Shamanic Ritual to Heal the Land, Portland Oregon

When we come to the land in devotion and prayer, we offer healing to the land.

And through our devotion, we receive healing.

When we approach the Earth in all her majestic wisdom and attune to her mysteries and desires, we serve Gaia’s will.

And through that service, our own will is purified.

When we celebrate life and the fertile creative power of this living temple planet, and we offer our heartfelt prayers in devotion to life, we amplify this abundant aliveness in the world.

And through our heartfelt prayers for Earth, our own abundance is amplified.

This wisdom is rooted in very ancient principles of High Magic.

And I will be sharing some of these teachings in a special Beltane event on May 10.

Would you like to join me?

Come offer healing to the land with your prayers.

Come serve Gaia’s will and desire.

Come amplify the abundant, radiant aliveness in the world, for the benefit of all beings.

Yes, you will receive healing, purification and support from this work.

But that’s not why we gather in devotion.

We gather in devotion to serve life itself. We gather in devotion to allow these currents of abundant aliveness to flow through us and blossom in the world. We gather in devotion to offer, to be generous, to give freely.

Come join me.

Beltane Shamanic Abundance & Fertility Ritual

Saturday, May 10, 1-5pm

Forested Retreat Space in Corbett, OR (just outside of Portland)

Sliding scale (see below)

We will gather on private, forested land to celebrate Beltane and align with Gaia’s abundant creative power. This event includes:

• Shamanic teachings on abundance, creative power, reciprocal generosity and embodied wealth.

• Shamanic ritual experience to work with Earth magic and anchor in Gaia’s grid of creation.

• Wildcrafting elixir ritual: make a personalized medicine from the land to take home and integrate your ritual experience.

• Community connection with like-hearted seekers, in person!

• Forest bathing, meditation and reflection time with the land.

• Tea and light snacks.

There will be some outside time during this event, rain or shine. Address and preparation details provided upon registration. Choose your sliding scale option:

Support the Work Pricing: $97

This option is encouraged for those who have the financial means to support the work and ensure its continuation.

Sustain the Work Pricing: $77

This option is invited for those who are able to pay the asking amount to attend the event.

Scholarship/Equity Pricing: $57

This option is intended for those who need financial assistance to attend the event.

Come pray with me in the forest temple! The land is waiting for you.

Many blessings,

Michelle Hawk

It's actually not about you (or me)

One of the most important reasons to take the Sacred Ecology course is not about you at all.

Most marketing focuses on selling the "selfish" benefits, and there are a lot of "selfish" reasons why you might take this course. (There is absolutely nothing wrong with these reasons. I’ve been publishing a lot of articles lately about this. Take a look at those emails for some great ways this course would benefit you directly.)

But studying Sacred Ecology is inherently an act of revolutionary generosity, because it decenters you as an individual. It even decenters humans as a species.

Instead, it centers the local ecosystem. It centers relationships. It centers consent, context and collaboration. It centers Gaia and her magic.

Something beautiful comes from decentering the self. This inherently goes against all of the toxic conditioning and foundation of modern, western culture (especially in the US) which is based on individualism and this weird fetishization of selfishness. My rights. Look out for #1. Selfies. Endless navel-gazing and pathologizing and self-diagnosing and therapizing and making it all about me, me, me.

How lonely. How small. How inherently blind.

But what happens when we decenter ourselves? What happens when we devote ourselves to becoming students and stewards of life? What happens when we make offerings to the nature spirits, and to Gaia? What happens when we show up to be curious and generous, rather than to consume?

How connected we become. How expansive. How loving.

Decentering the self goes against everything we are trained to embody. Decentering the self requires empathy and compassion. It helps us remember that life is living through us, just as it is living through all things. It helps us to be generous. It helps us to remember that we belong. You belong to life, and life loves you.

Don’t take this course because it will benefit you.

Take this course because it will benefit Gaia.

Take this course because it will benefit the animals, plants, microbes and mycelia.

Take this course as an act of revolution. Take this course to crack the toxic foundation of entitled consumption that holds up systems of oppression and treats the Earth like garbage.

Take this course because you love life. By that I don’t mean your life specifically. Take this course because you love that life exists, and you want to serve life. Take this course because you love that consciousness has manifested in the incarnate. Take this course because you love that so many different bioforms have evolved over millennia to cooperate and live in concert with each other. Take this course because you love that plants eat sunlight and trees sing to each other through the mycelial network. Take this course because you love that elephant matriarchs remember for decades where to find water and pass this knowledge down to their daughters and granddaughters. Take this course because you love the song of the red-winged blackbird.

I promise that this course will benefit you. This training will support your personal practice, your health, your relationships, your work, your home, your family. But it will support so much more than you and your immediate surroundings. By taking this course, you are serving this gorgeous living temple planet and all her children.

Are you ready to collaborate with land and nature spirit allies?

Sacred Ecology begins July 26. Register now!