The Harvest Weave has been a vision brewing in our cauldron for the last several years. Many have asked if we have considered opening up the land to gather more than once a year and it seem the time has finally aligned for us all! We are excited to present to you The Harvest Weave! We will be gathering days after the Autumn Equinox and waxing into the Harvest Moon. For those of you who prefer a more intimate gathering we will be hosting 450-500 of us vs the 750-800 that gather with us in June. We will be focusing on the coming Autumn months and preparing our bodies and spirits to welcome the colder, crisper seasons.
What is the difference between Spirit Weavers and the Harvest Weave? The gatherings will be very similar except for lower numbers, and a handful of new Instructors focusing on the local Community here in Southern Oregon. This gathering will be extra special since it will be our First Annual Autumn gathering. This gathering will really be an experiment to see what it feels like to gather smaller, to work with more of the local community and to experience Autumn on the land together.
The Harvest Weave is a five day celebration of cultures past, a remembering and practicing of basic human skills to ensure the survival of the body and the soul. Fermenting foods, weaving, dying fabrics, creating ceremony, sharing meals at night and dreams in the morning, drinking tea, and making plant medicines- singing songs, together as a community- these were the common knowledge ways and part of the simple pleasures of a life lived in balance and harmony with nature. Let us gather together as Women and share our skills in remembrance of the beauty path and an honoring of our Ancestors.
Many of us have been called into the depths to uncover the roots of who we truly are and explore ways of walking in the world that are in alignment with both our deepest truth and our highest potential. We believe that this remembering comes through our connection with our great planetary Mother. We recognize our symbiotic relationship to the earth, and that it is to our direct benefit that we take good care of her, but more than being connected to her, we seek to understand that we in fact ARE her. We are not separate from her, and small actions on our part have a great impact on her.
We come together each year with like mind and heart in the hope that through our participation in this larger community we may be inspired, empowered, and supported by one another and the by the new skills we exchange. Participation is open to all female identifying women, womxn, wombyn, trans and cis regardless of their race, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation, religion, disability, economic circumstance, or physical appearance. The Harvest Weave is committed to providing an inclusive environment for all of our community members. Past gatherings have included those from all walks of life travelling from Australia, Indonesia, Spain, Poland, Germany, Switzerland, Norway, Colombia, Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Guatemala, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Mexico, Chile, Canada, Singapore, Kenya, South Korea, Japan, China, Israel, United Arab Emirates, UK, Netherlands, and Latvia to celebrate the feminine and share their gifts. Through sharing space with so many who endeavor with great earnestness to find unique solutions to the challenges we all are facing, we find we are able to more gracefully arrive at a new understanding of what it could look like for us to more fully commit to being in right relationship to each other and to nature.
In addition to the sharing of skills and tools, we are committed to this path of learning how to support and mentor and share knowledge. This is our giveaway to the ancestors and to the next 7 generations. We can step into our own role as empowered wisdom keepers in training at any age, at any point on our journey, supporting those who came before us, those who follow close behind us, and most importantly the children. These children of the empowered have the earth as their playground. They know reality outside of a computer screen. They are still innocent and take pleasure in learning with nature as their classroom and teacher and constant companion. We desire that The Harvest Weave be a place where you can always return to to offer and receive love and companionship and tools through all phases of our journey, from maiden to mother, from mother to crone and on into the great unknown.
Each class that happens at The Harvest Weave is a gift to ourselves, representing the bigger offering- a gift to our community. We come seeking transformation, activation. We invite you to join us and bring your unique vibration to this community celebration. Add your heart medicine to the fountain from which we all can be nourished and filled up by. Drink deeply of this experience, and return home with your cup overflowing, carrying forth the seeds of new skills and ideas, planted in the fertile soil of your being, whose harvest we can then share with our families and home communities throughout the year. Together we both stretch and humble ourselves to become the truth of who we are, a radiant, essential thread in the great weave. Together we take that step from surviving to thriving. Together we are woven.
We will come together as one, from many origins, backgrounds and her-stories, to grow our roots and celebrate this most precious life. Let’s use this opportunity to learn from each other and connect, creating ever-lasting relationship.
Our days will be shared in ceremonial magic as a community. Skill-share and workshops take place throughout the day, as well as embodiment practices like yoga and movement, meditation and tea sits, river swims and communal meals. The Gathering feels like a choose-your-own-adventure, and you can always find a group of mermaids at the river throughout the day!
Our nights will be a time of songs sung around the warmth of the fire, sharing stories under the star filled sky, quiet reflection, and integration. We have the opportunity to leave our routines, daily comforts and city stresses at home and really soak in the magic of the outdoors. Fill your mug with hot tea from the tea house and enjoy a night under the stars surrounded by community!
