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2008 Workshops
**If you would like to pay
for your workshop with a credit card please contact us.
April
2008
Advanced
Shamanic Healing CLOSED
April 19-20, 2008
Session 4:
Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
“Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA,
April 26, 2008
~closed
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May 2008
Advanced
Shamanic Healing CLOSED
May 3, 2008 - final session
REUNION! Spirit
Weavers Advanced Shamanic Initiations and Shamanic Healing -Three Year
Program
May 7-11, 2008
CLOSED: Reunion available only to persons who participated in this
program from 2004-2007
Session 5 Final:
Intermediate Apprenticeship Program
“Journey of the Open Heart” with KATE DURDA,
May 17th, 2008
~closed
June 2008
Medicine for the Earth:
restoring health to self & the earth
with Kate Durda
Saturday, June 7, 2008
Midland, Mi. at Creative Spirit Arts Center 11 am to 5 pm
$55 ($5 discount for members of the Creative Spirit Arts Center)
****** pre-registration kindly requested for
planning purposes *****
This experiential training is based on
the information in Medicine for the Earth . We experience how to transform
personal and environmental pollution by learning how to transmute negative
beliefs, attitudes, and energy which is generated by emotions.
Transmutation works on the principal "As within, so without. As above, so
below." Using a specific spiritual methodology, we will work together to restore
harmony and balance in our exterior environment by creating positive change
within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided
meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning
to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively
affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
The process continues with learning how to work in
cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting
in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and
transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored
which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary
and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning
, singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of
consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration
with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE
Teacher Training to present this work. For info about Sandy
Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see
www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html
and
http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
It
is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's
Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins. Note: Tea will be provided; please bring a snack
or your self and/or to share.
For more information or to register contact
Creative Spirit Center at 989
837-1885.
Their mailing address is 1517 Bayliss St., PO Box 1204, Midland,
Mi. 48641-1204
You can visit Creative Spirit Center's website at
www.creativespiritcenter.org
Getting
Powerful with your Power Animal:
exploring spiritual &
self-knowledge
Open to youth from 9-14 yrs old.
Saturday June 14, 2008
with
Kate Durda, M.A.
9am-11am
pm
$20 if received by June 10**** $30
afterwards if room available.
CENTER for Health,Humanities and WellBeing
Sparrow Professional Building, 1200 E Michigan Ave, Suite 130
Young people are capable
of having profound beliefs and meaningful spiritual experience from a very early
age. In this workshop, participants will ‘journey’ to discover their ‘Power
Animal” or Totem.In traditional cultural belief, power animals are animal
spirits which reside within each individual and keep us safe, and are like our
‘guardian angels’. They lend us their strength, and share their abilities and
wisdom.
Eagle may see clearly and
know what is happening at any time; fox may be good at blending in, and avoiding
trouble; bear or jaguar offer their strength and protection; spider may share
her ability to weave and create beautifully.
Participants will also
have the opportunity to drum, dance, and sing, tp connect and experience the
gifts of their power animal/totem, thru the use of rattles, frame drums and a
24inch ‘pow wow’ style drum (provided).
about Kate:
KATE A. DURDA is a developmental psychologist, spiritual healer, teacher,
researcher and consultant. She has had extensive training in various spiritual
healing traditions in the past 20 years. She has offered spiritual
healing and advising, as well as spiritual training programs for the past 11
years. She has taught in the U.S, Canada, and internationally, as well as
locally at Sparrow’s Center for Health, Humanities, and Well-Being.
She has been a presenter at
numerous academic as well as spiritual conferences inside and outside of the
U.S. While her primary audience is adult, as a developmental psychologist, she
is well suited to work with all age populations, and has worked with youth
specifically at the following:
-Inter'ntl
Youth Peacemaker Conference: The Consciousness of
Peace;in Cleveland, Ohio;
-International Conference
on War and Peace, in St Petersburg,Russia, in collaboration with
the
Jane Goodall Youth "Roots and Shoots" organization.
