Creating soulful ritual

LIVE IN PERSON WEEKEND RITUAL!

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Welcome to Rite of Passage Journeys’
Creating Soulful Ritual Workshop

Woodland Meeting Center

22010 Redmond Fall City Rd, Redmond, WA 98053

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May 20-21, 2023

Saturday (Pacific Standard Time):

9:00am - 6:30pm (estimated end time)
- hour long lunch break
7:00pm potluck
Evening dream incubation ritual after potluck
Strongly recommended to stay overnight indoors at Woodland Meeting Center with group (bring your own sleeping pad & pillow)

Sunday (Pacific Standard Time):

9:30am - 6:30pm (estimated end time)
- hour long lunch break

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Welcome to Rite of Passage Journeys' Creating Soulful Ritual

Dear Ritualists, We are pleased to welcome you to Creating Soulful Ritual, a Rite of Passage Journeys overnight weekend workshop on May 20th- 21st, 2023. Thank you for choosing to join us in ceremony! We have offered this workshop annually for the past 13 years, and it is a great introduction to earth-centered spirituality and the use of ritual for strengthening community and enhancing the earth-human connection. Whether you are beginning your path as a ritualist, or if you have many years of experience, this workshop promises to deepen your understanding and experience of ritual, especially among community. You’ll come away with tips, tools and experience to help you bring soulful ritual into your life in a meaningful and beautiful way. We hope it will ignite your playful and authentic inner ritualist and help to increase your confidence as a ritual leader. We are excited to offer this workshop together, in-person, again! Gathering to learn and join together in ceremony when in-person enables us to fully experience the deep sense of connection and cohesion that simply isn’t possible with online ceremonies, as of today anyway. Even more exciting, joining in-person will enable us to deepen our sense of community with a potluck dinner, followed by an overnight dream incubation ritual on Saturday evening. We will gather at The Woodland Meeting Center in Redmond beginning at 8:30am, with a prompt class start at 9:00am on Saturday. Please be on time, as we have much to cover. We will join in potluck on Saturday evening, and stay overnight as we engage in a dream incubation ritual. We will end around 6:30 pm on Sunday evening; however, please allow for flexibility in your schedule after the workshop if possible, as we will be on Earth Time. We highly recommend not making additional plans Sunday evening; we encourage you to maintain a slow pace and journal about your experience to gain the most from the workshop. You will be surprised at how the time flies and we want to use every moment together to forge our learning community. I have included directions to The Woodland Meeting Center at the bottom of this letter. The center is a very comfortable space with a sink, bathrooms, tea and mugs. The temperature inside is comfortable but can vary, so bring layers. We will be spending some time outdoors, no matter the weather, so dress accordingly. We encourage you to read the attached two articles prior to the workshop, though consider it voluntary prep work. The first article, by Francis Weller on “Reclaiming The Indigenous Soul”, is a beautiful statement about why we do earth centered ritual and its power to ‘awaken’ a lost part of our souls. The second article, “Reflections on the Idea of ‘The Sacred’”, was written by Randy Morris, President Emeritus of Journeys, as a way to understand some of the spiritual principles used by Journeys to foster the earth-human connection and find meaning in our lives at this critical historical moment. It provides a philosophical background for the kind of rituals we do at Journeys. Please bring your own lunch and snacks. I recommend eating lunch together and spending some time in nature to process our learning during breaks. *plan access to the outdoors during our time together. No need to access tech during your outside time. Here’s a list of items we encourage you to bring to the workshop: - Notebook and pen/pencil - A small object to place on our community altar - A drum or rattle…or both (optional) - Clothing, rain gear and footwear that will allow you to be comfortable outside in a natural wooded setting, in all weather conditions (we will be outside for extended portions of the day, regardless of the weather) - In case of rain, you might bring a backjack or something that will allow you to sit comfortably outside on wet ground. - Food- snacks, beverages and lunches for Saturday and Sunday, and a potluck dish for Saturday evening. - Travel mug/water bottle - Slippers or warm socks for indoors - Sleeping pad, sleeping bag, pillow and ear plugs - Headlamp or flashlight (ideally not your phone) - An open heart and mind I look forward to working with you in a playful and supportive learning community. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me at stef.frenzl@lifedreamcoaching.com and include “CSR” in the subject line. If you are late or lost, you can let me know by calling my cell phone, 425-760-9889. I look forward to seeing you on May 20th! Yours In Service to the Earth, --Stef Frenzl

