integration ceremony, if you have questions about this please contact us for questions.
• Pipe, Senanga and Rapé offerings will also be a part of your journey

If you haven’t previously sat in three Kambó ceremonies in one 28 day period, then it is mandatory to come to all of the three. Three rounds in one moon cycle is the initiation into this medicines, and is the surest way for maximum, long-term healing to be achieved. Along with three rounds of Kambó, each participant will also be invited to explore the medicine of Senanga, a traditional eye cleansing plant medicine, and Rapé, a sacred tobacco and plant ash medicine, both of which are said to heighten awareness of the senses, clear and align your mind and instincts, and help promote deep cleansing of the mind, body, and spirit. Kambó does not have any psychoactive compounds and is not a psychedelic medicine. It is 100% legal and it is very important that the frogs are not harmed in the process of giving up and collecting their secretions.

Spiritually, Kambö has been associated with clearing unwanted psychic debris and baggage known as ‘Panema’. Panema’ is the accumulated plaque that we carry inside of us, coming from the hardships and traumas that we have personally experienced, those of our ancestors (expressed epigenetically) and the cultural conditioning that we unwittingly inherited. About Kambó: Kambó comes from a secretion produced by the Phyllomedusa bicolor, more commonly known as The Giant Monkey Frog. This beautiful, bright green frog releases a neuro-toxic poison that is collected and administered very specifically, directly into the human lymphatic system via small superficial burns on the skin. Here, the poison transforms into a cleanser and immune boosting healing agent in the human body.

Kambó contains a range of medicinal and traditional therapeutic applications. It is an entourage of bioactive peptides – short chain amino acids that bind to human cell receptors and catalyze transformative physical detoxification and psychic/spiritual renewal. These peptides exhibit potent antimicrobial, anti-cancerous, anti-inflammatory and immune modulating effects. Kambó has been used to treat variety of conditions such as depression, anxiety, addiction, chronic pain, autoimmune conditions, chronic fatigue, lyme disease, herpes, arthritis, cancer, and more.

About Raven: Raven is descended from the Hopi Indians (presently settled in Arizona, Utah), a North American desert people and the Mexica people of Southern Mexico. Raven’s great-grandmother was kidnapped by Spanish slavers and sold into slavery in Mexico City at the age of five. The generations of children taken from their villages this way, are known as the “Lost Birds or Genízaros.” Many accounts of this terrible period in American History are starting to surface and has since fueled Ravens journey deeper into medicine and ceremonies as an act of reclaiming and reconciling his mix-blood heritage. He has undergone a 20-year journey into medicine ceremonies, traditional rituals and practices taught to him by medicine people from many nations all over the world. He also took to learning from nutritionists and doctors wherever he could.His journey in ceremony, as well as a practice in Buddhism and Yoga began to culminate into a working practice when he began the study of Neurology and Unified Field Physics in early 2009. After studying the brain and diving deeper into biochemistry, he searched for ways to optimize the bodies health by first addressing all systems collaborating for harmony in a human. A certified Neurofeedback practitioner, Raven has also developed several highly effective food and nutrition programs for many of his clients to help them heal from numerous health problems and disorders. Raven’s work is aptly described as a synergist, he has strived to connect the best and most sacred of traditions, foods and medicines for all those who wish to emerge into a new era of human consciousness. HIs work has always been with people who are ready to discover entirely new versions of themselves. Versions that have been latent, hiding within the realms of the unconscious, waiting to be germinated, sprouted, cultivated and shared.

Click here to learn more about Tat Erick Gonzalez.

A common tradition of the Maya and the Mexica peoples, is the using of Tattoo’s as medicine, ceremony, clearing or initiation for a petitioner choosing to learn the spirit ways. If you have been called to Tattoo’s as medicine or have an image that has been speaking to you, as a spirit or animal totem, talk to Raven or Erick about the possibility of having Ericks trusted artist avaibale for a Tattoo ceremony. This (if recommended or desired), will be individually priced with the artist.

What to Bring:

Your mesa (altar) if you have one, and a petition offering. If you do not have a mesa or are unfamiliar with the customs of traditional peoples, we suggest a pre council with Raven to discuss the importance of this in your work. Your favorite pillow and or blankie. It is recommended you bring some comfort clothes or bedding items for your journey. Ample changes of clothes, it can be a messy process... healing. Sweating, purging, secretion of toxins, means you want to be able to change frequently and have enough clothes to do so.

CONTRAINDICATIONS: This medicine may conflict with the following issues or chemicals:
• Those that have serious heart problems.
• Women who are pregnant or nursing.
• Low blood pressure medications.
• Anyone that has had a stroke Addison’s disease.
• Those recovering from surgery.

Cost: Kambo Initiation + all ceremony materials, medicines and offering items: $1650 Food Lodging and transport to and from airport including possible hotel out of Guate City (Stay Only) = $900 (shared rooms) Total Loving contribution = $2550 complete package.

A $750 non-refundable deposit via PayPal or Venmo is appreciated to hold your spot. The rest can be brought upon arrival, in cash or paid via paypal or venmo.

• It is of paramount importance that you finish all three ceremonies. Once you begin...you are in! No matter how hard it may be, please know that you come in here to finish all three. I have seen people not finish all three and it can get really wonky. As such, once you begin the process and pay up front for all three rounds, your non-refundable financial commitment is made.

Deposits can be sent to: PayPal: a.ravencruz@ gmail.com or Venmo @raven-cruz

Join Tat Erick Gonzalez (Spirit Jaguar) and Sweet Medicine Nation (Four Winds Community Foundation) for a weeklong ceremonial gathering to:

UNITE EFFORTS in “forging” new ways towards personal leadership in this exceptional New Decade.

Experience & apply “fearless intentions” in abolishing our antiquated beliefs and cutting away exhausting old cycles.

Focus towards positive solutions in 2020 to set this Decade as the starting point of collaborating with our Mother Earth’s messages to us.

April 20 – 27, 2020 At the Tiosh Abaj Hotel and Restaurant Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala
Investment: $1,300 (covers food, shared rooms, transportation to & from Guatemala City, shared rooms in hotel in Guatemala City on scheduled arrival and departure days).

Combining numerous traditional values, local experts and Elders from the Mayan culture will converge bringing their ways: natural medicines, permaculture, natural sciences, textile/natural dyes…

Offering solutions to adding back and do our part of Collaborating with solutions in our world Fostering harmony, generosity in this New Era and holy times.

Schedule:

• Mon April 20 (3 Noj) - Fly into Guatemala City

• Tues April 21 (4 Tijax) - Travel to lake, orientation and opening circle

• Wed April 22 (5 Kawok) - Earth Day - Council starts, with prayers for our Mother

• Thurs April 23 (6 Ajpu) - Council continued, Mayan Fire Ceremony and Flower Staff ceremony

• Fri April 24 (7 Imux): Council continued and closed, Blessings for the Water and offer the Flowering Staff to the lake during pilgrimage to Patziapa and offerings at the pyramid

• Sat April 25 (8 I'q): PUBLIC DAY with exhibitions from local people offering sustainable solutions (San Juan, cacao, organics, etc)

• Sun April 26 (9 Akabal): Sunrise ceremony to close the gathering, free time to shop, pack, rest, visit Santiago  

• Mon April 27 (10 Kat): Travel to Guatemala City 

Our Mother Terra can right herself, we must do our part by taking actions in sharing resources and knowledge.

Register HERE

Secure your place HERE

In this time of intensity and great changes all around us and within us, we are offering this opportunity to dive deep into personal healing work to release what is no longer needed and deeply nourish our body, mind, and spirit. Through sacred teachings, connecting with the plant allies, and working with the elements, we find guidance, joy, and wellness in our lives.

The Patziapa Sanctuary on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala is a powerful ancestral and elemental site that supports transformational work and evokes inner peace through its incredible beauty and abundant medicine plants.

We will be working in the sacred geometries of the maloca (roundhouse), temescal (Mayan sweatlodge), ancestral altars of the ancient pyramid, and the land and lake itself that vibrate with the energetics of the volcanoes. This retreat takes us through the full empowerment of the energies of 13 Kat, the Web of Life, and on 1 Kan, through a good connection to the web of life, we can use the energy properly and become the Feathered Serpent - the unification of opposites. We will also welcome the light of the Full Moon over Lake Atitlan during the retreat, bringing balance of the masculine (sun) and feminine (moon).