- First
International Conference on Children's Spirituality
- We Want the
Music Festival, Michigan - Children's spirituality workshop
and more. to talk with
kate: email
Spiritweaver@voyager.net Phone:
517 543 6754 home
INTRO to
Shamanism:
Path of Empowerment & Healing
June 14th, Saturday 12 noon- 5pm
with Kate Durda, M.A.
Sparrow Center for Health,Humanities & WellBeing
Suite 130, Sparrow Professional Bldg, 1200 E Michigan Ave
*Class
is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops
offered.
$50 pre-registration (received by June 10) -- $60
after June 10/at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
Please Note: Please pre-register to assure space in training. Space
limited.
Shamanism is an ancient and
powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to
restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic
Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by
humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and
dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the
Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism”
approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and
central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to
discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary
reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.
We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday
life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land,
etc.
Bring a water bottle, LUNCH/Snacks, journal, frame drum or
rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm
socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you
have them.
Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you
may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a
sack lunch.
TO REGISTER
click here
or e-mail
SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions
and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…
Peacemakers Reunion
June 26-29th Thursday thru Sunday
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan
Weekend available only to persons who participated in the Peacemakers
Intensive in Michigan.
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Summer Solstice
Celebration!
COMMUNITY HEALING CIRCLE
&
SHAMAN'S WALK
June 21
1-5pm Look here soon for more details!
 This is a new event!
Solstice Ritual
-
Community healing circle
Shaman's Walk -
Spiritual craft bazaar
Feasting and socializing!
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July 2008
Medicine for the Earth:
restoring health to self &
earth
with Kate Durda,
M.A
& Stephanie Tighe,MSW
July 12-13
Location to be determined
Saturday 10am - 5pm, Sunday 9:30am - 4pm
Cost: sliding scale*
preregistered is $110-$150 by July 9th; At door $130 if space available..
(* sliding
scale- more if you can, less if you can't. You decide.)
Repeat workshop for $40!
This weekend
experiential training is based on the information in Medicine for the
Earth . We experience how to transform personal and environmental
pollution by learning how to transmute negative beliefs, attitudes, and energy
which is generated by emotions. Transmutation works on the principal "As
within, so without. As above, so below." Using a specific spiritual methodology,
we will work together to restore harmony and balance in our exterior environment
by creating positive change within ourselves.
During this experiential training, we will use a powerful combination of guided
meditation, shamanic journey work and ceremony, our work will focus on learning
to transform physical, emotional and mental toxins that negatively
affect our health and the health of Mother Earth.
The process continues with learning how to work in
cooperation with helping spirits and the spirits of the land as well as getting
in touch with our own internal divine nature to create healing and
transmutation. Other key elements and spiritual practices will also be explored
which can be easily incorporated into daily life. These methods are necessary
and helpful for transforming and transmuting environmental and personal toxins.
In addition to shamanic journeying, meditation, toning
, singing and movement will be utilized to help change states of
consciousness and raise awareness. The work done as a group in collaboration
with community and the spirits is truly a life transforming experience.
Kate & Stephanie have worked with Sandra extensively and have completed her MFE
Teacher Training to present this work. For info about Sandy
Ingerman and/or Medicine for the Earth, see
www.shamanicvisions.com/ingerman.html
and
http://www.medicinefortheearth.com
It
is recommended that you read Sandra Ingerman's
Medicine for the Earth: How to Transform Personal and Environmental Toxins.
Note: this is NOT a residential workshop.. and while
coffee, tea and water will be provided, please bring a bag lunch for yourselves,
and any snacks you want. We’re sure you will enjoy the beauty of the land
as a peaceful setting for our work together in circle. Thank-you.
TO REGISTER or for more information: Call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or
click here or e-mail
SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...Directions
and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration
August 2008
INTRO to
Shamanism:
Path of Empowerment & Healing
with Kate Durda, M.A.
in Grand Ledge, Michigan (near Lansing)
August 2nd, Saturday 11am- 5pm
*Class
is a pre- requisite for all other advanced Shamanic training and workshops
offered.
$50 pre-registration (received by July 30) -- $60
after July 30th & at the door, if space available
For those who wish to repeat this class, reduced registration cost of $15.
