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They say the world began with an egg…
~~ Nikki Manzie
Explore your ancestral/ cultural traditions through the lens of relationality and decolonization. This deep-dive into the way our relationships and ways of relating (to ourselves, each other and the world around us) have been impacted is also a call to re-writing and re-righting those ways of relating…
This downloadable course can stand-alone, or be taken as 2 of 9 in the 1 year program “The Path of Sacred Handwork.”
What you will receive:
50 page pdf, with 9 video links (unlisted YouTube vidoes that only course participants have access to)
The course is divided into 4 modules (intended to be completed over 1 lunar cycle; 1 module per week)
Journaling prompts and questions in each module to help you integrate the material
Homework each week, in the form of research, reflection, handwork and rituals
Module 1: Rites of Life, Rites of Season, Rites of Community
What the ground reveals — history
To write a prayer — layers of history revealed in handcraft
video presentation
Module 2: Symbols as Doorways
Symbols and blood & bone memory
The doorway of elemental properties
Talismans: uses, care and disposal
video presentations
Module 3: Writing from the Bones
Just how colonized are we?
How are colonization, pysanky and personal ancestry connected?
Uncovering Hid-Story
Stories held in the bones and land
Why would we want to re-right relations?
Can’t we just pick and choose what feels good?
Listening to the bones
video presentation and video guided visualization
Module 4: Handcrafting Pysanky
making of a Pysanka based on writing from the bones and one’s ancestral conversations
Videos and written instructions
Dye making
Tool assemblage
Pysanky writing and Dye Immersion
Pysanky revealing
Closing ceremony
***PLEASE NOTE: The video link provided after purchase is only active for 24 hours. Please download your course within that timeframe.
***Expectations: This course uses terms and concepts such as: animism, decolonization, ancestors, spirit, pre-Christian, and earth-based. If you are not comfortable with these concepts or terminology, it is important to consider whether participation in and purchase of the e-course is for you.
They say the world began with an egg…
~~ Nikki Manzie
Explore your ancestral/ cultural traditions through the lens of relationality and decolonization. This deep-dive into the way our relationships and ways of relating (to ourselves, each other and the world around us) have been impacted is also a call to re-writing and re-righting those ways of relating…
This downloadable course can stand-alone, or be taken as 2 of 9 in the 1 year program “The Path of Sacred Handwork.”
What you will receive:
50 page pdf, with 9 video links (unlisted YouTube vidoes that only course participants have access to)
The course is divided into 4 modules (intended to be completed over 1 lunar cycle; 1 module per week)
Journaling prompts and questions in each module to help you integrate the material
Homework each week, in the form of research, reflection, handwork and rituals
Module 1: Rites of Life, Rites of Season, Rites of Community
What the ground reveals — history
To write a prayer — layers of history revealed in handcraft
video presentation
Module 2: Symbols as Doorways
Symbols and blood & bone memory
The doorway of elemental properties
Talismans: uses, care and disposal
video presentations
Module 3: Writing from the Bones
Just how colonized are we?
How are colonization, pysanky and personal ancestry connected?
Uncovering Hid-Story
Stories held in the bones and land
Why would we want to re-right relations?
Can’t we just pick and choose what feels good?
Listening to the bones
video presentation and video guided visualization
Module 4: Handcrafting Pysanky
making of a Pysanka based on writing from the bones and one’s ancestral conversations
Videos and written instructions
Dye making
Tool assemblage
Pysanky writing and Dye Immersion
Pysanky revealing
Closing ceremony
***PLEASE NOTE: The video link provided after purchase is only active for 24 hours. Please download your course within that timeframe.
***Expectations: This course uses terms and concepts such as: animism, decolonization, ancestors, spirit, pre-Christian, and earth-based. If you are not comfortable with these concepts or terminology, it is important to consider whether participation in and purchase of the e-course is for you.