Be the Medicine

Toltec Overnight Retreat - Spring Equinox -A Favorite Don Miguel Ruiz Ceremony
2026-03-21 15:00 - 2026-03-22 10:00 UTC | Be The Medicine, Chester, NJ, 07930, United States
Registration is closed for this Event. Please join us this summer at our retreat house.
Join us this summer in the Catskill Mountains, Accord, NY, for the next Mitote as part of the Vision Quest. July9-12
CLEAR OLD PATTERNS, ENERGY, AND EXPERIENCE RAISED ENERGY, VISIONS, AND CONSCIOUSNESS
THIS 18-HOUR CEREMONY IS POWERFUL. WE MOVE THROUGH PHASES OF AWAKE, ASLEEP, AND DREAMING.
The reason for this is to allow us to break through patterns and awaken spiritual experiences and advancement.
Join us to experience a profoundly transformative process used by Toltec Shamans to release long-held energy, beliefs, and patterns that block you. The second phase of the ceremony allows us to raise our energy to high levels of consciousness as we chant in rounds and experience lucid dreaming.

Photo from Kundalini Yoga. We have a similar setup, chanting around a fire, in our own clothing.
A Mitote is a transformative, high-energy, and focused Toltec Shamanic ceremony that purifies us, raises our vibration and light, and offers a release of illusions and past hurts to awaken higher wisdom and truth—perfect preparation for our new beginnings, with messages and visions for the next stage of life.
The intent is to let go and allow rebirth. This unique and profound ceremonial event raises your energy vibration, breaks through stuck places, and awakens a new vision. A beautiful blend of Shamanism and Yogic Chant, we gently birth ourselves into the next phase of our lives.
We experience our own purification on all levels. We chant the Gayatri Mantra, a high-vibration mantra, throughout the early evening ceremony by a smaller group rotating in the center. You are either chanting or dreaming on the outside of the circle. You raise your energy and allow lucid dreaming visions and inner movement.

StraightArrow has led many of these ceremonies in 5 states over the years. It is a favorite among her students.
“Janet is a midwife who holds each soul in love and bliss, helping them to surrender and be known. Every word that flows out touches everyone, clearing limiting beliefs, rebuilding perfect mental, physical, and spiritual health. She is a blessing to all.”
Bring your pillow, a bedroll, with cushioning for your lucid dream time—a transcendent experience timed to awaken your life.
TESTIMONIAL
“We just finished a Mitote retreat… We were in an amazing space, but the truth is, it would not matter where we were. Janet brings the safe container, and then we build upon it. By ‘safe container,’ I mean a safe place to explore your true self, cut through the illusion, and discover who you are. We were able to experience the love within and integrate it to bring it back out into the world whole and strong, resolved to be our true selves and abide in our true nature.”
YOUR SHAMAN GUIDE

Janet StraightArrow found her soul calling as a Shaman in 1992. After significant study with several Shamans and an apprenticeship, Janet was called to work with Dona Bernadette, one of Don Miguel Ruiz’s first apprentices and also a Shaman, in 2001-2003. Don Miguel is best known for The Four Agreements. During Janet’s two years working with Dona, she traveled and participated in Ceremonies throughout Peru, Mexico, and New Mexico as a part of her training. The Mitote, an overnight ceremony, is a way to assist people in healing and awakening through a high-energy, focused ceremony.
Since that training, Janet has held these ceremonies at least once a year to provide a fantastic experience for those who attend. Janet has continued offering these ceremonies because of the transendent healing experience they provide.
Janet is also adding this ceremony to the July Vision Quest as preparation for Vision Quest Day on Earth.
You will receive preparation emails and speak with Janet before the event. We meet in the mid-afternoon on Saturday and begin preparing for the midnight ceremony. We share a light dinner and rest or sleep early in the evening. At midnight, we awaken, start a round of chanting, watch the indoor fire, and engage in lucid-dreaming cycles. We sleep again, awaken at Sunrise, share experiences in a circle, have breakfast together, and go home. Plan a light Sunday afterwards with alone time if possible.
SIGN UP DETAILS.
A quick call with Janet to be sure this is correct for you.
Cost of the Experience is $333. Keeping old pricing.
Tuition is $333 by March 10. Small group, so sign up early.
$25. Off each if you bring someone. We bring food to share.
Janet provides coffee, tea, cocoa, and water. Space is limited, so it’s good to sign up in advance.
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