Spring Equinox 7-Day Retreat
Entering Aquaria: Dropping Into Sacred Space
Seven-Day Equinox Retreat on Kauai, Hawaii
Friday, March 19 –Thursday, March 25, 2010
Led by Mark Borax and Ellias Lonsdale, assisted by Marcella Eversole and Lumanara at the Anahata Sanctuary on the North Shore of the island.
$1,795 by February 1; $1,995 by February 19
Reserve your spot with $500 deposit by using the link of “pay any amount” at the bottom of purchase page.
by Cat McAdams
Workshop Philosophy
In recent time we’ve lost the ability to meet ourselves and each other from a place of deep truth. Instead we’ve been meeting self and other on superficial levels. This workshop is designed to initiate a sacred form of presence which can be used in everyday life, enabling us to remain tuned in to a deep part of ourselves even as we flow outward toward others. This enables us to remain grounded in our truth while expanding to fill our multidimensional role in the universe.
In addition, we’re going to use the astrological start of the year, which is the moment of spring equinox when the Sun enters Aries, to ritually enact the coming of the new in our personal lives and in the life of the planet.
In this fashion we intend to prepare mind, body and soul to enter the Age of Aquarius, which begins in 2012. A key feature of Aquarius is learning to navigate through multidimensional realms while becoming even more grounded in the physical. When we learn to inhabit sacred space within us, and within our connection to others and to cosmos, we become initiated into a powerful new era of human consciousness.
Ellias and Lumanara will conduct morning sessions of 5 Elements Activation, followed by an afternoon session by Mark and Marcella to further the morning process, and integrate it more fully into people’s consciousness.
After dinner there’ll be an Evening Flow, with Ellias and Lumanara meeting with small pods of three people to share an in-depth process of karmic clearing.
Along with the daily sessions we’ll include three extra features: An Opening Circle Friday evening, an Equinox Ritual Saturday morning, and a Closing Circle Thursday morning and afternoon.
Through these methods we intend to create a strong circle of support to foster wholeness and karmic clearing. Our intention is to catalyze the radical evolution of individuals and of the group through intensive process at a strong moment on the magical island of Kauai.
Materials to Bring to the Workshop
Your inner nature and a blank journal. The journal will be used to keep track of your workshop experiences, and to record your dreams. Participants will be free to read from the journal at certain points during the workshop. Please also bring a pebble or stone from your current location, but be sure to wash them thoroughly because Hawaii has a ban on bringing live soil in. You can also bring a tiny amount of water from a spring or river if you transport it in your checked luggage rather than your carry-on bag.
Materials to Leave Out of the Workshop
Your cell phone and computer. We request that you keep cell phones off of your body during workshop hours, and use them at a distance from the workshop building in the early morning and late evening hours only. We also ask for you to restrict computer use to those hours as well. We also request no perfume, (essential oils are okay), and please, no smoking during workshop hours, because of sensitivities on the part of the facilitators.
General Workshop Schedule
Opening Circle begins at 6:30 PM Friday, March 19. Please schedule your flights accordingly. Closing Circle will be from 9 AM to 1:30 PM Thursday, March 25. (Note: An early breakfast is planned for Saturday, March 20, due to the moment of equinox, 7:32 AM.)
Location
The retreat site http://www.anahatasanctuary.net/ is minutes from breathtaking beaches and can accommodate ten participants with beautiful sleeping arrangements, offered to participants on a first come, first served basis.
Selecting Your Accommodations
We will give participants a choice of accommodation on a first come, first served basis based upon the date we receive your $500 deposit. Adjustments may be made to this order if there are delays collecting remaining tuition.
Transportation
Air travel is not included. We will provide ground transport from Lihue airport to the retreat site on Friday, March 19 and a return shuttle from the site back to the airport on Thursday, March 25. To do this we need a copy of your emailed flight itinerary no later than March 11. When purchasing flights, please consider emailing us a copy at mborax@gmail.com.
Cancellation & Refunds
The $500 deposit is nonrefundable. A full refund of the remaining tuition is possible if participants cancel by March 1. After that, only a partial refund of $900 is possible.
Food
Food is included in the workshop price, and we’re currently investigating different caterers on the island. Please let us know if you have special dietary needs.
Art and Yoga
We’re exploring the idea of bringing in a yoga instructor for some mornings, and plan to have an Arts Area to encourage people to express themselves through their hands as well as their mouths.
Evening Flow
An outdoor fire will be kept burning and people are free to continue communion and discovery around it, via music, silence, and conversation.
Private Readings
Mark will be available for Soul Level Astrology sessions and shamanic healings in the evening. Ellias will be available before and after workshop dates. It’s best to schedule these sessions in advance. Email Mark at mborax@gmail.com. Phone Ellias at 831.425.3134
In-Depth Description of Workshop Activities
After breakfast each day Mark will guide the group through an Attunement to the Four Directions of Star Genesis. The attunement is designed to open people to the deep energies of the moment, and ground them into the greater dimensions we belong to.
In morning sessions, Ellias and Lumanara will lead a 5 Elements Activation, to initiate people through the challenges of each element, and activate a core response to these challenges. The Earth Activation will guide people through a mentally-driven lifestyle into fully embodied presence in the world. The Air Activation will help people cut through chaos and confusion into a more vibrant engagement with the Whole. The Fire Activation will bring people through the drama of self-sabotage into the strength of authentic creative presence. The Water Activation will guide people through the challenge of psychic intensity, of being overwhelmed by too much input, into clear, expressive fluidity. The 5th Element Activation will extend people’s range by teaching them to stay with higher and deeper sources even when external forces and cultural patterns suppress this.
In afternoon sessions Mark and Marcella will use the power of group circling and individual spotlights to integrate issues raised by the morning session, and provide clear reflections of how the work is progressing in each person.
Opening Circle will be held in the form of Talking Stone, where one person speaks at a time with the others witnessing.
Since Aries begins the astrological year, the Equinox Ritual beginning 7 AM Saturday is designed to bring people deeper into the spirit of the land, and take an imaginative journey with themselves into the new energies of the upcoming year from equinox to equinox. Sharing our visions will help synchronize them with ourselves and with cosmos for the year.
Closing Circle, Thursday at 9 AM will be in the form of a four-and-a-half hour satsang (truth-saying) with question and response. This is designed to be one of the most powerful events of the week, to seal in the transformation, and free the group to take the fruits of our experience into all the other circles we belong to.
ALOHA!
Mark, Marcella, Ellias & Lumanara
$1,795 by February 1; $1,995 by February 19
Reserve your spot with $500 deposit by using the link of “pay any amount” at the bottom of purchase page.