Schedule:

• Fri Dec 6th (10 Imux) - Arrive in Santiago Atitlan by noon, lunch at Tiosh Abaj and boat ride to Patziapa. Opening circle, dinner.

• Sat Dec 7th (11 I’q) - Breakfast, teachings, limpias and personal healing work with plants, dinner, circle sharing.

• Sun Dec 8th (12 Akabal) - Sunrise ceremony, teachings, harvest plants for use in the herbal baths in temescal (sweatlodge), late afternoon temescal ceremony, dinner.

• Mon Dec 9th (13 Kat) - Breakfast, set up mesas/altars, lunch, teachings/working with medicine altars, dinner, night prayer vigil to work with the medicines & the fire.

• Tues Dec 10th (1 Kan) – Rest and integration, sharing circle.

• Wed Dec 11th (2 Keme) - Breakfast, circle time. Working with the medicine plants through harvesting and preparing. Early dinner, Full Moon ceremony.

• Thurs Dec 12th (3 Kiej) – Teachings, harvest plants for use in the herbal baths in temescal (sweatlodge), temescal ceremony, dinner

• Fri Dec 13th (4 Q’anil) – Sunrise Mayan Fire Ceremony on the pyramid to make offerings to the ancestors, the Mother Earth, and ourselves. Brunch and personal time to integrate. Afternoon closing circle time, dinner.

• Sat Dec 14th (5 Toj) – Sunrise ceremony to make offerings for our life, breakfast, pack and depart Patziapa at noon back to Tiosh Abaj.

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat :

You will need to arrive at the Tiosh Abaj Hotel in Santiago Atitlan at noon on Friday Dec 6th and will need to depart by 3 pm on Saturday Dec 14th. (If you would like to stay longer please contact us for arrangements).

We will be staying at the Patziapa Sanctuary in shared rooms at the edge of beautiful, sacred Lake Atitlan, a short boat ride across the lake.

Loving Offering: $1675 per person.

Includes accommodations, meals, boat transportation, ceremonial materials, teachings, and support of the ongoing upkeep of the sanctuary. We also encourage donations to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us.

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

For more information, please email Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com...

REGISTER

Anchoring our Staffs and Birthing the Medicine Path

Ceremonial Retreat in beautiful Santa Ynez, CA with Mayan Kamal B'ey (Spiritual Guide)
Tat Erick Gonzalez

Thurs, Nov 7th (7 E) - Sun Nov 10th (10 T'zikin)

In this retreat Tat Erick Gonzalez will guide us in strengthening our relationship with our plant allies through oral & experiential teachings over 4 days. We will be setting up our individual altars/mesas so that we can anchor our staffs, birth the medicine way, and thrive in the beauty way.

Schedule:

• Thurs 11/7 (7 E): Arrive by 10 am, Opening circle, lunch, afternoon teachings, dinner, evening sharing.

• Fri 11/8 (8 Aj): Breakfast, set up mesas/altars, lunch, teachings/working with medicine altars, dinner, all-night prayer vigil to work with the medicines.

• Sat 11/9 (9 Ix): Sunrise ceremony, breakfast, rest and integration time & sharing circle, preparations for community Mayan Fire, dinner.

• Sun 11/10 (10 Tz'ikin): Breakfast, 10 am Mayan Fire Ceremony followed by potluck meal, depart at 5 pm

Contribution: $395 as One of Four Ceremonial Gifts (contact us for more details).

Participants must arrive by 10 am on Thursday, November 7th.

We will have indoor accommodations at a beautiful home in Santa Ynez, CA (near Santa Barbara). Bedrooms are limited on a first come-first serve basis; others will be camping out on comfy sofas and futons. And we will be preparing meals community style (food offerings are another one of the 4 Gifts).

Each person will be working with the medicines through creating an altar of items they bring that represent the staffs they are holding, connection to the medicine plants, and the elementals.

For more Information and to Reserve your Space, please Call Kirana at 602.758.1213 or e-mail kiranamiller@hotmail.com.

REGISTER HERE

Registration will close on Friday November 1st (Limit 10 people).

Want to go deeper into the teachings about the plant medicines and the altar/mesa?

• Click HERE for information about the Walking with the Medicines Series audio recordings

• Click HERE for information on the Mesa/Altar Series audio recordings

In this webinar you will learn sacred ways to understand and be a ceremonial fire keeper. The fire has been used for millions of years in many ways, and its ceremonial uses have been passed on from masters and teachers to their students through the ages. Tat Erick Gonzalez will be sharing these teachings, along with his personal observations of how “ceremonial” fires are kept or performed. He has been trained in the old ways of how to be with the sacred fires where there are many things to consider, to be attentive to, to be precise with, to care for, and to love.

Ceremonial fires are diverse, and many need a specific outcome - such as a bed of coals to receive the cedar medicine for healing and doctoring, to tell stories through the night, or to receive sunrise offerings and to choose a coal to light the pipes. Others may be seeking to properly heat the stones to purify the people in the sweatlodge. And still others, to create universal vortexes for spiritual forces to come through and from, as in the Mayan Fire. Those who have spent the years learning about the sacred fires will come to know the language of the fire, and the relationship that is built through the actions in caring for them.

So now, we journey into the house of the Grandfather Fire.

CLASS OUTLINE

• Class #1: The Bundle - A Living Being
  Wed October 23rd(5 Noj) 5:30 pm Pacific
  
  Tat Erick will share about what it means to hold that which is sacred in your hand, and to take care of it, to understand the infinite and universal power, and to be the conduit to crystallize its power into the physical, through prayer, action, and care. We will reset the mind to understand what the fire truly is, and to allow the flow of its energy to connect through you, the morning star, the love in your heart, and the actions of your life. To hold the bundle of the Fire, is to understand that through ceremonial rights of passage, you have gathered a drop of its essence and absorbed it into you. There we begin to understand the bundle – the spirit of that fire.

• Class #2: The House of the Fire Star
  Wed October 30th (12 K’at) 5:30 pm Pacific
  
  This is the place where the physical and the spiritual become one. We see the fire as an elemental flame, but it is a cosmic mirror image of a spiritual being that we have made the conditions right for to manifest itself into our physical realm. And through the years of training, we learn to introduce ourselves, to ask for its blessing and power, and to make offerings to it for what it can give us. One of the universal languages is what the fire can teach you; and for us it becomes an oracle to understand the spiritual instructions. In this house where it can crystallize itself, we learn to dance with its powers, with its illumination, and with its joy. In this house we are trained to be humble, respectful, and to dedicate ourselves for the betterment of the whole. In this house we start to understand that, just like the planets that surround the sun, the fire is at the center of the hearth, of the arbors, and of the peoples. We will begin to explore its sacredness and how to enter this house.

• Class #3: Door In & Door Out – Tending the Fire
  Wed November 6th (6 B’atz) 5:30 pm Pacific
  
  Now that we start to understand the journey through this house of the sun, of the fire, we start to learn to conduct ourselves in appropriate ways when we enter, go through the whole journey, and come out the other side. We will learn to have discipline - discipline of our thoughts, our emotions, our desires, our conflicts. As we tend and care for the sacred fire, we will start to use one of our other elemental bodies, and to always respect the power of the fire, for it will teach us reverence. Though the years, fire keepers are chiseled like a powerful sword that has to be shaped and molded, and that is our school of earth wisdom. So if you have chosen a good teacher, you will be a good strong sword. There is a whole way of being beyond your personal needs while focusing in your prayer, while learning to dance with the fire, and understanding the outcome that you want from that dance. So, we must be as delicate as we are in caring for a baby, and then when its fury goes beyond your control, learn to submit to its power. For it will test you - your endurance, your intelligence, your respect to it, and it will see and know if you are really learning the life skills of a ceremonial firekeeper.

