We don't pay anyone to entertain or teach us. We entertain each other and teach ourselves and each other.
If you are inspired to give a workshop, host a discussion, or lead a ritual,
please fill out the 2008 Workshop form and mail it to us. And if you don't see your workshop listed here email us.
Please be sure to check out the Ritual-related Workshops
Leader Name
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Workshop Title / Short Description
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Francesca T.
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Newcomer Orientation (2)
New to Elderflower? Come out to this short workshop to get the lowdown. You'll have a chance to meet other "newbies", and also have your questions answered. Thursday afternoon and Friday Morning - check the schedule for times. Meet in front of the Dining Hall.
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Artemis Passionfire
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Amazon Self-Defense/Training
We will be doing basic self-defense moves, as well as protective visualizations. All ages, sizes, abilities, disabilities welcome (required for the first time Ecstatic Amazon rite of passage). Wear loose clothing.
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Artemis Passionfire
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Ecstatic Amazon Rite of Passage
Ecstatic, creative, expressive, powerful, fierce Wildwomyn loving womyn's minds, bodies, spirits, souls; connecting on any or all of these levels; weaving together our Amazon Tribe. Dancing, moving, channeling our Wildwomyn/Animal Selves. Physical, Sexual, Spiritual empowerment owning our own Bodies, Minds, Spirits; honoring the Sacred Female/Goddess within & without.
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Christmas L.
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Adorn Yourself! (Henna Tattoo Application)
Women have done henna tattoos on each other for thousands of years to celebrate their lives and bodies. I will provide the freshly prepared henna "mother" batch and varieties of ways to apply it. People are encouraged to bring henna of their own in addition to what will be provided, and if people wish to henna their hair they are welcome to bring henna for that too.
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Christmas L. and Eldene
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Twelve-Step Meetings
Meetings, to be held on the porch of our cabin in the Clean and Sober area from 9 to 10 AM each morning.
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Christmas L.
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Yoga in the Redwoods
Imagine yoga in the redwoods, birds chirping and cheering you on, the morning light greeting you while you stretch and wake up with Nature welcoming you into each day at Elderflower. Honor the Goddess by caring for your body. I will provide some yoga mats, bring your own mat if you have one, or a blanket. I will lead a series of asanas (poses) that gently open you to your day and provide an Ayurveda assessment.
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Coco Gutman
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Face Painting
Don't wear make-up? Paint your face instead and do your face in any playful way you want.
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Cynthia L. and Company
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"A Garden of Goddesses" Quilt
Come to the opening workshop for some brief guidelines and then take your time decoration your quilt square throughout the festival.
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Cynthia L.
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Creating a Dream Catcher
I will provide all of the supplies necessary as well as the decorations and instructions, but if you have something special that you would like to weave into your deatm catcher, please feel free to bring it. If you are experienced at making dream catchers, I can assist you in creating a 3D dream catcher.
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Deborah Bender
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Building Better Biggish Rituals
Public rituals that are spirituality honest, emotionally satisfying and magically effective happen by design. This is a two part workshop for ritual planners and leaders, focusing on Wiccan style magical rituals for groups of twenty or more. Part one will be mostly theory. Part two deals with applications and performance. Either part may be taken by itself. Some previous experience helping plan and lead group rituals in a Wiccan format is necessary to take full advantage of the content.
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Deb D.
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Evolving Consciouness
How we can use magic and intention in our daily life - Do we create reality? If so, how? In what ways can we shape our everyday experience? How can we create more love, peace, and joy in ourselves, and the world? - Using tools of The Four Agreements, The Power of Now, Loving What Is, The Law of Attraction and, of course, knowledge "of the Craft".
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Dora J.
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Exotic Erotic Dance
Dance for yourself... Dance for the goddess. Dance for your partner. Have fun with dancing and moving your body around in exotic and erotic ways.
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Heather A.
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Dark Illumination
This workshop is for women interested in making their own spell candles, or candles for the altar or ??? These will be quick and easy candles for the busy woman! Handouts on the use of your spell candle will be provided, along with all the materials. This is a fun, relaxing sort of workshop, so come, relax and enjoy!
