Vision Quest & Wounded Healer Summer School

CLARIFICATION & LIFE VISION (5-Day Intensive)
“There are no cell phones in the forest, but you will make a better connection, for sure’. The Quest for a Vision is an ancient and cross-cultural rite of passage which aims at clarifying your true nature and purpose in life, and it clarifies the gifts that you will bring to the world. Traditionally some have sought their Guardian Spirit, as a source of inspiration, guidance, and protection of their lives. Others already have such a Guardian Spirit and an are seeking clarity about their direction forward, a clarity about purpose and service, and may attain it through the silent Knowledge, or through dreams, visual visions, synchronicities, an encounter with an animal or stone, or any creature in the forest, and may also receive vision or clarity for the Guardian Spirit and other spirit-helpers if they have acquired them. Some have gone on a number of such Quests, because they have often served the purpose of gaining renewal of vision and deeper clarity in changing times.

If you are seeking clarity, vision, and purpose for your life, or you are at a cross-roads seeking new direction, this sacred Quest can be a good choice. This event runs concurrent with the Wounded Healer School, which is also the community base and support before, during, and after for the vision questors. A Vision Quest does require special preparation for fasting, deep solitude, and connecting deeply with the aliveness and stillness of nature.

WOUNDED HEALER SUMMERSCHOOL
SELF SOUL-RETREVAL & SELF-EXTRACTION
This is the 19th consecutive year for the Crows Nest Wounded Healer School.
This Year’s focus will be on “self soul-retrievals and self-energetic-extractions. We shall focus on developing skill I transforming and healing, dissolving blockages, and building the strength to carry forward the Vision or project one already has already clarified.

You will focus and practice deeply on yourself as a basis for helping others do the same. The Wounded Healer School will use their time for deep self-exploration, hunting down patterns that no longer are of service. Then we activate heart-warrior energy to transform them. We use Toltec, Iachak, and psychoshamanic self-soul retrieval resources to find and release energies that do not belong with us, and ceremoniously release them, and bring back your own energies we had left behind when the programming or early domestication claimed them, or shut them down. This constitutes one form of self soul-retrieval practice, and we shall share alternative methods for self-soul retrieval.. and transforming through a powerful recapitulating ceremony process, which concludes in a Sacred Fire Ceremony.

Both options are powerful and exciting. However, it is not possible to do both options at the same time. You must determine which is really most appropriate for your situation. The Vision Quest does require that you be in good health physically and emotionally.

Begins Thursday, August 5, 2021. 5:pm (a couple hours earlier to set up your tent and get situated, If You are doing Vision Quest option, it is recommended you come by noon, so you can get oriented and search for a site for your solo quests.)

Ends Monday, August 9, at 4pm.

Location: Crows Nest Center for Shamanic Studies:, Dowagiac, MI 49047
Map and address are sent to you after registration, along with other necessary Information.

What to bring: Bring a small or modest size pup tent or dome tent and backpack for camping. Bring a journal and pen, eye cover, and if Questing, you will want to bring suitable footwear and clothing for hiking into and out of the forest. Additional information will be provided through the website in coming days.

Costs: The Cost for either event is $350.00, which is to cover our expenses. We have set the fee $200.00 less than previous years. However, still not everyone who needs a Quest for a Vision, or wants to participate in the Wounded Healer School may be able to cover that cost. So if you are in this situation, write us and tell us your situation, and most likely we can work out a payment plan. In an exceptional case a donor may be able to help out with a scholarship.

Participation is limited so please register early.

If you cannot make these dates and would like to set up a private individual Quest under the guidance of a Crows Nest, elder, write and let us know. From May through September individually arranged solo quests are possible.

Registration: For RSVP and questions please email admin@crowsnestshamanism.com. You will receive a response within 48 hours.