• Class #4: The Prayer & Gifts Back to the Flame of Life
  Wed November 13th (13 Tijax) 5:30 pm Pacific
  
  So we continue our journey, and it is all a prayer - the conversation with the sacred, and you will have many conversations. It will know all of your requests; it will see through all of you, and it will know how to test you and teach you. So the prayer to begin your dance is like a request to a beautiful woman to dance with you - she can refuse you or ignore you, but if she accepts you, you could have a dance for life. So as we make our request, we are making an offering of our love to it. And for some, it is a commitment for life; it is a love affair. Each fire is different and it will teach you another era, another aspect of yourself. And in that love affair you will know how to care for it and the gifts that you will give back to it. For you start to understand how precious it is, the great honor it is to serve it.

• Class #5: Carrying the Fire Alive – Living in the Heart
  Wed November 20th (7 Kan) 5:30 pm
  
  So we get tricked, thinking fire keeping is only working with the physical fire to do a certain task; but through the traditional ways of the Schools of the Earth Wisdom, you start to become the living prayer and a spiritual reflection of its beauty and power. So you walk life as a great warrior that does not need to battle anymore. The power lives within you, and you dedicate your life to it. We will share examples of those lives, and you will see a reflection of yourself there. For many eras, it was the chosen special beings who cared for the fire, for its power was carried within. As one of those beings, you can crystallize it any way, shape or form. So you are the fire, and the fire is you

Cost: $95
Inquire about special youth pricing if you're between the ages of 13 - 26.

Classes will be recorded and available as downloadable files if you are unable to attend the live classes. There is always the option with each class to call in instead of using the computer.

Register HERE

Contact HeddiL@gmail.com for any inquires...

A week dedicated to strengthening and empowering the local community through gathering with traditional elders for teachings, healings and ceremony.

A weekend Youth Council will bring together the youth (little ones - 26yrs old) for activation and empowerment through rites of passage and exchanging knowledge with indigenous elders on natural and traditional ways of living.

Stay tuned for exact schedule of events:

• Youth Council: Friday Oct 4th - Sun Oct 6th

• Divinations/Personal Sessions: Tuesday Oct 8th +

• Public Talk/Teachings - exact dates TBA

• Community Ceremony - weekend of Oct 12-14th

For more information, contact Stevan at spsimich@gmail.com or 720.260.0737 or HeddiL@gmail.com

We have limited personal sessions with Tata Erick so please reserve in advance if you are interested in one. Sessions vary from person to person and can be used for physical healing, spiritual guidance, astrological counseling or ceremonial support. More details on personal sessions are below. Please contact msynergy@frontier.com to schedule.

SCHEDULE

Thursday September 26th (4 T'zi - Mayan Calendar day of the Clan & community)

* 9 am - noon: Personal sessions

* 2 pm - 5 pm: Personal sessions

Friday September 27th (5 B'atz - Mayan Calendar day of the thread and weaving things together)

* 9 am - noon: Personal sessions

* 2 pm - 5 pm: Personal sessions

* 7-9:30 pm: Evening teachings: "Becoming the People Made of Honey in the New Era"

Tata Erick will share about the energetic shift of the new cycle that officially began on December 21, 2012 that prophesies say is a Golden Era where we can become People Made of Honey with higher consciousness. What can we do to align ourselves with these energies and help make the shifts that are needed at this time to leave a better inheritance for the future generations? We will be sharing about the Wisdom Keeper Councils of Earth Peoples United and what has come from them. By donation for Earth Peoples United. Register here

Saturday September 28th (6 E - Mayan calendar day of the path/destiny and the directions)

* 10 am to 5 pm, Hands On Practicum: Elemental Healing

This full-day practicum will guide participants through a deep investigation of their natural ability to heal themselves in partnership with the Mother Earth. Specific guidance will be given as to how to work with the elements of fire, water, earth and air in order to heal the body, mind and spirit. No previous training is necessary. If you have experience in various healing modalities, this practicum may open new doors of understanding yourself and your practice.

$125 Register here

Sunday September 4th (7 Aj - Mayan Calendar day of the staff, bundles & family)

*10 am - 4 pm: Community Mayan Fire Ceremony

Join us in a collective prayer in the Mayan tradition of creating a Stargate Fire to give gratitude, request healing, and make offerings for our Mother Earth. This is the day in the Mayan Calendar of Wuku (7) Aj, a day of bringing balance with family, the community working together like the bees, the staffs, the bundles.

The Mayan Fire Ceremony is a way used by trained Mayan Aj Q'ij (daykeepers/ spiritual leaders) of creating a vortex of energy that can be used as a portal into the Spirit world, where we can receive healings and offer prayers. The Mayan fire ceremonies do not use any wood. With prayers, a mandala is created out of dried herbs, candles, and other natural materials, as well as incenses that are grown or collected by the traditional Maya in Guatemala and are prepared in a sacred way for these fire ceremonies.

Participants are encouraged to bring offerings such as medicine plants and incenses (sage, cedar, sweetgrass, tobacco, resins, etc.), flowers, candles, honey, cornmeal or other natural items you feel called to bring to offer to this special Fire Ceremony. All offerings are an important part of this special Ceremony we will create together.

The Mayan Aj Q'ij uses their knowledge of the matrix of life to coordinate their prayers and offerings to work with the energies present in that moment in time. They are trained to read the fire and gain wisdom for healing and answers to prayers. The more offerings that can be given for the fire brings more blessings for ourselves, our families, the earth, and all our relations. Suggested loving donation: $25 and up to support our Medicine People and cover ceremonial materials. Followed by a potluck, please bring a prepared dish to share.

For locations, questions, or to sign up, please contact Marsha at 618-559-0787 or msynergy@frontier.com

We need a minimum of ten people to register for each offering to make it

possible for Tata Erick to travel to Illinois, so please secure your space by registering or contacting Marsha...

Feel free to share this information help spread the word to those who would be touched to share in this experience.

Join Earth People's United Spiritual Leader Tat Erick Gonzalez for a Flowering Staff Ceremony
Saturday, September 7th 1-5 pm
11 B'atz - Mayan day of Weaving
Private home on Sauvie Island, space is limited. (Please RSVP to HeddiL@gmail.com for directions)

With this Flowering Staff Ceremony, we ask Spirit and the elementals to help us to reach the Full Blossom of our potentials! Together we create a flowering staff, with each person choosing flowers to hold their prayers, and weaving them together as a unified whole. In joining our collective prayers and energies with the medicines of the flowers (color therapy, aromatherapy, flower essences, etc), we are given the opportunity to cleanse, heal, and to be blessed and inspired with beauty.
~ This a very profound and energetically powerful ceremony. ~

- Please bring a bouquet of fresh flowers to contribute to the ceremony...
- Loving donation of $20 to generously support our medicine people.

We are invited to continue weaving our energies together through a beautiful meal of shared foods, following the ceremony. Please bring a prepared Potluck dish to share, with serving utensils.
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Prayers for the Earth and Circling for Life!

Peace Mandala Prayer with Earth Peoples United
Sunday September 8th 2-4 pm

12 E - This day in the Mayan calendar is about persevering on our paths/destinies so that we can thrive. We can become like the the bees in the hive, working together in collaboration, bringing forth the sweetness of the honey.

We will gather together with Tat Erick Gonzalez in a collective prayer for our Mother Earth. Together we will create a mandala out of natural materials as the offering for our prayers - [The Amazon and the Artic need our prayers!] By connecting our hearts, minds, and intentions with each other, we can amplify our prayers for our Mother Earth, All Our Relations, and our future generations.

Now more than ever we need to come into harmony with both our inner and outer landscapes so that we can affect positive change in our changing world.✨

Please bring your families and natural materials (flowers, pine cones, fruits, etc) to add to the mandala and take your place in the circle for Life.

Mt Tabor Park
6220 SE Salmon St, Portland, OR 97215
Meet above the lower reservoir near the giant sequoia tree- We recommend parking near the park’s main entrance off of Lincoln for easy access to where we will be meeting. Then follow the posted signs to our meeting place.
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We are also offering private sessions with Tat Erick on Sunday Sept 8th. http://www.spiritjaguar.com/private-sessions for more information.

Please contact HeddiL@gmail.com to RSVP to these events or schedule a divination.

~Blessings to All!~

In this time of intensity and great changes all around us and within us, we are offering this opportunity to dive deep into personal healing work to release what is no longer needed and deeply nourish our body, mind, and spirit. The Patziapa Sanctuary on the shores of Lake Atitlan in Guatemala is a powerful ancestral and elemental site that supports transformational work and evokes inner peace through its incredible beauty and abundant medicine plants.

