Circle of Life Rediscovery

[earthw7]

Any information on this group??

Traditional Lakota Sioux Inipi Gatherings (Sweat Lodges)
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Waldron, East Sussex 
Friday 21 February 2014, 10h30 till Saturday 22 February 2014, 18h00

Organized by : Circle of Life Rediscovery

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Friday 21st February - Tending the Center: Women and Men in Community
During this talk we'll discuss the complementary roles men and women held in indigenous community, and how the understanding of these complementary roles empowered the next generations.
We will be having a women's and men's Inipi that day.

Saturday 22nd February 2014 Vital Women and Vital Men
During this gathering we will be speaking about life stage rites of passage for the women and the men. We will have an Inipi for both men and women on this day.

These are stand alone gatherings where you will be introduced to and experience the Inipi (Sweat Lodge) as an advanced connective practices.

Suggested contribution: £75 per day or £120 for both days

More information: http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/traditional-lakota-sioux-inipi.html

[Autumn]

Earth, the group itself seems to be an organization that teaches outdoor skills to young people and adults:

Circle of Life Rediscovery is a Community Interest Company that runs Eco-sessions, Forest School Plus, Woodland days, Programmes, Camps and Trainings for young people and adults. We are Outdoor Learning and Environmental Education specialists.

But they have hired Salvatore Gencarelle to run some programs and he is mentioned on the NAFPS forum here:

http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=4155.msg35390#msg35390

[Ingeborg]

It is perhaps not so much of a surprise they should hire some plastic like Gencarelle. A quick look at their site shows that 8 out of a total of 18 facilitators (persons organising courses) are into Nuage garbage, among them the Managing Director of the organisation. This, BTW, does not mean the others are okay, it just means that they'd need a closer look than just the glance I've given their intros.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/marina.htm

Her approach brings together best practice from Environmental Education, Nature Connection work, Forest School, Eco-psychology, Indigenous wisdom and many years of working with young people of all ages

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/annie.htm

Annie has worked with indigenous teachings from the Americas for many years. She was apprenticed in a North American tradition and is currently studying Mayan teachings from Guatemala. Annie has undertaken ceremony at Macchu Picchu, sat sweatlodge in North America with elders from the Mi’kmaq and Ho Chunk Nations and has worked with Lorraine Mafi Williams, the Native Australian elder. 

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/nick.htm

"I love living and working in the countryside, I believe we all have an innate appreciation and connection to nature, and by experiencing the wilderness at first hand we can all connect with this. Through using the wisdom of indigenous rituals and ceremonies - like sweat lodges, vision quests, building benders, rites of passage, etc. - we can enhance these connections, and also develop a more meaningful relationship to ourselves."

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/grace.htm

In addition she has just started an Elders Council in Norfolk and arranges ceremonies, including rites of passage. She is also a Storyteller.
For the last twenty years Grace has spent much time as a traveller – frequently setting off alone into the unknown, being guided only by the signposts that appear. This includes a wilderness quest in Canada . These spiritual, as well as actual journeys underpin all her work. The more formal qualifications come from Nottingham University and South West London College . Studying the ancient ways comes from a multitude of sources with many teachers; the trees, the stones, the ocean, as well as human beings.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/jeremy.htm

Jeremy Thres has been a student and practitioner of Wilderness oriented rites of passage for over ten years.
Jeremy brings to this work a passion for reconnecting people more fully with Nature - both their own nature and the natural world.
His journey to this has embraced environmental education, theatre work and founding a not for profit organisation (Regenco, based in Devon).
He has trained in counselling and psychotherapy (through the Karuna Institute), and maintains a connection with a variety of elders both of this Land and further afield, in particular Steven Foster and Meredith Little of the School of Lost Borders - pioneers in the resurgence of wilderness oriented rites in a modern context.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/anna.htm

Anna has been trained in bushcraft and has a particular passion for wild plants and potion making. She has lead many young people to enjoy wild foraging in the woods and beyond.
She is a mother and currently works for a local school as a forest and nature skills teacher and runs a woodland toddler group. She also has a practice in Plant Spirit Medicine and Reflexology.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/victoria.htm

Victoria has studied and worked for various wilderness survival and nature awareness schools both in England and America including a 9 month residential program at the Wilderness Awareness School. During this program she furthered her understanding and experience in areas including:
survival skills, bird language, tracking, wild edible and medicinal plants, naturalist knowledge, storytelling, wilderness philosophy and was introduced to their inspirational approach to mentoring.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/chris.htm

Chris Diallo is a musician, a body worker and a grandmother of two. She runs Hands On Skin and teaches African music and dance using a range of instruments from the ever popular djembe drums to the less well known gongoma and bolon. Chris believes that many possibilities open up through rhythms, songs and the general joyfulness of African music and that playing/singing/dancing together can be a powerful tool for change.
This is echoed by her work with the body, massage as well as music can create a space for transformation and lead to a deeper sense of community. Chris teaches Indian Head massage to all kinds of groups, from refugees to children, as well as having been a practising massage therapist for over 10 years now. Working with the body as well as the spirit is important in every aspect of the work she does.
All aspects of Chris's work are Inspired and informed by African musical traditions and Western bodywork systems. Percussion, voice, movement and dance can unite people of all ages, abilities and backgrounds, often with surprising results.

CoLR is connected to another organisation, Rediscovery International:

Circle of Life Rediscovery is affiliated with Rediscovery International. Rediscovery was established in the Queen Charlotte Islands, Canada in 1978; there are over 40 Rediscovery programs around the world today. Rediscovery is a broad network of affiliated programs, each community-based, independently administered and funded, and uniquely suited to the local bio-region. All Rediscovery programs meet established health and safety standards and none discriminate on the basis of race, sex, creed or nationality. Rediscovery International Foundation (RIF) was established in 1985 to support the needs of the growing family of camps.

Their links include these two:

Hartwell Centre for Shamanic & Ceremonial Ways
www.hartwell.eu.com
Helps participants to heal, regain their balance and find a true purpose that puts them in harmony with all our relations.

Star Communities
www.starcommunities.com
We promote mind body spirit events about wellbeing, health, the environment and alternative therapies.


http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/ourprinciples.htm

We draw particularly on indigenous perspectives to support our activities and programmes.
We explore ways in which different traditions and belief systems can sit side by side. We acknowledge both the spiritual and secular traditions and build bridges between traditional and modern ideas and customs.

http://www.circleofliferediscovery.com/vision.htm

In a „Message from founder of Rediscovery – Tom Henley“ you can see he signs off with „All my relations“.

At least here in Europe, the Nuage scene and that of 'Wilderness'/outdoor skills overlap.