***If you repeat the class and bring a friend, you may come free!
Shamanism is an ancient and
powerful spiritual practice utilized throughout history and still today to
restore spiritual and physical health and obtain self-knowledge. The Shamanic
Journey has been called one of the “most remarkable visionary methods used by
humankind to explore the hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and
dream”. This will be an experiential workshop, based upon the
Foundation for Shamanic Studies (www.Shamanism.org) “Core Shamanism”
approach (those aspects of Shamanism that were common cross-culturally, and
central to all Shamanic practice). You will learn methods for journeying to
discover, and study with your own individual spiritual teachers in non-ordinary
reality, a classic step in shamanic practice.
We will discuss shamanic healing methods, and application to your everyday
life, including working with Spirits of Nature, healing self, healing the land,
etc.
Bring a water bottle, LUNCH/Snacks, journal, frame drum or
rattle if you have them (I have extras if not!) Please wear comfortable clothing, warm
socks, & bring a bandanna or eye cover. Bring rattles/frame drums if you
have them.
Since often people prefer to journey while lying on the floor, you
may want to bring a mat to lie on and a blanket to cover up with. Bring a
sack lunch.
TO REGISTER
click here
or e-mail
SpiritWeaver@voyager.net...
Directions
and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of registration…
Faery Doctoring:
A Five-Day Training Program
with
Tom Cowan
from
New York see
his website -www.RiverDrum.com
August 6-10, 2008
(starts with dinner at 6pm on Wednesday,
and ends approx 3pm on Sunday)
Cost:
options vary- see registration form (click below)
for information!
Pre-requiste:
Shamanic Journey ability as taught by the Foundation for
Shamanic Studies or someone trained in the FSS core shamanic approach. Contact
us if you wish to discuss this.
Faery doctors are
men and women in rural Ireland and other Celtic lands who treat people suffering
from illnesses and misfortunes attributed to faery influence. In the past, faery
doctoring was strongest in areas without western medical care and where the
presence of the Otherworld was recognized as one of the realities of daily life.
As modern ways of life encroached on these traditional societies, faery
doctoring was looked upon as superstition, and much of the old wisdom was lost.
And yet, like shamanism, it is undergoing a revival. The faery doctor -- like
the shaman or the druid -- re-appears in every age to meet the needs of the
times. Every age must, therefore, come to its own understanding of the faery
world and its relationship to it.
Working
as a faery doctor means allying yourself, your shamanic practice, and other
areas of your life with that realm of the Otherworld that some Celtic people
call the Sidhe (pronounced "shee" and meaning both the faery world and the
faeries themselves). It requires working with middle-world spirits according to
our shamanic three-world scheme. Like all shamanic practices, faery doctoring
requires working with and for the spirit world as much as seeking its help for
ours. In fact, being a faery doctor may require living more closely with -- and
between -- the worlds than what many people consider their usual shamanic
practice. It requires new levels of commitment.
This
five-day training program is structured so that participants can "partner up"
with the faery world and learn traditional faery doctoring methods, such as
healing ritual, prayer, gift-giving, song and music, love-talking, life-force
rescuing, using elemental power objects, and other activities. But faery
doctoring is more than just a collection of practices. It is actually a way of
life, a shamanic way of living as faery allies who continue, even after the five
days, to discover and create ways to promote health, beauty, love, vitality, and
a relationship with the Sidhe based on cooperation, friendship, and affection.
There is
a growing realization that the faery world and ours must live, work, and play in
greater harmony than they currently do. The epidemic of illnesses with
traditional faery-related symptoms -- such as tiredness, depression,
listlessness, low enthusiasm for life, and an inability to focus attention that
suggests partial soul loss -- is one manifestation of this disharmony. The Sidhe
are taking energy and vitality from humans to restore and re-balance the life
force that we consume wastefully, selfishly, and in great quantities. Modern
exploitation of Earth's resources weakens Earth's ability to sustain diversity
of life, including the life of the Sidhe.
The Sidhe
need human allies and human energy to help them preserve Nature's vitality, just
as we need their cooperation to heal individuals suffering from faery-related
illnesses.
Participants should be seriously committed to shamanic living and be interested
in adapting their current shamanic practice to middle-world work with the Sidhe.
