For the October Community Healing Ritual at Kinstone we will gather at the Great Stone Circle and step into rich and inviting circle of standing stone elders.
In this setting, we will connect with the wisdom we carry in our bones. Each person is born with deep memories that they bring with them selves into this life.
Bones carry the stories of those who came before us. The bones of the Earth are the minerals and rocks that we see.
According to my teacher, Elder Malidoma Somé, "To know the true story of our earth, including the story of ourselves, is to listen to the rocks. They are the conduit through which earth passes information onto us."
The Mineral element reconnects us with our true essence and purpose. It reminds us of the unique brilliance that longs to move through us, and it awakens the stories our spirits are here to tell.
When we come together as a community for healing, the opportunity for transformation becomes magnified by all who are present.
“For it is only from a place of grounding and centeredness that anyone can give something back to their world, to their community. ”
-Malidoma Patrice Somé, The Healing Widsom of Africa: Finding Life Purpose through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Please note for this event, you may want to wear clothing that can get dirty.
About Community Healing Rituals at Kinstone:
Monthly schedule:
2025 Rituals will be the third Saturday each month from June 21 through October 18
Time:
2:00pm to 5:00pm;
followed by an optional picnic fellowship from 5pm to 6pm.
Date | Location | Element
June 21 | Dolmen | Tending the Ancestral (Fire)
July 19 | Pond | Shape Shifting (Water)
August 16 | Under the Pines by the Yurt | Burial and Re-bEarth
September 20 | The Three Witnesses sculpture | Return to Authenticity (Nature)
October 18 | Great Stone Circle | Wisdom in Our Bones (Mineral)
Cost: These rituals are donation based + the entrance fee to Kinstone ($10). Our hope is to keep these accessible to any who are feeling the call to community and nature-based healing. If the cost of entrance to Kinstone is prohibitive, please reach out, we have a scholarship fund for those in need.
“Ritual is called for because our soul communicates things to us that the body translates as need, or want, or absence. So we enter into ritual in order to respond to the call of the soul.”
― Malidoma Patrice Somé, Ritual: Power, Healing and Community
During these events, we will come together and create a ritual that emerges from the rhythm of all who are gathered based on the group's current needs, and the guidance and support of the elemental beings of Fire, Water, Earth, Nature, and Minerals.
What gets created in group ritual arises out of the participants voices. Together, we will create something NEW based on the relationships each participant carries with them into our circle from their own inner wisdom that may or may not be already known.
This event is highly participatory. You are asked to arrive with an open heart and mind and a willingness to learn from the Elements themselves as well as willingness to support your fellow participants. Alcohol and drug use are not allowed during these events.
All are welcome. No experience is necessary.
My awareness and knowledge of ritual and my relationships with the elements have been inspired and encouraged by my elders, Dagara Elder Malidoma Somé, and Elder Theresa Sykes Brittany.
All photographs of Kinstone are ©Kristine Beck.
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