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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:
52 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. Please email me at the link provided. Feedback will be provided for each module within 72 hours of receiving homework.
3 × 1 hour calls for mentorship and integration of the material
A certificate of completion upon finalization of all components and homework
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 pdf 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:
52 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. Please email me at the link provided. Feedback will be provided for each module within 72 hours of receiving homework.
3 × 1 hour calls for mentorship and integration of the material
A certificate of completion upon finalization of all components and homework
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 pdf 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.