This is an advanced program, and participants need strong shamanic skills and
some degree of commitment to using shamanism to learn faery doctoring so they
can serve the needs of the human world, the faery world, and the Earth that is
our common home.. Hopefully, we will become a new generation of faery doctors.
The
Location:
This training will be held at Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) Conference
Center situated on beautiful Gull Lake in southwest Michigan. The Conference
Center (see
www.kbs.msu.edu/Conference),
is located on the former W. K. Kellogg 34 acre estate, which includes more than
a quarter mile of Gull Lake shoreline, a beautiful wooded and gardened area.
Ancient beeches and cedars, a marsh pond abounding with wildlife, herons and
bald eagles will be some of our companions in our journeywork.
Click here for the registration form.
For more information you can
call Kate Durda at 517 543 6754 or or e-mail
SpiritWeaver@voyager.net
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of
registration…
October 2008
6th Annual
Shamanism Intermediate Apprenticeship
Program-
“Journey of the Open Heart”
Starts October 4th ****
with KATE DURDA, MA
-- in Lansing area
Fall 2008 Dates:
SATURDAYS Oct 4, Oct 18, Nov 3, Nov 22, Dec 13th
Time: 11am – 5:00pm
COST $300 early
registration by Sept 26th! ($350
after 9/26)
Pre-requisite: Introductory Shamanism Training (contact me for
information on how to get this training if you haven't yet. We can set something
up!)
or
experience with Shamanic Journey from Spirit Weavers or other similar teachings.
If you are seeking to
improve your life, strengthen your spirituality, and be the person you were
meant to be in this life time, this is a good program for you! If you are
serious about developing a solid foundation in Shamanism, this work will help
you truly gain the power to be a spiritual force for good in your own life, and
for the world. Power is the ability to use energy, and a spiritually adept
person is able to manifest change for their own and others’ highest good.
This program has been positively life altering to past participants.
This is the program for you
if you are serious about developing a solid foundation in Shamanism. You will receive training, and through experiential work will develop a powerful
personal spiritual practice.
*We believe that
it
is important to take things one step at a
time, and really learn about Shamanism, deepen your spiritual practice, and find
your true selves before moving on to learning advanced healing methods.
Please note that Spirit
Weavers offers a comprehensive training program of advanced workshops, including
Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
(offered again in Winter/Spring 2008) for your further study.
Shamanism is a
Path of Healing. Shamanism training does not “make you’ a shaman. Only
Spirit directs that. However, through Shamanic practice, we ‘re-member’ who we
really are. We remember, therefore, our true soul’s purpose. Through this
process deepening our understanding and self-knowledge, we can regain intimate
connection with our gifts, innate abilities, passion for life, our purpose, and
we learn to live/work/create from a balanced, powerful, and deep place of love,
personal power, and connection. *** This is “the Journey of the Open Heart ***
This program will provide a
safe & supportive community for your work. During our on-going training, the
same group will meet for five full days (usually once a month). In this
program, I will guide you in deepening your shamanic practice and experiences,
allow your natural abilities to be revealed and strengthened, and will introduce
a lot of experiences including, but NOT limited to:
Various
methods of journeying
shamanic healing: of self, and for others, including healing spirits of place,
divination methods
working with nature spirits
shamanic practices from other shamanic cultures
use of power objects such as medicine bags, rocks and crystals, masks,amulets,
use of ceremony, ritual, prayer, song, movement, meditation,
dream work, journaling, etc.
Spirituality is about who you are becoming, so the time you spend on your own
personal work is very valuable.
Each Saturday will include some lecture, lots of experiential work,
individually/with partner/ in group. There will be ceremony, dance or song, and
outdoor work at times. Also, I will support focused time for individual
spiritual quests and exploration. Our final session is usually held at my home,
from 1-8pm, instead of the You will receive a thorough and full foundation
in shamanism in this training, and will be well –prepared to advance in training
if desired.
REGISTRATION and
COST :
Early Registration is $300-
due by September 26! //***Late Registration - after Sept 26th is
$350.
