#BEFRIEND DIVERSITY - MAKING FRIENDS FOR LIFE
#BEFRIEND DIVERSITY - MAKING FRIENDS FOR LIFE
#BEFRIEND DIVERSITY - MAKING FRIENDS FOR LIFE
DAY 1 ~ REBIRTHING
Rest in Loving Essence
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As we begin our journey of healing,
We ask to release from our lives all that no longer serves.
We agree to let go of the noise and the toxins
And the habits and the fears
And the feelings that hurt ourselves and others.
We shed that which is stale and rigid and lifeless
And relinquish that which has constrained
Our creativity and compassion.
We go deeper, listening patiently as the veils clear,
And fresh spaces open to new breath.
And in for-giving space,
Essence reawakens
Sprouting fresh roots
As it stirs in readiness
To dance again in love with all that is
invitation
for daily reflection
Reflections & Practices: Invitation for the sacred renewal of your relationship with the essence of Rebirthing.
Offered by Shelley Ostroff
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These daily reflections and practices invite you to commune with the essence and vibrations of the theme of the day. As you engage with these essences you are invited to deepen the dialogue with the essence through spontaneous journalling, visual art, sound and movement inspired by the communion. The creative journey with these essences over the week offers a profound portal into the vast mystery and magic of "Sacred Renewal".
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REBIRTHING: An invitation to commune with the essence of Rebirthing in heartful presence, holding the following reflections in your heart.
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Let's sense into essence
Into the Essence of Essence
Each Essence a consciousness all of its own,
A quality a wavelength, a wisdom a tone,
A unique vibration,
An exclusive sensation,
A pulsating partner in all of Creation.​
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~ Shelley Ostroff, from "IS"
opening message from the white lion heartlands
~ with linda tucker
Speaking from the Heart of White Lion ancestral territories, an ancient Sacred Natural Site which has been restored from an exploited wasteland to a flourishing paradise under the paws of the Africa’s King of Kings, Linda Tucker offers a message of hope and celebration. Sharing his powerful prayer for the White Lions, Linda honours the great LionHearted™ Leader, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, who dedicated his life to bringing about peace and prosperity in humanity as well as the Natural world, and who will be laid to rest on 1-1-2022
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Founder of the Linda Tucker Foundation and Global White Lion Protection Trust, she and her team have successfully rewilded the White Lions, securing vast protected heritage lands in the heart of their ancestral territories in UNESCOs Kruger to Canyons Biosphere.
The White Lions and the work of Linda Tucker and the Global White Lion Protection Trust has been a profound inspiration for the 7 Days of Rest Event and for all of the initiatives of Together in Creation. We are immensely grateful to Linda Tucker for this powerful opening message from the Heartlands.
opening ceremonies
Birthkeepers Council:
Birthing the New Era in Love and Wisdom
opening blessing with
opening message and prayer from
kazumi ohishi, kaminchu/shaman
Rest in Resonance: Reclaiming What Matters Most Through the Magic of Music
opening event with gary malkin, teresa collins and shelley ostroff
opening ceremony
with unity earth
opening invitation
from hereditary chief phil lane jr.
light your sacred fire
invitation from grandmother jyoti ma
sarah mccrum ~ the spirit of generosity
sunrise blessing welcoming the new year
daily offerings
ceremony & wisdom offerings
Feminine Wisdom and Prayers for the themes of 7 Days of Rest & Sacred Renewal with tutu manuelele dutoit, grandmother, hawaii
2022 Interfaith Prayers
with reverend berry behr
and voices of diverse faiths, cape town
Fertile Ground for cocreation and rebirthing meditation with tessatheresa earthheart and tina karagulian
the medicine moves
miramichelle: sacred female rising institute
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blessing & wisdom offering
from joan & lois bowler
blessing & wisdom offering from
jim, ben and liam bowler
stories of the day with lisa rafel ~
lisa's story of rebirthing
meditation & immersive experiential journeys
sounds of sacred renewal
sebastien bolessa
rebirthing
sacred renewal
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resting in the heartbeat of earth
with sarah mccrum
Heart Coherence Meditation with Julie Down
manifesting the new earth
meditation with the cetations 1.1.2022
saskia bosman
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prayers from the desert
efrat sar-shalom
rest in flow
day 1: rebirthing ~ the journey of forgiveness
with hope fitzgerald
Global Silent Minute: Regeneration Through Silence
sarah grace: embodiment practice to resource and bring present time connections to the neurobiology of you
Rest in Resonance: Reclaiming What Matters Most Through the Magic of Music
gary malkin & teresa collins - Featuring Lisa Rafel, Spiritual Guide, Shamanic vocalist, Songwriter.
wellness and embodied practices
DAILY YOGA PRACTICE
WITH IRINA MORRISON
Rainbow Food Rainbow People: Nourishment meditation and chakra nutrition
day 1: red food
Waters Within: Continuum Breath, Sound & Movement Meditation with elaine colandrea
HONORING THE ANIMals
whispers of wolf wisdom, kim kapes and the wolves at the in harmony with nature sanctuary
stories from the animals of
the freedom farm
A heartwarming story shared by the Freedom Farm Sanctuary for the theme of Rebirthing. Orphaned lambs are reunited with their mother in an amazing rescue story.
messages from the animals with wynter worsthorne & pea horsley
animal communication & Shapeshifting
with jim graywolf petruzzi
Jim Grayworlf Petruzzi shares his story of communicating with the Animals.
HONORING THE TREES WITH TREESISTERS
rebirthing meditation with lauriane cayet-boisrobert
TreeSisters Reforestation Program Manager
In this meditation Lauriane shares her deep and powerful connection to the forests and invites us to sit with the stillness and sourcing of the rebirthing of trees in the dormancy of winter preparing the way for spring.
STORYTELLER'S LODGE
grandmother's ecology stories
with patricia ngwena
rebirthing: african theology
The Amazing Trees Speak to Me
with jim graywolf petruzzi
invitation
for daily reflection
Reflections & Practices: Invitation for the sacred renewal of your relationship with the essence of Rebirthing.
Offered by Shelley Ostroff
REBIRTHING: An invitation to commune lovingly with the essence of "Rebirthing", holding the following reflections in your heart.
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Invite the essence of Rebirthing to be present with you and reveal herself to you. What do you notice in your field, and what are the images, feelings, sensations, insights and energetic experience that arise? What is the essence of Rebirthing sharing with you through these experiences?
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Sense into the ever-present essence and experience of Rebirthing in Nature, in Life, in Consciousness, in Humanity and in your own life? What do you notice?
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In what ways do you sense Rebirthing manifesting at this time on Mother Earth, for the planet, for humanity and for yourself personally?
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What can we learn from the birthkeepers, those who tend wisely and lovingly to the sacred passage of each unique birth, about how to hold space for that which is seeded and birthing at this time? How can we bring this into our own lives personally and collectively?
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What can we learn from the Foundations of Life: Earth, Water, Fire, Air, Climate, Biodiversity and the Web of Life, about the consciousness of Rebirthing, and how each of these participates to the Rebirthing of Life?
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Sense into what the sacred renewal of our relationship with the essence of Rebirthing would look like, individually and collectively, and how that would transform the way in which we live in the world?
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In what ways do you feel called to honor and celebrate the essence of Rebirthing here and now at the gateway of a new year, a new era and as an ongoing practice in your life?
evolving overview of offerings for day 1
Prerecorded offerings are listed without times and can be found in the Gallery and on the page below
