Thanksgiving weekend - Sedona & Hopi

2012
Thanksgiving Weekend special events...

theme:
indigenous perspective of gratitude and connection to the living earth
These 2 experiences are complementary and quite different. The first is experiential out in nature opening awareness and co-creating ceremony. The second one is being in circle with Native American taking in teachings, songs and ceremony.

Thursday, Thanksgiving morning
Mother Earth Connection/Ceremony in nature

The living spirit of Earth with Sandra Cosentino who has many decades of experience of mystical knowing: you will practice observing, listening, connecting with animal ally, trees, rocks. Learn principles of ceremony in nature and participate in co-creating one to honor Mother Earth.
7 - 9 or 9:30 am
$75 each with min. of 3 ($85 each with 2, 2 hours)

Thanksgiving Evening Native Sharing Circle

with intro by Sandra Cosentino, mystical nature connection teacher
and special Thanksgiving program (indoors in sacred space) by Uqualla of the Havasupai tribe, who is a wisdom keeper, medicine person, orator, ceremonial leader:
---songs, teachings, blessings, ceremony of Thanksgiving, drumming and rattling circle
5:30 - 7:30 pm
$80 each with min. of 4 ($110 each with 3)

Other Sedona Sacred Sites and Earth Connection Tours and experiences to add inspiration to your weekend

Add Soul Journey Sessions and create your own mini-retreat

We still have fall color in Sedona on Thanksgiving

Nov. 23-24 or 24-25
Hopi and Navajo Cultural Journey:

Spend Thanksgiving weekend with indigenous people, visit villages, Hopi feast in a home, see how they celebrate this American holiday bringing their own cultural depth to gratitude as a way of life, even survival. Hopi people really live the way of gratitude, so it is a special experience to share these good feelings with them. For many who have gone with me on these Thanksgiving weekend journeys (and for some of the Hopis as well), it is a reminder of the first Thanksgiving.
11 hour journey, $250 each with minimum of 4 people.

Extend the 1-day trip with deeper Hopi immersion:
Going to a backcountry rock art site; enjoy an evening program with music and a blessing circle, thoughtful discussions, exploration of your personal interests. Go home feeling like you have found a new family and perspective on life.

Hopi artists will help you create a special rock art piece or gourd rattle to take home as a visual reminder of these heart-felt experiences.

or go to Navajoland at Canyon de Chelly and feel the spirit of adventure and discovery as you jeep ride with a Navajo guide through this roadless, sandy, sheer, red-walled canyon famous for its beauty and the concentration of cliff dwellings and rock art of the ancestral pueblo people from 400 BC to 1300 AD. Includes a fire blessing ceremony.

I am flexible to create a 2-day Hopi cultural immersion journey, a 1-day Hopi or a 2-day Hopi Mesas and Navajo culture at Canyon de Chelly.

2 days
$550* (per person based on 4 or 5 people; cost goes down to $500 each with 6 people + hotel (Good quality on reservation inns cost from $100-135 per double room on season--we will let you know if there is a room mate opportunity) includes van transportation and jeep tour, cross-cultural guide and Native American guides, entry fees, program, 2 Hopi meals, reference guide, lodging. Prepayment required to reserve space.