Winter Solstice Fire Ceremony
with potluck!
December 22, 6:30 - 10
353 Windermere Place

Marianne Sämann-Wyss
250 382-3582
Email contact Marianne

Fifth Annual

Valentine Celebration for the Earth
An afternoon to acknowledge and celebrate the natural world

Sunday, February 13, 1 - ? pm
Gather at 353 Windermere Place, Celebration is held in Moss Rock Park, Fairfield

In case of rain it may be held indoors... please call for info and place.

We will continue to work with fairies and nature spirits and build a special place for them,
please bring one special and small piece of building or decorating material

This is a free community and family event and all are welcome.
Parents are responsible for the wellbeing of their little ones at all times.

Organized by
The Remembering Earthlings
Marianne Sämann-Wyss
250 382-3582
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Spring Equinox celebration and ceremony
March 21

Marianne Sämann-Wyss
250 382-3582
Email contact Marianne

Fourth Annual

Fire in the Rain Gathering

A Gathering for People Longing to Belong

June 11– 13, the Yurt, Old West Saanich Road, Victoria

Fire in the Rain is a unique gathering of people who look at the world with clear, sometimes sad and often confused eyes... knowing what’s going on and what’s at stake while searching for their own way of dealing with and being in all this.

For many of us the state of the world feels overwhelming and in order to protect ourselves we shut the painful parts down... we deny, feel helpless or blame... not realizing that through these attitudes we stay helpless and powerless victims of circumstances, unable to be/bring the change we are looking for. During Fire in the Rain we delve deeply into our coping mechanisms - the way we deal with pain and fear - and explore which empower us and which don’t.

This is the work we are all called to do on an ongoing basis, and it holds the promise of deep and real transformation... a transformation that comes from the heart and spreads out to the community of all life.

As facilitators we hold the space for these transformations to happen and create exercises and ceremonies that help us to move through denial, helplessness and blame – the Victim Stance – into the Power Stance... a way of being that stays open hearted and empowered even in the face of adversity, pain and fear. This power-filled stance helps us to engage deeply with the joys and sorrows of living in a body on the earth while expressing our voice and passion.

If you are called to become the change you want to see in the world and if you would love to engage on this journey in the context of a sharing and caring community, Fire in the Rain may be exactly what you are looking for.

Fire in the Rain moves away from the regular workshop setting... one teacher and many students... and sees us as all teachers and all students in the great dance of life. We learn more about who we are and how to share it in a safe way, we “chop wood and carry water” or, we cook, eat and do the dishes together, and we share the cost of the gathering.

As facilitators we ask for a donation to cover time and effort of organizing the gathering, but in the spirit of community and sharing we do not charge professional fees.

The Gathering is held at the Yurt in Saanich, Victoria, a beautiful 10 acre property with a small lake, trails, tall trees, a medicine wheel, a labyrinth, and many other places of beauty and power. Participants can sleep in one of the two yurts or camp. There are no showers but plenty of water and of course the little lake.

Please get in touch with either one of us to ask questions or to receive the registration form.

We are looking forward to being with you.

Ana and Marianne

Ana @ 250 361-3570 anajsimeon (at) yahoo (dot) com

Marianne @ 250 382-3582 msw (at) islandnet (dot) com

Facilitators
Ana Simeon... environmental activist and writer. Her spiritual path includes Jungian process work, mindfulness and movement arts
Marianne Sämann-Wyss... searcher, earth lover, counsellor and contemporary shamanic practitioner.


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Summer Solstice Celebration
June 20

Marianne Sämann-Wyss
250 382-3582
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Ongoing

Monthly Shamanic Explorations and Adventures...

every 3rd Sunday from noon – 5, contribution $50

In this monthly circle we delve together into the tool box of the ancient ones to rediscover what helped them to live in good relationship with oneself, each other, the earth and spirit and to adapt it for our everyday life. This is about exploring the shamanic worldview... a world of interconnections and interdependence. Of course this includes personal work and deepening our relationship with our Power Animals and Spirit Teachers and we learn traditional and new healing tools for self, each other and the earth.

A big part of this circle is journeying outside, in nature, and learn from the spirits that inhabit this place, including learning about edible and medicinal plants, finding or creating power places, mini vision quests, group ceremonies and exploration of Middle World energies, like measuring energy, tracking energetic foot prints, or shape shifting.

This teaching/exploring circle is geared towards people with a deep longing for meaningful connections to all there is and a curiosity to explore what’s in here and out there. The prerequisite is a functional relationship with one’s Power Animals and Spirit Teachers and of course the willingness to be guided by compassionate powers way beyond our understanding.

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Drumming healing circles

Every second and fourth Tuesday evening 7 – 9 for location please call or email Marianne.

