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SUMMARY:Toltec Overnight Retreat - Spring Equinox -A Favorite Don Miguel Ruiz Ceremony
DESCRIPTION:Registration is closed for this Event. Please join us this summer at our retreat house.\nJoin us this summer in the Catskill Mountains\, Accord\, NY\,  for the next Mitote as part of the Vision Quest. July9-12\nCLEAR OLD PATTERNS\, ENERGY\, AND EXPERIENCE RAISED ENERGY\, VISIONS\, AND CONSCIOUSNESS\nTHIS 18-HOUR CEREMONY IS POWERFUL.  WE MOVE THROUGH PHASES OF AWAKE\, ASLEEP\, AND DREAMING. \nThe reason for this is to allow us to break through patterns and awaken spiritual experiences and advancement. \nJoin 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nPhoto from Kundalini Yoga. We have a similar setup\, chanting around a fire\, in our own clothing. \nA 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. \nThe 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. \nWe 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. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nStraightArrow has led many of these ceremonies in 5 states over the years. It is a favorite among her students. \n“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.”  \nBring your pillow\, a bedroll\, with cushioning for your lucid dream time—a transcendent experience timed to awaken your life. \nTESTIMONIAL \n“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.” \nYOUR SHAMAN GUIDE \n \n  \nJanet 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. \nSince 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. \nJanet is also adding this ceremony to the July Vision Quest as preparation for Vision Quest Day on Earth. \nYou 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. \nSIGN UP DETAILS. \nA quick call with Janet to be sure this is correct for you. \nCost of the Experience is $333. Keeping old pricing. \nTuition is $333 by March 10. Small group\, so sign up early. \n$25. Off each if you bring someone. We bring food to share. \nJanet provides coffee\, tea\, cocoa\, and water. Space is limited\, so it’s good to sign up in advance. \nZelle Use phone number 973-647-2500 \nVenmo @janet-straightarrow \nwww.PayPal.me/janetstraightarrow \nChecks; contact janet for details.
URL:https://bethemedicine.com/event/toltec-overnight-retreat/
LOCATION:Be The Medicine\, Chester\, NJ\, 07930\, United States
CATEGORIES:Advanced Healer,Be Your Own Guru,Ceremony,Chanting,Clear Mind,Ego Healing,Energy Medicine,Healing,Healing Circle,Healing for Healers,Mindfulness,Mitote,personal mastery,Retreat,Shamanism,Toltec Shamanism
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SUMMARY:Vision Quest Mitote Retreat– A Sacred Rite of Passage in Nature
DESCRIPTION:Take time away from everyday life and enjoy time in nature to connect with your true nature and to call forth a vision for the next phase of your life.\nA Sacred Invitation\n4 Days 3 Nights Tuition. $777. Lodging $195.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe begin the journey with emails leading up to the retreat\, preparing you for your time in nature. Before you sign up for the quest\, you call Janet to meet\, set expectations\, and clarify the process. Our time in our sacred spot in nature is from Sunrise to Sunset on Saturday.\nAdding the Toltec Mitote to the Quest on Friday\, day and night\, enhances higher energy\, clarity\, and consciousness. By the time you come to your silent time on the weekend of questing\, you are ready to be present for the gifts of nature and spirit. On the last morning\, we are gently rebirthed into ourselves and have space to begin processing and integrating before we rejoin the world as we leave for home.\n“A retreat with Janet is coming home. Janet’s teachings emerge from a place of unconditional love. You come away\, your life forever changed. Choosing to work with Janet is giving yourself the most beautiful gift in the world.” Beth Lieberman Mund\, Medium\, Channel\, Healer.\nA time for you. Pause and get off the track of your life to go inside and discover your authentic voice\, needs\, choices\, and inner wisdom as a gift you give yourself. You find that this experience offers deep healing on all levels\, and you feel free to be yourself.\nAre you moving through a significant change this year? Come for a powerful weekend of ceremony\, Journeys\, transformation\, and rebirth with Shaman Janet StraightArrow. Awaken clarity\, life purpose\, and joy as we break through illusions\, fears\, and ego. This is a gentle yet powerful life-changing weekend.\n \nThe main reason you go on a Vision Quest is to stop the world so you can find yourself. Without interference\, responsibilities\, and the roles and rules of who you think you are\, space opens up to receive. Vision comes in the subtle experiences as you release attachments and see and feel the truth. The deep inner self\, the soul\, has an opportunity to speak and be heard.