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Dream Interpretation Group: Tuesday, 4/29/25, 6:00-7:30 pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Free! What are your dreams trying to say to you? This group allows you to experience the intuitive process of dream interpretation by interpreting participants' current dreams. Feel Free to bring a dream to share! 

Sharing Circle Online Ceremony: Wednesday, 4/30/25, 6:00-8:30 pm Pacific Time on Zoom. Sharing Circle is a weekly online ceremony that uses spiritual inquiry to experience your truth and receive guidance. The intention of this sharing circle is to build an ongoing community of support and belonging with each other. There are openings.

Zoom Talk and Q&A: 5 Essential Components of Shamanic Ceremony with Michael Hoffman: Free, Tuesday, 5/6/25, 6:00-8:00 pm PT on Zoom. Michael draws upon forty years of doing shamanic ceremonies to present five essential components of ceremony. The first component is interacting with Spirit as an equal and collaborative partner. The second component is that shamanic ceremony is grounded in and oriented around the community. The third component is that the shamanic ceremony serves as a rite of passage, providing a transition from one way of being to another.

The fourth component is having a clear intention. Getting the intention of the ceremony clear is more important than its form. The fifth component is integration. Once you offer your intention to initiate your rite of passage, it is essential to have a practice and community support to integrate your new way of being into the various aspects of your life.

Michael will demonstrate how these five components are integrated into the Sweat Lodge, Medicine Wheel, Vision Quest, Healing Circle, Drum and Rattle, and Sharing Circle ceremonies at the Awaken Your Medicine 5-day Summer Solstice Shamanic Retreat, taking place from June 18 to 22, 2025. He will also be available to answer questions about the upcoming retreat.

Note that individuals who are not interested in the retreat are welcome to attend this talk at no obligation. This talk serves as a useful guide to understanding shamanic ceremonies, and anyone interested is welcome.

Awaken Your Medicine Summer Solstice 2025 5-day Shamanic Retreat. Wednesday, 6/18/25 to Sunday, 6/22/24 at Willow-Witt Ranch Retreat Center in the Cascade mountains near Ashland, Oregon. This spiritual retreat utilizes shamanic ceremonies and practices to guide you to directly experience your medicine and integrate it into your life.

Picture five days of shamanic ceremonies on the healing lands of the central Cascade Range. No distractions, no hustle-bustle. Nothing to focus on but your heart, your medicine, nature, and your new community.

Ceremonies include a Sweat Lodge, Medicine Wheel, Mini Vision Quest, Energy Healing Circle, Two Shamanic Journeys, Drum Ceremony, Rattle Ceremony, and daily Sharing Circles.

The retreat includes breakfast, lunch, and dinner from Wednesday dinner to Sunday lunch with vegan, gluten-free, and omnivore options. The three lodging options include tent camping, platform and mattress glamping, and a retreat center bedroom.
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