Stay 2+ days and enjoy special activities all weekend.
The forces of the natural world are particularly strong at the equinox. Through traditional shamanic ceremony, you will connect with these forces and align your internal and external worlds with the turning of the seasons, strengthening our capacity to heal and find inner peace.
In addition to this event, you can enjoy all of the daily activities that Woodside, CA offers. Explore our sample schedule.
Anyone who is seeking balance in mind, body, and spirit through the support of shamanic energy medicine. Ceremonies are rooted in earth-based medicine and open to all spiritual orientations. Wear comfortable clothing.
By working in the shamanic medicine space, you will experience being connected to the magic and beauty that is calling to you from all directions, feeling your place in the web of life.
Molly Maguire is a medicine woman residing in the San Francisco Bay Area. She fills the position of Resident Shaman at the Healing Arts Center & Spa at Cavallo Point in Sausalito. Her work is influenced by her studies and session work with Jon Rasmussen as well as Alberto Villoldo of The Four Winds Society, from where she holds a Masters Certification. She has studied at Esalen Institute, the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), Atlantic University, and received initiations from the Q’ero in the Sacred Valley of Peru. Additionally with the Slí An Chroí School of Celtic Shamanism in Dublin. Her most profound teachers are from the unseen world. Molly has offered session and ceremonial work for companies such as Canyon Ranch, Google, IONS, as well as to White House staff.
Friday, March 21
3 p.m. Shamanic Water Ceremony Calm the nervous system and fully arrive through a shamanic water ceremony and drum journey led by Shaman Molly Maguire. With the help of the powerful land at Canyon Ranch, you will clear yourself of energies no longer serving and align with the heartbeat of the Earth.
Saturday, March 22
3 p.m. Building an Equinox Prayer Boat Create a prayer boat with objects from the sacred land at Canyon Ranch in order to connect with powerful, sacred, shamanic medicine available during the spring equinox.
Sunday, March 23
3 p.m. Prayer Ceremony at the Creek After opening sacred space together, the equinox prayer boats will be released into the sacred waters of the creek that runs through the redwoods. Ceremony will include music - feel free to bring a rattle or drum from home.