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Conscious Breathing - Learn
to breath Energy as well as Air
Breathing is the merging
of Spirit & Matter, as One. This talk will by focused on the
Importance of Breath Awareness in your Life.
How you can reconnect back to your inner, peaceful 'Self'. Using
the power of your very own Breath.
We will look at both the
Scientific & Spiritual sides to
Breathing. Why oxygen is so
important to your body & how
your body uses Oxygen, What
hyperventilation is & its role
in Anxiety attacks & how to deal
with 'shortness of breath'. It
will conclude with you being
shown some breathing techniques
learnt in India which you can
practice daily to increase your
Energy levels, Overall Health &
Happiness.
Exploring Attention and Visualisation as a Skill
Each
An active workshop drawing
together ideas and concepts from several
different sources. Individuals will be
presented with some key concepts around
visualisation and its importance in life and
craft, and then we'll be examining some
principles of attention and focus. After a
break for lunch (with a few exercises to try) we
will then be working on enhancing the skills
discussed earlier and playing with some
interesting concepts and effects that I have
personally experienced and discussed with other
seasoned people.
Ritual
Chanting
In the past few years we've had chanting
workshops where everyone gets to learn new
chants as well as singing and chanting in a
room. This year we're taking it a step
further. With Debbie acting as high
priestess, I'll run everyone through basic
ritual steps using an appropriate chant for the
'action' - cakes and ale, cleansing, connecting,
etc.
Living as a Hedge Witch
*Explain what a hedge witch believes and does,
and highlight the differences and similarities
between Wiccan practices in a coven and as a
hedge witch.
*A BRIEF history of the village wise woman and
the cunning man and explain how they have
evolved to be called hedge witches today.
*How I live as a hedge witch with my family,
what we believe, how we practice our beliefs,
how we incorporate this into our everyday lives.
*Seasonal witchcraft, regarding nature and her
cycles versus what the calendar says.
Northern/Southern hemisphere differences.
*Beltane, how to make a fertility symbol to
symbolise the things you wish to bring to
fruition in the coming year
Lotions and Potions
A practical workshop where
you'll learn to make your own creams etc.
Please bring a gold coin
donation to help with materials.
Sound
in Ritual
Sounds in ritual aren't just used through
chanting and the spoken word. This
workshop will show how you can incorporate
different sounds to aid in your ritual making.
Please bring drums, rattles, bells, rainsticks
and any other noisemakers you would like to use
with you to the workshop. A couple of
sticks to hit together are fine too.
Tarot Basics
The title pretty much says
it all. This hands on workshop will give a basic introduction to learning
to read the tarot. Please bring a deck of your own
along if you have one. A tarot deck that is, not an oracle one.
If you're unsure, bring it along and Debbie will be able to explain the
difference to you.
Energy Healing
We all know about energy
that exists in all things. This will be a talk about using that energy for
the purpose of healing.
The Future of Paganism in
New Zealand
An open forum - a chance
for everyone to have a frank discussion about where Paganism in NZ is heading.
The session will be facilitated by Carl, who will help to keep the discussion
alive and lively :P
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