WHAT:                

Sacred Ceremony at a stone cairn (apacheta) site on Mt Tam . . . to honor and thank the mountain and earth for the energy and wisdom it holds. Bringing offerings and gifts in the spirit of "ayni", or sacred reciprocity.

We will join the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition (Peruvian shamanic) community in cleaning, repairing and gifting the apacheta.

There will also be a ceremony to create a community "despacho" (prayer bundle) in celebration of Spring and all of it's blessings.

LOCATION:   

Rock Springs parking lot in Mt Tamalpais State Park        
Ridgecrest Blvd & Pantoll Road, Mill Valley, CA

Please RSVP to Nancy to carpool from Mill Valley


BRING:                                  

- Trail appropriate shoes/clothing
- Natural biodegradable gifts i.e. incense, tobacco, spices, waters, feathers, stones, shells, etc.
- Music-making instruments, medicine songs and poems
- Light food and drink for picnic in the meadow

FUTURE:

Continuing on our Sacred Journey to the Four Directions of the San Francisco Bay Area -    Bringing gifts and requesting permission to collect stones for building new Apachetas.

Sun April 15 to the North Bay Area . . . Details coming very soon!!

Sat May 12 to the South Bay.          HOLD THE DATES!

June we will help build Apachetas in our own yards! 

Leading up to Summer Solstice