We will be working in the sacred geometries of the maloca (roundhouse), temescal (Mayan sweatlodge), ancestral altars of the ancient pyramid, and the land and lake itself that vibrate with the energetics of the volcanoes. This retreat takes us through the full empowerment of the energies of the Thunder Beings and purification (13 Kawok) and the energies of 1 Ajpu (where some of the creation story of the Maya comes alive in the Popul Vuh, the sacred Mayan book of the Quiche) where Ajpu is the birth of the sun, the crystallization of the spiritual being. We will also welcome the light of the Full Moon over Lake Atitlan on our final night of the retreat, bringing balance of the masculine (sun) and feminine (moon).

Schedule :
* Wed Jan 16th (11 Noj) - Arrive in Santiago Atitlan by noon, lunch at Tiosh Abaj and boat ride to Patziapa. Opening circle, dinner. 
* Thurs Jan 17th (12 Tijax) - Sunrise ceremony, breakfast, teachings, limpias and personal healing work with plants, dinner, circle sharing.
* Fri Jan 18th (13 Kawok) - Sunrise ceremony, teachings, harvest plants for use in the herbal baths in temescal (sweatlodge), late afternoon temescal ceremony, dinner.
* Sat Jan 19th (1 Ajpu) - Sunrise Mayan Fire Ceremony on the pyramid to make offerings to the ancestors, the Mother Earth, and ourselves. Brunch and personal time to integrate. Afternoon circle time and teachings, dinner.
* Sun Jan 20th (2 Imux) - Breakfast, circle time. Working with the medicine plants through harvesting and preparing. Early dinner, Full Moon ceremony. 
* Mon Jan 21st (3 I'q) - Sunrise ceremony, closing circle, breakfast & pack to leave Patziapa, lunch at Tiosh Abaj, depart Santiago by 3 pm

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat :

You will need to arrive at the Tiosh Abaj Hotel in Santiago Atitlan, Guatemala at noon on Wed January 16th and will need to depart by 3 pm on Monday January 21st. (If you would like to stay longer please contact us for arrangements). 

We will be staying at the Patziapa Sanctuary in shared rooms at the edge of beautiful, sacred Lake Atitlan, a short boat ride across the lake.

COST: $895 per person. 
Includes accommodations, meals, boat transportation, ceremonial materials, teachings, and support of the ongoing upkeep of the sanctuary. We also encourage donations to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, ground transportation, shopping expenses, gifts for elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

For more information, please email Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com.
To register go to: https://form.jotform.com/62488528182162

Spirit Jaguar and Earth Peoples United are excited to offer:

Reaching the Full Blossom of our Visions & Intentions Wisdom Keeper Council in Guatemala
December 3rd - 12th, 2018

This Wisdom Keeper Council follows one that was held in August, by Earth Peoples United at the Deer Mountain Sanctuary, near Mt Shasta, CA. The intention for this council is to continue strengthening and expanding the alliance of the circle of elders and leaders of nations. For this council we will be connecting to the fireplace of the Maya in Guatemala - the center and heartbeat of Abya Yala (the Americas) that gathered the condor and the eagle to work towards implementing the prophesies of the need for alliances, land, food and medicines. This is a powerful time for Wisdom Keepers to share their visions of beauty and spiritual instructions so that they can crystallize them and bring them into the physical world. Our time in Guatemala will be leading up to the day of Oxlajuj Ajpu - where we will create and experience the diverse bouquet of expressing, blessing, and celebrating the Full Blossom of our individual creativity and visions all working together. 

We will be opening this Council up to an outer circle of people who care for the Earth and the Spirit , with the opportunity to be present, be aware, and learn. We invite you to bring to the circle what has meaning for you in support of Life so that we can strengthen the alliances of creativity for world solutions. 

We also are fundraising to bring many Wisdom Keepers from North, South, and Central America to come together at this council. Click here to make a tax-deductible donation... 

Schedule:
* Mon Dec 3rd (6 Aj): Fly into Guatemala 
* Tues Dec 4th (7 Ix): Travel to Santiago Atitlan to Tiosh Abaj Hotel, welcome lunch, opening ceremonies and introductions from Wisdom Keepers 
* Wed Dec 5th (8 Tz'ikin): Sunrise ceremony at council fire with songs and dances to honor Tz'ikin, breakfast. Wisdom Keeper Council sharing: What are our visions for the future? Lunch. Council continued after lunch. Dinner. 
* Thurs Dec 6th (9 Ajmak): Breakfast at Tiosh, travel to Patziapa Sanctuary by boat. Welcome at maloca and sharing about ancestors. Lunch at maloca kitchen. Walking pilgrimage to see the land and take offering to the ancestors at the pyramid. Return to Tiosh Abaj for dinner. 
* Fri Dec 7th (10 Noj): Mayan Fire Ceremony at Tiosh. Elders wisdom sharing about how to implement the wisdom from what was shared about visions
* Sat Dec 8th (11 Tijax): Sunrise ceremony focusing on cutting away all obstacles, breakfast, trip to San Juan to visit artist cooperatives 
* Sun Dec 9th (12 Kawok): Breakfast, travel by boat to Patziapa, Temescal (sweatlodge) for the Wisdom Keepers, time to be with the waters and medicine plants for everyone. Ceremonial time with the lake. Back for dinner at Tiosh Abaj. 
* Mon Dec 10th (13 Ajpu): After breakfast back to Patziapa to Maloca for Flowering Staff Ceremony and then take prayers to Lake Atitlan for world waters. Back to Tiosh in mid- afternoon for free time (shopping), dinner. 
* Tues Dec 11th (1 Imux): Lakeside sunrise ceremony at Tiosh Abaj, breakfast, closing circle, pack and depart Tiosh Abaj, return to Guatemala City around 3 pm. 
* Wed Dec 12th (2 I'q): Fly out

Patziapa is a living sanctuary offering soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes and situated on the shores of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection. 

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat:

Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on Mon Dec 3rd and depart on Wed Dec 12th, 2018 (Airfare is not included in retreat fee).
Cost: $1950 
Your loving support includes shared hotel rooms in Guatemala City the night of arrival and night before departure, private shuttle to and from Santiago Atitlan, meals, shared rooms at the Tiosh Abaj hotel, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary.

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

Special arrangements can be made for people interested in arriving earlier or staying longer at Patziapa... 

For more information, contact us at HeddiL@gmail.com. 
Register: https://form.jotform.com/82614095195158

Be part of the manifestation of spiritual instructions to gather the elders once again, unify in prayer for our Mother Earth  and empower every effort to bring the wisdom and healing to the world that is needed!

Greetings to You, Our Relatives,

We reach out to you today with an invitation to help manifest gatherings of Wisdom Keepers through Earth Peoples United. A vision to gather the elders has urged us to call forth a series of councils at sacred sites, the first this August at the Deer Mountain Sanctuary in the Siskiyou Mountains of Northern California. This council will be held around Waqxaqui B'atz, the day in the Mayan Calendar of Spiritual Renewal for all life that has come through the matrix. We will be bringing together the staffs of the Elders from various traditions to council and bring forth a unified prayer for our world.

This is a powerful opportunity to weave our human family together, through the threads of energy that flow from our umbilical cords and connect us to all of our past and future generations. It is a time when millions of the Maya are in ceremony at sacred sites- a t Deer Mountain it will be a time for Wisdom Keepers to be in Spirit together, in ceremony and in council with one another, so that they may source guidance and spiritual instructions for the wellness of the people and our world.

We warmly invite you to listen to this personal message from Tat Erick at https://youtu.be/00Iuuf5n-Gc

At this moment of critical juncture on Earth, we are instructed to come together, to unify in our prayers, to nurture our hope for the natural world and take every action necessary for the protection of our Mother Earth and the generations to come. In this spirit, we invite you to take action to be part of this circle of Earth Peoples United. With your help, we will be documenting this council and sharing out the message from the elders about what is needed at this time.

