Mar 6-8, 2009
In nature, edges, where one ecosystem meets another, are the places of greatest dynamism, energy and creativity. Where the meadow meets the forest or the ocean meets the shore, we find the most diversity, and also the most stress.
In this workshop, we explore our own edges. How do we walk between worlds? When have we been outsiders, marginalized—and what unique vision arises from the boundaries? How do we challenge our own edges? What boundaries are healthy, and which constrict us unnecessarily?
When the old answers–spiritual, political, and emotional–no longer serve, how do we weather the conflicts and disappointments that inevitably arise in our groups and communities of support? In this crucial moment of history, we are more than ever called to step into our full power and creativity, to maintain hope and compassion, to hold our vision and the commitment to make it real.
How do we push our own creative edges, taking more risks, pushing our work, our rituals, and expression further into excellence? Using the tools of ritual—meditation, trance, ecstatic drumming and dancing, storytelling, group work, guided journeys, and alter building, we will create a sacred space. In this space we can deepen our practice and expand the borders of who we can be.
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Starhawk is one of the most respected voices in modern G.oddess religion and earthbased spirituality. In over thirty years of teaching, writing, and activism, she has faced many of her own moments of disillusionment and hopelessness, but she’s not tired yet. The author or co-author of ten books, including the classics The Spiral Dance and The Fifth Sacred Thing, and her latest, The Earth Path, Starhawk is deeply committed to bringing the techniques and creative power of spirituality to political activism. She travels the world teaching the skills of activism and the tools of ritual and magic. She coteaches Earth Activist Trainings that combine permaculture design, effective activism, and earth-based spirituality. Please see www.starhawk.org. One of the most popular workshop leaders in Rowe’s history, we are honored by her return.