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Harnessing Soul Force, Building Love
March 19, 2010
DATES: Friday-Sunday, July 9-11
LOCATION: Bridge Between the Worlds, Charlottesville, VA
COST: $275 (includes meals, beverages and snacks; lodging not included); $75 deposit due upon registration.
For more information, email rachel@mettaknowledge.com or call 434-227-0538. To register, click here.
Mohandas Gandhi coined the word satyagraha and translated it as Soul Force. Soul Force is the power we draw on when we are able to face challenges with courage, love and peace. In shamanic teachings, this is known as “power” or being in ayni, or right relationship with all things. Shamanism provides many practices that help us access this elemental force through practices of meditation, compassion and self-healing. When we do this work, we develop more self-mastery, come into ayni with all that is, and thus are a more open channel for Soul Force. With Soul Force, we are more able to navigate the challenges of life with compassion and truth. This is not power-over, nor the kind of power we might associate with the development of psychic abilities. It is the power of love in action. Join teacher, healer, and anthropologist trained in the shamanic healing arts of Peru, Rachel Mann in exploring how to harness Soul Force through firekeeping, ritual, meditations on lovingkindness and, art.
Join Rachel Mann, owner of MettaKnowledge for Peace, over two and half days, as we engage in the following practices and learn and develop the following skills:
- Meditations for developing metta, loving kindness
- Meditations for developing inner power
- Development of group ritual for building peaceful community
- Facing the shadow and healing our wounds through the wheel of life as a path towards forging Soul Force
This workshop is good for anyone interested in personal growth, working with issues of trauma, and for activists and professionals seeking ways to remain engaged with hearts open and minds clear.
Come to beautiful Bridge Between the Worlds retreat center in rural Virginia to learn how to harness greater peace through an exploration of practices for developing Soul Force.