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Vision Quest Workshop

Vision Quest - A Personal Shamanic Experience For Individual Inner Wisdom

VISION QUEST NATURE SOLO WORKSHOP

“I felt that I needed a big change in my life, and to tell you the truth, i was expecting it. Leaving, going away, travelling all around the world…Thinking of where to go, I realized how big the world really is. So many places, so many people, so many things to see…that’s when i first heard of the vision quest from a friend. In my search, the Vision Quest in the Basque Pyrenees during the summer Solstice and fall Equinox was introduced and slowly crept to the front of my mind. The call became clearer…soon I packed and set off for the adventure!

To get started, Manex,Shed and Bea delivered to me, like each participant, a true teaching for life and a deeply personal preparation that still resonates within my being today a year later. Besides the inner strength gained and the reconnection to Nature, I learned and realized, through this life changing experience, that I wasn’t leaving to seek, but actually to find. And I can now tell you that I found the greatest thing any of us can find: I found MYSELF, here or there, or anywhere, but especially in the NOW, and now is loving each second of life…”
Charlotte L. (London, UK)

WHAT IS A VISION QUEST?

A lot of information is available about what a vision quest is. In a few words, here is what we see as the heart of the experience.

The vision quest is a traditional rite of passage, a step towards adulthood and autonomy, whatever the age of the vision quester. A couple days alone in nature, away from the influence of peers and human beings, media, pollution, family and noise. It is a unique way to experience one’s actual process: To see it, understand it and improve that uniqueness. A way to let oneself reveal and live his proper inner authority.

To make the vision quest a deep, productive, and safe experience, preliminary and pragmatic teachings are offered about the physical, mental, emotional and spiritual aspects of the retreat. A vision quest is an apparently simple experience alone in nature that leads to a profound individual transformation.A vision quest is a profound personal experience alone in nature that creates a deep personal transformation. Throughout human existence, cultures from around the world have revered the rite of passage of total immersion in nature. Today’s business and political leaders have found their true purpose by following in the steps of past prophets, spiritual guides and wise elders in communing alone in nature. Thus allowing them to lead and inspire from a place of true wisdom and synchronicity.

Alone in Nature’s grace, the veil of illusion, noise and pollution will slowly lift away to reveal our unique inner voice – our own Nature. In the silence of solitude and bathed in the power of Nature, we encounter our strength, courage, creativity and our capacity to forgive and to love. Our true essence is revealed as we give ourselves this moment to dance with the universal flow.

Through a program of proper guidance & traditional teachings, individuals come back with a deeper sense of purpose, security and creativity. A sense of deep wisdom and liberation are usual. A Nature Solo Vision Quest helps reveal your true purpose, your deep self, and inner wisdom, purely and simply through the power of Nature.

Traditionally, indigenous people from around the world, and Native American still to this day, use the vision quest as a rite of passage into adulthood. The quester, usually around 12-14 years of age, or whenever ready, gives all his belongings to the community and goes off alone to gain his true essence.

Led to a sacred place on the mountain, the quester stays in a circle representing his sacred space and the medicine wheel, to gain a “vision” of his life purpose. Without food or water for 4 days, immersed in nature, the quester returns to the community with his vision. The community celebrates and offers gifts, usually surmounting to more then the quester had before, enabling him to realize his vision! The boy or girl is welcomed into adulthood. The community gains a clear and purposeful person!

FIND CLARITY, AUTHENTICITY, CREATIVITY, INNER WISDOM AND LIBERATION
EVERY JUNE SOLSTICE AND SEPTEMBER EQUINOX – IN THE BASQUE PYRENEES

Come Discover Yourself in the Power of Nature’s Grace

DATES: June 17-25, 2010 September 16-26, 2010

WHERE: SARE France, Basque Pyrenees Mountains (Sare is recognized as one of the most beautiful villages of France)

: Dragon Head Cliff – Solo Spot in the Pyrennees

Our unique experience of the traditional Vision Quest, updated with a modern shamanic approach, combines several teachings and traditions to create a highly creative, flexible, and powerful offering for people from all walks of life. Alone with Nature’s grace, you access and experience the underlying principles and mechanisms of life, the unseen mystery and mysticism that creates our reality. Our unique approach accompanies individuals through respect to help cultivate individuality and generate a deep communion with Nature’s greatest power. This enables experiencing transformation, clarity, and deep creativity from a safe and calm place, while discovering and creating an individual connection to the great “mystery” of life. Using several traditional and new shamanic, tantric, and energetic methods and tools, we prepare each participant to open fully to receive the transformational gift of the Vision Quest rite of passage. Discover, cultivate and experience your unique Being in harmony with Nature!

