| Spring / Summer Events in Kansas
City Ancient African Wisdom about Healing Relationships "There is a deep longing among people in the West to connect with something bigger -- with community and with spirit. People know there is something missing in their lives, and I believe that the rituals and ancient ways of the village offer some answers." These are the thoughts of Sobonfu Somé, who left her home in West Africa in 1992 to share her tribe's wisdom throughout the U.S. and around the world. A renowned and respected mentor to thousands, Sobonfu is one of the first and foremost voices of indigenous African Spirituality to come to the West. She is the author of three remarkable books Welcoming Spirit Home: Ancient Teachings to Celebrate Children and Community, The Spirit of Intimacy: Ancient Teachings in the Ways of Relationships and Falling Out of Grace: What We Learn from Life's Challenges. She will share her story and lead an African drumming, chanting and dancing circle at the Unity Church of Lawrence at 7 p.m.. Friday, May 9. The event is free to the public and a love offering will be accepted. On May 10, Sobonfu will share some of her tribe's powerful tools for healing relationships in a daylong workshop at The Light Center, a holistic healing center near Baldwin, Kan. For details, call (785) 255-4583. Sobonfu and her husband, Malidoma Somé, are from the Dagara tribe in Burkina Faso. Their tribe sent them to bring the rituals and traditions of their people to other cultures. The Dagara people believe in the healing power of each individual, and they practice rituals daily to remain clear and balanced in life. Rituals are the Dagara's way of releasing tension and restoring continuity in their relationships. Sobonfu shares how using rituals daily helps her maintain a strong inner peace through a strong connection with the earth. It is her passion to keep the wisdom of her ancestors alive and help others awaken to the voice of the spirit within. She challenges us to be open to our own essential need for ritual and to deeply explore the true purpose and role of each individual in this life. Tobias Workshop Geoffrey Hoppe, channeler for the Tobias Materials, will be in the Greater Kansas City area on May 24-25 for the "Divine Tools for the New Energy" workshop. Tobias speaks to tomorrow's spiritual teachers and leaders through Geoffrey Hoppe, who was a non-spiritual businessman prior to his awakening in 1995. He and Tobias are fulfilling an ancient agreement to present this life-changing information to lightworkers at this time of transition into the New Energy. The Tobias Materials have become an international phenomenon in the past few years. It focuses on the psycho-spiritual aspects of our ascension journey. Nearly 60,000 people read the Tobias Materials each month on the Crimson Circle website at www.crimsoncircle.com. During the two-day workshop, Geoffrey and Linda Hoppe will discuss Tobias' four tools for transitioning into the New Energy, including the Divine Breath, Sensory Feelings, The Now Moment, and the Source of Attraction. There will be several live Tobias channels, as well as a Tobias Question and Answer session. The workshop will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, May 24, and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, May 25, at the Hilton Garden Inn, Independence, Mo. Registration is $150 advance, $175 at the door. For reservations, call Donna at (303) 642-0865 or register on the secure website at www.crimsoncircle.com, or e-mail to CCShaumbra@aol.com. The event is limited to 60 people. The Science & Spirit of Good Medicine The American Holistic Medical Association (AHMA) presents its annual scientific conference, The Science & Spirit of Good Medicine: 25 Years of Practice, Policy & Evidence, May 28-31 in San Diego, Calif. This silver anniversary conference will orient, heal and educate physicians and health-care professionals on the integration of the science the medical profession demands and the spirit patients desire, through presentations and workshops of evidence, experiential knowledge and review of existing efforts in holistic medicine. Register online at www.holisticmedicine.org. E-mail conference@holisticmedicine.org or call Kathleen at (505) 292-7788 with questions. The AHMA was founded in 1978 to unite licensed physicians who practice holistic medicine. Membership is open to licensed medical doctors and doctors of osteopathic medicine from every specialty, and the medical students studying for those degrees. Associate membership is also open to those health-care practitioners certified, registered or licensed in the state in which they practice. The mission of the AHMA is to support practitioners in their evolving personal and professional development as healers and to educate physicians about holistic medicine. PrideRide 2003 bicycle ride The third-annual PrideRide 2003 will take place on June 1 to raise money to support organizations that benefit and serve the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgendered (LGBT) communities in greater Kansas City. PrideRide, Inc. has raised nearly $7,000 in just the first two years of the rides to support the Southwest Boulevard Family Health Clinic and The Lesbian and Gay Community Center of Kansas City, (www.lgcc-kc.org). PrideRide is a 20-mile urban ride, in the city streets and some off-street paths of Kansas City, Mo. Plans may also include offering a shorter 10-mile PrideRide that same day. PrideRide 2003 will begin and end at The Discovery Center, located on the ten-acre Urban Conservation Campus in Kauffman Legacy Park, just east of the Country Club Plaza. Registration for PrideRide 2003 is $20 before May 19, $25 after May 19 and the day of the ride. Registration fees include a PrideRide T-shirt. Pledge forms will be available at many local establishments and bicycle stores. Details on times and ride routes will be available on the pledge forms, posters and at the web site, www.prideridekc.org. To receive a pledge form mailed to you, e-mail or call John Long at cirqlate@earthlink.net or (816) 333-8321. PrideRide, Inc. and PrideRide 2003 are not affiliated with Heartland Pride or any other Pride organizations. A Rite of Initiation. A Spirit Journey. A Sacred Reawakening of the Feminine The Gift -- A Woman's Rite to HerSelf is an extraordinarily powerful journey into Ritual or Sacred Space where a remembrance and embodiment of a woman's true nature is evoked. The three days of The Gift are