Based in New Mexico, Grandmother LánéSaán learned many life lessons from her Yoeme grandmother, aunty and father, and other family and community elders, in the kitchen while preparing food. Now, she’s looking to introduce her work and share some of her wisdom through a virtual Fire Circle experience.

Storytelling has always been an essential part of our cultures, as is the food that carries emotional memories. This is part of the magic and medicine in cooking, but First Nations’ foods, in particular, are imbued with a deep history of both comfort and pathos that reaches far beyond the ingredients themselves.

Grandmother LánéSaán recalls being a child in the kitchen learning from her ancestors, listening to stories that not only contained lessons about how to nourish our bodies but also about where we come from and how we should treat one another and our wider ecological community. The ingredients in these storied recipes are like an ancestor, a mother, reminding us of who we are and how to move forward in right relationship with all of life.

In the Western world, we seem to have forgotten our stories, our roots, how to listen and our connection to nature. We tend to look outward for solutions to our current crisis without considering the lessons carried by our predecessors and feeling into the elemental forces in our bodies, hearts and consciousness tuned to the web of life. Yes, external solutions are needed, however, to create true systemic change and transformation in society, we must start deep within by listening to our embodied wisdom and living the change we wish to create.

So how do we reconnect and learn to trust the subtle voice of our nature?

Join Grandmother LánéSaán and some of her students, Melodee Soloman, Tisha Sauceda-Halliday, Ananda Sauceda-Hudetz, and Thea Connolly, in a conversational journey of reconnection and remembering the ingredients of life!

Context
Grandmother LánéSaán has been a teacher to her niece Tisha and grand-niece Ananda, with whom she has had many heart-to-heart conversations in the context of family and community life, and a teacher and healer to her Filipino and Australian students, Melodee and Thea, for six and two years respectively. While together with her students, Grandmother LánéSaán often shares stories from her upbringing, meals and recipes, and teachings and ceremony, with an emphasis on bridging cultures and worldviews, being guided by the heart, and living with integrity, humility and reciprocity in relation to the whole.

During this organic Fire Circle dialogue, Grandmother LánéSaán will provide an introduction to her work and way of life from her kitchen in New Mexico. She will be accompanied by Melodee, Tisha, Ananda and Thea, demonstrating the dynamics of passing on wisdom to the next generation.

How to prepare
Grandmother LánéSaán wholeheartedly invites you to bring a cup of your favourite herbal and citrus brew to enjoy while you listen and gather by the (virtual) fire circle. Some suggested ingredients to choose from include mint, rose, rosehip, camomile, honey, agave and a little lemon or orange. Grandmother will be making her own herbal tea in her home kitchen while inviting a conversation from the heart.

We are sure it will be a session to remember!

Date & Time zones - Americas, Asia-Pacific

27th of July 28th July

Colorado 16 - 18:00 Singapore 06 - 08:00

Calgary 16 - 18:00 Melbourne 08 - 10:00

New York 18 - 20:00 Auckland 10 - 12:00

Mexico City 17 - 19:00

Santiago 18 - 20:00

Buenos Aires 19 - 21:00

London 23 - 01

Investment

+ For people with medium to high access to wealth in the global context:

Supporter AUD 40, Friend AUD 20

(as a general rule of thumb: middle class and upper/owning class people in the Global North, anyone with investments or retirement savings)

+ For people with lower access to wealth in the global context:

Supporter AUD 10, Friend AUD 5

(as a general rule of thumb: most people in the Global South and people who've been systematically disadvantaged or are poor/working class in the Global North)

Considerations

The different levels marked by 'Friend' or 'Supporter' do not convey any
material differences in your experience. They simply mark different
contribution amounts within each scale. We trust your discernment of
how you fit into this global economic context.

