Discovering Your Power Animal Medicine Workshop Series with Hawk & Linda

==Mondays, May 9, 16, 23 & Thursday, May 12==

Discovering Your Power Animal Medicine Workshop Series
with Linda Fernandez & Walking Hawk

Life on the red road is shaped and influenced by the inherent animal medicine we carry inside each of us. Learning about your power animal is a process of self-discovery--as you learn about the animal medicine you carry, you learn how to consciously walk through life.

Part I: New Life Celebration Ceremony & Calling In Ceremony with Welcome Feast (Potluck)
May 9, 6:30p-10:30p

The New Life Celebration Ceremony welcomes in the revitalizing force of awakening and new creation--like Springtime in all its awesome glory! Its a time to let go of the past as we move ahead to rebirth & new beginnings, inspiration, creativity and manifestation--an ideal way to kick off our individual and collective journey of self-discovery. We will be working with the spirit and energy of the Horse, Buffalo, Deer, Sage & Copal...purifying, balancing, grounding and empowering our bodies & spirits for the adventure that lies before us.

The Calling In Ceremony will help to ‘call in’ the blessings and teachings of our personal and group animal medicine (animals, plants, elementals, shapeshifters, dieties, etc.) with an astrological/zodiac-like cornmeal painting. We will each journey within the cornmeal painting to reveal our family tree of animal helpers, guides and assistants. Using cornmeal, we will map out our family tree and create our own sacred space for communing with our power animal medicine. For those of you who missed the introductory workshop, we will be working with you individually to introduce you to your main power animal protector (the head of your family tree).

Please bring a dish to share with everyone for our potluck feast.

Part II: Power Animal Medicine Wheel
May 12, 7:00p - 10:00p

The Power Animal Medicine Wheel is comprised of all kinds of beings that we claim as our medicine--animals, trees, stones, water, lightening, ETs, angels, Bigfoot, etc. Using our family tree as a point of reference, we will journey individually and in groups, to better familiarize ourselves with the basic qualities and characteristics of each class of power animal medicine. We will explore the hierarchical organization, social interaction, strengths, weaknesses, diet and lifestyle of each medicine present in the group...and the meaning it holds for us as individuals.

Part III: The Medicine in ME: Power Animal Medicine As History & Current Identity
May 16, 7:00p - 10:00p

Discovering your power animal medicine is a process of self-discovery. The more intimately you come to know your power animal medicine, the more you get to consciously know yourself and how you move through life. In this class, we will meditate & journey with the intention of uncovering the who, what, when, how and why particular power animal medicines came into our lives. Their entry into our lives represent profound turning points in our growth and development.

Part IV: The Conscious Connection: Walking With Your Power Animal Medicine
May 23, 7:00p - 10:00p

As you strengthen your relationship with your power animal, the more conscious you are of its influences in your life. As you become more conscious of its influence in your life, you can begin to master your medicine: infusing your animal with human consciousness and directing your decisions and actions with the intuition and gifts of your power animal medicine. In this final class, you will learn how to apply simple tools for seamlessly integrating power animal medicine into your everyday life.

**This 4 part workshop series is open to everyone of all skill levels and experiences. Individuals may join this series at any time; however, it is highly recommended to take the complete series from start to finish, in the order that it is presented.

**Please bring a rattle/drum (if you have one), a notebook and something to write with to each class.

**To enhance your connection to your Power Animal Medicine and the Spirit Realm, it is suggested that you forgo sleep before workshop days (ideally 3 sleepless nights leading up to class. Sleep deprivation is a time-honored technique for helping to lift the veils between the worlds. Please only consider forgoing sleep, if its safe to do so (sleep deprivation is not a requirement for this course). Also, eating the same food/diet as your power animal, leading up to class time, will strengthen your relationship/connection with your power animal.

**For questions, or to RSVP and/or prepay, contact Linda at rionhawke@hotmail.com

Dates & Times: May 9, 6:30p-10:30p
May 12, 16 & 23, 7p-10p

Exchange: $25 per class or $100 per series
Pay in advance for the whole series by May 9 and
receive a $15 discount

Location: The Alignment Center
120 West 28th street
NYC

Links: http://www.evolver.net/user/rionhawke
http://www.alignmentcenter.org

About the Facilitators:

Linda Fernandez has a deep reverence for the profound love, truth and beauty in all that life has to give, teach and inspire. She lives her life with the open compassion and integrity of an awakened heart--offering herself, in divine communion, as an empathic channel and guide through which healing, teaching and transformation can flow through. Her healing sessions focus on returning to the simplicity of Being, the practical application of consciousness into daily living and bringing all in 'right' relation and harmony with self and others. Its about reconnecting, awakening and embracing the truth of who you are--so that you can begin to embody and radiate your joy, passion and magnificence out into the world.

Linda is the lineage bearer of both her grandmother’s shamanic traditions as well as the designated heir to a well-known Cherokee heyoka medicine man. She is a graduate of New York University’s School of Social Work. She has over 10 years of experience as a clinical sexologist specializing in sex therapy and is certified by the Institute for Advanced Study of Human Sexuality and the American Academy of Clinical Sexologists. She is also a member of the American College of Sexologists. In addition to her healing practice, Linda is co-editor of Souldish Event Listings, a webzine promoting high frequency culture. She also volunteers her healing services, in support of the Marie Crosby Fund, for the affordable healing series and psychic & health fairs at Edgar Cayce's Association for Research and Enlightenment in New York City.

Walking Hawk grew up under the keen tutelage of wise medicine elders from a mixture of different nations. Being exposed to the humble ways of the ancestors gave Walking Hawk the insight to train and reflect on the oneness of Mother Earth and all who live with her. As a Heyoka medicine man and former chief, he walks the contrary path with Spirit and lives in compassionate service to the people. Many people come from all over to attend his healing lodges and ceremonies. His openness and insight have also brought him to many ceremonies and gatherings, both open and secret, throughout the nation and abroad.