offered for as many as 21 women. Much is based around the circle, a sacred form where there is intrinsic equality of all beings -- a unique weaving of precious individuals. The date for the first GIFT weekend in Kansas City is June 6-8. There are no teachers or therapists "telling you how it is," but the Shematrix guides are present to hold each woman in absolute respect for her individuality and to ensure her psychic safety to dive as deeply into her truth as she is ready. The collective of women known as Shematrix was birthed in Byron Bay, Australia, in 1996 and now has many members throughout Australia and the USA. It presents The Gift worldwide. Its vision is to ignite global awareness of the mysterious interconnectedness of all life, and to cherish each individual as a gateway to infinite possibility. For more information, contact Jessica Palmer at (816) 350-9985 or e-mail theharbor@sbcglobal.net. But first, visit the website at www.shematrix.com. Sunset Spiritualist Church and Camp Tents pitched, trains unloading hundreds of people in a circus-like atmosphere...this was the scene 69 years ago at the first Sunset Spiritualist Camp. Things have changed since that first camp so many years ago, but the goal is the same: to provide education, in the form of classes free to the public on a variety of subjects, ranging from interpreting dreams and building medicine wheels to how color effects the body. Sunset Spiritualist Church and Camp is located in Wells, Kan., about 25 miles north of Salina. Camp dates are June 7-22. The camp experience also includes a variety of readers, (example: past life regressions, psychic readers, aura scans) bodyworkers (variety of massage techniques), and specialty workers (example: energy workers, crystal readings) at reasonable rates to help people further understanding the philosophy of Spiritualism. The tents are no longer necessary. The facility includes a church, cabins, camper hookups and restroom facilities. Three home-cooked meals are served daily. For more information or a free brochure containing class schedules and readers at this years camp, call or e-mail Norma at (785) 823-6118 or norma@tri.net or Patti at (402) 228-3558 or gn65445@alltel.net or visit www.sunsetcamp.org Inspiring Speakers, Spiritual Growth Workshops, and Creative Arts Understand yourself, understand relationships, and grasp the world we live in. "Somehow, you've always known..." that the Spirit of GOD has not abandoned you. Somehow you've always known... that you were on a personal journey of great importance. Somehow you've always known... there is a "Key To Secret Worlds". The Missouri Eckankar Regional Seminar could be your bridge to the Holy Ground of Inner Truth. On Saturday, June 21- 22, the 2003 Missouri Eckankar Regional Seminar will be held in Kansas City, Mo. Nationally known speaker, Larry Seigel will share insights during his talk, entitled "Is Life a Random Walk." Also scheduled will be panel discussions, and an introductory workshop on Past Lives, Dreams and Soul Travel. All four seminar sessions will have unique programs. Come and experience the Seminar at no charge. Join us at the Holiday Inn at the Sports Complex at 4011 Blue Ridge Cutoff (SE corner of I-70). The seminar will begin Saturday with the Introductory Session at 11 a.m. and will be followed by two Saturday sessions, at noon and at 7 p.m. On Sunday, the session begins at 8 a.m. and will end at 11:30 p.m. For more information and a pre-registration brochure call (816) 931-0850. The event is sponsored by the Missouri Satsang Society, Inc., a chartered affiliate of Eckankar. For more information on Eckankar, call 1 (800) Love God or visit www.eckankar.org Diana's Grove Diana's Grove in Salem, Mo., offers a variety of summertime events, including an annual woman's gathering and a Tarot Intensive. All events and retreats include excellent meals, great coffee, homemade desserts, shared housing, inside and outside meeting areas, fire circles and drumming circles. • Lunacy Women's Week: Come Home to Yourself : July 5 - 12 This annual women's gathering is dedicated to personal transformation and honoring the hero within each of us. The hero enters the labyrinth of her soul. She ventures into the maze that holds the mysteries- the mysteries of human nature, self-discovery, power gained and power denied. Within the maze, magic hides in secret places. It waits for those who look deeply into the darkness; it waits for those who look deeply into the light. Lunacy is filled with song, drum, moonlight, torchlight, ancient dance, and timeless moments. • Step into The Dream: The Tarot Intensive: August 2- 9 Pick up a Tarot deck; you hold a dream in your hands. Goddesses and Gods are there. All of our human experiences are there. You hold 78 possibilities in your hand. Shuffle the cards. All that has been, will be, or can be dance in your hands. As you shuffle, lives are lived; fortunes are won and lost. Love is found; hearts are broken. You know nothing of the shifting fates until.... You stop. The story you now hold is your own. The next card will give you a glimpse into your future. Look. It's The Magician. He beckons you. "Come," he says. "Revel in the stories that the cards tell." • Weekend Retreats include: Drum in the Summer Solstice, June 20 -22; Astrological Polarities, August 15-17; Sacred Body, Sacred Self, Sept 12-14. For more information, call Diana's Grove at (573) 689-2400. Early registration for weeklong events is $400 and for retreat weekends is $145. To register, e-mail Jane@dianasgrove.com or visit www.dianasgrove.com Shamanic gathering The third-annual Midwest Shamanic Gathering, River of Islands, will involve participants in ceremony and in celebration of life August 29-September 1 at Bethel Horizons Retreat Center, located about 1 hour southwest of Madison in Dodgeville, Wisc., adjacent to Governor Dodge State Park. This year's theme is "Earth Dance with Spirit." The event is sponsored by Pachamama, Inc., a non-profit organization created to support a Shamanic community and to provide training, ritual and ceremony, as well as sacred space to explore spiritual healing. The registration fee, covering workshops, food and lodging, is $175 before June 30, $200 between July 1 and August 8, and $225 after August 8. The fee for children 14 and under is $75. For more information, visit www.mwt.net/~pachamama/ or contact Ana by calling (608) 255-4333 or e-mail coyote@mailbag.com |
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