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Centre of the Conscious Dream
Practical Intuitive Shamanic Training
October 29 - November 26, 2009
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Centre of the Conscious Dream grew out of the Shamanic School of Dreaming, which
was founded in 1995 in England by Daniel Stone. In 2000, work began on a
physical centre in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico, on a site that is
towards the end of the 300km ancient pilgrimage route called the “Huiricuta”.
The centre is situated near a sacred mountain, which is, in many traditional
myths, a place where the sun first rose. It is an extraordinary
multi-dimensional field of energy, which drew or “called” him to build his
centre here. The centre in Mexico is now in its ninth year offering retreats and
courses.
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Course Description |
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This course is designed to help the participant open to their intuitive wisdom.
Each individual has everything they need to know in their own body, their own
cellular library, and the work is to learn how to enter the library and how to
read the material. The cellular library has all the information on how the body
connects with thought, with emotion and with spirit. It shows the context of the
individual within time and within culture, their relation with the earth, and
with the universe. The information is very precise and gives exact data on what
a person should be doing, where a person should be living, and with whom he/she
should be working and living with. The wisdom that we will be accessing will not
only arise in the form of words, but also as images, emotions, sensations and
other types of sensory activity. The course would be suitable for anyone who
wants to know who they are, why they are on the planet, and what is their soul
purpose and journey through time and space. It is also applicable for those
consciously on a healing path either for themselves or for healing others.
Healing is understood to be a balanced understanding of mind, body, spirit, and
emotion.
“Our intent for this event is to create spaces through practices and ceremony
which open the doors to the great shamanic teachers – the earth and the skies. A
gradual course of opening to the dreaming body has been designed to prepare the
physical, mental and emotional bodies to receive the frequencies of other bodies
and spaces. It is our precept that only when the physical body, through the
dreaming body, is put in touch with these wider spaces, can real deep healing
and change take place. This is a path of transformation. The human is no longer
isolated; he/she can see more clearly and can experience the relation with other
energies not only on and in the earth but in the universe. Our intent is to put
you more deeply in touch with your own shaman, priest, wise counselor and
healer, to activate your own genie waiting to be released from the bottle. Our
intent also is to prepare conscious dreamers to function in subsequent circles,
to help the conscious dreamer develop their ability to hold their own power and
to contribute to the circle from the place of their deep authentic wisdom.”
Daniel Stone and Arbolita Pashak.
Dreaming, The Dreaming Body, and The Conscious Dreamers
The word 'dreaming' when used here refers to the 24-hour intuitive information
which is permanently available. We relate the dream of the night to the dream of
the day. We open to life as dream and our task to become conscious of the way we
are being dreamed and the way that we dream. We meet our own dreamer who dreams
us, and this enables us to become conscious co-creators of our own dream of our
own life.
The ‘dreaming body’ is the means through which we extend from the physical body
to relate to other dreams in the universe. The dreaming body does not need to
obey the same laws as the physical body, and so can enter extreme elemental
dream spaces such as suns and seas and can merge with other vibrational dream
frequencies such as colours, trees and rocks.
A conscious dreamer is literally someone who is conscious in their own dream.
They would be aware of how the dream of the human relates to other dreams in the
universe and so would be in a position to perceive the greater cosmic vision.
The course takes place at the Centre of the Conscious Dream situated in part of
the Huiricuta pilgrimage route, in the desert of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. The
land is geographically classified as ‘semi-desert’. Cactus country, mountains,
rocks.
The centre is literally in the middle of nowhere, with the nearest neighbour an
hour’s walk. The most important physical aspect of the site is space - you can
walk as far as you like in any direction. The site has been developed
deliberately to be basic but sufficient, so that you can have a direct
experience of the elements but not be found wanting on essential living
conditions. The site consists of a medicine wheel made of four round houses, two
of which are the temple and studio spaces. There is also a dining area, two
kitchens, a building for bathing, a dry ecological toilet, and four adobe
sleeping domes. There are no showers at the site; bathing is by heated water and
bucket bath. Accommodation is tented camping, or in adobe houses, depending on
your needs. Domes are primarily reserved for those who require them most, but
can be shared based on rotation along with the studio space to give everyone an
occasional break from their tent. Food is brought by vehicle from the village or
cooked on site. The setting and atmosphere is one of community, whereby all
participants will be expected to assist with daily chores such as wash up,
tidying up spaces, helping with meals, etc. The intention is to learn to live in
community and be of service to others.
