August Workshops

Reiki is a form of natural healing that takes place through gentle, sacred touch. It restores health and harmony to the physical body, releases emotional blockages and activates a closer connection to spirit. Reiki works with the vibration of love and compassion and is an easy form of self-healing. Its recent origins have been traced back to Japan in the late 1800’s and the inspired work of Dr. Mikao Usui. The opening to this simple and mysterious universal life energy happens through a series of initiations and the practice of the form through various hand positions. Frank honors the oral tradition and Phyllis Furumoto as the lineage bearer. This is a First Degree Reiki class.

Frank Coppieters, PhD, Reiki Master, LMT #2385, taught at the graduate level for 13 years at the University of Antwerp in Belgium before he became a spiritual teacher, counselor and Reiki Master. He has a full-time private practice in Portland where he does Reiki, massage, shamanistic work and counseling.

REG & INFO: Oregon School of Massage 800.844.3420

BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $560 includes lodging

DEPOSIT: full amount by 7/25

As we approach the end of our current cycle of ages, increasing numbers of Western spiritual seekers are learning to access the inner worlds for power and protection, support and healing, utilizing an ancient method of meditation called shamanic journeywork. This weekend workshop will provide participants with
a powerful introduction to the shaman’s path, leading them into connection with their helping spirits and spirit teachers, exploring the issue of personal empowerment. The weekend will close with a healing ritual. Bring a hand drum or rattle, a notebook, an eye shade and a light blanket and small power objects for the altar.

Hank Wesselman PhD., anthropologist, has spent much of his life with traditional people in Africa. He is the author of nine books on shamanism. His most recent are The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder, The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman and the award-winning Awakening to the Spirit World (with Sandra Ingerman).

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: hank@sharedwisdom.com or sharedwisdom.com

BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $180 plus lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

On the sacred land of Breitenbush, we immerse ourselves in the timelessness of nature’s wisdom. Yoga reveals this wisdom as our very nature. As we awaken our hearts and minds, renew our vitality and radiance, and rest deeply into the innate sacredness of life, we are returned to the vast intelligence and compassion that has held us all along. Join us in deep physical asana, profoundly restful meditations and compelling conversation for living your yoga on and off the mat.

This retreat is for intermediate and advanced students enthusiastic about the beauty, intricacy and power of asana as a gateway to stillness, expansiveness and love.

Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, yoga therapist and author, is a vibrant, compassionate catalyst for trans- formation. She is the founder of the DAYA Foundation, a non-profit yoga studio and therapy center in Portland, OR, and has taught yoga for more than 24 years. Her teaching is informed by Ayurveda, inter- personal neurobiology, and the philosophies, psychology and practice of yoga.

REG & INFO: 503.552.YOGA(9642)
or retreats@sarahjoyyoga.com or sarahjoyyoga.com/retreats

BEGINS: Sun dinner

ENDS: Wed lunch

COST: $345 plus lodging (price include meals)

DEPOSIT: full amount

Healthcare professionals and laypersons alike are rediscovering the healing modalities pioneered by indigenous shamans. These time-tested techniques are being reworked, providing non-tribal Westerners with effective methods for healing and problem solving. We will expand our connections to our helping spirits, our spirit teachers and our healing masters, as well as the elementals.

We will experience a classic level of shamanic initiation, work with shamanic extraction methods and learn a unique approach to soul retrieval. The week will include ancestral lineage healing and will culminate with a full-on transpersonal shamanic healing ritual. Bring a rattle, hand drum, notebook, a bandana or eye- shade and a light blanket.

Visionseeker Level 3 will be offered at Breitenbush Oct 27 – Nov 1.

Hank Wesselman PhD., anthropologist, has spent much of his life with traditional people in Africa. He is the author of nine books on shamanism. His most recent are The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder, The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman and the award-winning Awakening to the Spirit World (with Sandra Ingerman).

