Events in August:
August Women’s Wheel
Monday, 3 August 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge and on-line
and/or
Tuesday, 4 August 2026, 12:00pm-2:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge only
This month of the 8th Moon Cycle we learn how to Serve the Truth. Serving the Truth has never been more needed in our world than now! We are all being called to Serve the Truth by expanding our consciousness.
With the help of Bat, we may experience the turning of the Medicine Wheel and Rites of Passage that lead to unlimited spiritual growth. Growth is a result of death and rebirth, the Medicine of Bat. We must release our limiting beliefs and our narrow view of the life so that we may experience rebirth into a more expansive version of ourselves, our world and the universe. Together in ceremony, let us call on Bat to help us release our old ways of being and step into a new expanded view of life!
Please do bring along your Sacred Braid for this month – your word, Animal Totem and Sacred Path card. If you weren’t with us at the New Year’s Day Ceremony, please pull a card or drum/rattle to discern your energy for the month. Please also bring rattles and drums.
All women over the age of 10 welcome. Suggested energy exchange £15
Lammas Shamanic Dreaming Circle
Sunday, 9 August 2026, 1:00pm-5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
You are invited to dream in Sacred Ceremony and in community at Lammas. Dreaming connects us to Source and our highest self, allowing us to create, magnetise, and manifest our dreams. We will dream with the Totems of the Dreamtime and with the Elementals who help manifest our dreams into the physical. The dreams are limited only by your imagination and can include things in the physical, the emotional, the mental, the spiritual.
What would happen if you lived from your heart and followed your dreams? We will dream for ourselves so that we may realize our truest Self and reach our fullest potential thereby adding to the whole of creation in a positive way. We will dream for each other in loving, community support. We will dream for the world, adding to the matrix of loving energy in building a new world.
Creation is the signature move of the Creator, endlessly creating from the Field of Expansive Possibilities. As good co-creators, at this great Time of Awakening, is the time for us to wipe the dust from our eyes and free ourselves from the Spell of Matter – we are expansive, limitless energy beings! Now – now and now and now – is the time for us to come together in ceremony and prayer to help birth a new world from the Field of Expansive Possibilities – a world of love, peace, joy and honey in the heart!
Energy exchange: gifting
Spirit of the Drum Shamanic Drumming Circle
with Jill Dancing Otter and Michelle Speaking Hawk
Tuesday, 18 August 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
You are invited to join us in celebrating the spirit of the drum! Together, following the heartbeat of our drums, we will connect to the deepest part of our beings, the land, our ancestors and to each other as indigenous peoples all over the world have done for thousands of years. Shamanic drumming helps us heal, gain access to our own inner wisdom and build community.
All are welcome. Suggested £10 energy exchange.
What to bring: drums and/or rattles (we have a few drums or rattles to borrow), a bottle of water, and something to sit on – a cushion for floor sitting or (compact) lawn chair (there are no chairs available on site). You may wish to bring a notebook and pen.
All men and women over the age of 12 welcome
Healing Circle
Wednesdays 5, 12, 19 and 26 August 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – TML and online
Healing in a shamanic sense is about bringing balance back to the physical body, emotional body, the mental body and the spirit.
This circle is an opportunity to heal the Self, other members of the Circle and those in the wider world. This circle meets every Wednesday evening.
This is a closed Circle. If you are interested in joining this circle, please contact us.
Please feel free to send a healing request at any time.
Open Creative Afternoons
Usually every Tuesday Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
In community, people used to craft together. These Open Creative times are an opportunity for us to come together in community and create! When we create, we come into alignment with Spirit, our creations come straight from our Orenda and become tangible Spirit in our lives. Dolphin wants us to know that when we are fully absorbed in creation, play, or the wonder and beauty of Nature, we are receiving a healing. This Medicine is offered with Grace – we are worthy of receiving it just by being alive.
We will work in a sociable way but also in Ceremony with Sacred intent.
This little medicine bag is one of my creative projects. What’s yours? Come early, come late, or just come have a tea with us and watch the rest of us work but just show up!
Coming in September:
September Women’s Wheel
Monday, 7 September 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge and on-line
and/or
Tuesday, 8 September 2026, 12:00pm-2:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge only
This month we welcome Setting Sun Woman, Clan Mother of the 9th Moon Cycle, into our hearts and our lives. This Clan Mother and her Totem, Bear, teach us to Live the Truth – that we are not our bodies, but instead are vast beings of energy, of spirit.
