Upcoming Events and Workshops

Upcoming Events and Workshops

Our events focus on supporting Cultural Repair. This work involves healing individual and historical trauma and disconnection of people from ancestral lineages and relationships to the earth, themselves, and other people. The processes used are nature connection, people connection, and traditional healing methods of specific lineages – to rebuilding a healthy relationship to humanity’s interactions with nature, self, and others.

My traditional training comes from my 30 years of working with various lineages, including the Woptura (Chipps) Lineage, of which I’m a recognized lineage holder with documentation. I also work with the lineages of the San Bushman, European healers, and other healing lineages.

Cultural Repair is about repairing people’s fundamental relationship with nature, themselves, and each other. Especially for people who are suffering from the effects of genocide, colonization, and war — transforming the mindset of disconnection back to one of relationship.

One significant aspect that we focus on as part of the healing process is what I typically call the Advanced Connection Practices. These are the ancient rituals and rites which facilitate deepening people’s connection and ensuring their healthy movement around the wheel of life. Within complete cultures, this would have been the part of all the entire community’s responsibility, but one or two well-learned individuals would often facilitate the practices; what we call Advanced Connection Practice Facilitators. In the postmodern world, we have a severe shortage of Advanced Connection Practice Facilitators, which has created a bottleneck in the Cultural Repair movement. With the training and permission of the lineages I’ve been initiated in, I am training Advanced Connection Practice Facilitators around the world.

Understand that a personal healing journey is a lifetime journey, as is being an Advanced Connection Practice Facilitator. This work takes a lifetime commitment, and at each stage, a facilitator holds more responsibility. For those who have the desire and the commitment to walk this path, I will walk beside you.

There are several ways to enter into a personal healing journey or make the commitment to become an Advanced Connection Practice facilitator with me. The way we structure the initial relationship is often via a “course”. The course provides the structure which allows us to have phone conversations, in-person meetings, provide teaching materials, and ensures a reciprocal exchange.

The Helper’s Journey Course

At the heart of the Helper’s Journey is a unique, powerful, and ancient body of knowledge full of understanding, wisdom, and experience – which has been combined with modern therapies and technologies. These teachings are not just theoretical or philosophical; they have been tried and tested in the crucible of life and guided by real-life experience in modern times.

The Helper’s Journey will provide:

· Knowledge of humanity’s place in the “Vision of Life.”
· Transformation of old and ineffective patterns
· Access to your creative potential and how to put it into action
· A healthy relationship with yourself, nature and others
· connection with your local, regional community linked to a global community

Course Content:

Global Group Mentoring Calls: 2 per month – Review assignments and sharing experiences with a global network
Small-Group Mentoring with a Connection Specialist
Network with regional centers and mentors
Regional Group Calls
E-course – Text, Audio, Visual, Monthly Assignments and Private Social Media Groups

For more information and to book now visit: The Helper’s Journey

Various Workshops and Limited Teachings

I typically have many shorter weekend workshops happening throughout the year. These courses are often customized to the local area, time of year, and the needs of the participants. Workshop topics can include, but not limited to:

Rites of Passage

Cultural Repair

Medicine Wheel Teachings

Healing through Connection

The Attributes of Nature

Visionary Leadership

Deep Nature Connection

Basic Survival Skills

Life Stage Honoring

Advanced Connection Practices

Purification Rites

Vision Quest

Drum and Sacred Song

Sacred Pipe

If interested in creating an offering in your local area, contact me at sal@helpersmentoringsociety.net

Distance Mentoring

Personal (one on one) Mentoring conversations. Includes written material (PDF) and other resources. Conversations can be recorded. Please contact me for more information: Mentoring Services.

*We DO NOT charge for ceremony. The fees involved are only to cover the cost of the mentoring program*

*All courses are offered “at cost” for all tribally enrolled Native American participants*