2011 SERVICES . . .

               FOUR NEW WISDOM STUDY PACKAGES AVAILABLE AT TARA’S MEADOW CENTER

PROGRAM ONE: THE WISDOM OF THE GRAIL AND YOUR LIFE PATH  During this powerful 5-session program you’ll explore your own ‘Grail Life Passages’ and find wisdom and guidance through the ancient grail tales of your ancestors.  Using a wonderful blend of storytelling, shamanic journeywork, journaling, and creative conversation you’ll discover how these wisdom tales can shine light into your life today.  This is a powerful sequence of sessions, that moves us around the wheel of our lives, shows us who we really are, and helps us step into ‘our larger selves’ as heroes and heroines along this life path.  Five Session Outline:    1) Intro: All Heroes on the Path    2) The Quest Begins    3) The Great Wound    4) Women of the Wells    5) Cup of Healing, Cup of Love   Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com for registration information.    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM TWO: "THE 3-FOLD PATH" IS A SMALL TOOLKIT FOR A BIG LIFE "When I was young, I believed that life       might unfold in an orderly way, according to my hopes and expectations         But now I understand the path winds like a river            Always changing, ever onward, following God’s gravity                 toward the Great Sea of Being...                   every path leads to peace                       every choice leads to wisdom"                 --Dan Millman from “The Journeys of Socrates” The 3-Fold Path is both old AND new: its a very simple toolkit for life.  It’s a fresh river of wisdom flowing from many ancient roots. It comes with a short and simple little practice – one that compliments rather than replaces what you already know, do, and believe in about your life.  It is lightweight, easy to carry along, and just might enhance your ability to work through the challenges that life brings your way. As part of the Path you will learn some very simple primal meditative postures that evoke life’s 3 primal energies: “Affinity, Intention, and Awareness” (or lovingness, willfulness, and mindfulness).  The postures can help us from “getting stuck in our heads” as we move to resolve a life issue or problem.  They are effective for relieving panic and stress, and can help us restore balance in our lives.  Or they can simply be for centering, calming, and giving gratitude as we greet our day. The 3-fold path works well with most spiritual traditions or science-based belief systems. Its triple spiral balance of life energies is found implicitly, or outright in the teachings of Jesus, Buddha, Gandhi, and the ancient druidic sciences and earth spirituality of the Celts as well as others.  The meditation part of it is simple, and can be done by most anyone who can lie on the earth or floor and move their limbs, in just a few minutes of their day.  Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com for The 3-Fold Path registration information.     ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM THREE: SACRED EARTH WAYS OF THE CELTS A 5 DAY “GUEST SOJOURN” PACKAGE AVAILABLE FOR INDIVIDUALS, COUPLES, OR SMALL GROUPS AT TARA’S MEADOW RETREAT CENTER.  If your heritage is European, the Celts are likely your ancestors.  Come journey with us as we explore the history and mystery of these shadowy tribal peoples, from Merlin and the Druids to the Warrior Queens and the mystical “holy ecology” of Celtic Christian Monks.  We’ll explore Celtic values and life ways, discovering how they illuminate our challenges and joys today.  Highlights: sacred earth traditions, resistance to Roman globalization, strong egalitarian roots.  Your study is an active mosaic of lecture, poetry, story-telling, imagery, experiential learning and a rewarding personal journey. Course Outline: 6)  The Celts: Introduction 7)  The Ancestors: stepping back 8)  The Land and the Otherworld 9)  The Wounds: yesterday and today 10) Coming Home: healing and balance     Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com for registration information.   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROGRAM FOUR: EARTH, SKY, and SEA: A CELTIC WAY TO HEALING and BALANCE “There are six billion dramas, six billion stories of suffering, and only one great wound of separation that we all share.  How might the wisdom of our Celtic ancestors help us find healing and balance in our lives today?” During this 3-session program you’ll explore a modern interpretation of the ancient 3 worlds, 3 elements, and 3 sacred energies of the Celts.  We’ll begin by exploring our ‘original wounds’ and relating them to ‘the Wasteland’ of the Grail legend.   Then we’ll explore a Celtic-inspired path to healing and balance, utilizing the powerful new shamanic movement mediations called ‘Celtic Body Prayers.’  Expect a new vision of balance, enhanced with gentle shamanic body movements, in rhyme with the patterns of earth, sky and sea.   Contact Seamus directly at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com for registration information.

PERSONAL CARE SESSIONS . . .

Contact Seamus if you are interested, and we will dialogue more about your wishes and intentions.
   Phone 231.347.7957 or email him at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com.

CELTIC and CUSTOM SPIRITUAL WEDDINGS . . .

“There have been few times in my life where things have unfolded in such a beautiful, profound way.  You have such a way about you Seamus . . . the calm and great love in your spirit.  And I was so very pleased to hear from my family members who had initial doubts about such an alternative ceremony.  They found our wedding to be the most moving and beautiful ceremony they had ever attended!”

 -- Danielle and Mike Davies (June 16th, 2010)

“Seamus, this is the second wedding I’ve witnessed of yours, and I am so impressed with the depth of knowing and personal connection you have with the bride and groom.  Other weddings I attend seem formulaic, yours are deeply personal and meaningful.  Might you be available for my fiancee’s and my wedding next June?”

-- Michael Paine, Freshwater Studios photographer at Craig and Kristen’s wedding (July 28th 2007)

A note from Seamus . . .
 As an ordained minister of the peace, I find deep joy in uniting new couples.  I love co-creating deeply meaningful weddings with them, and can offer a rich array of traditional and contemporary Celtic inspired customs to draw from.  My first goal is to help couples forge an authentic spiritual bonding unique to their needs.  I wish their ceremony to be always cherished and empowering of their union.  At the  couple's request, I may incorporate spiritual counseling and Body Prayers support sessions in our planning meetings before the wedding.  I then strive to make the ceremony itself meaningful, beautiful, and harmonious for all that attend, aiming at welcoming and inclusiveness for friends and family members.  I take pleasure in explaining and blending "the old familiar" customs with what may be new or unfamiliar to some in the wedding party.  At the couples request, I can include Christian, Jewish, Buddhist or other customs into the language or ceremony; or I can tailor your wedding entirely for an earth-centered or pagan event.

Contact Seamus if you are interested, and we will dialogue more about your wishes and intentions.  Phone 231.347.7957 or email him at celticbodyprayers@gmail.com or more information about Tara’s Meadow Adventures Week and/or the annual Labor Day Weekend retreat on Beaver Island click here.