Facilitators: Rachel Dawson & Larry Shaitelman with Paul Perrota
Location: The Ojai Foundation
Time: Starting July 30th and ending August 13th
Cost: $250 (Includes lodging but DOES NOT include food)
A Two Week Immersion in Mindful Service and Ceremonial Practices
Step out of time for a moment to deepen your relationship to self, others, and our plant
This event will include
- Permaculture Workshops
- A Personal Vision Quest
- An optional Rites of Passage Ceremony
This two-week program offers the opportunity to be of service to our 40 acres of beautiful semi-wilderness land and live close to nature as you deepen your relationship with yourself while exploring the cermonial practice and philosophies on which The Ojai Foundation bases its work.
We will focus on hands-on projects such as facilities maintence, permaculture projects, kiva repair, Council teachings and practices, Medicine Wheel teachings, self-exploration ceremonies, daily meditation, co-created community pot lucks, artistry, and rustic shared accomodation.
To apply contact Rachel at pathofservice@ojaifoundation.org or call and visit the land! Space is limited. Please apply by July 5th. On-line registration is NOT available for this program.
Rachel Dawson is The Ojai Foundation’s Land Steward and Volunteer Coordinator. For eight years, she worked with TreePeople in Los Angeles, supporting community-based tree planting projects. She is a graduate of Larry Santoyo’s L.A. Permaculture Design Course and Ariel Spilsbury’s 13 Moon Priestess Ordination. She continues to deepen her relationship with spirit through her advanced work in the Third Road faerie tradition.
Larry Shaitelman is a six year staff resident of The Ojai Foundation. He is The Ojai Foundation’s Groundskeeper and Roving Embassador of Goodwill.
Paul Perrotta, first trained in the Yaqui way, has been guiding Sweat Ceremonies for over 15 years to help others develop and nurture an intimate relationship with nature and with self.