About Grandmother LánéSaán's Moonwalker

LánéSaán Moonwalker has been an oracle, healer, spiritual teacher and environmental guardian for close to 50 years. She began her training in the healing arts at the age of 12 from family members and friends who were highly skilled curanderas (traditional practitioners who combine Native, Catholic, and African spiritual beliefs and practices). In 1987, she met her main teacher Tu Moonwalker, a White Mountain Apache, the great great granddaughter of Cochise through his son Naichê, and Naichê's daughter 'Meh' mah Moonwalker. This lineage is about a medicine way of Being. Tu was the holder of this unbroken Moonwalker lineage and Láné is an acknowledged part of that lineage. She herself is from an unbroken lineage through her Yoeme grandmother. Working with Tu helped Láné manifest her vision to train teachers, healers, oracles, and leaders in their own right. Together Tu and Láné founded the Philosophy of Universal Beingness within the Whole. The foundation of this system is about working with nature in a sacred way. Both Tu and Láné understood that if you don't take care of the Earth there is no basis for anything else.

Grandmother LánéSaán is also internationally recognized and has travelled around the globe as part of her work. She sits on the International Council of Elders for the Aniwa Gathering and holds a degree in humanities and the visual arts from the University of Colorado. She has been a licensed minister for more than 40 years and is a Reverend Canon in the Brigade of Light.

About Melodee Solomon

Melodee is passionate about guiding individuals toward tapping deeply into their personal power. She holds a B.A. in Sociology from UCLA and is trained and certified in Breath Work, Yoga, Reiki, NLP, and Hypnosis. Melodee has been studying energy healing for the past 10 years, learning from some of the world's most preeminent healers including Grandmother LánéSaán since 2016. She works very closely with her intuition and the Earth as the main ally in healing.

About Tisha Sauceda-Halliday & Ananda Saucesa-Hudetz

Tisha Sauceda-Halliday is Grandmother LánéSaán's niece and works professionally as an office manager/adviser. She is 35 years old and runs her own business, providing consultancy services to assist with organisational and office management functions.

Ananda is Tisha's daughter and Grandmother LánéSaán's grand-niece. Aged 10, Ananda has just begun studying with Grandmother LánéSaán on a more intentional basis.

About Thea Connolly

Thea started her career as a solicitor and spent a decade advising on a variety of projects and transactions in the infrastructure sector. Since completing a year-long sabbatical in 2020, Thea has sought to contribute to the development of collaborative projects and initiatives that prioritise people and planet, and has supported various organisations such as The Chancery Lane Project, Schumacher College and the Post Growth Institute. Thea has been learning from and engaging with Grandmother LánéSaán's work for two years.

Partner Project & Community Commitment

Grandmother LánéSaán will be donating the revenue from ticket sales to Tewa Women United, a multicultural and multiracial organization founded and led by Native women, located in the ancestral Tewa homelands of Northern New Mexico. They envision movements rooted in P'in Haa (Breath of Heart/Life) and P'in Nall (Touching Heart and Spirit) that nurture and celebrate the collective power of families, communities, and Nung Ochuu Quiyo (Earth Mother). Through Relational-tivity, they embody courageous spaces that centre Indigenous women and girls to connect with ancestral knowingness, healing strengths, and lifeways for the wellbeing of ALL.

*The name "Tewa Women United" comes from the Tewa words wi don gi mu which can be translated as "we are one" in mind, heart, and in the spirit of love for all.

Cultural Safety

The themes in this discussion draw on Grandmother LánéSaán's personal experiences of learning from sacred wisdom traditions over many decades. We ask that you respect and share this knowledge with others based on his guidance during this event. We only record the sessions for internal purposes but don't distribute them publicly.

About Us

The Fire Circle is a project that emerged in late 2020 in response to a growing cry for a different way of living and doing business. Our experiences are designed as foundations for a way that is grounded in ancient wisdom, draws on the cultures and teachings of Indigenous, Eastern and Western traditions, and sees us working with deep humility, reverence and relationship with the Earth. Learn more about Fire Circle.

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