Focusing on the individual, our team provides adaptive and reactionary teachings, created in response to each individual needs and the energy the group, providing a highly unique experience that impacts deeply and trans-personally all aspects of our individual modern lives. Come discover your Being in the magical Basque country, the indigenous culture of Europe, close to the oldest stone circles and caves of Europe in the awesome power and beauty of the Pyrenees Mountains and Atlantic Sea and access your true sense of self and inner wisdom.

The vision quest is a powerful experience that has life changing capabilities. The experience of regaining an open heart connection to ourselves and to nature itself brings us closer to Source Awareness. This opening, awakens the deepest place within each individual participant and helps experience the core mystery of our connected Being.

WORKSHOP DETAILS This Fall Equinox , renown teachings of Nature’s Way, Gaia Teachings – or pure source awareness from John P. Milton (read an interview) incorporating The Awareness Training to incorporate his Twelve Principles which distill the core teachings of the world’s liberating, Earth-honoring spiritual traditions. The Awareness Training is an all-denominational, inter-faith path that provides profound exposure to the teachings and practices of Buddhism, Taoism, Dzogchen, Vedanta, Hindu Tantra and several shamanic traditions. Judaic, Christian and Sufi nature-based wisdom traditions – as well as Earth-centered spirituality – also continue to be inspiring sources. The Training gives particular emphasis to three passions:

1. Cultivating your life energy utilizing Qi Gong, T’ai Chi, Yoga and shamanic approaches 2. Freeing and nurturing your deep spiritual union with Gaia, Mother Earth 3. Helping you open direct recognition of Source Awareness, and then allowing that realization to integrate into all of life

Bio-Energetica Institute offers the Nature’s Fellowship Program as follows:

3 Days of teachings (Buddhist, Tantric, Shamanic and the Way of Nature with special honored guest by John p. Milton from www.sacredpassage.com)

learn deep empowering meditation to quiet the mind and cultivate inner harmony
learn the 11 sacred directions and the meaning of a traditional medicine wheel
learn the 12 principles of the Way of Nature by John P. Milton
learn principles of QiGong to cultivate energy within the body
learn principles of grounding and integrating earth and sky energy
learn and live totemic experiences
experience sweat lodge purification ceremony
experience the power of plant medicine

4 Day & Nights Nature Immersion Solo

In Nature by yourself for 4 days and nights
Build your sacred circle for transformation and experience
Live the experience of a Vision Quest and explore your Being

2 Day Return and Integration

Integration and incorporation teachings – keeping the sacred
Sharing circle & journaling of experiences
Plant medicine ceremony (optional)

ACCOMMODATIONS: Pitching a tent on our property is free and recommended to get used to sleeping outside. If you wish to stay in a hotel or gites and have a bed there are plenty right near that offer great service. Hotel Eskualduna is the closest hotel/gites.

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WHAT TO BRING: An email with all the details will follow with confirmation of participation. Remember, you will carry what you bring up to your sacred solo spot, uniquely chosen for you. – Tent, Sleeping Bag, Wool Blanket Etc… – Sacred objects like gems, feathers, necklesses, or whatever you deem sacred to you – Wool sweater, long sleeve shirt, Tshirts, 3 pairs of Socks 1 cotton, 1 wool. – Jeans or comfortable pants (2 pair) – light cotton but warm for nights – Sun Screen. tooth brush, natural and bio-degradable toothpaste & soap – Pouch of Tobacco and Dried Sage for offering! (will have some here to purchase)

TRAVEL TO SARE: Pickup to and from Biarritz Airports and train station is offered through scheduling. Other airports are Bilbao, San Sebastien Spain, or Pau France. Due to timing and resources, if you must fly into one of these cities, you will need to find your way to Biarritz on the thursday night of the Arrival.

AIRPORTS: Biarritz, FR (18 km) Pau, FR (128 km) Bilbao, ES (135km)

TRAIN STATION: Biarritz – 25 minute drive.

COSTS: € 950 Euros for the week. EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM – € 850 Euros before May 15 For Summer or August 15 for Fall. Financial packages or group discounts are possible. Please contact us for more information.

WHY A VISION QUEST FOR MODERN SOCIETY?

: Native American Lakota On Vision Quest

Today, we have lost many of our rites of passages. This has created a lot of frustration, bitterness, anger and confusion about our life purpose. Gaining clarity and creativity are essential tools to realize true success and provide meaning in our lives.

