The Ojai Experience • Jun 10-13

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THE OJAI EXPERIENCE
Timeless Wisdom for Timely Action

Transformation is upon us. So many have predicted, spoken, prayed for these times… they are here.

Deepen your connection with the natural world, learn time-honored ways to build strong, vibrant community, awaken and share your gifts and bring forth inspired action and collaboration in service of the earth and all beings.

Project Butterfly and The Ojai Foundation present a 3 day/3 night journey cradled in the sublime beauty and magic of Ojai. With the support of timeless practices and traditional teachings, including the way of Council, the ceremonial sweat and deep listening in nature, we will explore together to inspire, enchant and focus our lives. The weekend will ignite meaning and purpose as well as provide simple and powerful tools to bring home to our families, relationships and communities.

The Ojai Experience Schedule Summary ::

THURSDAY :: 10 June 2010
4pm Arrival & Check-IN... The Journey begins...
Dinner

Evening Keynote Presentation & Talk with Jyoti
Jyoti is an internationally renowned spiritual advisor and teacher of earth based ways of prayer and the visionary behind the International Council of 13 Indigenous Grandmothers.

KeynoteTopic: A Global Movement for World Peace and Unity inspired and led by the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers. Jyoti will share the story of the vision that brought the grandmothers together and how that vision continues to inspire others globally to stand up for the Earth initiating sustainable projects and actions in communities around the world.

FRIDAY :: 11 June 2010
Meditation
Opening Ceremony
Introduction to the Way of Council
Medicine Wheel Teaching
Solotime in Nature
Ceremonial Sweat

SATURDAY :: 12 June 2010
Morning Dreamstar Council
Spiral Council : Integrating the Sweat Ceremony
Communal Shamanic Acupuncture & Dream Journey offered by Eric Baumgartner of Urban Remedy
Gender Councils "fishbowl" style.
Eco Shout Out: Sharing our projects and passions
Cross-Pollination
Music & Dance Celebration

SUNDAY :: 13 June 2010
Morning Dreamstar Council
Cross-Pollination
Integration Council
Harvesting the Gems and Taking a Stand
Closing Ceremony
3pm :: The Journey comes to a Close

Come together in community to live your questions, longings and passions regarding your role during this time of personal and planetary transformation. We will begin a rite of passage, an initiatory process as a community in transition. You will leave with a better understanding of the unique medicine you carry, more familiarity with your support base and partners on this journey, with a greater means of communication and a better understanding of your soul’s higher calling.

Meals ::
Organic and divine meals will be masterfully created by Chef Benjamin Haffner of Divine Nourishment. Trained in Traditional Healing Arts and California French Cuisine, his mastery of this colorful, delicious, nutrient rich whole food cuisine is unique and enlightened.

Lodging ::
Our onsite sleeping facilities are rustic and simple, in the style of a private camp in a semi-wilderness setting with hot showers and restrooms. Accommodations include private and shared yurts and domes as well as campsites for tents.


In addition to our hermitages, our facilities also feature a pottery studio, community kitchen areas, meditation room, sweat lodge, tipi, and two kivas with fire pits.
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TUITION FOR THE OJAI EXPERIENCE ::

OFF-SITE:
$275 per person
9 Organic meals provided by Divine Nourishment
Full program from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon
Accommodations not included


CAMPSITE:
$300 per person
Campsite for your tent
9 Organic meals provided by Divine Nourishment
Full program from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon


SHARED:
$350 per person
Accommodation in either a shared yurt or dome
9 Organic meals provided by Divine Nourishment
Full program from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon


PRIVATE
$450 per person
Accommodation in either a Private yurt or dome
9 Organic meals provided by Divine Nourishment
Full program from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon


Contact & Information ::
For more information regarding registration, prices and a more comprehensive schedule of the event, please email :: info@projectbutterfly.org

* The mission of The Ojai Foundation is to strengthen individuals, families, schools and communities by teaching ways to listen and speak from the heart*, to honor life’s many passages and to enhance our connection with nature. These practices deepen our relationships with each other and the earth and support the emergence of a compassionate, sustainable and peaceful world. * COUNCIL is the practice of deep listening and authentic, heartfelt speaking and comes from the universal tradition of sitting around a fire to share the stories of our lives. As the talking piece is passed, we slow down and speak one-at-a-time without interrupting – inviting stronger presence and the potential for more meaningful dialogue. All Ojai Foundation programs incorporate the way of council.


*The mission of Project Butterfly is to cross-pollinate with individuals and organizations that are actively engaged in Positive Transformation. Project Butterfly is devoted to holding space for visionaries, educators, guides, healers, artists, and activists to communicate their vision, heal our planet and create unity through community.

*Center for Sacred Studies Co-founder and Spiritual Director, Jyoti is an internationally renowned spiritual advisor and teacher of earth based ways of prayer. Her background includes education in cross-cultural spiritual practices, social services program development, training at the Jung Institute in Switzerland, and extensive international travel. She has devoted her life to bringing unity to the planet, by facilitating the development of alliances between individuals who are the guardians of indigenous culture and traditional Medicine ways. She and the CSS staff convened the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers www.grandmotherscouncil.com and continue to organize and raise funds for the Grandmother's global work for world peace and unity. Jyoti has been named by the Grandmother's Council as their Traveling Ambassador Charged with the Mission.