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There is a meeting place: Mati Zemlya ~ Mother Earth.
We are all born of the earth, within Nature, part of the land (waters, sky…).
The land, the Mother, is a living entity.
She breathes. She dreams. She remembers.
~~ Nikki Manzie, The Land Dreams in Ceremonies (art exhibit, 2024)
Explore relationship with your ancestral/ cultural handwork traditions through the lens of relationality — your relationship with the land, ancestors, culture, and traditional handcrafting.
This downloadable course can stand-alone, or be taken as 1 of 9 in the 1 year program “The Path of Sacred Handwork.”
What you will receive:
34 page pdf, with 5 video links (unlisted YouTube vidoes that only course participants have access to)
The course is divided into 4 modules (intended to be completed over 1 lunar cycle; 1 module per week)
Journaling prompts and questions in each module to help you integrate the material
Homework each week, in the form of research, reflection, handwork and rituals (modules 3 & 4)
Module 1:
defining earth based knowledge & sacred handwork
two video presentations
Module 2:
blood & bone memory
distinguishing ancestral heritage, ethnicity, and cultural heritage
memory in the land
the importance/ relevance of sacred handwork
ancestral/ cultural investigations
video presentation and video guided visualization
Module 3:
doing our "homework" ~ distinguishing personal relationship to the lands you find yourself in
understanding what it means to practice ancestral/ cultural traditions (especially sacred traditions) on land one is settler-guest on
colonialism as it relates to oneself/ one's ancestry
video with simple handwork project plus follow up ritual
Module 4:
making of a Motanka that has one's personal ancestral/ cultural representation (notes plus video)
follow up ritual for closure
***PLEASE NOTE: The video link provided after purchase is only active for 24 hours. Please download your course within that timeframe.
There is a meeting place: Mati Zemlya ~ Mother Earth.
We are all born of the earth, within Nature, part of the land (waters, sky…).
The land, the Mother, is a living entity.
She breathes. She dreams. She remembers.
~~ Nikki Manzie, The Land Dreams in Ceremonies (art exhibit, 2024)
Explore relationship with your ancestral/ cultural handwork traditions through the lens of relationality — your relationship with the land, ancestors, culture, and traditional handcrafting.
This downloadable course can stand-alone, or be taken as 1 of 9 in the 1 year program “The Path of Sacred Handwork.”
What you will receive:
34 page pdf, with 5 video links (unlisted YouTube vidoes that only course participants have access to)
The course is divided into 4 modules (intended to be completed over 1 lunar cycle; 1 module per week)
Journaling prompts and questions in each module to help you integrate the material
Homework each week, in the form of research, reflection, handwork and rituals (modules 3 & 4)
Module 1:
defining earth based knowledge & sacred handwork
two video presentations
Module 2:
blood & bone memory
distinguishing ancestral heritage, ethnicity, and cultural heritage
memory in the land
the importance/ relevance of sacred handwork
ancestral/ cultural investigations
video presentation and video guided visualization
Module 3:
doing our "homework" ~ distinguishing personal relationship to the lands you find yourself in
understanding what it means to practice ancestral/ cultural traditions (especially sacred traditions) on land one is settler-guest on
colonialism as it relates to oneself/ one's ancestry
video with simple handwork project plus follow up ritual
Module 4:
making of a Motanka that has one's personal ancestral/ cultural representation (notes plus video)
follow up ritual for closure
***PLEASE NOTE: The video link provided after purchase is only active for 24 hours. Please download your course within that timeframe.