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CELEBRATING CYCLES
A RITES OF PASSAGE JOURNEY
In traditional cultures
Initiation and Rites of Passage marked transitions enabling people to
mature and grow up in healthy ways. The lack of appropriate Rites of Passage and Initiation processes in Western culture can leave us empty and lacking meaning in our lives. Without signposts we can easily loose our direction. We can become soul-less because we are not guided or given appropriate maps. Rites of Passage type experiences can weave a strong and enduring fabric within our lives. They acknowledge the Journey we are on and create a foundation for a meaningful and fulfilling existence.Life is meant to be a gentle blossoming....
In the process of growing up we experience impactful events – first menstruation, ejaculation, the first time we make love etc. We often are unprepared for these experiences. Such events, when acknowledged, provide signposts that help us to consciously recognise that we are growing up – and that this is a special time in our lives. How these changes are integrated can have an affect on us that can last a lifetime.Because a lot of what as we grow up is happening is internally, hugely significant and life-changing events can pass by unnoticed by those outside of us. Sometimes things happen to us while growing up – like a death of a parent, divorce, a serious illness, abandonment, cruelty, abuse of some kind or another. Sometimes our changes go unrecognised. For some people this neglect deeply affects our development. Many of us move on unscathed, some of us carry a wound into our adult lives. Sometimes these experiences can hold back our human development. 
Many of us were not welcomed as we moved from childhood into puberty. Some of have unresolved feelings about this. The result of this neglect is that we can become confused - feeling cheated, isolated, neglected, different, alone and unseen. This Rites of Passage Journey is full of possibility. A simple and yet powerful process that takes us back and then moves us forward again with a sense of newness, relief and power.
In this ritual celebration you can: - experience your own life’s Journey,
- discover if there are places you may be stuck,
- honour the changes at every phase of your life,
- understand your place in Life’s Mystery,
- take back the power which is your birthright,
- have your life’s Journey witnessed and celebrated.
We may not achieve our highest potential if we did not undergo growing up challenges in a safe and sacred ways. With Initiation processes our Journey can be easier.
This experiential four-hour RITES OF PASSAGE JOURNEY is for adults who may have missed out people who do not feel fully GROWN UP or who have unresolved childhood or adolescent issues.
It can take you to a new level of freedom and understanding.
It’s never too late to celebrate and honour ourselves
FOR PARENTS
The Rites of Passage Journey assists parents to acknowledge transitions in the lives of their children. They can bring appropriate ritual and celebration assisting children to know where they are now and where they are going. Children can be given new responsibilities as they move toward, through adolescence and into young adulthood.
There are many opportunities in life for valuable rituals.
Questions to explore:
How mature do you feel?
Who helped to define you as a man or a woman?
What experiences assisted you to define that for yourself?
Will you become an old man or women or a WISE one?
Can you see yourself becoming an elder in your community? Would you know how to do this?
INITIATION AND THE SOUL’S GROWTH
- celebrating the Cycles of Life is the next step to take the process
deeper and is available after attending the Rites of Passage Journey. A 4-hour workshop.
Becoming fully adult and fulfilling our highest potential can take a lifetime.
Once
I fully accepted being the only man in the ritual circle, which
included some discomfort, I was able to enter with full and joyful
attention into the process. I experienced Amrita’s totality of
prescence as acceptant love. I went deep within myself quickly. I was
delighted to be met there by the lovely women of the circle. The four
hours was a perfect blend of quietly being in reflective mode and
actively witnessing and being witnessed. I felt nurtured yet extended.
A rare combination. I challenge more men to step into this work. It is
of great importance.
Eric, Canada
The
Rite of Passage Journey was an enormous vehicle in helping me to accept
menopause and to release a lot of anger. It brought me understanding
and joy in the past, the here and now and in the process of aging.
Since the ritual I created during the workshop, my hot flash fires have
diminished greatly and have lost their intensity. I am sure that the
two are connected.
Margaret, Canada
Amrita's Workshop was excellent! It was very simple, but very deep. I am not a professional psychologist and I can't describe the Rites of Passage Journey from a professional point of view, but for me it was like a Miracle! We did some simple things and after that I felt that one very important part of me have changed… I work on this problem in rebirthing and many other processes and I can't integrate it… but Amrita helps me a lot.
Stas, Russia
I expected a list of sample Rites from other cultures and possible resources regarding our lost Rites. I received, to my delight, a personal and edifying journey and a new resolution in my life.
Matt, Australia
Experiential
work is easier to absorb rather than intellectualising about it. Amrita
Hobbs,TEACHER!!! Understatement! Guides, helps, respects individuality
in life’s rich tapestry. Highly recommended. Fiona, Australia
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