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: hank@sharedwisdom.com or sharedwisdom.com

BEGINS: Sun dinner

ENDS: Fri lunch

COST: $495 plus lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Join us for the 2019 Northwest Reiki Gathering as we welcome Reiki Masters from three different continents to share their unique visions and Reiki wisdom. Explore how Reiki can lead us to be in harmony. As Sensei Phyllis says, “we all have a song inside of us.” What is your song and how do you bring your unique tone to the harmony of Reiki?

This is an extraordinary opportunity where the footprints of our Reiki evolution expand beyond our own region, allowing us to explore the many ways our songs sound in harmony, in both the inner and outer world.

Master Time is open to all initiated Reiki Masters. The weekend gathering is open to all initiated Reiki Masters and students.

Paul Mitchell, USA: Head of Discipline for Usui Shiki Ryoho. Hyakuten Inamoto, Japan: Founder Komyo ReikiDo. Frans Stiene, Australia: Co-Founder Interna- tional House of Reiki.

REG & INFO:For more information
and to register online with PayPal, visit www.nwreikigathering.com or you
may also mail your registration to: Jim Axling, 8977 N Westanna Ave, Apt 58, Portland, OR 97203 or registrar@ nwreikigathering.com or call 971-258-6968

BEGINS: Wed dinner (Master), Fri dinner (Gathering)

ENDS: Fri lunch (Master), Sun lunch (Gathering)

COST: All costs include registration fee, food and lodging. Master time event $530 ($477
 if registered by 4/1; $317 for non- participants). Weekend gathering event $557 ($501 if registered by 4/1; $335
for non-participants). Both events $978 ($870 if registered by 4/1; $672 for non- participants)

DEPOSIT: contact registrar

Within this powerfully healing natural environment, we will explore fundamental techniques and building blocks of drawing, painting and composition, including color theory. As we move from the studio to out of doors during the “magic hours,” we will also move fluidly between figurative drawing, plein air painting and intuitive collage. This work- shop welcomes all levels. As an instructor, Jazzminh crafts projects to the experience level and interest of each individual.

Jazzminh Moore received her BFA from Cornish College of the Arts and MFA from CSULB. She has exhibited widely and been featured in various publications, including the New York Times, New American Paintings, Interview and Elle Magazine. Recent teaching experience includes seven years in Cornish College of the Arts’ Summer Program and an intensive painting retreat at Anderson Ranch Arts Center in Aspen, Colorado. Jazzminh was born at Breitenbush and has returned every summer since, maintaining a deep connection to the land and community. You can view her work in the gatehouse, in the lodge and on the bathtub at the sauna; jazzminh.com.

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: jazzminh@gmail.com

BEGINS: Sun dinner

ENDS: Thu lunch

COST: $385 ($310 if registered by 7/18) plus $40 supply fee and lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Yoga Summer Camp! Join Lora and Steph for community time to practice and play! Enjoy sun- shine, friendship, yoga and nature.

Everyone is welcome. You can come as an individual or family. There will be time to relax and play together, time to have rejuvenating alone time, and time to eat and enjoy the outdoors together. For those bringing kids over three, we will group families into “tribes” to support each other in having some free time to meditate, hike, or practice yoga. Six yoga practices (restorative/sound healing, gentle yoga, and vinyasa) will be offered and you have the choice to attend as few or as many as you like.

Stephanie Adams, ERYT 500, is the creator of Flow Yoga Community and Jaya Yoga Teacher Training. She brings a rich and diverse 20-year experience in life and yoga to intensives and retreats she leads throughout the world.

Lora Munn, RYT 200, is a heart-centered yogini who is naturally gifted at creating space for opening and healing.

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: floweventsmanager@gmail.com

BEGINS: Mon dinner

ENDS: Wed lunch

COST: $195 per parent ($175 if registered by 7/20) plus lodging and FREE for children attending with parent, plus lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

A late summer gathering of over 100 women (predominantly lesbian) enjoying four magical days with therapeutic hot springs and steam sauna, forest hiking trails, participant-planned workshops and a Saturday evening talent/no-talent show. This is an earth-centered, nurturing, body-positive and healing event with support for creativity and leadership. This event has been held at Breitenbush for over 30 years.

