Cacao Vision
Tentative 2024 Classes
art by Johnanne Reynolds
We finished up the 2023 apprenticeship program with a lovely cacao ceremony led by the incredible Liz Henke of Dreamseed Apothecary. If you ever get a chance to attend one of her cacao ceremonies you should jump on it. As part of the ceremony we have a chance to journey with the help of Mama Cacao. My journey led me into a sweat lodge. As I found my place and sat down I felt surrounded by my spirit folk. They encircled me and held me. I could feel all of the support and help they have given me throughout this lifetime and I felt humbled and blessed. They have always been there for me and helped to guide me on my journey to my own elderhood. Now that I have come to this place I find that I need to give away all of the gifts that I have received. I felt the presence of a student in front of me. I held them in my arms and encircled them but I felt more students coming and wondered how I could hold all of them. I felt myself grow larger and larger and the circle of my arms allowed more and more people to be encircled. As I grew larger I could feel cracks forming and a blazing light shining out from within me. I became the light. As my physical body disappeared I merged into the circle of elders behind me and found myself coming home.
Now it is time to anchor this vision into the material plane. I need to make myself larger and more visible. I need to make myself more available. Luckily I do not have to do this by myself. I have lots of spiritual and physical help, including my partner David of Blue Heron Outdoor School. My way of embodying this vision is to offer more classes and another apprenticeship program. So, to that end we are working on a tentative schedule of classes we will offer in 2024. I am not putting out dates and details yet but I want to share what we have so far and allow time for questions, comments and requests.
FEBRUARY
1 day - Deep Dive into Walnut and Witch Hazel
MARCH
1 day - Plant Walk
Weekend - Firemaking
APRIL
1 day - Deep Dive into White Pine and Sweet Birch
Apprenticeship 2024 begins - limit of 6 people
MAY
1 day - Plant Walk
1 day - Deep Dive into Red Cedar and Plantain
Apprenticeship
JUNE
Weekend - Baskets - Oak and Tulip Poplar Splint
1 day - Plant Walk
Apprenticeship
JULY
1 day - Deep Dive into Oak and Wild Ginger
Weekend - Medicine Wheel
Apprenticeship
AUGUST
1 day - Deep Dive into Paw Paw and Agrimony
Apprenticeship
SEPTEMBER
1 day - Plant Walk
Weekend - Basket Making - Cattail and Honeysuckle
Apprenticeship
OCTOBER
1 day - Deep Dive into Cattail and Spicebush
Weekend - Dreaming
Weekend - Vision Fasting
NOVEMBER
Weekend - Fiber making
1 day - Basket making - Pine needle
DECEMBER
1 day - Xmas for the Birds
Hope you find this intriguing. Talk to you soon.
Mii’iw