Support the manifestation of this exceptional and vital gathering by

• Making (tax deductible) financial contributions in sponsorship of elders councils - Follow this link to donate today: DONATE 
• Sponsoring an elder
• Sending physical gifts for the elders and medicines for the fires (send to PO Box 96 Yreka, CA 96097 by August 17th)
• Adding your prayers and holding this circle with us across the lands and waters
• Sending your prayers for your community and the world via email for us to hold on the altar when the elders council (send to info@earthpeoplesunited.org by Aug 17th)
• Contributing your time for preparations at Deer Mountain and other sacred sites during these councils
• Sharing the messages from this council through your circles & networks
• Joining our team to support ongoing Wisdom Keeper councils!

We extend an invitation for a very limited number of people to join us at Deer Mountain to support this council in whatever ways are needed.

We are planning for the next Wisdom Keeper Council, Reaching the Full Blossom of our Visions & Intentions, at the Patziapa Sanctuary in Guatemala from December 3-12. This is a potent opportunity for those that are training and preparing themselves to be part of the circle. There will be a limited number of spaces for participants at this gathering. 

Please contact us at info@earthpeoplesunited.org
to learn more about the process for becoming part of this gathering.  

Remembering Grandmother's Garden
Working with the plant medicines & traveling through the veil to remember our spiritual selves
Ceremonial Retreat at the Patziapa Sanctuary
Lake Atitlan, Guatemala

Sat May 26 - Sun June 3rd, 2018

• Sat May 26 (10 I'q) - Arrive in Guatemala City 
• Sun May 27 (11 Akabal) - Travel from Guatemala City to Lake Atitlan, and boat ride to Patziapa. Opening circle, dinner. 
• Mon May 28 (12 Kat)- Patziapa - Sunrise ceremony, teachings, herbal limpias
• Tues May 29 (13 Kan) Patziapa - Harvest plants for use in the herbal baths in temescal, temescal ceremony mid afternoon, dinner, rest. 
• Wed May 30 (1 Keme) Patziapa - Teachings, set altar, all-night ceremony
• Thurs May 31 (2 Kiej) Patziapa - Rest & integration
• Fri June 1 (3 Q'anil) Patziapa - Harvest & prepare medicines to take home for continued use, evening temescal ceremony 
• Sat June 2nd (4 Toj) - Closing circle, breakfast & pack to leave Patziapa, travel to Guatemala City
• Sun June 3rd (5 T'zi) - Fly home   

Patziapa offers a private retreat for soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes along the shores of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection. 

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat

Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on Saturday May 26th and depart on Sunday June 3rd (Airfare is not included in retreat fee). 

Cost: $1850 

Your loving support includes shared hotel rooms in Guatemala City the night of arrival and night before departure, private shuttle to and from Santiago Atitlan, meals, lodging at Patziapa, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary. 

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 
NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities. 
Special arrangements can be made for people interested in staying longer at Patziapa...

We will be staying at Patziapa at the edge of beautiful, sacred Lake Atitlan, a short boat ride across the lake.

CONTACT Erick at 530.459.3471 or HeddiL@gmail.com for more information.  
Register HERE. 

The Path of the Medicines - Connecting to the elemental & spiritual roots of the plant medicines
Ceremonial Retreat in beautiful Santa Ynez, CA (north of Santa Barbara) with Mayan Kamal B'ey (Spiritual Guide) Tat Erick Gonzalez

Thurs, April 19th (12 Kan) - Sun April 22nd (2 Q'anil) 

In this retreat Tat Erick Gonzalez will introduce a comprehensive journey of making plant allies for guidance, joy, and wellness in our lives. Through teachings, setting up altars (mesas) of the plant allies, and working with the sacred fire, we learn to return to a place of honor, respect, and right relationship with the plant teachers. 

Each participant will bring 5 or 7 bowls of their favorite dried or fresh plants or incense, that call to you, as well as an incense burner or shell. (One of the bowls should be of dried grasses and other materials to make a "nest" for sparking a fire). Each person will be working with their medicines through creating an altar and with the sacred fire. 

Schedule: 

• Thurs 4/19 (12 Kan): Arrive by 10 am, welcome & lunch, afternoon mesa/altar teachings, dinner, evening sharing.   
• Fri 4/20 (13 Keme): Breakfast, set up mesas/altars, lunch, teachings/working with medicine altars, dinner, night prayer vigil to work with the medicines & the fire.
• Sat 4/21 (1 Kiej): Sunrise ceremony, breakfast, rest and integration time & sharing circle, preparations for community Mayan Fire, dinner.
• Sun 4/22 (2 Q'anil): Breakfast, 10 am Mayan Fire & Flowering Staff Ceremony followed by potluck meal, depart at 5 pm  
  
  Contribution: $395 as One of Four Ceremonial Gifts (contact us for more details) Participants must arrive by 10 am on Thursday, April 19th.   

We will have indoor accommodations on a first come-first serve basis (others can camp) at a beautiful home in Santa Ynez, CA (near Santa Barbara) and will be preparing meals community style (food offerings are another one of the 4 Gifts).
For more Information and to Reserve your Space,

Please Call Kirana at 602.758.1213 or
e-mail HeddiL@gmail.com

Registration will close on Friday April 13th (Limit 10 people).

Want to go deeper into the teachings about the plant medicines and the altar/mesa? 

• Click HERE for information about the Walking with the Medicines Series audio recordings
• Click HERE for information on the Mesa/Altar Series audio recordings

Spiritual Renewal & Pilgrimage (4-days) in Guatemala
December 4 - 7, 2017

 For those that are unable to join us for the deeper 10-day journey, we are offering this  shorter ceremonial experience:

• Mon Dec 4 (6 Toj):  3 pm boat ride from Panajachel, Lake Atitlan to the Patziapa Sanctuary. Arrival, welcome, dinner. 
• Tues Dec 5 (7 T'zi): Council time, make offerings to the Mother Earth and the councils of humanity (led by the women).
• Wed Dec 6 (8 B'atz): Mayan Fire Ceremony with Mayan elders honoring Waqxaqui (8) B'atz  with prayers for Lake Atitlan at pyramid of Patziapa & Rites of Passage Initiation Ceremony. 
• Thurs Dec 7 (9 E): Shuttle to Tecpan to ancient temples of Iximche, Mayan Fire Ceremony to introduce ourselves & activate the energy of the ancestors. Shuttle to Guatemala .

Loving Offering: $695 - includes food & lodging at Patziapa, donations to medicine people offering teachings and guidance for three ceremonies, ceremonial materials, ongoing support for the maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary and boat ride to Patziapa, shuttle to Iximche temples.  
 
**Note: With this offering you will be responsible for your own plane tickets and lodging in Guatemala City on arrival and departure, as well as transportation to Panajachel on Lake Atitlan and from Iximche to your next destination.

REGISTER  HERE

For more information please contact HeddiL@gmail.com or 530.459.3471
 

This special retreat is focused on those interested in an introduction to the sacred work of the shaman healers as well as an opportunity for those already following this path to rekindle & stoke the sacred fires and alliances of our life's work, through:  

~ Spiritual connection to the fire ~
~ Working with the soul in the temescal (Mayan purification lodge) ~
~ Council sharing time for questions and deeper understanding of one's path ~
~ Mayan Fire Ceremony with Mayan Spiritual Guides at the sacred site ~
~ Pilgrimage to sacred site of Iximche ancient stone temples ~
~ Teachings about our bundles as well as ceremonies for blessing and renewing our bundles ~

SCHEDULE:

• Fri 12/1 (3 Keme): Fly into Guatemala City 
• Sat 12/2 (4 Kiej): Travel to lake, lunch at Tiosh Abaj, boat to Patziapa & settle in & welcome pipe ceremony 
• Sun 12/3 (5 Q'anil): Time with the gardens and medicine plants of Patziapa, evening full moon temescal
• Mon 12/4 (6 Toj): Prepare the mesa in the maloca (roundhouse) with teachings and Council time
• Tues 12/5:  Council time continued, make offerings to the Mother Earth and the councils of humanity.
• Wed 12/6 (8 B'atz): Mayan Fire Ceremony with Mayan elders honoring Waqxaqui (8) B'atz  with prayers for Lake Atitlan at pyramid of Patziapa & Rites of Passage Initiation Ceremony 
• Thurs 12/7: (9 E): Pilgrimage to Tecpan to the temples of Iximche to introduce ourselves & activate the energy of the ancestors 
• Fri 12/8 (10 Aj): Blessing of the bundles to empower the sacred work for today's world - fire to give offerings, gratitude, smoke pipes and make personal prayers   
• Sat 12/9 (11 Ix): Sunrise gratitude ceremony, breakfast and pack, leave Patziapa, lunch at Tiosh Abaj, travel to Guatemala City 
• Sun 12/10 (12 T'zikin): Fly home

Patziapa offers a private retreat for soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes along the shores of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection. 