This Clan Mother and Bear also impart lessons on inner knowing, receptivity and the feminine principle. Let Bear show you how to go inside the cave, attune yourself with the energies of the Earth Mother and use the power of introspection to help us meet the challenges of our time. We are the ones we’ve been waiting for!
All women over the age of 10 welcome. Suggested energy exchange £15
Please do bring along your Sacred Braid for this month – your word, Animal Totem and Sacred Path card. If you weren’t with us at the New Year’s Day Ceremony, please pull a card or drum/rattle to discern your energy for the month. Please also bring rattles and drums.
Monthly Energy Meditation
Monday, 14 September 2026, 7:00pm-8:00pm – online only
Meditation to increase connection and flow
Would you like to increase your vitality for life and connection to Spirit? In this meditation, we will use energy exercises and focussed meditation to increase our the flow and connection to Spirit, to increase our perception and awareness of energy, and to balance and ground.
We will also use energy exercises to transmute and heal challenges in our lives.
Energy exchange: gifting
Prerequisite: You must have taken the 6 week Energy Meditation Course to take part.
Spirit of the Drum Shamanic Drumming Circle
with Jill Dancing Otter and Michelle Speaking Hawk
Tuesday, 15 September 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
You are invited to join us in celebrating the spirit of the drum! Together, following the heartbeat of our drums, we will connect to the deepest part of our beings, the land, our ancestors and to each other as indigenous peoples all over the world have done for thousands of years. Shamanic drumming helps us heal, gain access to our own inner wisdom and build community.
All are welcome. Suggested £10 energy exchange.
What to bring: drums and/or rattles (we have a few drums or rattles to borrow), a bottle of water, and something to sit on – a cushion for floor sitting or (compact) lawn chair (there are no chairs available on site). You may wish to bring a notebook and pen.
All men and women over the age of 12 welcome
Drum Creation Day
Saturday, 19 September 2026, 9:30:00am-5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
Drum will be your friend, your guide, your healer, your teacher and is alive with its own Spirit. Following the beat of the drum, the heartbeat of our Earth Mother, allows you to journey to other realms of the Spirit World which is why some traditions call the drum ‘Spirit Horse’.
Types of hides: Red Deer, Reindeer or Horse
Sizes and Types of hoops: 12″, 14″ or 16″ in Ash, Birch, Oak or Willow
Cost: £285 for a 12”; £310 for a 14” OR £335 for a 16”
All hides are responsibly and ethically sourced.
Full payment or a deposit of 1/2 the balance due by 22 August. If a deposit only was paid, the balance will be due by 12 September.
The Medicine Wheel 1.0 – Challenge & Growth
Thursday, 24 September 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – TML and on-line
A Circle to Work with Our Growing Edge
The Native American Medicine Wheel and the Celtic Wheel of the Year are both a way of life and a mirror for helping us learn and grow. By working with the energies of the chief solar events and their mid-points, we are connected with all life, shown how to have balance, how to connect with the seasons and the environment and much more. These non-linear ways of being help us see through the illusion of time and space, connecting us with the beauty and harmony of the spirit world.
This circle meets 8 Thursday evenings throughout the year and encompasses the energies of the 4 quarters and the 4 cross-quarters. As we work with our growing edges and explore together in community, we will work with the energies of the directions, the seasons, the Totems, the aspects of Self and much more.
Starting in March, in the East, we begin with our engagement with life and work through the annual cycle of the year and our lives – putting you at the centre of the circle of your life. We will use teachings and flow in connection with spirit, to work with our edges and celebrate our successes together. If you want to spread your spiritual wings or master challenges in your life this circle is for you.
All are welcome – men and women from all traditions. This is a closed circle.
Sacred Pipe Ceremony
Sunday, 27 September 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
In this Ceremony with the Sacred Pipe, praying with and for All Our Relations, we offer prayers from our heart to Creator. Native peoples have prayed in this way since the pipe was brought to the people. The story of how the Pipe came to the people depends on the tribe and lineage. We honour White Buffalo Calf Woman, Arrow Woman and Buffalo in our Ceremony. We use Knickknick in the Pipe, an herbal blend including tobacco. Our prayers are carried to Creator with the smoke. But it is not necessary to take in the smoke, you may pray by simply holding the Pipe.
This Sacred Ceremony is open to men and women. Please bring a pillow to sit on, a lap cloth and an open heart. Instructions given to beginners.
As a pipe carrier, it is my honour to live my life non-judgmentally, impeccably, and as a peace-maker. I am available upon request to bring the Sacred Pipe for Ceremony for you, for anyone who needs Medicine in this way, bringing Peace to any situation in your life.