For more photos of the Centre of the Conscious Dream, please
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Course Itinerary |
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Day 1 Thu, Oct 29: Mexico City |
 The
Zocalo, Mexico City. The Zocalo is the point of power where the Aztecs saw the
vision of the eagle eating a snake whilst perched on a cactus. This central
image in Mexican mythology signifies the ascension from the Earth to the skies:
the Earth energy of the snake will rise with the eagle into the celestial
flight. Aztec dancers still call in the four elements outside the cathedral and
celebrate the dance of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed serpent. On this day is the
first ‘walk of power’ in order to open to this earth vortex point. |
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Day 2 Fri, Oct 30 - Day 5 Mon, Nov 2: Teotihuacan |
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we head to Teotihuacan, the pre-Aztec ceremonial city about 30 miles from
Mexico City. It is the most important pyramid site in Mexico linked to Giza in
Egypt, and covers over two square miles. The dreaming of the ancient Toltecs
was to understand the connection between the Earth and the other planets in our
solar system, and the sun, our star. Through this knowledge their dreaming was
to find the connection of the Earth with the whole universe. At Teotihuacan we
can touch again this dream of unity. We will be staying in the traditional
pre-Aztec calpulli (school) within the Ancient Teotihuacan site. We will be
learning the meanings of the ancient dances and taking part in the Dance of
the Universe. We will be learning the theory and practise of the Temazcal
(Mexican sweat lodge), Limpia (energy cleansing), and learning about the
curative plants and stones of the traditional mexica to aid the movement
and transformation of our dreaming bodies. We will also be taking part in a
cave meditation underneath the sacred site before we are taught how to enter
through the natural energetic doorways on the land to the site itself. This
year, we have coordinated the dates so that we partake in one of the most
important festivals of the Mexican calendar – The Day of the Dead. |
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Day 5 Mon, Nov 2 - Day 6 Tue, Nov 3: Amatlan |
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journey on to Amatlan, the birthplace of Quetzalcoatl, the plumed
serpent, the prime mover of Earth energy. Here we stay in a tipi village
in the mountains. We journey to the birthplace in the ceremonial Walk of
Power with Julio, a native Nahuatl Healer, in which we pass
through the Seven Gateways. The Seven Gateways are both physical points
in the landscape, and also places of powerful thought and emotion within us. We
explore the mysteries of the crystal skulls with Ea Orgu who has studied
in Native American and Mayan traditions. Ea is a crystal carver
and authority on the Mayan calendar. He explains how the crystal skulls are
connected to the Mayan legacy, and how we can still listen to the Mayan
teachings through the medium of our own crystalline consciousness. |
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Day 7 Wed, Nov 4: Matehuala |
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Today we travel by bus to Matehuala to overnight there for the evening. |
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Day 8 Thu, Nov 5: Walk of Awareness |
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Huiricuta is the ancient pilgrimage route of the Huichol tribes to
the sacred mountain in the semi-desert area of San Luis Potosi. The
Centre of the Conscious Dream is situated under the view of this powerful
ancestral presence. Here will be a profound deepening of our practise. Through
the Walk of Awareness, we will be listening to the mountains, the desert,
and the stars that speak so clearly in the night sky. |
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Day 9 Fri, Nov 6: Meditation & Medicine Wheel |
 Breath
awareness is the foundation of understanding the truth of our present moment.
Presenting the eyes with the space to see. Techniques of opening. Techniques of
focusing intent. The Medicine Wheel is an inter-dimensional interface through
which the dreaming body extends from the physical body, and then safely returns.
Each participant establishes their orientation to the four directions and the
four elements as a strong and secure base for their ongoing dreaming and
healing. A technique is given that teaches the individual their strong and weak
elements and how to balance them. The medicine in this wheel is balance. |
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Day 10 Sat, Nov 7: Trees |
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of seeing. The doors of perception. The dreaming body. Learning to extend energy
from the human body to another energy body. Learning how to receive information
from another energy body. The wisdom of the breath. The expanding lungs. The
breath of the human and the breath of the tree. Extending breath into the earth,
into the sky. The breath of the universe. The big self and the little self. |
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Day 11 Sun, Nov 8: Rocks |
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library. ‘Stone people’ hold memory. We learn how to read the memory held in
stones. This will help us to read the memory held in our bones. Deep history.