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat:

Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on Dec 1st and depart on Sunday Dec 10th (Airfare is not included in retreat fee).

Cost: $1950
Your loving support includes shared hotel rooms in Guatemala City the night of arrival and night before departure, private shuttle to and from Santiago Atitlan and to Iximche temple, meals, lodging at Patziapa, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary.

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

Special arrangements can be made for people interested in staying longer at Patziapa... 

For more information, contact Erick or Heddi at 530.459.3471 or HeddiL@gmail.com. 

Register HERE.

The day of Waqxaqui (8) B'atz in the Mayan Calendar is celebrated by millions of the Maya throughout Guatemala and Central America as the day of Spiritual Renewal for all life that has come through the matrix, when another 260-day (9 month) cycle of Life is completed (this day is often referred to as the "Mayan New Year"). The energy of B'atz is that of the threads of life, the cords of energy that flow from our umbilical cords and connect us to all of our past and future generations, with 8 being the number of completion. 

It is a powerful opportunity to join together around the Grandfather Fire with Mayan Priests & Priestesses to weave our thoughts, prayers, intentions, and actions together for a better future on our Mother Earth. We offer generous amounts of ceremonial gifts to the fire in gratitude and payment for our lives and the spiritual and elemental forces that guide and protect us. We invite you to join us and weave your unique thread for peace and healing of our Mother Earth and each other!

June 19 -25: Vision Quest with Sweet Medicine Nation and the Four Winds Community at Deer Mountain

 We will be hosting the 4 Winds Community Foundation annual Vision  Quest at Deer Mountain this year, and you are invited to support this powerful ceremony led by our beloved Wisdom Keeper Sweet Medicine Nation by joining the camp. This is a perfect opportunity to learn more about vision quest! 

Click HERE to learn more through the Four Winds Foundation website or contact Uta at 4windsfoundation@gmail.com for more information. 

May 26 -29 : Memorial Day weekend land service/camp setup at Deer Mountain

Come together as families with the Four Winds Community and others to get camp set for the summer at Deer Mountain and prepare wood for the sacred fires that will be burning... 

Contact HeddiL@gmail.com for more information... 

This is a call to prayer: we invite people to gather for worldwide collaborations and ceremonies to be done simultaneously for unity and preservation of Life on the days Belejeb B'atz (Sunday April 30th) and Jun Ajmak (Friday May 5th):

... just as in the cosmic and planetary cycles of life, the Belejeb B'atz marks the cycle of the weaving of the DNA structure of Life (not just humans). We as spiritual leaders of the Maya are asked to care for the timekeeping and recognition of these cycles. So we prepare spiritually to weave the connection of elemental, spiritual and supernatural forces with us the hu-mans, so that the weaving creates sustainable, balanced, respectful and beautiful life. As we witness today, when that connection is not maintained, we become dysfunctional and destructive. Then we see that in these cycles of life, the Jun Ajmak Daylord becomes another important time for our children to connect through the web of life with ceremony and participation in the ascension of the hu-man.  (Click here to learn more about these energies...)

If you are interested in creating something in your area with your community, please contact Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com to see how we can unite and collaborate!

We are also gratefully accepting offerings and gifts to bring for the fires & elders, as well as donations to support elders and community leaders to attend these ceremonies...
DONATE 

Contact Heddi at HeddiL@gmail.com for more information on sending offerings... 

This is a call to Earth Peoples and Light Beings to again strike the Council Fires for the next generation of the People Made of Honey, to strengthen our alliances and sustain our spiritual essence, calling forth the Light against the dark foes of Earth. As it was prophesied, we are witnessing the crumbling of the social, economic, political, and religious structures, but what is still alive, vibrant, and unchanging are the Original Instructions which tell us to unite, collaborate, and to keep the fire alive.

We will be holding ceremonies at the ancestral lands of the Patziapa Sanctuary on the shores of Lake Atitlan, Guatemala on the Mayan Calendar days of Belejeb (9) B'atz and Jun (1) Ajmak - days when the Maya come together to do ceremonies honoring the women (the birthers of the genetic code, the strands of Life) and pray for and bless the children, our future generations. (Click here to learn more about the energies of the Mayan Calendar we will be working with).

This Council is an open invitation to unify the clans and families, with no agenda, to make prayers, create and strengthen alliances, create agreements, and crystallize our visions. AS YOU WISH ~ our future will be created by our agreements. Our Mother Earth and our relatives need those of spiritual awareness, care, and love to unite and create world solutions, bringing the strength that comes from unity. We will ask each person to bring a staff 20" tall, no more than 1" thick. Through the ceremonies we will weave these staffs together in bundles of 13 and place these prayers at the sacred maloca of Patziapa and the heart of Chuitinamit, the ancient city of the Tzutujil Maya. Belejeb B'atz is to unify the clans and families. It is imperative that our unification is strong and lasting for our future generations. 

There are three ways to physically participate in this Council:

1. Sign up for the full retreat (see below for more info) where we will be coordinating your journey from your arrival in Guatemala City until you depart (with arrival and departure dates as listed)
2. Show up at Tiosh Abaj Hotel in Santiago Atitlan on Friday April 28th by 1 pm and stay until the morning of Saturday May 6th (see below) 
3. Find your own way to and from Patziapa at the arranged times on the days of Belejeb B'atz and Jun Ajmak 

The full Council retreat will offer Tuj/Temescal (Mayan Sweatlodge) ceremony, working with our bundles, Beauty Way ceremony, & working with the gardens and medicine plants in addition to the Mayan Fire Ceremonies on Belejeb B'atz and Jun Ajmak.

Patziapa is a living sanctuary offering soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes and situated on the shored of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection.   

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat 
Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on Thurs April 27th and depart on Sunday May 7th (Airfare is not included in retreat fee). 

We are offering two options for this trip. Both options include meals and lodging at Patziapa and/or Tiosh Abaj Hotel, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary. 

1. Option #1: All-inclusive arrangements from the time you arrive in Guatemala City to the time you leave (flying into Guatemala City on Thurs April 27th and depart on Sun May 7th): shuttle to hotel in Guatemala City, hotel in Guatemala City the night of arrival, private collective shuttle to Santiago Atitlan from Guatemala City on Fri April 28th, private collective shuttle from Santiago to Antigua on Sat May 6th, hotel room in Antigua, shuttle to Guatemala City, major meals while traveling. 
   Cost: $1950
2. Option #2 : Make your own arrangements to be at the Tiosh Abaj Hotel in Santiago at Lake Atitlan on  Friday April 28th by 1 pm , and your own departure from the Tiosh Abaj Hotel on the morning of  Saturday May 6th
   Cost: $1675 

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 
NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities. 

Special arrangements can be made for people interested in arriving earlier or staying longer at Patziapa... 

For more information, contact HeddiL@gmail.com.    REGISTER HERE

Spring Equinox/Waqxaqui B'atz Retreat in Santa Ynez, CA
March 17- 21: 

The day of Waqxaqui (8) B'atz in the Mayan Calendar is celebrated by millions of the Maya throughout Guatemala and Central America as the day of Spiritual Renewal for all life that has come through the matrix, when another 260-day (9 month) cycle of Life is completed (this day is often referred to as the "Mayan New Year"). It is a beautiful alignment to have this happen at the time of the Spring Equinox this year!   

• Fri 3/17 (4 Kiej):  Arrive, welcome, dinner  
• Sat 3/18 (5 Q'anil): Community Fire Ceremony
• Sun 3/19 (6 Toj): Set mesas, teachings, all-night ceremony
• Mon 3/20 (7 T'zi & Spring Equinox): Sunrise ceremony, rest & integration, women lead offering of atol & cacao
• Tues 3/21 (8 B'atz): Morning Mayan Fire Ceremony, lunch, pack & depart 

Loving offering: $475 includes food, camp-style lodging, ceremonial materials, teachings

contact Kirana at kiranamiller@hotmail.com for more info or to register

Lo'qoluj Ix Tut  (The Sacred Pipe) 
5-part Teleclass Series
Wednesdays 5:30 - 7 pm PST,  February 8th - March 8th

Listen to the live class or receive the downloadable recording
 
Click HERE to download and listen to the half hour introductory class! 
 