A vision quest brings us into a deep place of profound discovery, connection, and insight. Our modern society’s disconnection with Nature is the root of many of the problems we face globally, from our environment, health, and economic crisis. Our society’s inability to perceive and experience the deeper essence of our connected life keeps us running from one superficial activity to another, keeping the hunger of satisfaction from being fulfilled.

Through Nature’s insight and deeper connection, a new balance is achieved in realizing your individuality and life purpose. Things that might have seemed important change and the transformation of your life begins. The power of the vision quest opens our courage, authenticity, and realization in presence, all of which help us excel in our modern lives. With clarity, we can know what is actually being presented to us with each engagement, relationship, and moment. Creativity helps us provide solutions to these moments so we stay out of confusion and deal clearly with authenticity. This process truly liberates, and our true nature is revealed through direct action of our intentions. These are indispensable tools for all life decisions, including family, business, social or personal. Today, more then ever, vision quests are an essential tool to re-introduce into our common lives to truly excel and liberate our ultimate human potential.

TESTIMONIALS

“I signed up for the Vision Quest with Manex with some apprehension. I wasn’t sure about the fasting part, didn’t mind the being alone part, was worried about the heat and close quarters of the sweat lodge, and was worried about having to carry all of my water in with me. But I went anyway. It was pretty interesting not eating for four days. I was rarely hungry at all, which surprised me. The fasting actually helped me (finally) reach peace and a harmony with nature that I didn’t expect. Perhaps I would describe it more as a surrender to all that is. I was located on top of a ridge that faced a magnificent set of mountains, with a deep, steep gorge between. The hawks and vultures hovered directly above me, the wild horses and sheep visited my camp and I became one with the rhythms of the mountain, in spite of myself! Every step of the way, I felt supported and loved by Manex’s caring nature, humor and skill. I still think about my camp spot, pretty much every day. The sweat lodges were incredible experiences. I had great emotional releases with each of them and always felt safe and supported. The plant ceremony was done with such love and skill and was one of the most memorable experiences of my life. I am deeply grateful for my experiences.” Kathy O. (San Francisco USA)

“Whether you have a vision on your quest or not, everyone should give themselves the luxury of four completely free days to just be. Afterwards, you find yourself craving to get back to that state.” Patty T. (Brussels, BE)

“The vision quest for me was an opportunity to reconnect with the earth and experience how closely connected we are to the cycles of nature. After the vision quest I have felt more centered, more connected to my inner voice. It was the opportunity to step back and look at my life from the outside to then come back with a better understanding of how I wanted to live my life. I highly recommend it also because in having all of the commodities we have in our ordinary life, we forget about how little we really need to feel truly happy. Nature is definitely the best medicine. Bea, Manex, and Shed were very involved in the processes of each one of us, helping us in every step of the way, serving as guides to the awakening of a new life in us. Forever grateful to the team of light workers.” Valentina F. (Bogota Columbia)

“L’expérience passée dans les pyrénées m’a considérablement enrichi. Nous étions un groupe de huit et manex, béa et shed pour encadrer et nous apporter leur vision de la vie et leur enseignement qui leur étaient propre et qui étaient adapté à chacun de nous. J’ai vraiment ressenti leur volonté de nous aider et de nous reconnaitre tel que nous sommes.

Le fait de recréer une petite communauté, un groupe, une tribu, nous permet de nous sentir tous à notre place, chacun apportant au groupe et s’enrichissant du groupe.

Nous avons vécus différentes expériences qui resteront gravés non pas dans ma tête mais dans mon corps. Il y a eu deux expériences de hutte de sudation, l’expérience du solo et enfin une cérémonie chamanique traditionnelle. Ces différentes expériences m’ont toutes apprises et fait ressentir L’ACCEPTATION et cela m’aide beaucoup dans ma vie quotidienne.
Accepter ce qui est : la chaleur, la solitude, la faim, la soif, nos peurs…voilà le changement que m’a apporté ce séjour et ce sentiment perdure jusqu’à ce jour.

En plus de cela, la cérémonie traditionnelle amazonienne avec la médecine m’a fait travailler de manière inconsciente sur certaine de mes peurs car j’ai pu observer quelques semaines après mon retour des modifications de mon comportements concernant celles-ci.

Ce séjour fut une des plus belle expérience de toute ma vie, je me sens lié aux personnes que j’y est rencontré et il suffit que je me remémore un moment passé là-haut, seul dans mes montagnes, pour que je me sente apaisé et heureux.

Merci encore à vous trois.” Tom L. (Paris France)

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