Limited space, register early. The weekend is women only except for workers from the Breitenbush community.

REG & INFO: womeninthewoods.com
 or info@womeninthewoods.com or 503.777.0618

BEGINS: Thu dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: sliding scale $410- $510 for three nights and $330-$440
for two nights. Children $50 per night (scholarships available)

DEPOSIT: $100 at registration, balance due 8/1

 Join icons of the food movement for four days of revitalizing your heart and spirit, and learning how to bring healing to your life and to your world. You’ll hear from inspiring food experts including John and Ocean, Dr. Susan Peirce Thompson, and Dr. Ritamarie Loscalzo. You’ll be entertained and inspired by the beautiful, soulful music of singer-songwriter Karl Anthony.

You’ll discover breakthroughs for leveraging a healthy diet to help you prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, and you’ll enjoy guided exercises to help you absorb the natural beauty of Breitenbush, and to build connection and healing for your body, mind, heart and spirit.

Ocean and John Robbins are co-founders of the 500,000+ member Food Revolution Network – an education and advocacy community dedicated to healthy, ethical and sustainable food for all. They’ve convened 1,000,000+ people for online summits, and led live events for more than 250,000 leaders in 65+ nations. They’ll be joined by Food Revolution Network team members plus leading-edge doctors and holistic practitioners.

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: foodrevolution.org/retreat or ocean@foodrevolution.org

BEGINS: Sun dinner

ENDS: Wed lunch

COST: $547 ($497 if registered by 7/15) plus lodging + $100 presenter fee deposit

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

The purpose of practicing Breema is to bring you to the present and support you to remain present. Breema’s Nine Principles of Harmony are the key to the system’s many benefits. The principles can be used in any situation in life to deepen self-understanding: Body Comfort- able, No Judgment, Single Moment/Single Activity, No Force, Mutual Support, No Extra, Firmness and Gentleness, No Hurry/ No Pause and Full Participation.

In a joyful, nonjudgmental atmosphere we will explore the Nine Principles of Harmony and practice Breema’s rhythmic movement sequences. The flowing movements and postures of Breema bodywork and Self-Breema exercises are comfort- able and natural. They nourish and energize body, mind and feelings and lead to a new experience of ourselves. All levels of experience welcome; participants should be comfortable sitting and working on a padded floor. LMTs and DCs earn 15 CEUs

Taught by Northwest Breema Instructors, certified by the Breema Center in Oakland.

REG & INFO: Steve Brodsky 541.914.4162 or breemaworkshops@gmail.com

BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Mon lunch

COST: $225 ($200 if registered by 8/1) plus lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Our bodies have seven energy centers, called chakras. When these centers are healthy and open, we are too – physically, emotionally, and in our relationships. When they are blocked – through injury, illness, suppression or emotional disconnection – we are blocked from being our best self.

We also have an “overthinking” mind that causes us great concern, tension, worry, anxiety, fear, sadness and anger.

This retreat introduces Osho Active Meditations for exploration and experience of both the chakras and the reality beyond the mind! The meditations help us open energy blockages that inhibit our ability to have a vital, satisfying life! We will then be able to connect with silence and the expansive dimension beyond the mind, which includes stillness and peacefulness!

The facilitators, Shanti Schenker-Skye and Subhan Schenker, are certified Osho Meditation Instructors. They lived in Osho communes for many years. They have a combined 85 years of meditation experience! They are the co-directors of the World of Meditation Center in Seattle, Washington; and they facilitate workshops worldwide, in Asia, Europe, Mexico and the US.

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320

INFO: shanti@worldofmeditation.com or subhan@worldofmeditation.com or 206.772.8897

BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Mon lunch

COST: $185 ($160 if paid in full by 8/1) plus lodging

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging