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Join us: Sacred Waters Ceremony Free Information Zoom

For those curious about our Ceremonial Retreats, attend this free Zoom Information Session and learn about:
- What to expect at our 3-Day Ceremonial Retreats
- Understand our Sacrament and how it is similar/ different to Grandmother Aya
- What medications and health conditions are contra-indicated
- How to apply for and attend a retreat
- Get to know our Reverends who preside over our ceremonies and learn about their experience
- Our community and individual preparation and integration resources and tool

You will also hear from other members about their experiences and have the chance to ask questions!

When: Tuesday Feb 24th
Time: 5-6pm
Where: Online Zoom - RSVP for link

Sacred Waters Ceremonies Information Zoom Feb 25, 2025, 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM

We've been dancing and singing far longer than we've been speaking.
Coming from South Africa, born and raised in the Zululand, the cradle of Humankind, I have grown up around beautiful people who are viscerally connected with their spiritual essence. The Zulu people sing and dance in joy, celebration, anger and at funerals, they sing and dance even harder in their grief!
Singing and dancing, stomping the earth, connecting with their ancestral roots, is simply a way of life.
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It brings me great joy to share my music with dancers. In my travels to Asia, South America, Europe and Australia, I have had the privilege of sitting with elders in various lineages, and learning from their stories and their beliefs.
They have said, "go, go and teach your people. Go, go, and help your people."
For a long time, I didn't know how I could do that, and felt unworthy of sharing the wisdom, but a wise and ancient part of me has always felt moved by the spirit of dance and song.
And that ancient wisdom is also in you!
Out of pure love for dance, song and cacao, I started creating cacao dance ceremonies. The first Snake Dance was in May 2022, an it was transformative experience for both me and those that attended.
One dancer shared:
"It was life-changing. I was able to see where I was holding myself back, and make the decision there and then to peel off that old skin. I loved the directions they gave us to open into the "stuck" parts of my body, move like a snake. It was a somatic, embodied expression of letting go, and that was the release I never knew I needed. I came home and made the decision to leave a very abusive relationship, along with shedding other bad habits that had been plaguing me".
Another shared:
"I've never moved my body like that before. It was amazing and a whole new experience for me! I let go of a lot that I was holding onto. It was amazing."
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Gabe Neumann and I are so excited to be colaborating on Snake Dance 2024 on May 4th, as part of the Emergence: Springtime Dance Celebration!!!!

We're weaving together a journey with carefully-selected Sanskrit mantras and medicine songs (icaros) set over a variety of organic beat forms and rhythms that deepen your connection with the Unbroken wisdom in your soul, and unlock pathways of expression and creativity.
We're super excited to be doing this together for the very first time, and super duper excited to be performing alongside other talented artists and facilitators, including Andrea Thompson who has co-facilitated this with me in the past!
Thank you Hartspace and Lost Valley, Paul Deering and Amelia Dissay for curating this amazing event so we can bring Snake Dance to more people!
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Come join the magic!
Aria and Gabaji!

READ MORE ON THE EVENT PAGE
Emergence: Springtime Dance Celebration

Namaste!

🌑As the energy continues to intensify leading up to the total solar eclipse next week, we invite you to a special eclipse-season cacao ceremony and concert to help you group and focus your energy during this time of letting go of what no longer serves.🌑

This ceremony has SOLD OUT for the past 3 months. Please reserve your tickets early.

WHEN: THIS Saturday: 6th April
TIME: 7-10pm
EXCHANGE: $31 (members), $35 (non-members)
WHERE: Sacred Waters Sanctuary, SE Portland

TICKETS: LINK IN THE COMMENTS

This month, we have a VERY SPECIAL opportunity to get a window into the world of our Sacred Acacia ceremonies.

🌱THEME: AYAHUASCA / ACACIA MEDICINE MUSIC

The Sacred Waters Collective will be sharing our most beloved medicine songs from our Acacia ceremonies, some which we have learned from sitting in other Ayahuasca / Acacia spaces, and some which have come through the medicine in ceremony.

🪇We invite you to bring hand drums or shakers if you have them!🪇

🎸FEATURED ARTIST: Josh Manfredi
Josh Manfredi joined us in our February ceremony, and his songs held a special magic that transported us to the frequencies of compassion, forgiveness, and empowerment. It was such an honor to have a musician who has sat in over 100 Ayahuasca ceremonies share his songs.

This is a RARE opportunity to experience him in a cacao ceremony.

🪘🎻MUSICIANS WELCOME🪈🪕
If you are a musician and would like to jam with us, please reach out to let us know.

CACAO
As always, I will be sharing my special blend of Peruvian cacao and adaptogenic/Ayurvedic herbs and fungi (non-psychedelic).

I hope to see you there!

Blessings and love,

The Sacred Waters Collective
Aria, Gabe Neumann & Natalie Bloodgood