"If we lose our story, we lose our dream, when we lose our dream the spirit dies" -Barry Brailsford
Hello Friends,
Please join for this very special offering at Quail Springs... “Tending the Fires of Remembrance, stepping on the trail of vision and hope”. This will be a unique 2-day intensive opportunity to nurture our approach toward our inherent gifts and visions of relevance.
Join renowned New Zealand author, storyteller, elder, and teacher, Barry Brailsford and local California storyteller, poet, and teacher, Warren Brush in weaving together two concerted days of learning through stories, sensory activities, and reflection among the gifts of nature. This retreat is designed to light your fire of awakening and awareness that will support and nurture your traverse of your own unique and inspired trail of vision and hope. We will interlace stories of old and new, from Aotearoa (New Zealand) and Turtle Island (N. America) along with hands-on, experiential activities to stimulate the recognition of your inherent gifts, attunement of your senses, and a wakeful surrender to your original instructions.
Barry Brailsford: MA(Hons) New Zealand.
Historian, writer, his work is a journey through the wisdom traditions of Pacific peoples. Author of The Tattooed Land, Greenstone Trails, Song of Waitaha, and Song of the Old Tides. Awarded an MBE for his contribution to education and Maori scholarship.
Warren Brush is an applied ecologist, storyteller, poet, and writer who weaves his gifts into the world through his unique, nature based, experiential learning workshops and mentoring venues which nurture the inherent gifts in individuals and in families. He has co-founded Mentoring for Peace, Wilderness Youth Project and Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm.
Date: Sunday and Monday
April 23-24, 2006
Cost: $195 (includes camping and Healthy food)
Location: Quail Springs Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm in the upper Cuyama Valley, approximately 1-hour from Ojai,
2-hours from Santa Barbara and 1.5 hours from San Luis Obispo
Register: At http://quailsprings.org/programs.htm or call 805-886-7239
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Blessing you, blessing me,
Warren
Warren Brush
Co-Founder
Quail Springs
Learning Oasis and Permaculture Farm
805.886.7239