Time travel. Journey into the cellular history of the planet. Journey into the
cellular history of the human body. Identifying memories held – time traps.
Memory release from the body. Memory release from the earth. Body space
clearing. Earth space clearing. Freeing the body to dance. |
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Day 12 Mon, Nov 9: Animal Guides |
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Animals as guides into different parts of the human body. Information linking
different animal guides, different body parts as states of being. Learning how
to be in a body. The animal in the human as a guide or teacher for another
human. Receiving animal intent. Projecting animal intent. Teachers of the
movement between dimensions. Animals as guides of death (transformation from one
dream state to another dream state). |
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Day 13 Tue, Nov 10: Human Teachers of the Dream |
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Humans who are either still in body or no longer in body as teachers of our
dreaming. Family, friend teachers. Archetypal teachers – Buddha, North American
Indian, shaman, priest, Jesus, Allah, Shiva, Shakti, Earth Mother, Isis etc.
Spirit guides. Developing and maintaining connection with spirit teachers. |
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Day 14 Wed, Nov 11: Crystalline Intelligence |
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properties of crystal. The inner crystal skull. Connecting to our crystalline
DNA. Connecting to the crystalline grid in the planet. The relation between
stars and earth. The planet Earth as a conscious being. The deep past and the
deep future. The human, the earth, the stars, and the universe. The human role
in the universe. |
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Day 15 Thu, Nov 12: Grounding the Dream |
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use this day to begin to ground the information we have received through
creative writing, painting, music, movement, or simply reflecting in silence.
This practise of grounding the dream is encouraged as a daily practise
throughout the retreat. There tends to be time most days devoted to this
practise.
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Day 16 Fri, Nov 13: Sacred Healing Plants |
 Learning
how to feel your relation with plants, how to pick them and how to work with
them in healing yourself and others. Also instructions are given on how to make
healing creams, oils and tinctures.
Day 17 Sat, Nov 14: Walking Meditations
The walk of power. The walk of intent. The walk to Vernalejo. This is
an ancient Huichol site which represents and embodies the death aspect of the
pilgrimage. Pilgrims pass through their death before climbing the mythical
mountain where the sun was born – the place of the pilgrims re-birth. |
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Day 18 Sun, Nov 15: Plant Spirits & Mayan Calendar |
 Further
work with plant spirits and their practical application. The Mayan Calendar
(seminar)
Day 19 Mon, Nov 16 - Day 20 Tue, Nov 17: Burial
This ancient shamanic ritual is a ceremonial death. The personal
history is released, and so the sense of ‘self’ can expand to include the human
connection with the earth, the planets, the stars, and the universe. The human,
freed from the congestion of the holding of personal history, is then able to
open as a channel of the cosmic vision. |
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Day 21 Wed, Nov 18: Grounding the Dream |
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sense the way in which the information can be translated to your day to day life
where you live.
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Day 22 Thu, Nov 19 - Day 29 Thu, Nov 26: The Circle of 12 |
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Intent: The end of the Mayan calendar, of the fifth sun, is an indication of
the openings made by the coordination of planetary, stellar and galactic
movements in the universe. The openings create a vibrational possibility for a
shift in consciousness, profound change and transformation for both humans and
the earth. During these times, the information is clearer on how the dreaming
body can change frequency and so move from one dream in time to another dream in
time. The parallel worlds open, and we are presented with multi-dimensional
possibilities.
The circle of 12 is being called here to open to this level of change.
Conscious dreamers, when working by themselves, can open to the universal
spiral, move through times and therefore create bridges not only for themselves
but for all connected with their cellular memories. When conscious dreamers work
in a circle, it is an opportunity to practise together and channel the bridge
between times for all the beings who are ready to move through the spiral.
The circle opens to the sense of spiritual community in which each heart opens
to the unconditional love in the universe which is grounded into both physical
and spiritual food for the community. Each member is important in that each
heart opens differently and so brings in different information when we meet. It
is a union of 12 elements that unite - the twelve tribes, the twelve animals,
and the twelve spirits.
The circle of twelve humans will be developing in circle to merge with the
vibration of the council of twelve Great Dreamers who dream the universe. By
connecting with this vibration we will be sensing the seed consciousness of
molecular matter, and how the seeds of dreams have moved and will move through
times. It is, in essence, the 12 Great Dreamers who call the twelve humans
incarnate in time and space to their council. Our practises are to develop the
art of travelling to this frequency and the art of listening to the information
we are given.