\nWe enjoy the gift of letting go of daily routines and comforts to experience living in a private retreat space in a natural setting\, where there is little to no interference from the world\, which is always quite enlightening.\nWe become present for the big and the little things in our lives. Nature nurtures us and reveals beauty and wonder in every moment. In our sacred time\, we remember who we are and listen and learn more clearly.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSignificant changes are often made before or after the Quest\, as you are about to go through a new phase or rite of passage\, or you are just ready to go deeper on your journey and learn more.\nA Mitote Ceremony is the purification of us on all levels\, breaking up stuck patterns and allowing visions to come to us in the lucid state\nThe Gayatri Mantra is chanted throughout the ceremony by the smaller group\, which rotates around the central fire. Either you are chanting or dreaming on the outside of the circle in this experience\, allowing your energy to rise and for profound cleansing\, visions\, and inner movement.\nI chose this location\, Art Farm in Accord\, NY\, because it provides a safe\, comfortable experience for all.\nOn your Quest Day. In your sacred spot in nature\, you realize just how long an hour or twenty-four hours are in a day. This new perspective helps us make better use of our time at home. We bring back wisdom\, a new perspective\, and increased energy.\nPREPARATION.\nBy participating in Shamanic practices and tools\, we prepare for your group’s quest time and share this experience. Each person will have a safe place\, close enough and far enough away from others\, to have their own private experience. We will work together for one day in the community to prepare for our solitude and silence. After we return to the main camp\, we gather to share our experiences and prepare to re-enter the world.\nJanet StraightArrow has led many of these ceremonies over the years. The Mitote is a favorite among her students. You can camp in tents\, under the stars\, or in a comfortable main cabin or smaller cabins.\nFrom Janet: When I attended my first Vision Quest in 1997\, I knew this was an essential part of my calling to offer to others. For twenty-six years\, I have been holding sacred space for participants in a safe container. We create wonder-filled experiences as I guide you on your inner journey. As a Shaman\, I begin building the container as soon as it is scheduled. Offering this retreat takes a tremendous amount of my energy and time from the time I offer it to the public to many weeks after we come home. Dedicated to helping people become who they truly are is always an honor. I find it rewarding to witness participants leave for home feeling empowered\, clear\, and excited about their next phase of life. The Mitote Ceremony is part of Don Miguel Ruiz’s lineage. I studied with one of his apprentice teachers for 2 years and have been leading this powerful\, transformative ceremony at various retreats at least once a year since 2002.\nWe begin the journey with emails to support your preparation and inner process\, starting as soon as you sign up.\nThis four-day retreat\, from Thursday to Sunday\, allows a deep process and experience. Significant healing and becoming continue long after the Quest.\n \nThis is a life-changing experience that deserves space and time before and after the event to prepare and process. Keep healing and awakening to who you are\, breaking patterns\, healing karma\, stepping into your power\, and visioning your next steps and future.\nJanet has been a practicing Shaman for 34 years. She holds a powerful\, loving spiritual energy as a container for the group\, allowing each individual a space to connect with the divine and achieve their best during this retreat.\nTuition\, $777. Lodging $195. Deposit to hold your place: $250. Tuition and lodging are due in full by July 1\, 2026. Space is limited\, so sign up as soon as you are ready to join. The journey begins as soon as you sign up.\nA powerful\, transformative\, and transcendent experience in which healing and awakening continue for at least a year into the remainder of your life’s journey\n\nCall Janet to see if this is for you and get more details—973-647-2500 — or text to set up a time to speak.\nZELLE 973-647-2500\nVenmo @janet-straightarrow\nwww.PayPal.me/janetstraightarrow\nEmail for check info and address.
URL:https://bethemedicine.com/event/vision-quest-mitote-retreat/
LOCATION:Art Farm\, Fawn lane Accord NY\, NY\, United States
CATEGORIES:Be Your Own Guru,Ceremony,Chanting,Clear Mind,Energy Medicine,Healing Circle,Mindfulness,Mitote,personal mastery,Self Healing,Shamanism,Spiritual Healing,Toltec Shamanism,Vision Quest
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