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Issue: March 2010 Newsletter
By Roland A few days ago I went out
with Ya’Acov to look at a possible vision quest site on “Um – excuse me,” I hear you
ask, “Didn’t you write about something very similar a few issues ago in an
article entitled ‘Losing Ya’Acov’. I will tell you of the
lone raven, we watched from the top of hill, flying north to the higher ground
where snow was still lying on the ground, crying with that distinctive raven rasping
caw as he went. I will tell you, too, of the small wood that we found, where
Ya’Acov squatted down his haunches and declared that this was the perfect spot
for his base camp. Then, there was the delightful small stone circle
where Ya’Acov sat with his back against a stone facing north and I sat facing
south and I asked if he could envision what kind of ceremonies would have taken
place there thousands of years ago. And we talked about the passing of
the seasons, the marking of solstice celebrations, the sowing of crops and of
the strong connections that these people would have had with the land and the
landscape. It was though too cold to linger
long anywhere. But we did stop again and I sat on my plastic map cover
and ate my pasty and Ya’Acov sat on his coat and ate nothing at all. It
was then that I had a clear memory of visiting that very spot with a friend nearby nearly 30 years ago. I could
feel the precise qualities of that June day – the
white woolly clouds, the scattered trees in fresh leaf, the rocks dotting
the hillside, the wooded valley stretching up towards the higher moor
beyond. I realized it might just be like that memory when and if – as we
still need to check whether we can definitely use this place - we return to this
place this coming June to bring people here for the Vision Quest. Oh – you are little
disappointed there is no humour here? OK let me tell you that we also
took Susannah and Ya’Acov’s delightful black “But,” he added, “I do
have a special training technique to stop dogs chasing sheep that I wish to try
out that Susannah has told me about.” Now I should tell you that
Susannah is the one who has a very strong connection with animals and who has
done an excellent job training both their present dog and their previous
one. This is not to say that Ya’Acov doesn’t do his dog bit – it is just that
Susannah is the acknowledged expert in this field. So for a while during our
walk, were on the lookout for some sheep to try out this technique out
on. For most of the time sheep are remarkably unintelligent animals but
the sheep that were around on this part of the moor that day seemed to be atypically alert and, as if they knew something was up, kept a good distance
from us. Finally, however, we came across two unsuspecting sheep near a
stream. Ya’Acov immediately put his plan into operation and allowed Tali to approach the
sheep by releasing her extendable lead. Tali went forward cautiously and
for a moment I thought that nothing was going to happen. Then one of the
sheep looked up from the clump of grass it was eating and decided that the dog was
now too close for its personal comfort and so it bolted off with the fellow
sheep just behind it. Tali, of course, now started to run and just when the extendable lead had extended to full length, Ya’Acov gave
a violent double handed yank on the other end of the lead. At this point the scene
changed into something resembling a children’s TV cartoon and time seemed to
slow so that I was able to observe clearly what was happening at both end of
the dog-lead. At the dog-end of the lead Tali was momentarily halted. But
it takes quite a lot of strength to stop a young fit “Well,” he said with his
wonderful optimism that I so admire in him, “I think that should do it! I
rather doubt she will ever want to chase sheep after that!” “Mmm,” I replied, “I’m not
sure that dog training works quite like that but you never know. Lets see
what the dog expert says when she returns from teaching in If you want to join Ya’Acov
for the Vision Quest Module 17 – 24th June of the Ritual Group (no dog
training lesson included) please contact me for an application form. We
also still have places left on the other modules of the Group which are the
SEER process 18th – 23rd March or The Burial Ceremony on Sept 28th –
Oct 5th. roland@rwevents.co.uk 01803
762255. Meanwhile Susannah’s Ongoing
Group, Journey of
Empowerment, which starts in For those of you who are
contemplating joining the next Apprenticeship group which starts in Jan 2012,
you really need to start planning now how you are going to do the pre-requisite
workshops in time. These pre-requisites are Initiation and
the Phoenix
Retreat and at least one ongoing group (preferably Journey of
Empowerment) and if possible the Ritual Group as
well. Dates for all these pre-requisite workshop will soon be on the
website programme of events (both for this year as well as next year). If
you haven’t already done Initiation then
you should consider doing it this year. The dates are 3rd – 12th September.
The date for the early payment discount is May 1st. Please either
download an application form from the website or ask me to send you one. Coming up soon are: Mind Body
Spirit Festival in Return of the
Light in Early next month Susannah
will be running the Sanctuary Retreat
for women in the Austrian Alps from 8 -11 April. This workshop is
residential. We don’t offer this workshop very often so do take this
opportunity to take part if you. Please contact Andrea andrea_rainer@hotmail.com 0043
664 380 8073 for more details etc. And Ya’Acov will be teaching Source in Finally, I would like to
remind you about the Awakening workshop
which is being taught by both Susannah and Ya’Acov. It will take place in Newsletter Articles: Awakening feedback: "The medicine works! I
received inspiration and creative power to deal with a very challenging
situation which awaited my return home. The result is turning out unbelievably
different from anything I experienced in my life up to now. I loved the
harnessing of the conscious mind as one of our key resources in directing where
we are putting our attention."Kat Forrester, Events Organiser "A breath of fresh air
to me as newcomer! Great to be 'allowed' to dance and follow our inner spirit
freely without judgement. The contents of the course were skilfully arranged,
and beautifully guided by Ya'Acov and Susannah. The music was great and moved
me to the core." Nadia Smith de Nekludoff, Tui Na & Qigong /
Cranio-Sacral Practitioner Please either follow the
instruction on the flier or contact me Roland on 01803 762255 or roland@rwevents.co.uk if you want to
book for Awakening. So that’s all from me for
now from South Devon where Spring is valiantly trying to begin but wind
still blows coldly. Roland |
| The views expressed here do not necessarily represent the views of the School of Movement Medicine.
Roland Wilkinson, Nappers Crossing, Staverton, Devon TQ9 6PD, UK Tel & Fax +44 (0)1803 762255 http://www. schoolofmovementmedicine.com
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