Online Workshops
Join us in our online offerings and learn practices to reconnect to your Earth's body!
Create Your Own Kachina Spirit Keeper With Lali Mitchell
Saturdays November 6 & 13, 2021 - 10:00AM to 12:00PM
Please join us for this 2 part online group experience of making your own Kachina Spirit Keeper. Once you have registered, you'll be emailed the Zoom link to use to login for both part 1 and part 2.
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Suggested Donation: Sliding scale $5 to $35 includes both classes.
No One Turned Away For Lack Of Funds, we know everyone's situation is different so give what you can, this offering is for everyone, regardless of ability to pay.
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For registration by check donation, please send check payable to Sky Mountain Institute at 2855 Cordrey Drive, Escondido, CA 92029
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For no-fee registration, please email Sky Mountain directly with your name, best email and contact information to skymountain1981@gmail.com
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For questions, please Contact Lali Mitchell at: skymountain1981@gmail.com
or call 760-745-9819
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You'll need to pre-gather your materials to be prepared to make your spirit keeper with us as a group! The materials list is below the following workshop description!
PART I - Saturday, November 6th
MAKING YOUR KACHINA
You will be guided through the process of building your own Earth-tending Kachina (Spirit Keeper). We will make our Kachinas using materials you have gathered beforehand.
Autumn is the season of the Bountiful Harvest: a time where we can step back, gain new perspectives, and re-inspire our lives. Through spontaneous art-making processes, our Kachinas can help us listen into the voice of the Earth and to find guidance and purpose during this time of ecologic and social turbulence. This workshop respectfully draws on the Hopi tradition of Kachinas —small spirit-dolls that have traditionally helped the Hopi Indian-nation peoples listen into “Mother Earth who sustains the balance and wholeness of all things.” We will journal and then share our process in dyads and then with the group as a whole.
Between workshops:
Finish working with your Kachina. Take some time to get to know your Kachina and the messages & energies it carries. Journal if you wish.
PART 2: Saturday, November 13th.
SHARING THE WISDOM: Decoding and Sharing the Messages of our Kachinas.
In Part 2, we'll decode and share the messages of our Kachina Spirit Keepers. We will explore in-depth the ways our Kachinas are "communing" with us. We will also harvest the messages and wisdom that your Kachina offers to us as a group and to humanity. This collective wisdom can help us find direction and purpose within the Corona era. Zoom breakout rooms will be used for small group processing.
Step 1: Fill out Registration Form
Materials Kit
Here are some suggestions for materials to make your Kachina, please gather these materials before our Zoom meeting:
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A Journal or paper & pen
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A stick, piece of driftwood, or a cardboard tube to be used as support for your Kachina.
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Some basic construction supplies, for instance: string, tape, glue, scissors, (glue gun if you have one).
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An assortment of materials for making your Kachina like nature pieces from the beach, garden, woods, etc.
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Some extra supplies like yarn, ribbon, string, tape, cloth material, stray buttons, costume jewelry, or any special pieces that have meaning to you, etc.
Facilitators
Lali Mitchell PhD, MFT
As Program Director of Sky Mountain Institute, Lali brings her experience in Ecopsychology, Depth Psychology, and Community Studies to her work in the expressive arts. Her training in Jungian and Archetypal psychology, as well as her work as a multi-media artist and writer, enriches her approach. She is also in private practice working with individuals and families.
Christina Brittain. MFA
Intuitive Counseling and Classes. Christina is delighted to serve as collaborator and Zoom/PR -Artistic Creatrix for this special Kachina Workshop! She offers individual sessions, classes and coloring books to help you trust your body, yourself and Life. https://christinabrittain.com/
We have a growing "quilt" of Kachina Spirit Keepers and their vibrant, collective energies! We truly hope you'll join us and add your own unique Kachina Spirit Keeper energy to this life-affirming quilt of love for Nature and all its Fresh Wisdom!
