I'm so very happy with the way the Epona trance went, tonight at RCG. The ritual team didn't ask Jasmine and me to do it till Sunday - it was a quick plan, one evening of Jasmine and me going over it. I am really pleased most of the women had such a deep experience, and wish I was sure just WHY they did ... some possibilities ( Read more... )

Of the last three trances the team has done, two had half the facilitators drop out at last minute due to illness; the Kali etc trance was just - so big. All three left me and several other facilitators wondering how we can do this work without being utterly whacked when it's over ( Read more... )

Our TranceShamans trance team facilitated two really complex trances, since I posted last - the Parvati/Durga/Kali trance at the Toltec Center, and the Baba Yaga trance this past Thursday. Lots to process about! Both trances gave us insight into issues of mixed group trancing, how we work together as a team, and sustainability ( Read more... )

Thursday's ritual and trance for our Samhain celebration were pretty indicative of what happens when Kimber, Jasmine and I  come up with most of the plans. Dark. Prop-heavy. Complicated, but also with a structure that lets us find our way through. Four speaking voices in the trance ( Read more... )

I'm interested in what makes the work I and others do, priestessing and facilitating trance and ritual - sustainable. Part of what I look at is: what is needed, for those being mentored in this work? For those mentoring? And for both ( Read more... )

In the past 2 weeks the trance team I work with has gone on a retreat, practiced a trance and presented a trance so - we've been in right brained space quite a bit. Saundra and I were talking about what this does to our day to day lives. I stop to get gas after a trance we've presented, and can't place my zip code to put into the credit card ( Read more... )

I met with five other women on our local trance team Sunday, and one of the things we talked about was the material in my last LJ post - how do you bridge the experience for those who trance easily, and don't want to go too deep - and those who need a strong induction to get them there ( Read more... )

Back from experiencing other approaches to trance at California Camp ( Read more... )

This past year I've been working a lot with what sustains the priestess in community. How we can sustain those who lead and do the work ( Read more... )

I'm in the middle of a one-year program to be a certified hypnotherapist, as part of the chaplain work I do with my corporation. And while I'm learning a lot (a LOT!) I'm mostly working on defining how I want to come at this ( Read more... )