IN-PERSON EVENT!
The story of evolution is our story, our inheritance, our destiny. Out of the mysterious and intelligent fabric of existence, sentient life takes form in the sea. A single cell metamorphosizes over eons into a myriad of possibilities— fish, whale, dinosaur, eagle, human. Our origins are elemental and cosmic. We are both Earth and Stars, a sublime and masterful incarnational process in constant flux and flame.
Held on the island of Ocracoke, one of the most remote islands in North Carolina’s Outer Banks, we are surrounded and supported by the elements of earth, sea and sky. In this extraordinary natural setting, through the ancient body wisdom-gifts of movement, sound, breath and beholding, we will reenact our primordial unfolding from the sea to land.
For five mornings, we rise before dawn and gather on the beach to participate in an experiential inquiry and creative exploration of discovery. Set during the week of the new moon, the inky black of our celestial vault is strewn with Milky Way wonders and stars rising over the dark sea. Through ritual, we engage with the greater mystery, with the vastness and powers of our elemental nature. We plumb the depths of self that live beyond words and ignite the soul fire of being alive. Silence held within our group of souls fosters interior cosmos communing. Against the ocean’s expansive backdrop, we open to our essential nature and true origins.
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"The heavens are panther black and the swirl of the Milky Way spreads out above you. A light wind brings the song of Poseidon to you, and you walk between full slumbering dunes and out onto a primordial barrier island beach 16 miles out from the continent. The vast ineffable ocean flows into you. Your breath slows and your lungs fill with that ocean air. You remember something. You move towards the shore and a small encampment of kindred souls. As far as you can see down the beach in both directions, there are no other beings besides sea gulls and sand pipers. You lay back and take in the stars, the wind, and the waves in this pregnant dawn. Movement as prayer comes into you and for the next few hours, as the loving sun arises and warms you, your whole body wordlessly communes with the mother you came from.
You appreciate all of this, are lifted by community and an eco depth philosophy, and enjoy an enlightened Continuum sequence to ride (one that recapitulates evolutionary morphology) because of the vision and efforts of a soul connected mistress of Eros, Sabine Mead. She helps you remember something.
Thank you Sabine."
— Cory Blake
Guitarist/Composer/Movement Teacher
Music and Movement Therapist/Integrative Health Coach