During this week we will be working with Mexican plant spirit medicine. Opening
to the spirit of plants, how the human spirit can connect with the plant spirit.
Opening to the sacred cactus, ‘the gift from the stars’, and the cactus as the
channel of ancestral information through the voices of fire. Meeting the dreamer
who dreams you. Opening to the breath of the star, the breath of the earth.
Opening to the spiral, dreamtimes, no time. ‘Opening to the spirit of the plants
we learn how other consciousnesses in the planet have a vibrational role in the
universal movement of transformation and healing.’ Arbolita Pashak.
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final destination is the sacred mountain, which, rather than this program, is
what would call you to the desert. In this vision quest, we find out why. This
great teacher has information it would have called you to receive, and
everything you would have passed through on the weeks leading up to this day
would be so that you have the intuitive knowledge to know how to receive it.
This course description is subject to some change and is intended as a general
guide. Some ceremonies and activities may be modified to suit some participants
physical and/or dreaming capabilities.
Please note that the course is open only to a maximum number of participants
so please book early to confirm your space.
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*Please note that the course is open only to a maximum of 15 participants
so please book early to confirm your space.
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Getting There |
Arrive in Mexico City. We suggest you arrive the night before as we begin
early in the morning on Day One. Please enquire for additional accommodation
rates.
Departing from the Desert
You will need to make your own way from the desert home at the end of the
retreat. Arrangements can be made to transfer you to Matehuala. From here you
can take a bus to departure cities such as San Luis Potosí, Monterrey, or Mexico
City.
*Please keep in mind that busses do not always run on time in Mexico so remember
to travel with patience and an open mind.
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Inclusions
& Price
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Program Includes: |
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Hotel Accommodation in Mexico city |
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Shared partitioned rooms within a dormitory
with a camping option in Teotihuacan |
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Shared tipi accommodation with a camping
option at Amatlan |
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Tent accommodation at the Centre of the
Conscious Dream (you must bring your own) or Adobe Domes (4 Domes are primarily
reserved for those who require them most, but can be shared based on rotation
along with the studio space to give everyone an occasional break from their
tent.) |
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All meals (except for two meals in Mexico
City). Food is through restaurants in Mexico city, in-house Mexican food at
Amatlan and Teotihuacan, and a varied diet (organic when possible) at the desert
site where there is also a shared kitchen. Vegetarian options available. Bottled
water is available always. |
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Laundry Service while at the Centre of the
Conscious Dream |
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Local Bus Transportation Throughout |
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Course Tuition |
Special Features: |
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Insightful Teachings with Daniel Stone and
Arbolita Pashak |
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Special Guest Teachers: Tecpaltechutli, Ea
Orgu, Don Julian, and Don Julio Martinez |
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Day of the Dead Celebrations |
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Aztec Dance Instruction and Ceremony |
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Temazcal and Limpia Ceremony |
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Cave Meditation |
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Aztec Walk of Power and Naming Ceremony |
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Group and Private Meditations, Sharing Circles |
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Use of musical instruments such as drums,
rattles, whistles, etc. (Please feel free to bring your own musical instrument.) |
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Community of like-minded “dreamers” |
Program Does Not Include: |
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Airfare to Mexico |
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Costs to obtain valid passport |
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Any items of a personal nature. Any item that
is not specifically detailed on our website. |
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Price |
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| Price Per Person |
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Crystalline Intelligence. Two
weeks.
Oct 29 - Nov 12 (only 15 spaces) |
| USD $1890.00 |
Practical Intuitive Shamanic
Training. Three weeks.
Oct 29 - Nov 19 (only 15 spaces) |
| USD $2390.00 |
| Circle of Twelve. (For Students
Interested in Ongoing Training) Four weeks. Oct 29 - Nov 26 (only 10 spaces) |
| USD $2970.00 |
Formal practical intuitive shamanic training. This training starts with
the four week course and has a one or two year option (for which a certificate
is given). It involves internet supervision as well as personal individual
sessions and further course participation in the country where you live. The
cost of this course is as above plus 60 pounds per month payable on a monthly
basis.Please contact us for a full leaflet.
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Photographs by Daniela Masaro
Crystal Skull Photograph by Dr. Richard Jelusich
Artwork by Arbolita Pashak & Daniel Stone |
© 2003 - 2010 Sacred
Earth Journeys.
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