Song Ceremony with Dogwood
Event description
Join Amy Terepka and Saliha Abrams for an afternoon adventure to visit a wise, old Grandmother Dogwood tree on Powell butte.
This will be a devotional afternoon spent in communion with Dogwood, a spirit of beauty and grace. We’ll create ceremony, sing medicine songs, learn to sound the medicine of Dogwood through our unique vocal channel, and sit in silent meditation with Dogwood. (You definitely don't have to have a "good" voice to join us! All experiences welcome)
Holding plant ceremony and singing with the plants are ancestral practices that help us remember how to be in relationship with the forces of nature. They are greatly appreciated by the plants, and they feed our deep soul-selves.
Dogwood can help us hold both our shadow and our light with equal love and acceptance, helping us find clarity and equanimity within. From that place of wholeness, aligned with our internal power, we can move more authentically in the world.
Dogwood loves to be honored, and when we come together to honor her spirit, we all receive.
(We experience dogwood as a feminine energy, so therefore use she/her pronouns when talking about her. Others could perceive Dogwood as masculine or non-binary, and we welcome everyone having their own experience!)
Come find out what the Dogwood spirit has to share with you!
TOGETHER IN COMMUNITY YOU WILL:
*Create Ceremony
*Honor the Earth and the Plants for Earth Day/Month
*Learn Dogwood Medicine Songs
*Learn to be a vocal conduit for the plants
*Journey with the spirit of Dogwood and receive healing from her presence
*Practice opening your intuitive channel and receiving insight and messages from the unseen world
*Be in community with other plant people
Come steep yourself in the medicine of Dogwood for the afternoon. I promise, she's a beautiful presence to experience.
*PLEASE NOTE*
We'll meet at the visitor's center and then walk 1.25 miles to the Dogwood tree. There is a slow, steady incline for about a mile on paved trail before we go off trail, entering into uneven and slightly brambly terrain. We will go slow, together. Please bring sturdy shoes, long pants and a walking stick if you think you need it for balance.
WHAT TO BRING:
*Sturdy blanket or cushion to sit on (there are brambles and roughage where we’ll be)
*Layers of clothes + long pants (we'll be walking through a meadow with some brambles)
*Sturdy shoes
*Plenty of water
*A biodegradable offering for Dogwood (dried herbs, a crystal, fresh flowers, chocolate, etc.)
*Journal and writing utensil if you want to capture your experience with Dogwood in the moment
*Snacks if you’ll you need them
*Walking stick if you need one
*Sliding scale $35-$55. Please reach out if the lower end of the sliding scale is still out of reach for you financially.*
Saliha Abrams is an LMT, a singer, and a vocal sound healer. She has traveled and lived in many different landscapes over the years and has cultivated relationships with plants, trees, rocks, rivers, mountains, animals and Ancestors through sound and song.
She believes that humans are like antennae who constantly vibrate with Earth's energy, and that we can translate those vibrations into songs, tones and channeled wisdom that heals and connects us with all of Life.
She has participated in and facilitated many ceremonies and song circles that celebrate and connect people with the plants’ wisdom and healing. You can find her on IG @daffodil_highway.
Amy Terepka is a bodyworker, earth medicine practitioner, priestess, writer, and teacher in Portland, OR. She has has been a student of the plants for close to 20 years, and has held ceremony and taught plant spirit medicine for the past 12 yrs.
She has a deep understanding of the connection between the body, mind, and spirit, and is passionate about helping individuals reconnect with their bodies and the Earth, particularly with the support from the plant realms. She offers a unique, holistic approach to healing through her bodywork practice, Groundwater Healing, which includes an embodied approach to spiritual medicine.
And she runs The Golden Stone Wisdom School, a place where we remember our belonging to ourselves and the wider forces of Life, through embodied spiritual medicine, and animistic encounters. You can find her on IG @groundwaterhealing.