7237 Ella Rd. Sooke
BC.
Chautauqua Cascadia – Growing a coastal community in harmony with nature.
This is our seasonal gathering, this time around we are celebrating fall and all it has to offer. We will be hosting on our beloved land, ‘Shire by the Sea’ with the intention of showing our sacred place in its full glory! The intention of this event is to explore what it means to live rooted and deeply in a place that has opened its heart to our family and greater community. We will be opening with ceremony, and hosting a wide range of workshops and playshops , from primal skills, cob oven building, Tree climbing, Wild food cooking, obstacle course maze, yoga, Elemental Spa and more! With this Chautauqua we intend to spread the word on our land trust initiative, saving the ‘Shire by the Sea’ to make this a reality in 2020. Proceeds will go to the Elemental Collective fund.
Chautauqua – A celebration of our bioregional and homegrown cultures on this tantalizing corner on Mama Earth. Join the Elemental Collective for a magical weekend of inspirational spoken word, live performances, work and playshops, fam jams, healing medicines, culinary magic, and adventure by the rolling seas! Discover some of the people, plants, creatures and magic of our beloved home and how together we sing the Love Song of this place.
Every Place has its song. Every Face has a story.
Written within every hair, pore and wrinkle.
The eyes become clearer…awakening to the Dawn.
Imagine resuscitating soul’s breath and breadth within a gathering place that celebrates the sanctity of our beloved Home Place and a Fellowship of Guardians, Artists, Thinkers, Poets and Visionaries come together for a Sacred Purpose.
Imagine rekindling Ancient Knowledge and Creative Culture together within a wild, windswept forest by the Salish Sea, in celebration of our unity and our differences.
Imagine reviving a movement, pre-radio, television and internet in a place, where the mists gather and the fish leap, with the conjoined elemental forces of raw Nature and Culture, simultaneously embracing the outreach of our current technological prowess as a golden ticket to high adventure….
Costs:
Weekend Pass and Camping $75
Without camping $50
Kids $25
Day Pass $40
Kids day pass $10
Holistic meals offered by Nature’s Chef $75 (4 meals, including pit-cook) Individual meals $20
Kids meals $50 (4 meals, including pit-cook) Individual meals $10
*Any dietary issues please message the chef, able to adapt to your preference.
*Please bring camp-ware; plates, bowl, cutlery, mug, water bottle, thermos. We will provide washing station, you will wash your dish after eating.
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We endeavour to honour the land and its treaties by strengthening our relationship and responsibilities to them. We acknowledge that we live and work on unceded Coast Salish Territories.
A sketch of what to expect; (set schedule to be posted soon)
Friday:
– Opening Circle, Medicine Wheel on the Beach
– Paddling and Diving
– Elemental Collective Awareness, Trading Blanket
Night Festivities
– Concert, Singing/Drumming circles
– Fire and Potluck Feast
Saturday:
Primitive Skills Workshops;
– Survival in Style with the Elements
– Bush craft
– Shelter building
– Surthrival pack
– Martial arts
Nature’s Chef, Wild Food Chi
– Beach pit-cook, gathering and building the pit
– Wild food/medicine plant walk
– Seaweeds identification and uses
– Wild medicine making
Yurt, Healing Arts Workshops;
– Elemental spa
– Reiki
– Yoga
– Crystals
Kid’s Playshops;
– Natural face painting
– Forest games
– Story telling
Saturday Eve:
– Motivational sustainable speakers
– Live reggae jam
– Drumming circle & singing
– Fire dancing
Sunday:
– Pack up, leave no trace
– Closing circle
Costs:
Weekend Pass and Camping $75
Without camping $50
Kids $25
Day Pass $40
Kids day pass $10
Holistic meals offered by Nature’s Chef $75 (4 meals, including pit-cook) Individual meals $20/meal
Kids meals $50 (4 meals, including pit-cook) Individual meals $10/meal
Elixir bar offering wild fermented & wild tea (prices vary, purchased on site)
To register for this valuable inspirational revolutionary event;
Entrance: e-transfer to Elemental.Academy12@gmail.com
Meals: e-transfer to tom@natureschef.ca