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Holy Wisdom Retreats

Into the Sacred Lodge of the Feminine

With

Damaris Jarboux & Claudia McLaren Lainson

In the heights, the mantle of the Stars
In the depths, the life of the Mother
In between, the Weavers

The Native Americans tell the story of White Buffalo Calf Women
In Christianity- Divine Sophia; Daughter of God, equated with Mother Mary
In Judaism the canonical Hebrew scriptures of Proverbs call her Wisdom Sophia
In Sufism Khalq is that aspect of creation known as eternal wisdom or Sophia
In Hinduism she is Shakti, Kali, Devi  *  The Kabahla refers to her as Shekinah
In Buddhism she is Kuan Yin*Tibetian Buddhism, Tara * In Taoism Wu-Ji, The One
To the Egyptians she was Isis  *  To the Greeks she was Wisdom

She goes by many names and comes to all peoples...this is the time of her coming. We gather for we are called to start weaving. It has become a world imperative that the web between Holy Wisdom and the hearts of humanity be woven.

We invite you to join us on a 2-part journey for women to practice the awakening of new capacities thru combining of Qigong and Devotional Anthroposophia.

$1200 each includes all
Feb 24 - Mar 1 /08... Ojo Caliente, NM.
Aug 17 - 23 /08... Estes Park, CO.
Deposit $500

Damaris at 303 447-0484 damarisjm@comcast.net
Claudia at 303 661- 9579 windrose7@earthlink.net

Although we do not know exactly all "She" will be bringing through, we do know that our focus will be on the divine feminine, Holy Wisdom/ Divine Sophia (as She is often called) internally and externally.  The retreat will be practical, experiential and conceptual.  We will be combining the devotional practices of Anthroposophia (a Christian mystical approach) and Chi Kung practice.  Quite literally doing qigong to Center, open, cleanse and strengthen the energies in us and around us and using Eurythmy practice to further connect with Sophia/The One. Claudia and Damaris will be combining their experience and wisdom to weave, hold and deepen the group experience.  They have previously taught together for many years in these inner arts and know that they can trust the magic that arises from the harmonious joining of their ways.

We will look at the needs of a women's soul at this time on the Earth and how we might name this in our internal and external lives.  We will explore how these needs affect our relationships to the men in our lives and how we might move toward healing the yin-yang balance in our world.  We will work with some general naming/ healing practices that all women, who are ready, might embrace for themselves and their families and will practice working with Sophia to perceive name and cleanse invasive energies.  Our group intention will be to strengthen this relationship to Holy Wisdom/ The One, making it more consciousness, more real and alive and therefore working FOR us.  Other than that, who can say what it will be, it will come FROM the group that forms at Ojo Caliente in February and THROUGH the circle as a whole.   ***

The divine mysteries of the feminine face of God are guiding us into new relationships to our partners, our community and to the events of world destiny.  We can become active in strengthening our soul in communion with this Divine Being, Sophia, and in so doing stand in our lives as fierce and compassionate warrioresses of a new world becoming. 

We will be investigating the manifold ways through which we can harmonize our lives in concordance to Her mysteries.  We will practice seeing world and personal events as Her story.  We will create a sacred circle into which Her guidance will inspire us to new capacities, heralding a humble beginning towards the dawn of a new balance. 

The sacred masculine cannot speak but through the light of His Divine consort.  The fall of the feminine in western culture has silenced the spirit who has no chalice within which to create.  Together, the Divinities of Masculine and Feminine will form a stream that represents what is truly human.  Sub human forces are creating a sub humanity.  Yet, if one penetrates the illusion of materialism, one sees the rise of the Mother, the Light of the Daughter and the whisperings of their messenger; the force that weaves between the two. In Ancient Egypt Isis sought Osiris.  In our modern culture it is Osiris that is seeking his Isis. 

When women gather under these sacred mysteries and work through Eurythmy, creating energy currents of alignment, and through conscious immersion into the healing energies of Chi Kung, the objective reality of our divine heritage comes into oneness with our striving volition.  Beyond the streams of differing perspective, different names and diverse paths lies the unity that is whole because of its diversity.  This retreat will be the coming together of unity through diversity.   May the Love, Light and Life of spiritual reality find us. 

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ADVANCED PRACTICE RETREATS—2008

I  (3rd Year) “The Gathering” Sept. 12-14
To review, complete and integrate all 2nd and 3rd year studies in a relaxed atmosphere of intimacy, free of the time constraints of a class setting.  We will learn “The 3 Jackys” (from Dr Jacky Lin), walking meditation and “Jing-Dong” Chi Kung (standing and sitting) in nature and with music, and journey together through an overview of “The Sophia Principal” (World Soul/World Spirit in male and female psyche) while engaging in Spoon Bending: 101.

At Hotel Tao, a private Retreat Center in a 200 acre valley at Estes Park, CO.
$300—Includes food and lodging (camping optional)
Starts Friday 6 p.m. with dinner (you can arrive anytime after 2 p.m.); Ends Sunday 4 p.m.

II  (4th Year) “The Ojo Refugee Camp” May 14-18
A 4-day retreat in the high desert of New Mexico.  We will soak in the Healing Waters, practice in nature, and do sweat lodge.  Topics include: “Thoughts on The One” (Taoist concepts of "The Void" and its relationship to the Tao) and its embodiment, readings (of frequency, strength and incarnation), “Obstructive Chi Scaring” (dissolving “the net”).  Come early/stay after to soak.

At Ojo Caliente Hot Springs, NM, (Lomita Retreat Center)
$600 includes food and lodging.
Starts Wed. 3 p.m. (soak)/Dinner at 5 p.m.; Ends Sunday 1 p.m. (soak after)

III  (Post-Grads) “The Summer Encampment” June 6-8
Join our community of senior practitioners for a relaxing and fun retreat at Hotel Tao.  We will hike,
do Chi Kung in Nature, exchange treatments, stories, new “findings,” and continue our process of qigong soul retrieval.  Bring your sleeping bag and an open heart and mind and we will welcome summer.

At Hotel Tao, a private Retreat Center in a 200 acre valley at Estes Park, CO
$300—Includes food and lodging (camping optional)
Starts Friday 6 p.m. with dinner (you can arrive anytime after 2 p.m.); Ends Sunday 4 p.m.

IV  (Post-Grads) “The Fall Encampment” Sept. 26-28
Join our community of senior practitioners for a relaxing and fun retreat back at Hotel Tao.  We will hike, do Chi Kung in Nature, exchange treatments, stories, new “findings,” and continue the evolution of the work.  Bring your sleeping bag and an open heart and mind and we will celebrate the end of “Indian Summer.”

At Hotel Tao, a private Retreat Center in a 200 acre valley at Estes Park, CO
$300—Includes food and lodging (camping optional)
Starts Friday 6 p.m. with dinner (you can arrive anytime after 2 p.m.); Ends Sunday 4 p.m.

Call Early to Register

Mail in deposit: $25 for each day, $50 for the retreat

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ADVANCED PRACTICE RETREATS—2008
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