January 25 – 27, 2018 (Friday – Sunday)
Marin Masonic Lodge
888 4th Street,
San Rafael, California
Engaged Shamanism through Movement Medicine - A weekend
workshop with Ya’Acov Darling Khan
“The purpose of shamanism is not to become a shaman, it
is to become who you are – engaged with and connected to the powers that give
you life.” Ya’Acov Darling Khan
In this transformative weekend workshop, Ya’Acov invites
you to revision your life as a shamanic journey of initiation through which you
discover who you are and what is yours to give.
The workshop is inspired by Ya’Acov’s 30-year initiation
into the shaman’s world and will guide you through the four stages of
contemporary shamanic initiation that he describes in his latest book:
1. Coming Down to Earth: Discovering the path
2. Fire in the Belly: Commitment to the path
3. Waters of Life: Becoming teachable
4. Winds of Change: Initiation
“Jaguar in the Body invokes the raw, embodied power of
our true and wild natures and of nature itself. The jaguar is a fierce
protector of what it loves. Butterfly in the Heart invokes the shining and
fleeting beauty that we catch glimpses of in one another when we feel safe
enough to see and be seen.
The butterfly is the miracle of transformation that
touches us with its soft and silent wings.” – Taken from Jaguar in the Body,
Butterfly in the Heart by Ya’Acov Darling Khan (Hay House 2017)
Out of the experience of meeting the jaguar and the butterfly
in you, you will emerge with a growing capacity to harness the fascinating and
alchemically potent blend of vulnerability and power that is so central to our
human journey.
Movement Medicine weaves together the exhilaration of
free dance with the depth of movement meditation, story-telling and the spirit
of shamanic practice. It challenges the paradigm of separation and reminds us
of the interconnected nature of the web of life and our unique place in it.
Ya’Acov Darling Khan: From a young age, Ya’Acov has been
drawn to the spirit world of shamanism. He has pursued this yearning throughout
his adult life, studying and practicing shamanism with many gifted teachers
around the world. He has been recognized as a shaman by Elder Shamans from the
Sami (European tradition), as well as Achuar and Sapara peoples of the Amazon.
He has been teaching worldwide since 1989. His Movement Medicine workshops are
inspiring, empowering, contemporary and practical, and are attended by people
from all walks of life.
He is the co-author of Movement Medicine: How to dance,
awaken and live your dreams (Hay House, 2009) and the author of Jaguar in the
Body, Butterfly in the Heart: The real-life initiation of an everyday shaman
(Hay House, 2017).
Cost: $295