In these sacred teachings following the format of our oral traditions, we will go into the depth of understanding of what the pipe is and its usage. We are venturing into the wisdom of the Original Instructions given to all Peoples. The pipe was  known from pre-Columbian times from the Algonquin tribes of southern Canada to the Araucanian people of Chile. 

These teachings are being offered  due to many requests to understand, and our observations of misunderstandings of the usage of our sacred ceremonies. This Teleclass series is to help, support, and guide our relatives who either are using the pipes without proper instructions or  knowledge, and for those that continue to be part of the sacred  ways to consider some of the knowledge we are sharing for their  use in their lives. 

1. The soul/spirit companion of a hu-man (spirit in physical) -  February 8th
   In human history there has always been that one that is set apart from the many, that through hardships and suffering a connection was created to see beyond the physical. And those beings developed allies (nahuales)- supernatural, spiritual, and elemental forces that become the soul companions of those who carry and keep the sacred connection. To them, the spiritual allies are channeled through special tools. One is what we know as the pipe. 
    
2. A soul covenant -   February 15th
   In gratitude of the recognition of a relationship with the supernatural, spiritual and elemental forces, a gift is developed through the release of suffering, allowing the development of wisdom.  The pipe becomes a form of faith, devotion, and prayer - a tool that encompasses the elementals. And through the elementals we connect to the life force of the universe. To express gratitude, an ancient inheritance is given to us as a way of prayer.  An alliance is created with the plant, animal, and mineral kingdoms to bring the elementals into being-ness. 
    
3. A universal and spiritual link -  February 22nd
   All inanimate forms that are created have a substance that communicate when activated or a relationship is created. All animated forms communicate with each other, such as plants, animals, and humans.  Through the pipe, a permanent link is created with Spirit for the service to Life.
    
4. A soul commitment to Spirit and a TOJ (service/dedication to Life) -  March 1st
   In the spiritual awareness of a hu-man gifted with visions and instructions, the preparations begin to gift back for the wellness of "All My Relations." In the journey of a person gifted with life - an expression of gratitude is transformed into the special gifts of the "medicine people." So they begin to manifest Spirit through what we know as ceremony and prayer, and a lifelong commitment is made to carry the sacred through the IxTut. 
    
5. An essence of elemental forces to channel spiritual being-ness   -  March 8th
   The shape and form of the IxTut is designed to connect the different physical kingdoms  and the elemental forces to create a channel for "spiritual and cosmic communication."  The ritual of the pipe becomes an ally to help us focus and align to Spirit.   

All classes will be shared live with the opportunity for questions, and will be recorded and sent as downloadable audio files.

Loving offering: $95

Click HERE to register for the entire series

For questions, please contact HeddiL@gmail.com 

**Note: If our efforts to share and make our world better do not fit with you and you want to create conflict and opposition, we are not interested in your communication. 

This special retreat is focused on those interested in an introduction to the sacred work of the shaman healers as well as an opportunity for those already following this path to rekindle & stoke the sacred fires and alliances of our life's work, through:  

~ Spiritual connection to the fire with Mayan Priests & Priestesses as well as personally ~
~ Working with the soul in the temescal (Mayan purification lodge) ~
~ Witnessing the emergence of an AjQ'ij and Rites of Passage Initiation Ceremony ~
~ Pilgrimage to sacred site of Iximche temples ~
~ Blessing and renewing our bundles ~

The day of Waqxaqui (8) B'atz in the Mayan Calendar is celebrated by millions of the Maya throughout Guatemala and Central America as the day of Spiritual Renewal for all life that has come through the matrix, when another 260-day (9 month) cycle of Life is completed (this day is often referred to as the "Mayan New Year"). The energy of B'atz is that of the threads of life, the cords of energy that flow from our umbilical cords and connect us to all of our past and future generations, with 8 being the number of completion. 

It is a powerful opportunity to join together around the Grandfather Fire with Mayan Priests & Priestesses to weave our thoughts, prayers, intentions, and actions together for a better future on our Mother Earth. We offer generous amounts of ceremonial gifts to the fire in gratitude and payment for our lives and the spiritual and elemental forces that guide and protect us. We invite you to join us and weave your unique thread for peace and healing of our Mother Earth and each other!

SCHEDULE:

• Fri 7/1 (5 Q'anil): Fly into Guatemala City
• Sat 7/2 (6 Toj): Travel to lake, lunch at Tiosh Abaj, boat to Patziapa & settle in
• Sun 7/3 (7 T'zi): Prepare the mesa in the maloca (roundhouse) and make offerings to the Mother Earth and the councils of humanity.  
• Mon 7/4 (8 B'atz): Mayan Fire Ceremony with Mayan elders honoring Waqxaqui (8) B'atz  with prayers for Lake Atitlan at pyramid of Patziapa & Rites of Passage Initiation Ceremony
• Tues 7/5 (9 E): Pilgrimage to Tecpan to the temples of Iximche to introduce ourselves & activate the energy of the ancestors
• Wed 7/6 (10 Aj): Blessing of the bundles to empower the sacred work for today's world - fire to give offerings, gratitude, smoke pipes and make personal prayers
• Thurs 7/7 (11 Ix): Time with the gardens and medicine plants of Patziapa
• Fri 7/8 (12 Tzikin): Morning temescal, time to soak up the beauty of nature, closing circle at ancestor altar in the maloca. 
• Sat 7/9 (13 Ajmak): Sunrise ceremony to honor the ancestors and future generations, breakfast and pack, leave Patziapa, lunch at Tiosh Abaj, travel to Guatemala City
• Sun 7/10 (1 Noj): Fly home

Patziapa offers a private retreat for soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes along the shores of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection. 
 
Information about your Guatemalan Retreat:

Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on July 1st and depart on Sunday July 10th (Airfare is not included in retreat fee).

Cost: $1950
Your loving support includes shared hotel rooms in Guatemala City the night of arrival and night before departure, private shuttle to and from Santiago Atitlan and to Iximche temple, meals, lodging at Patziapa, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary.

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 

NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

Special arrangements can be made for people interested in staying longer at Patziapa... 

For more information, contact Erick or Heddi at 530.459.3471 or HeddiL@gmail.com. 
Register HERE.

Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
July 9th - 19th, 2015  (11 T'zi - 8 Ajpu)
With Tat Erick Gonzalez, Earth Wisdom Keeper
Click HERE for e-flyer

As we continue to evolve inside the energies of the New Era of the Oxlajuj Baktun that began on Dec 21, 2012, we are finding that there is still much to be healed from the past so that we can live into our full potentials. By focusing on healing our ancestral wounds, both collectively and individually, we can emerge as spiritual, joyous, balanced, and whole beings ~ setting the stage for a better future for the next generations.            
(For an interesting article on ancestral memories in DNA, click here)

This special ceremonial retreat at soul-rejuvenating Patziapa will offer:

• Teachings and time working with ancestor altars (participants will be encouraged to bring items to create their own ancestor altar)
• New Moon ceremony on Caji (4) Ajmak to work with our ancestral DNA inheritance and what we want to evolve from and crystallize into
• Temescal (Mayan sweatlodge) ceremonies for purification and healing on the days of Oxlajuj (13) E when we connect to the full empowerment of our destinies & Wuku (7) Kawok when we find balance through our purification  
• Mayan Fire ceremony on Jun (1) Aj to make offerings to the Mother Earth and the ancestors 
• Time with the medicine plants, gardens, and mystical waters of Lake Atitlan 

(We have many opportunities to learn more about  the Mayan Calendar days ~ please contact us!)   
 
Patziapa is a living sanctuary offering soul rejuvenation and connection to the ancestors on sacred land in the heart of the Mayan world. Surrounded by three volcanoes and situated on the shores of Lake Atitlan, the fertile land delights the senses and awakens a deep sense of spiritual and elemental connection. 

Information about your Guatemalan Retreat
  
Participants will need to fly into Guatemala City on Thurs July 9th and depart on Sun July 19th (Airfare is not included in retreat fee).

