Come join us on the Libra Full Moon, for an afternoon of deep reflection and healing. A time of planding seeds for the new year ahead and reflection on all we have accomplished and harvested so far this year. A time when we celebrate our gains, and consider where we shine.
An auspicious time to gather for ceremony and self care, a time to also acknowledge our challenges and embrace our shadow. A good time to ask "What isn't working for me? Where is there dissonance? And what do I want to shift?"
We will gather at Swan's Nest Holistic Wellness and Nature Centre, a private sanctuary on the Oak Ridges Moraine, only an hour from downtown Toronto, to walk a 120 foot Chartres labyrinth, perched high atop a moraine hill with a spectacular view of a kettle lake.
Labyrinth ceremonies are particularly effective at helping us find the answers to our questions, providing direction on our quests, and illuminating next steps when the road ahead has become unclear.
We will begin by smudging and setting an intention, followed by a Sacred Mayan Cacao Ceremony to open our hearts and infuse our intentions into the Cacao before we consume it. Then we will engage in a short journalling exercise to help empty the mind, to release from the body, and to purge whatever lingers from the past, that no longer serve us, that we wish not to bring into the future.
We will then burn what we have purged in a fire ceremony, to fully release, and to liberate ourselves and create new space for illuminating whatever question we will bring into the labyrinth.
The labyrinth ceremony is a walking meditation on a question, a dilemma, or a search for direction or next steps. The four quadrants of the Chartres labyrinth allow us to take time to look at our challenges, and the insights that come, through 4 different lenses of who we are: our bodies, our emotions, our minds, and our Spirits.
Following the journey inward, we will spend our time walking outwards contemplating the solutions or next steps that have come through.
Once we have all left the labyrinth, we we participate in a final gathering to reflect on what insights have come through, before returning home.
Please Bring: A journal and pen, a water bottle, a snack, layers of extra clothing and rain gear just in case.
Covid-19 Protocols in Place: Participants will be screened for health and travel status, and be asked to leave contact tracing information.
Wearing masks and face coverings is optional outdoors. Hand sanitizer will be available.
Address and Driving Instructions provided upon payment via Eventzilla or e-transfer. Tickets can also be purchased, subject to availability, by sending an E-transfer to rufusglassco@gmail.com. They must be sent no later than 2 pm on April 16th, and are subject to availability. PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU SEND AN E-TRANSFER PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE E-TRANSFER MESSAGE, OR WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO EMAIL YOU THE ADDRESS.
No one is turned away for lack of funds - if you would like to attend but cannot afford the ticket price, please message me and we’ll work something out.
