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| Spend 8 days with us on holy ground in Chiapas, Mexico. During our time together, we will participate in a journey around the Wheel, exploring the rites of passage that mark the Medicine Gates of Women's Wisdom. |
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| Our Philosophy NC Law Faculty Calendar Matrona Journeys Midwifery Hub Doula Hub Conferences/Workshops Articles Scrapbook Links Contact Us Home |
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| We will gather in the beautiful and sacred city of San Cristobal de Las Casas, in the Mexican state of Chiapas. Chiapas is located in southeastern Mexico, near the Yucatan Peninsula. San Cristobal is in the highlands of Chiapas, at about 7000 ft elevation. |
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| A WOMAN'S MEDICINE JOURNEY TO CHIAPAS, MEXICO PRESENTED BY THE MATRONA & LUNA MAYA BIRTHING CENTER JULY 25 - AUGUST 1, 2007 |
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| BEGINNING On our first day together, we will gather in San Cristobal. We will create our circle, set our intentions, share our spiritual practice. As we collect ourselves and come present, we now begin to study Women's Mysteries. |
| BIRTH We continue our study through Thursday and begin to delve into the realms of non-ordinary reality. Understanding the brainwave patterns of the altered state allows us to fully appreciate and facilitate the holistic journey of pregnancy and birth. It is incumbent on any Wise Woman of this new millennium to have an understanding of the process and power inherent in bringing forth life. Here is a new blueprint for giving birth -- a template forged by women, birthing in their power, and witnessed by sitting silent at the feet of birthing women. If you wish to give birth, witness birth, attend birth and/or serve birthing women, come and hear this holistic model of bringing forth life on the planet. |
| BLOOD As the ancestral sex, women have always had within them the complete components of genetic material to create life. The ovum has 46 chromosomes -- not the 23 we've been taught. This is anatomy fact, not fiction. We impart factual knowledge, relevant to the balance of power and the sustenance of life. This information has been shared very briefly through the scientific community and now we discuss the spiritual and psychological impact of this knowledge of the female body. Explore why we are the ancestral sex, and what ramifications this has for humanity. We study menstruation, conception and fertilization as never before -- in a way that brings reverence to woman and mankind together. |
| BECOMING On Friday, we spiral from Maiden to Mother to Midwife. What does it mean to be Midwife? How do we reinvent this ancient vocation in modern practice? Can we sit silent at the feet of birthing women? We will engender a passionate and serious exploration of midwifery. And here we speak of midwifery in all its phases -- from assisting a woman as she brings forth new life to caretaking a woman through her rites of passage. As birthing women unfold a new template for birth, they seek a new kind of midwife to witness their journey. They seek a midwife who is, herself, empowered and thus inspires empowerment in others. Lets travel to the edge and look at specific, experiential information about a model of care that is ancient but brought into modern practice. It encompasses what I believe is true empowerment of families and women. It's not based on diet, yoga or reading materials. It's not based on testing, ritual or ceremony. It is based on a holistic and sacred relationship of empowerment between mother and midwife. This is truly pivotal in midwifery care. If we can understand this, we can revolutionize midwifery. Today we pay respect to the Birthing Women of the Universe, and ask to carry the charge of Midwife and see beyond ourselves. |
| BUILDING On Saturday, a day of respect for the time of the Matriarch. The Matriarch dispenses our planetary resources and serves as Peacekeeper in a changing world. She does not start conflict; she follows it. She brings to the table her skills and tools for group transformation. We honor the coming into Eldership and begin our preparation for that time. We study rank and power and privilege. We study conflict resolution and worldwork. We explore the dynamics of empowerment. We learn to understand everything on the planet and to meet others where they are. We visit the realms of intuition and learn to send our visions to the edge. We balance the power of the center and the edge. |
| BALANCE Today we come together on sacred land. We offer ourselves for renewal and re-consecration. At this turn of the Wheel, we offer prayers together. We will learn the Tao of Midwifery and use the guiding principles of this wisdom to center our circle. And so, the midwife completes her work by doing nothing. She teaches without saying a word. Things arise and she lets them come. Things leave and she lets them go. Creating but not possessing. Working but laying no claim. And when her work is done, she forgets it... And so, it lasts forever. From The Tao de Ching |
| BEYOND This next day we prepare sacred medicine together. As evening falls, we create Sacred Ritual with mystical plants. The plants teach us to see our Universe in ways we only imagine. We venture into Other Worlds, Los Otros Mundos, alone together, to create our alliance with the Great Mystery. We visit the Center and the Edge and receive the charge to BE THE MEDICINE. |
| BONES On this day we honor the mystery of completion... Death and dying, rebirth and resurrection. We make our choices and take our vows, witnessed by each other and the great landscape that has held us close. We sit together as Changing Women in an ancient ceremony brought forth in modern time. Our Grand Mothers and Madronas knew the wisdom and power inherent in change. We invoke Changing Woman -- and she comes. We spend time in solitude and then return together to share our vision. We participate in this ageless ritual, graced and gifted by earth and time. We ponder the mysteries of the Wheel, the Grid, the Great Motion. We leave our bones, only to begin again. |
| BLESSING Our last day in Chiapas is one of gratitude and humility for the blessings bestowed upon us. It is a day of weaving stories, blessing each other and reflecting on this passage through the medicine gates. We take our time. We will visit the Luna Maya Birthing Center and then, tomorrow, head home with full hearts and full baskets. |
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