Although we will be outside (weather permitting), there will be fragrances/herbs/spices being used, so those with allergies to such may want to keep that in mind if choosing to attend.
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Heather A.
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Make Your Own Scrying Mirror
This workshop is for women interested in divination and meditation. We will be making our own, personal, dark mirrors. There will be a short blessing of the area before the workshop, as we will be working in sacred space. This workshop is designed to be fun, but keep in mind that the subject matter is serious and should be taken as such. A handout on how to use your new scrying mirror will be provided, along with all the materials will be supplied, just show up!
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Jules S.
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Triple Goddess Guided Meditation
Join me for a Guided Meditation to meet the Triple Goddesses - the Mother, the Maiden & the Crone. Bring a pillow and something to lay on and allow yourself to journey to a sacred place known only to the Great Goddess herself. In joy and pleasure we'll close our eyes and relax.
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Glenda
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Herbal Conversations
An open and informal discussion held with Glenda Glass about health and herbal topics. She will be present for use as a reference as well as having reference materials with her.
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Grace W.
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Pilates Mat Class
This is to help core strengthening, flexibility and specifically strengthening of spine. All are welcome.
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Green
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Japanese Braid Making
This workshop is a variation on Japanese braidmaking (Kumihimo), which makes lovely round braids. We will create a template and step through the simple, portable process. There will be plenty of yarns from which to choose.
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Lisa Y. and Leona R.
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Croning Ritual: Tracks of the Cat
For good or ill, Crones are traditionally associated with cats ... This year we will celebrate all side of our Catly nature in a ritual that honors the feline Egyptian Goddesses Bast and Sekhmet. If you wish bring symbols of these Goddesses, or of cats in general for the altar.
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Lisa Y. and Joyce W.
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Fun with Collage
Play around with pretty bits of paper, create a deeply meaningful picture of your hopes and dreams, or anywhere in between! We will provide plenty of pictures, plus backing paper and glue sticks; some scissors will be available, but it would helpful for participants to bring their own if they have them. Also bring special images or pictures to use, if you wish. Suggestions for themes will be provided, but what you make is up to you.
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Lisa Y.
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Tarot for Self-Discovery
Explore the Tarot symbols in a new depth - by becoming part of the tarot deck! Through private and shared visualization, we'll learn how to tell ourselves stories with the Tarort, and we'll speak woith and then become the symbols that mean the most to us. There'll be opporunities for writing, art, and sharing. Basic faimiliarity with the Tarot is recommended but not required. Bring a notebook/something to write on and with, and your deck if you have one. If you don't 'loaners' will be available. If you've taken the class before, come again and explore different cards!
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Maeryn B.
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The Not Ready For Sublime Time Players Mythology Theater Workshop
Be a part of one of the newer EWF traditions! Join the Not Read For Sublime Time Players as we create a humorous skit based on a mylth, lengend or ... or just made up put of nowhere. This skit will be performed by workshop participants at the Performing Arts Show on Friday night. No experience or talent needed. Bring paper and pencil/pen and your story ideas.
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Marni T.
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Music Improv for Friday Performing Arts Show
Would you like to get together to have a [brief-1 hour?] workshop to get ready to enter
the Friday night follies with some old standard such as: Kumbayah; Michael Row the Boat Ashore; Amazing Grace [or amazing Elderflower-too many syllables?]; or-----make one up!!!!! Please bring instruments if you wanna, song suggestions and I will arrange a workshop time and space-and those who want to participate, but can't come to the workshop, will be most welcome to join us on THE NIGHT!
