The Vision Quest for Liberation

Dance of Liberation is a dynamic form of movement therapy founded by Parashakti. Birthed out of the roots of shamanism, it is based on seven foundations that lead the Dancer on an inner journey of their personal truth. Dance of Liberation heals and frees physical, mental, emotional and spiritual blockages. The Vision Quest for Liberation (TVQL) is a one on one, seven-week program designed to provide a unique combination of deep insight and practical guidance, to empower you to transform and move forward in creating what you dream for your life. It will guide you through the most challenging obstacles and lessons you’ll face in your quest for personal healing, clarifying your purpose, and achieving success. The Vision Quest for Liberation is designed to clear whatever stands in the way of you living as “hollow bones,” to be fully connected with the Divine and living your life’s missions. It will help you be able to create a ripple effect that elevates the whole of humanity, even as we focus and raise our own individual consciousness. This module program (the first of three, if one desires to become a Dance Of Liberation teacher), will enable you to transform the core psychological, emotional, physical & spiritual blocks currently in the way of creating your optimum life. Parashakti offers this experience as an integration of ancient and timeless wisdom, synthesized from various spiritual traditions, that goes straight to the heart of our deepest wounds, needs, desires, and dreams. This offering will inspire unconditional love, self-respect, acceptance, and forgiveness in the places that are the most difficult for us to embrace. At the same time, it will also clarify how to effectively direct your thoughts, words, and actions toward creating and achieving the “best” in every aspect of your personal and professional life.

If you are indeed serious about improving the quality of your health, your relationships, your finances, and your career right now, then this overall program will support you to take your life, your power, and your destiny back into your own hands, so you can dance & bring out into the world your unique & authentic voice through Dance of Liberation (DOL). Over the seven weeks you will have a once a week phone session with Parashakti. She will provide one-on one guidance to explore and be transformed by living into the Seven Foundations of the Dance of Liberation. Each week you will experience the "Dance" of Life based on the four outlined Rituals. Each ritual has a level, as each week you will be deepening your ceremonial experience into Action. You will be partnered with a fellow “spirit buddy” to support your path as the process goes on. There will be homework and rituals to guide and deepen your experience. This is a unique and individually designed program that will create a total transformation in body, mind and spirit. Below is an outline for the seven weeks. Notes: (This will be covered in our 1st session) Keep a journal Prep for our sessions Before beginning the work, always first release stagnant or old energies that are no longer serving you, clearing away any bad feelings and energies and negative thoughts or spirits. This is to be done in both the physical and spiritual sense and can be done in several methods. Use one or all of these: Physically During the process, always hold the intention to wash away all that is no longer serving your highest purpose. • Clean your body (shower or bath). • Anoint your body with sacred water or oil (this can be done in conjunction with

or in place of the shower/bath, if one is inaccessible). • Clean your space (remove clutter, organize, and sweep). Spiritually: During the process, always hold the intention of clearing away all that is not of the highest vibration of light and love. In my practice – moving clockwise draws in, moving counter clockwise releases. So when clearing out negativity, move around the space in a counter-clockwise fashion.

White Sage Smudge Stick

Native people throughout the world have used the ancient method of smudging. This is the burning of sacred plants to create a cleansing smoke bath, which is used to purify spaces, people, and tools. The most commonly used plants are sage, cedar, rosemary, lavender, and sweet grass. • Clear the space by ringing a bell as you move around the space • You may also use clapping in the same method you would use the bell • Energetically sweep the negativity out of the room, using your hand, or a feather. Parashakti customizes DOL essential oil blends for each of the seven foundations. Each oil contains blends of the highest quality essential oils which were chosen on the basis of their therapeutic qualities and their ability to ground and enhance the function of each essence combination & the work you are doing for the week (This is optional). WEEK ONE: Creating Sacred Space: Honoring the East on the medicine wheel. Exploring: Moving beyond the mundane of regular life and entering into sacred time and space. There are energies, spirits, and animal guides that are here to support and help guide us in reaching our full potential. We will Journey each week with a direction of the medicine wheel. You will learn how to invoke your own medicine for that direction. There is not one way. Your voice will allow Spirit to work through you. I have included an example for an Invocation for the seven directions. (North, South, East, West, Above, Below & Self) Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 1) *Power animal teachings: Eagle *Give away – Uncluttering space. *Building an Altar