Cost:  $1950 
Your loving support includes shared hotel rooms in Guatemala City the night of arrival and night before departure, private shuttle to and from Santiago Atitlan, meals, lodging at Patziapa and the Tiosh Abaj hotel, teachings, ceremonial materials, boat transportation, and support for the staff and ongoing maintenance of the Patziapa Sanctuary.

We encourage donations and gifts to the Medicine People who will be sharing with us. 
  
NOT Included in your experience: airfare, shopping expenses, gifts for the elders, tips you may want to offer staff, excursions you choose to take outside the planned group activities.

Special arrangements can be made for people interested in arriving earlier or staying longer at Patziapa... 
  
For more information, contact Erick at 530.459.3471 or HeddiL@gmail.com. 
Register HERE. 
 

Click HERE to view the e-flyer...

SUMMER SOLSTICE MAYAN FIRE CEREMONY

Saturday, June 20th - (5 B'atz)       1 pm - 6 pm 
Aj Chic Jay Ceremonial Arbor
Santa Ynez, CA  (near Santa Barbara, CA) 

Join us as we connect to the energies of the summer solstice - the time of greatest light and least darkness during the solar year. We will be celebrating on the Mayan Calendar day of 5 B'atz -  what are we weaving? What is our unique thread that we have to contribute to the tapestry of life? We will be making offerings for our Mother Earth in Santa Ynez, CA at this ceremonial fireplace in Southern California. 

Followed by a potluck, please bring a prepared dish to share. 
Suggested loving donation: $20 and up to support our Medicine People and cover ceremonial materials. 

We strongly encourage bringing offerings for this unique fire that uses no wood (dried herbs & flowers, sugar, chocolate, honey, candles in the directional colors). Please contact us for more details... 

For more information and directions, contact Kirana at 602.758.1213 or 
kiranamiller@hotmail.com

 Stay for the weekend!

We are offering two options for those that would like to come for the Fire Ceremony and stay overnight in Santa Ynez (contact us for more details)

1. Participate in the Fire Ceremony and potluck dinner.   Then join us for an evening of Spirit Family storytelling time, an overnight in Santa Ynez, and breakfast.
   Head home by 10 am.  ($60 contribution)
2. All of the above, plus be part of additional ceremonial offerings on Sunday, June 21st: A special pipe ceremony and a wood fire with offerings, prayers and meditation for the Father energies on Father's Day and Summer Solstice (6 E) to set a good destiny on our paths. Followed by lunch and head home by 4 pm. 
   ($100 contribution)  

For more Information and to Reserve your Space, please Call Kirana at 602.758.1213 or kiranamiller@hotmail.com
 
Reservations will close June 15th...  

Join Tat Erick Gonzalez as he shares spiritual nourishment sourced by ancient ceremonies and original instructions to support humanity in their emergence into the New Era of the 6th Sun that began on Dec 21, 2012. He will be offering talks, teachings, ceremonies, and private sessions from June 11th - 15th in the Los Angeles area.

Thurs 6/11 (9 I'q) 
Evening talk & slideshow: Becoming the People Made of Honey in the New Era 
Tata Erick will share about the energetic shift of the new cycle that officially began on December 21, 2012 when there was alot of hype about the Mayan Calendar coming to an end. What actually happened was the old cycle closed and a new one began that prophesies say is a Golden Era where we can become People Made of Honey with higher consciousness. What can we do to align ourselves with these energies and help make the shifts that are needed at this time to leave a better inheritance for the future generations? 
* Time: 7:30 -9:30 pm
* Place: Marrakesh House, Culver City
  Parking is only available on Jefferson Blvd, there will be a shuttle car       
  available from 7:15p-7:45pm to take people up the big hill, otherwise you 
  will have to walk it. Contact guzelg@gmail.com for any inquiries. Open 
  donation. 

Fri 6/12 (10 Akabal)
Private sessions: Click HERE for more info
* 10 am - 4 pm (one hour sessions) 
* Private residence, RSVP for address.

Sat 6/13 (11 Kat)  
Flowering Staff Ceremony
In this beautiful ceremony we are asking Spirit and the elementals to help us reach the full blossom of our potentials. Each person will choose flowers and weave them together with their prayers to create a flowering staff. By joining our collective prayers and energies with the medicines of the flowers (color therapy, aromatherapy, flower essences, etc), we are given the opportunity to cleanse, heal, and be blessed and inspired with beauty. This a very profound and energetically powerful ceremony. 
* 10 am - 4 pm
* Fais Do Do , 5253 W Adams Blvd.  LA 
* Please bring a prepared dish for a potluck lunch and flowers of 
  any kind (with stems). Loving donation: $50
 
Sun 6/14 (12 Kan)
Stargate Connection Fire Ceremony
The Maya are known for their ability to use the Fire to create a vortex of energy that can be used as a portal into the Spirit world, where we can receive healing and offer prayers. By using sacred symbols, offerings, and knowledge of the Matrix of Life, Tata Erick will create a sacred Fire that allows us to reach into universal forces and to remember our origins. Each person will have the opportunity to connect to the fire with offerings to give thanks and pray for what they need in their lives.
* 10 am - 4 pm
* Home of Kymber Blake-Froschauer and Scott Froschauer
  10401 Tuxford Street  Sun Valley, CA 91352
* Please bring a prepared dish for a potluck lunch, offerings for 
  the fire, and chairs or pillows to sit on. Loving donation: $50
 
Weekend price for both Sat and Sun: $85
 
Mon 6/15 (13 Keme)
Private sessions: click HERE for more info
* 10 am - 6 pm (one hour sessions) 
* Giving Garden, Santa Monica, RSVP for address in private 
  home
 
For more information or to register, contact Guzel at
guzelg@gmail.com or 310-430-1633
 

Click HERE for e-flyer... 

Thurs May 28th: 8 Q'anil Mayan Fire Ceremony- Bless the Seeds
8 Q'anil is the day that the Maya celebrate big ceremonies to bless all their seeds -  in which they bring the bundles of the seeds that are going to be planted the next season. The energy of the fires and the prayers encodes the seeds so that they can have a good harvest. We will offer a Mayan Fire Ceremony to bless the seed bundles- the bundles for the future harvest. These can be seeds of all kinds - not only the physical seeds! 
9 am - 5 pm  
Suggested donation: $50 

Walking with Medicine Staffs Ceremonial Retreat  :  June 1st - 3rd

• Mon June 1st  ~ 12 E:     Fire-keeping teachings and sweatlodge ceremony
• Tues June 2nd ~ 13 Aj:   Flowering Staff ceremony & Full Moon Blessing
• Wed June 3rd ~  1 Ix:   Ceremonial Pilgrimage

On 12 E we will be doing fire-keeping teachings, preparing the lodge, and doing a sweatlodge ceremony to help us have perseverance and endurance on our paths, so that we can reach our full potentials the following day. 13 Aj is the day of the Mayan Calendar where we plant the full potential of the staffs of our intention to manifest and to crystallize the thought forms that we want to create into the earth. This day also falls on a full moon! We will be ceremonially creating flowering staffs to help us reach the full blossom of our potentials by using the medicines of the flowers to cleanse, heal, and inspire us. It is time to pierce the earth with the staffs and drop the seeds- the time that we decide that this is what we are going to do, and we ground that intention to fulfill it.  The following day on 1 Ix we will take a pilgrimage to leave our staff as an offering to a sacred site of the Mother Earth.
  
Details
Fee: $395
Participants need to arrive at Deer Mt on Sunday between 2-4 pm or Monday by 9 am to be taken up the mountain to Bear Paw Meadow. We will bring people back down the hill at 4 pm on Wednesday.  You will need to bring your own camping gear (tent, mat, sleeping bag, flashlight, etc), flowers, and food to contribute to communal meals. 
Click HERE to register! 

Sanctuary Service:  Fri May 22nd - Sun May 31st
Come connect to the land and each other by working in the gardens, cutting wood, and other projects that will be needed to care for the land and prepare for the ceremonies... Please bring food for your time here, camping equipment to stay at Bear Paw Meadow, and gloves or other tools that would be useful! 

Click HERE to learn more about Deer Mountain, the land center of Earth Peoples United, located an hour north of Mt Shasta and 45 min south of Ashland, OR