Note: we always want to make any of our programs accessible to all
who are truly interested so please note that we can set up a " Payment
'plan' over time.
Please contact me to discuss!
Payment plan will require a non-refundable deposit of $150 paid by October
4th.
Please email SpiritWeaver@voyager.net
or call Kate at 517 667 0694 for more information.
If you are
interested, and I will send an application and the registration form!
*** Enrollment is
limited, so acceptance will be on a first come basis.
Directions and further instructions will be given to you upon receipt of
registration…
 Kate
Durda, MA, is a
developmental psychologist, reiki master, esoteric healer,
shamanic
practitioner, and educator. She has taught throughout the U.S., in Canada, in
Russia and is also available for healing work or personal consultation. She is
co-founder of Spirit Weavers, an organization devoted to providing
experiential spiritual training and healing to those interested. She is
planning member and instructor at the Sparrow Hospital’s Center for Health,
Humanities, & Well-Beingis , and is committee member of the Sparrow Hospital
Holistic Network and Education (SHINE) committee working to introduce
alternative/complementary treatment options to hospital staff, patients, and the
public. Currently she is collaborating with Sandra Ingerman (author of “Soul
Retrieval”) and the University of Michigan (Integrative Medicine Department and
the Cardiology Department) on a pilot research study of the efficacy of
spirituality with heart attack survivors (methodology is focused on S.Ingerman’s
Medicine for the Earth methodology). Kate is also on the board of the Peace
Education Center (PEC) in Lansing, MI, and also chairs the “Peace-Healing Action
Circle of PEC.
November
2008
Peacemakers Reunion
Weekend before Thanksgiving
at the Leaven Center in Lyons, Michigan
Weekend available only to persons who participated in the Peacemakers
Intensive in Michigan.
2009
Winter / Spring
2nd
Advanced Shamanic Healing Methods Training
with
Stephanie Tighe,MSW
; assisted by Kate Durda
******** Intensive training program - January - August 2009
************
We are pleased to announce this powerful training opportunity with a gifted
teacher and healer, Stephanie Tighe, MSW. Stephanie has been practicing
shamanism since the late 1980’s. and is a wonderful teacher!
This will be a small, intensive, and experiential group. You will learn and
practice advanced shamanic healing methods over the course of 8 months, with the
same small group of colleagues. Past participants in long term trainings have
found such training in small groups to be powerful, safe, and allow deeper
exploration of the material in a safe, supportive circle of peers.
Shamanic healing methods to be covered in this intensive include: soul
retrieval, plant spirit medicine, extraction, restoration of lost power, working
with those who have died (psycho pomp) or are in the dying process,
deposessions and more.
We will also cover other spirit directed techniques, ethics, establishing a
healing practice, sensing energy, shifting energy, and how to help your clients
to receive healings. We will cover the use of ritual tools (i.e. soul catchers)
and the use of regalia/masks. During our first session Kate will guide us in
making our own rattles to be used for healing work.
This training is a wonderful opportunity!
You can avoid the cost/time of traveling to distant workshop sites. You have
the opportunity to participate where you live, as well as develop relationships
with folks in our communities!! The training will take place over 14 full days
over 9 months, and the cost averages to about $71 per day, for a total tuition
of $1000. Also, of course payments can be made over time.
Pre-requisite:
Application is required for this training! The ability to
journey as taught by the Foundation for Shamanic Studies or Spirit Weavers.
Also needed is a good relationship with your power animal(s) and teachers
and e-mail access with a commitment to checking it at least one time per week.
You must be willing to receive and give healings during the course of the
program. You will be expected to find persons in your life outside of the
program upon whom you can practice your healing techniques as you learn them.
Dates of training:
To be announced 14 full days of training
Cost: $1000: initial deposit, and payments over time
accepted!
For an Application , or if you would like more
information about this program
please contact Stephanie at
StephanieTighe@gmail.com
Ongoing
Circles for Shamanic Journeying
in Lansing and Grand Ledge. Prerequisite for attending is the completion of
an introductory workshop in core shamanic journeying. In circles we build upon
the journey skills we have and deepen our connections to our power animals and
teachers. Cost
$2.OO or other donation. Contact us for more information.
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