WEEK TWO: Power of Intention: Honoring the South on the Medicine Wheel Exploring: Begin the journey by solidifying an intention, a set goal and a purpose, which focuses “Mapping your Soul’s Contract.” Everything in the Universe moves to the impulses of a mysterious creative intelligence: Source Energy. We locate and clarify your personal intentions and "dance" into alignment with this Universal intelligence. We find that this new alignment tunes us to levels of awareness, allowing profound new commitments to your Life. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 2) *Power animal teachings: Wolf *Fire ceremony *Learn Intention setting for New Moon WEEK THREE: Night Vision – Blindfold: Honoring the Direction of the West Exploring: Dancing/Journeying in the seclusion of darkness, we have the ability to connect to a more personal journey, which gives us the gift of awakening our intuition and seeing our inner truth. We become the witness, observer and navigator by letting go of distractions on a visual level. “The Crossing of the Abyss,” is a shamanic journey beyond the personal ego. Much of this exploration of our inner vision takes place within darkened spaces wearing a blindfold. With outer eyes closed, our other senses open to guide us as we experience visionary meditations, inner silence and "dancing" in the fertile darkness. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 3). *Power animal teachings: Bear. *Dreamtime work. *Teachings of the foundations of Altered States to discover new ways of accessing & healing mental, physical, emotional & spiritual blockages. WEEK FOUR: Breath: Honoring the medicine of the North Exploring: Using transformational breathing techniques: every cell of the body awakens. We move into deeper states of consciousness, a trance state, where we tap into non-linear time and space, allowing for the Dance Of Life to become a moving meditation in our everyday lives. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 4) *The Power of Breath *Power animal teachings: Buffalo *Honoring of the Ancestors/Gratitude Journey

WEEK FIVE: Pulse: Music Exploring: We unite with our original Heartbeat healing sounds, hypnotic rhythms, in Nature. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 5) *Teachings of Full Moon ceremony *Expressive Arts Therapy drawing (1) *Power object/rattle activation. WEEK SIX: Dance/Rising: Honoring of Mother earth Exploring: Everyone has his or her own unique way of moving through life. Dance is a vehicle for the body to find a deeper meaning to life. Using inner sight, full tactile and intuitive awareness, and the willingness to be free of set patterns, we initiate our own selves into the next stage of our journey. We learn practices that cultivate our natural life force. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 6) *Invocation & Honoring of the Dance in Nature *Expressive Arts Therapy drawing (2) *Letter of forgiveness WEEK SEVEN: Returning Home: Integration/Re-entering Exploring: Expressing the lessons that have been learned and the commitment and responsibility of taking it out and into the world to make a change. Our long road of life has carried us to many places. This Rite of Passage is where we regain and re-embody those lost parts of ourselves, and reclaim the life force they represent. Rituals: *Shamanic Journeying (Level 7) *Rewriting our Souls Contract *Expressive Arts Therapy drawing (3) *Initiation & closing ceremony

INVOCATION OF DIRECTIONS

Element of AIR

First week: Invoking Sacred Space Guardian of the East, element of Air, the sacred breath, I invite you in. Come blow the debris away from my heart and mind, so I may soar with the Eagle as the witness, learning and living the art of conscious communication and Seeing with Unlimited Vision. With each rising sun, you bring continued lessons about new beginnings.

Element of FIRE Second week: Invoking the Power of Intention Guardian of the South, element of Fire, the sacred heart; I invite you in. Come burn through my illusions of separation, so I may run with the wolf at play, igniting the passions of creativity that burn deep inside my being. With your flickering flame you bring lessons that can purify me of the old ways, so I may transform anew.

Element of WATER

Third week: Invoking Night Vision Guardian of the West, element of Water, the sacred womb; I invite you in. Come wash over me with your sea of compassion. Giving me the strength of the bear to dance through my ocean of emotions, so I may move from a place of grace and power. Entering into the Void within the seclusion of darkness, with the teachings of the Blindfold, I surrender into Dreamtime, the teachings of living in abundance and harmony with all life.

Element of EARTH

Fourth week: Invoking Breathe Guardian of the North, element of Earth, the sacred body; I invite you in. Come ground my energy in your strong and stable roots. Teach me the wisdom of my ancestors, so I may learn when to speak and when to listen. With your nurturing ways, you bring powerful lessons in forgiveness and acceptance. May we learn from you to live as One.

Mama Gaia

Fifth week: Invoking Pulse / Music Mama Gaia, Earth love, rising from below and above, I call you. Come, entwine my roots with yours. With every rhythm, our roots grow, down and out, spreading throughout the Earth and entangling with all roots, forming the flower of life within our bodies. Fill our roots with your transmutational flame of purification that we may vibrate into ecstatic evolution. In complete surrender of body, mind, and soul, I open to receive the Mandala of creation.

Father Sun

Sixth week: Invoking the Dance Father Sun, I call you come; fill my longing heart with your sweet golden embrace that I may once again know the loving touch of your rays of healing. In complete surrender of body, mind, and soul, I open to receive the codes of light, overlaying the divine blueprint of my soul.

Seventh week: Invoking Returning Home, Integration, Union: Mother Earth and Father Sun, I call you now to marry as ONE. Dance me awake into the new paradigm of your higher consciousness and balance my heart with your love, birthing me anew in the sacred tartaric union of divinity.

As Above, so Below As Without, so Within