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Winter Light Week 2011

The Winter Light Week was 5 days of at-home retreat and powerful spiritual sessions.

The Winter Light Week was held in Vancouver, at the end of December. The intention of the Light Week was to support the healing journey.

Yes to bringing more consciousness to daily living!

Each morning started with a conscious routine which included Lightwork Moving Meditation (LMM)!

LMM was led by a video of Krista, all Winter Light Week participants did LMM at home prior to coming to the Lightwork Centre.

We were welcomed to the Centre by a lovely rose. The decorations transformed the Sanctuary into a winter wonderland.

Even the thermostat had some decorations!

Our day at the Sanctuary started with a guided meditation. These meditations led participants to new realizations, taking the journey deeper and deeper.

After our meditation, some participants moved into lunch preparations. Tiffany is very amused with her preparation!

Julia's making some soup.

Julia W's on salad duty.

Participants not making lunch had some time to be quite with themselves.

Victoria takes out her mat for some meditation in the sun.

Cathy

Scott going for a conscious walk.

Darsi enjoying the decorations on the tree.

Back in the kitchen with Keith, things are looking close to complete.

Lunchtime!

The Garden Suite has been transformed, it is a golden tent!

Pillows galore welcome participants to sit, eat.

Chimes gently add a dimension of sound. Meals are eaten in silence.

The decorations are subtle and comforting.

The roof of the tent.

After lunch, participants traded Reading/Healings.

The next session saw us rotating through three healing stations. One of them was Restorative LMM. Movement and stretches supported the relaxation.

Participants rotate through to Healing Space in the Light Room.

After a loving healing, we move down to the golden tent for our next station. This includes a little jaunt outside. Hello Jacqueline!

Scott's hat has the Lightwork symbol on it!

This session has facial steams, with essential oils waiting for us.

Steaming in session.

Underneath the towel.

There were also refreshments available.

Lots of relaxed retreaters.

And so went our retreat, after our afternoon session we had a check in, and then travelled home for a conscious dinner and evening.

The Winter Light Week came to a completion with a Sacred Space.

We listened to each other, sang together, and celebrated spirit.

A sacred bunch of seeds, representing the diversity of the many journeys.

Post-Sacred-Space hugs. Always a big hit.

Very enjoyable, it would seem! :)

Our traditional group photo.

But this is how we really are.

All in all, it very much lived up to it's name. Winter Light Week.

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Some Snapshots from 2011

Well, it's been 12 months, and we've had 12 blogs since last January. Here are a few of the things that have happened at Lightwork this past year.

Sacred Spaces

Lightwork hosts a monthly Sacred Space. The mandala is a representation of Spirit, using nature.

Lightwork Events

Scott at the Lightwork picnic, last spring.

Picnic group photo. Team Spirit!

The 9 Day Dharma Healing at the Lightwork Ecovillage.

Waking up to Lightwork Moving Meditation during the 9 Day Dharma Healing.

Graduation! Level 4 graduates, with apprentices' holding the phone students certificates.

Level 6 Graduate with Teacher.

New this Year

Introduced this year, the Reading/Healing Space will continue on as a part of our Tuesday evening routine.

Also updated in 2011 was the Lightwork symbol. This new symbol has a depth of meaning significant to the practice.

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November Sacred Space

This November's Sacred Space centrepiece honoured the Fall.

There was an abundance of colour within the fall leaves.

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Picnic 2011

Our 2011 Picnic was a beautiful sharing of food and friendship.

Yum, yum! Fire up the grill, we're ready to eat.

Darci T

Darsi K

Scott in his picnicing shirt.

Denis

Judith and Julia

Dustin and Jeanine

Time to play ball. We play kick-ball - it's kind of like baseball but you get to kick it!

A doggy tried to join us - this game is for humans only, pup.

Darci covering a base.

Denis is pitcher for now.

Fancy footwork, Thiessen!

Julia's up for pitching duty.

Isabelle makes her way around the bases.

Nice catch, Julia!

Keep your eye on the ball

Kickball requires fast footwork

Jeanine and her shadow, passing the ball to another player.

Darci's ready to catch it!

Jeanine is showing Isabelle which way to run.

We keep playing while the sun starts to set.

Scott's up for pitcher.

Debbie's turn to kick.

Everyone makes a run for it.

Post-game cheer.

Good game, everyone!

Community is such fun.

Gorgeous sunset.

Fun playing with silhouettes.

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9 Day Dharma Healing

The 9 Day Dharma Healing experience was a beautiful one.

Participants start out with a meditation on the value of service.

After class, we start creating the sacred sanctuary.

Amused Scott.

Julia is tidying up the rock path.

Jeanine is weeding.

Darci and Scott trying to decode the gold cloth puzzle. How do we fit it all around the room?

Outside, a rock garden is being built. Inukshuk's stand tall and balanced outside the sanctuary.

The sanctuary is set up!

Back at the Hawk House, cleaning has been happening!

The retreat dishes are set out, ready for use.

Tiffany brings amusement to the dishes.

Beautiful bouquets for our dining tables.

Keith and Tiffany getting lunch.

Tasks are shared amongst all participants, with time for meditation and group work.The schedule is full of healing activities!

The Victory Stall got some loving as well! It houses running water for washing.

After an evening circle, and a long day, participants head off to their tents. Before bed each person gets a blessing written on a card.

Lightwork Moving Mediation (or LMM) is such a profound way to start the day.

LMM was lead by Krista,

and Keith.

Each day brought new adventures.

This is the first stop on the 7 Chakra Station Journey.

The 7 Chakra Station Journey demands spiritual presence while going on a physical adventure.

The Second Chakra site.

Scott leading a meditation at the Third Chakra site.

The Seventh Chakra site is a powerful spot on the top of the Lightwork ecovillage's mountain.

Other activities included visits to the Sacred Clay Pools.

With a Pacific Alligator Lizard.

Always lots of tadpoles.

And one day, a snake!

Humans who like communing with animals swam too.

Mealtime!

We had yummy salads, with fresh veggies.

Plentiful tea, sometimes a mix of many kinds.

Cathy stirring some delectable breakfast eggs.

Meals were always abundant.

Always made with love.

And made with fresh herbs and veggies from the garden where possible.

As part of the Dharma Healing concept, participants washed their own dishes after every meal.

In the afternoons we had Healing Space on the lawn.

Afternoons also held the possibility for a massage from Cathy.

As well as all the activities we also spent a lot of our time in meditation. The 9 Day Dharma Healing created a sacred space for us to do deep spiritual work.

Some of our meditations brought us outside.

The task was to ask a question, and walk in nature to find the answer.

Some found symbolism; in the image of a trail.

Noticed the strength and grounding of an inukshuk.

The tree with many branches.

What can the pine cone tell you.

What learning can you gather from a prickly plant.

Even the animals have wisdom to share.

And the Sacred Space celebration was a gentle sharing of Spirit.

Together in song.

We ended Friday night with a group photo.

Saturday morning sunrise comes, and the participants start a day of cleaning up!

Continuing honouring the 9 Day Dharma Healing's intention which is clean spiritual service. All the coolers went back to their non-retreat homes, and the food got laid out to be organized into remaining coolers or to be brought back to the city.