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One-on-one sessions

Marianne offers one-on-one sessions in counselling, shamanic counselling, and shamanic or energy healing depending on the wishes and needs of her clients.
Sometimes one session is enough to get things flowing again, more often it takes up to five sessions to deeply integrate the healing. Many clients come back when they are ready to tackle the next step on their journey, and in between sessions Marianne is available for support whenever the need arises.
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Circles

Marianne facilitates drum healing circles, shamanic journeying circles and personal growth circles on a weekly, by monthly or monthly basis. For times and pre-requisites please contact her: Contact Page

Ceremonies

Marianne also facilitates ceremonies for the changing seasons, rites of passage, healing the land, celebrating all life and giving thanks for our many blessings.
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Workshops

Starting the Journey Home...
Shamanism as a Tool for Personal Healing and Empowerment

In this basic weekend or four evenings course you will learn the universal core understandings of shamanic cultures, with focus on journeying into non-ordinary realities to retrieve answers, help and healing from compassionate spirits. You will receive specific information and healing hand-tailored to your personal needs directly from the source... the powers of the earth and the universe.

The Path of the Wounded Healer

To become power-filled healers we need to look inside first and heal our own wounds and beliefs. This not only gives us the confidence and protection needed to do this work, but also the compassion for the pain and suffering around us. And last but not least, the better we know who we are the less we bring our own shadow side into a healing session... in order to become empty during healing sessions we need to know what to empty first!

Marianne offers an advanced shamanic healing training program for people who are interested in using shamanism as a healing tool for others. Much of emphasis in these small groups or one-on-one teachings is put on personal integrity and responsibility and personal healing or balancing. Because this is such an individual and experiential path, there is no time frame attached to this program, only following the advice of the spirits.
All major shamanic healing techniques will be learned and practiced including how to facilitate circles, how to hold the space so that the spirits can take centre stage and not the facilitator or one participant, how to protect the circle and last but not least, the meaning and healing properties of a circle.
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Getting to know the Spirits of Place

Shamanism is an earth-based spirituality, and working with the spirits of place, the spirits of the land and the sky has helped indigenous peoples to live in what we call "harmony with nature".
In this mostly outdoor workshop we will attune ourselves to the place, learn to communicate with the spirits that live in this place and allow our souls to be nourished while nourishing the spirits with our willingness to learn.

We will learn about fairies, communicate with the spirits of plants, animals, rocks, etc.
and share our gifts with each other.

We learn how to make flower essences, learn more shamanic divination tools, ask and receive specific ceremonies, and learn how to become co-creators in balance with all life.
This workshop is open to everyone interested in creating a deeper relationship with the world around us and there’s no shamanic experience needed.
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Shamanic Arts & Crafts
Drum, Rattle, and Medicine Bag Making Workshops

If you are interested in any of these courses, please contact Marianne and you will receive information about upcoming workshops.

Please note that Marianne will not share your name or address without your permission.

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NEW!

May the Dance of Life continue...

Teachings from the Tree of Life

A heart opening, mind freeing and life changing experiential adventure
into body and spirit.

In these
two one-week intensive and all-embracing seminars
we explore, heal and balance our relationship with the
Great Feminine, Great Masculine,
Fire, Water Earth and Air. Through shamanic journeying, energy healing, laughter, tears, rites of passages and ceremonies
we re-claim
our birthright and responsibility of living in balance with all on this miraculous, mysterious, living, blue planet. The intention is to compassionately get in touch, acknowledge and release blockages, pain and dysfunctional myths and beliefs, may they come from physical, emotional, mental or spiritual levels, from this life time or any other, handed down from our ancestors or acquired through our own stories. This process heals ourselves and the past all the way back to the original wound and opens up the way for us to create a future worth living for all.

Both weeks are based on deep personal explorations of soul, karma, tasks, spirit, purpose and creating a future worth living for all. To benefit to the fullest, attendance for both weeks is essential and there are no newcomers allowed for the second week

What to expect
(Depending on group needs exercises may vary, however the intention and the process stay the same) During the first week we do personal house cleaning: we come home into our bodies and create safety and belonging, we stir the (pity) pot and stalk the shadow that messes up our relationships, we explore our own fire and get into the driver's seat while taking responsibility for how and where we're going. This does not need to be all work and no fun because we retrieve helpers, healers and powers for each of the lower energy centres so we can keep it gentle, creative and powerful.
We play, sing, chant, dance, laugh, cry and share.
We do ceremonies, go on a vision quest, find personalized rites of passage,
and make our own rattles and medicine bags. During the second week we pick up on our discoveries and share and celebrate our process and progress, we light candles in the deepest caverns of our hearts, empower our voice, and go back in time to the root pain/disconnection that has created so much pain and suffering. With the assistance of our spirit helpers we name this root cause and release it respectfully into the transforming spirit of the fire. We continue to play, dance, sing, laugh, cry, and move on to the higher energy centres to hone our male and female sides. We connect with the spirits in nature and the fairies of the place, make our own flower essences and healing tinctures, and we search for our purpose
in this life time
while allowing our hearts to become free and our minds to be without man-made limits...
living the change we want to see in the world.

There is no experience needed to be part of this powerful and power-filled adventure, only the honest desire and willingness to explore, heal and become your true self... filled with your own power and following your own heart.

Who will benefit from this seminar?

Anyone who cares and wants "to be the change"... Men and Women from all walks of life, Healers, Environmental and Social Activists, Teachers, Artists, Dreamers, Visionaries... &
YOU

This year’s retreat is closed, but if you are interested in bringing these amazing and experiential healing teachings to your area,
please get in touch with Marianne.

Marianne Sämann-Wyss
250 382-3582
Email contact Marianne

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