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MoonRhaven
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Usui Reiki I (First Degree) & Usui Reiki II (Second Degree)
The Reiki I class requires a substantial time commitment of approximately 6-7 hours on Friday during the festival. This workshop is open to the first six (6) students who registered in advance. Fri. am session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon). The pm session will be from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Times are approx. Both classes are limited to six (6) students. Reiki II enrollment priority will be given to students who complete my Reiki I workshop at the festival and wish to take the Reiki II class on Sat. If openings become available due to the fact that not all my Reiki students decide to take the Second Degree class, I will make that announcement at the festival. Usui Reiki II (Second Degree)- Prerequisite: Reiki I training and attunement. The Reiki II workshop is approx. 3.5 hours on Saturday morning from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (noon). I ask Reiki I and II students to make a modest donation of $40.00 to the Elderflower Scholarship Fund, as an "energy ex-change," payable at the festival on the day of class. Note: At Elderflower there is no additional fee required of students who take my Reiki I workshop and then enroll in the Reiki II class the following morning.
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Nancy Redden
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Bringing Forth the Presnce of a Beloved Ancestor
This group is to honor someone in our faily who came before us and whose strength led to our being. We will tell stories and share items and memories.
There will be an altar set up at the Grandmother Tree. You may leave your special keepsakes there if you wish, you do not have to come to the sharing group in order to put something on our altar. We will bring forth their presence at Elderflower.
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Naomi T.
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Shamanic Journey Circle
Within the context of a sacred circle, we will journey to the sound of the drum. If you are new to shamanic work, you can focus goal on finding power animal, your helping animal spirit, and familiarize yourself with the landscape of the Lower world of non-ordinary reality. Experienced journeyers can choose a question to ask your power animal.
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Naomi T.
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Form a clay figurine for Health and Abundance
We will use low-fire clay to form a figure that represents the empowerment of health, healing, and abundance. We will be carefully placing these figures into the fire with the help of the fire-keeper to allow our sacred fire at the center of our Main ritual circle to imbue them with our intention to attract health and abundance into our lives, our families and communities, our societies, our entire world, and the sacred ground of mother earth who sustains us.
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Naomi T.
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Plan the Main Ritual for Health and Abundance (2)
I have the idea for the outline, come and join me to build a ritual that includes the 20 years of all our combined Elderflower Main ritual traditions. Check the News page for the link to the Main Ritual page coming soon!
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Spring F.
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Construction as a Career
Half of us are 55 and over and we need replacing. Cash in on the many opportunities for anyone willing to earn decent wages during the 3-4 years of training needed to gain journey level skills. I have been in the construction industry as a house remodeler, carpentry instructor, carpenter and electrician, home owner/barterer, student and craftsperson since 1980.
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Spring F.
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Bisexuals Chat
No description available
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Tina N.
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"Crafty" Time Workshop
Come play and be "crafty." This is a time for the girls and "inner" girls of Elderflower to come be crafty in the woods. Allow yourself to let that part of you flow expressively and see what she has to share with you. The less talent or ability you think you have the better! We will draw, color, glue and paint what that little girl self and goddess within directs us toward.
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Tina N.
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Mother Crowning Preparation and Ritual
This year we will have a solitary preparation. You MUST complete your crown and reflection PRIOR to the ritual. To take part in the ritual, the first time participant MUST complete the Mother Crowning Preparation. Please Bring: Fresh/dry flowers, foliage, feathers, ribbon, other creative decorations, and special symbolic/personal item(s) to weave into your crown. Basic materials will be available as well.>
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Rita L.
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Writing Goddess Poems/Songs/Prayers
We will relax into the fertile environment of Mother Nature at Elderflower, and freely let our words flow onto a blank page. We will focus our freewriting on words to the Goddess. After our collective writing session, those who want to can share what they have written. After some polishing, these words can be presented at our talent show. No pressure: just flow with the flow. Bring: pencil/pen & paper, cushion or blanket to sit on an inspiring poem/song/prayer (if you have one).>
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Vicki S.
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Goddess Songs
As it says in the Charge of the Goddess, "Sing, feast, dance, make music and love, all in My Presence, for Mine is the ecstasy of the spirit and Mine also is joy on earth."
Share an old favorite, learn a few new songs and chants, maybe try some harmony? We might even practice a little for the main ritual, or reprise your favorite from Thursday night! Everyone is welcome, and you may bring your recording device.
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