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NATIVE WISDOM FOR THE NEW YEAR

19/1/2015

Only 7 days away from the Native Wisdom Gathering in Geneva, and at Energy Centre we're polishing off our drums and shaking down our feathers ready for a week of events with Toltec medicine people, Deni Ndongu and Dabadi.

There are only a few places left at our Drum-making workshop taking place on the weekend of the 31st Feb and 1st Jan - a great way to learn a new skill, develop insight and deep awareness of native medicine practices, and take home with your very own shamanic drum to become a part of your daily life. This ancient teaching and traditional guiding are unique to this workshop and are not available anywhere else in the country.

If you can't make it for the weekend, why not join us instead on the banks of Lake Geneva, after work on Tuesday 27th from 7-8pm where we will lead the group in a chant and meditation for the rights of mother earth. A peaceful way to spend an evening among friends. Sign up here so we know you're coming!

Other exciting events this January include a Shamanic healing ceremony and bear medicine dance on Friday 30th at 7-9pm, and one-on-one private shamanic healing sessions which you can book at your convenience during the daytime from Tuesday 27th to Friday 30th January.

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The root chakra ‘Muladhara’

16/1/2015

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The root chakra ‘Muladhara’, is particularly important because it keeps us grounded, centered and healthy in our physical reality as well as provides us with the foundation of our very survival and is in essence the home of our instinctual nature.

When our root chakra is balanced we feel secure in our world and our daily tasks will seem effortless. We have no doubts about our place in the world, have total faith in our personal abilities and are fully capable of providing all of the basic human necessities needed for our survival.

When our root chakra becomes unbalanced it manifests by us experiencing survival issues or the inability to make money in order to provide for our basic survival, other manifestations are; over-reacting to situations, lack of self-worth, greed, anger, violence, fear, self-centeredness, being restless, anxious, disorganized, feeling disconnected from the body with an inability to relax or to stay grounded, an inability to be in the present moment – always living from the past or in the future.

If this chakra is not developed fully our foundation will be shaky and our roots will not be strong enough to provide continued support for us to reach our highest growth potential. When this happens, we tend to protect ourselves by withdrawing from fully grounding into our root chakra so that we can avoid experiencing our pain.

Although this may initially help us move through emotionally traumatic events in our lives - if we do not eventually re-open the root chakra, allowing the life force energies from the Earth and our Spirit to enter our system, we will become worn-out leading to an energetic imbalance, illness and disease.”

All of our chakras affect each other which means that when one is happy and healthy, the others begin to harmonize with each other, keeping our body in high vibrational health and wellbeing.

However, when one of our chakras becomes unbalanced, it affects all of the others too which can cause illness and disease.

When the chakras stay imbalanced for lengthy periods of time, they can build up and become energy blockages that eventually manifest physically as disease and other bodily symptoms.

The functioning of each chakra is a reflection of the decisions we make concerning how we choose to respond to conditions in our life. We open and close our chakras when we decide what to think and feel, and also through which perceptual filter we choose to embrace in order to experience the world around us.

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Native Wisdom Gathering 2015

2/1/2015

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Why not start the new year in style with the Native Wisdom Gathering, 2015 in Geneva, Switzerland! Energy Centre will be joined by Deni Ndongu and Dabadi, Medicine People and Master Drummers for an exciting week of healing, and celebration. The gathering will kick off on the 27th January 2015 on the shores of Lake Geneva for a meditation by the lake & chanting for the rights of Mother Earth.

Later in the week you have the opportunity to sign up for 1hr private healing & shamanic consultations, a shamanic healing ceremony & Bear Medicine Dance. On the weekend of the 31st Jan and 1st February, we're running a two-day Medicine Drum-making and Toltec Drumming workshop, where participants get to create their very own shamanic drum.

Creating a shamanic drum is truly one of the most wonderful life experiences, full of love, peace and joy. It takes two days to complete the whole process and the workshop includes drumming, singing, story telling and teachings of traditional peoples. Every shaman drum is unique & one of a kind, as well as in sound, appearance and spirit.

Drumming connects us to the core of our being, resonating deep to the bone and our natural rhythms. We connect with the drum by holding it close to our heart and letting our feelings transfer into the drum. When we breathe, we all beat upon a common drum. The drum acts as a mediator between the drummer and the spirits, between space and time.

A better way to celebrate the start of a new year, I can't imagine!
Wishing you all the best for 2015,
Dorna Revie