Healing Circle
Wednesdays 2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 September 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – TML and on-line
Healing in a shamanic sense is about bringing balance back to the physical body, emotional body, the mental body and the spirit.
This circle is an opportunity to heal the Self, other members of the Circle and those in the wider world. This circle meets every Wednesday evening.
This is a closed Circle. If you are interested in joining this circle, please contact us.
Please feel free to send a healing request at any time.
Open Creative Afternoons
Usually every Tuesday Afternoon 1:00pm – 5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
In community, people used to craft together. These Open Creative times are an opportunity for us to come together in community and create! When we create, we come into alignment with Spirit, our creations come straight from our Orenda and become tangible Spirit in our lives. Dolphin wants us to know that when we are fully absorbed in creation, play, or the wonder and beauty of Nature, we are receiving a healing. This Medicine is offered with Grace – we are worthy of receiving it just by being alive.
We will work in a sociable way but also in Ceremony with Sacred intent.
This little medicine bag is one of my creative projects. What’s yours? Come early, come late, or just come have a tea with us and watch the rest of us work but just show up!
Coming in October:
October Women’s Wheel
Monday, 5 October 2026, 7:00pm-9:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge and on-line
and/or
Tuesday, 6 October 2026, 12:00pm-2:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge only
In October, in the Tenth Moon Cycle we welcome Weaves the Web whose cycle of truth is learning how to Work with the Truth. Weaves the Web is the Mother of the Creative and Destructive principles, teaching us when to destroy limitations so that we can start anew. If we are to co-create a world of harmony, then we must discern what to release, what limitations to destroy.
Then Weaves the Web and her Totem, Starfish, teach us how to use the creative life force of the elements – Air, Fire, Water and Earth – as well as our own unique gifts, talents and abilities to co-create a world of beauty and integrity with All That Is, a world where All and Everything is respected and honoured, a world where the resources provided by Pachamama are used wisely – with gratitude and the next seven generations in our hearts and minds. I look forward to being in Ceremony with you once again!
All women over the age of 10 welcome. Suggested energy exchange £15
Please do bring along your Sacred Braid for this month – your word, Animal Totem and Sacred Path card. If you weren’t with us at the New Year’s Day Ceremony, please pull a card or drum/rattle to discern your energy for the month. Please also bring rattles and drums.
Medicine Bag Creation
Saturday, 10 October 2026, 1:00pm-5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
In this workshop, you will make your own Medicine Bag/Bundle. It could be a simple tobacco or mugwort bag or you may like a small bag to wear around your neck or you may be thinking about something bigger. You may design it to hold special items that celebrate your life, honour your Totem animals or representations of energies you are working with – it’s all up to you!
Timing for this workshop will depend on the size bag you make – a small, very simple bag may only take a couple hours. Larger bags will take longer to make.
Sizes: Small medicine pouch such as a tobacco bag or for wearing around the neck. Medium size pouch 3 to 4 inches for wearing over the shoulder or hanging off a belt. Large bags 8-9 inches.
Available Leather: Deer skin in tan, white or black, Cow hide or Lambskin. I also have a small amount of American Buffalo or Moose hide (first come, first serve basis). If you prefer a small bag in brighter colours, there is lamb skin in various colours.
Cost: £10-£40 depending on the leather and size. Please RSVP!
Death, Life and Going Beyond: A Sacred Rites of Passage
Exploring a Rites of Passage for the end of this life cycle
Day 1: Sunday, 25 October 2026, 10:00am–5:00pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
Day 2: Sunday, 22 November 2026, 9:00am-3:30pm – Tayanita Medicine Lodge
Death is a natural part of the cycle of life – it is part of being a nature being and we are all nature beings, we are all sons and daughters of our Earth Mother, part of this physical plane – but we are also so much more! In our culture, we often fear our own death as well as the death of loved ones. Death is not an end, but a sacred, transformative Rites of Passage. Do we want to feel courage, love, hope and happiness as we transition? Can we explore death, in order to step fully into life and celebrate every breath we take? This will be a transformative journey to explore what happens at the moment of death and beyond. None of us are getting out of here alive – so let’s prepare and celebrate our return to Source, our return to the Light!
In this workshop we will:
- Explore the physical and metaphysical aspects
- Hold Fire and Forgiveness Ceremonies
- Take Shamanic Journeys to our Helping Spirits for help and guidance
- Do Prayer Ties for gratitude
- Explore death and life so that we can be a light to others
Suggested gifting: sliding scale £110-£150
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