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Getting Ready For Your Program

As you make your preparations, we ask that you consider treating this workshop as if you were going on an overnight retreat. Try not to schedule other activities on Saturday and Sunday evening, as this will deepen your connection for the weekend and help you better integrate your learning afterward.

Here’s a list of items we encourage you to have on hand during the workshop:

Notebook and pen/pencil
Handouts from this link: -- we recommend printing them but at least be able to access them during the course
A small object to use as a talking piece
A bowl to catch burning/burnt paper, matches or lighter
A drum, rattle, bells or chimes (optional)
Incense (optional)
Paper and colored pencils to draw (optional)
Snacks and beverages to help your body stay grounded, energized and focused
An open heart and mind

Design your ritual space:

Do your best to create a comfortable, safe, and uninterrupted place. We recognize this isn’t always possible, but it greatly helps toward the best possible experience.
During this weekend of building intimacy together as a circle of emerging ritualists, for the safety of one another, we ask that you plan to be visible on zoom during most of our time together.

Build an altar:

Your home altar is the spiritual heart of your at-home ritual space and is crucial to gathering your own ritual energy; make this altar small to moderate in size, nearby and as personal as you can with items like colorful cloth, sacred candles, important objects, and pictures of loved ones.
Your altar should feel beautiful to you. Try and include the below items without making your altar feel cluttered. Use your intuition to guide you.
A candle that can continue burning during our time together (larger than a tealight) & lighter or matches. We will light this in ceremony together
Items to remind you of your personal relationships to the beings of the three times: past ancestors, present allies, and future beings yet to be born (optional- use your intuition to guide you)
A meaningful item that symbolizes each of the 4-elements - air, fire, water, and earth such as:
- a feather for air, incense, or images of wind and clouds and air, etc.
- another candle for fire, an object with a fire symbol, or an image of the sun, etc.
- a small bowl or chalice of water, images of water or sea creatures or a shell, etc.
- for earth, a stone, bit of dirt, plant, a live plant or flowers or crystal, etc.

Ritual Clothing:

You are welcome to have on hand any ritual clothing or sacred regalia, like a special shawl, hat, cape, feathers, or jewelry, that helps you to enter ritual space and time.

We look forward to working with you in a playful and supportive learning community. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact either of us.

Stef: 425-760-9889, stef.frenzl@gmail.com

We look forward to seeing you on May 20-21!

Yours In Service to the Earth,

--Stef

Zoom Login Guidance and Instructions

We’re learning a lot about how to conduct classes and workshops on-line through Zoom! The Zoom link for this gathering is above, please test it well in advance of the starting time. Here are a few tips that we’ve found help things go smoothly:

Zoom link: you’ll get an email reminder the day before the ceremony with the Zoom link (which is also here on this page, above).
Sign in early (10-15 minutes) and make sure everything is working. We have a full schedule and plan to start right on time.
When you Login, you will start out in the Waiting Room. While here, please:
- Make your User Name correct, and please add your personal pronouns. ex. “Tamara Walker (she/her)” You can change your user name by clicking the icon in the upper corner of your video square.
- Turn on your Video. You can find the toggle in the lower left corner of the screen.
- Mute your microphone. You can find the toggle in the lower left corner of the screen. Remember to un-mute when it is your turn to speak! The facilitators will explain how speaking will be organized at the very beginning of the session.
Please don’t use the Chat until your presenter explains how that feature will be used for this gathering. It is often used as a way to ask questions, and to distribute instructions.

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