Women's Dream Quest

The format of the Dream Quest is quite simple. We gather as a group -- usually about 45 women. We learn several beautiful chants that we will use throughout the experience. We spend time greeting each other and preparing to enter the sacred space of the Quest. We then move to the Labyrinth and do a ceremony with song, movement and guided meditation that sets the tone and creates a safe and expansive environment for each woman to have her "dream" as well as a warm and nurturing environment for us all to experience a community of heart.

We then move into small groups facilitated by able women in the community. We choose these groups by randomly drawing a card representing a quality that creates a theme in each group. The small groups are an essential part of the experience. Here women are invited to share their stories and to be witnessed as they quest for their dreams. We encourage women to consider all their experiences in the event as part of their dream.

After an hour of small group interaction, it is time for walking the Labyrinth, receiving healing, meditating, praying, journaling, singing, creating art or dolls, or even going to sleep. We want women to feel free to follow their hearts and experiences. This period lasts until the lights dim, but some women choose to walk the Labyrinth during the night or continue their vigil or meditation.

In the morning, the women are awakened with a song, and spend the first morning hour in meditation, body prayer, (movement, Yoga stretches etc.), or journaling. They then meet in the small groups again. A final large group ceremony is held on the Labyrinth and the process of taking what we've learned back into the world is begun. We meet in the same small groups over breakfast and prepare a skit to communicate the message each group wants to share. After the performance, each woman receives a gift and we dance and sing a final closing.

7 CEUs available for MFTs or LCSWs. Serves as a Qualifying Workshop for Facilitator Training.

Friday, October 28th 7 p.m. to Saturday, October 29th, 2011 11 a.m.
$125 early registration rate and $150 after August 31^st.
Click here to register.

Email the Veriditas office or 707-0283-0373 for a special student rate of $80 until October 8th when it will become $100, or for general information.

Also of interest:

An Afternoon's Women's Dream Quest
With Judith Tripp
October 1, 2011 1-5pm
380 Nicolls Road
East Setauket
$50

On the brink of autumn, we invite you pause in the midst of your busy life to gather the inner wisdom that thrives in a women's circle. Through ritual, guided meditation, labyrinth walking and song, we will explore what the autumn woman within each of us has to share. Bring journals and art supplies.

To view images from earlier Women's Dream Quests, click here