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  P. O. Box 17
  Petoskey, MI 49770

email Seamus at
celticbodyprayers@gmail.com

I am grateful for life,
for living in this beautiful place,
for the gift of doing the work I love.

CELTIC WISDOM, “THE 3 FOLD PATH”, AND THE RIVER OF LIFE . . .

This past year I have had the opportunity to travel and present several workshops for various organizations on the topic of “Celtic Wisdom.”  For me the Celts provide a wellspring of sacred earth heritage and native wisdom from the first peoples of Europe.  Much of this wisdom was obscured or forgotten, when our ancestors were occupied by (and later became pre-occupied with) the new Roman ideology of empire, expansionism, and global materialism.  We still live in the shadow of this Roman style of globalization today, and it has brought us to the brink of earth’s current crisis and opportunity.  The earth and her peoples are calling for us now to return balance and wholeness (holiness) to the flow of our human endeavors.

THE TRIPLE SPIRAL  There is a dynamic balance of life energies represented in the ancient triple spiral of earth, sky, and sea, carved into the Oakwood doors of the druids.   I call this balance “The 3-Fold Path.”  The 3-Fold Path is a stream flowing forth from the ancient wellsprings of Celtic culture, but this stream is fed from many others sources too along the way.  We can find in it the waters of ancient Hindu wisdom, and Buddhism is there also as its offspring.  We can discover Christianity there, as well as elements from Native American cultures and indigenous peoples from around the globe.   For me “The 3-Fold Path” is part of an emerging new commons, an exciting and powerful new river of universal wisdom emanating from all cultures on planet earth.

THE DANCING LIGHT OF TODAY  Whenever I travel and give presentations now, I highlight this new river of universal wisdom, showing how it draws its waters freely from many ancient roots. How it carries forth the core teachings of the world’s most famous avatars (Jesus, Lao-Tzu, Buddha and others).  I recognize and honor these teachings as they are renewed by the avatars of our times (Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr, Tich Nhat Hahn and Pema Chodron).  For in our hearts, we all know that river of life must always be refreshing itself.  So if we look again for contemporary examples, we can find wisdom’s pure light reflected in the loving waters of today’s women of the grove: Wangari Maathai of Kenya and Julia Butterfly Hill.  We can take joy with these women in the life of trees like the druids of old.  Look now to these fresh waters flowing from such ancient roots; see in them the dancing light of today.

For more on Celtic Wisdom Studies and “the 3-fold Path”, click Workshops/Services.

NEW THIS SUMMER:
   YOGA RETREAT WEEKENDS AT TARA’S MEADOW
Yoga, Peace, and Nature enthusiasts, save one or both of these weekends on your calendar for a real treat at Tara’s Meadow.  Yoga Weekends are scheduled for June 25-27th and July 23-25th.   Look for more details in the weeks to come by clicking on “workshops/services”

GUEST SOJOURNS AT TARA’S MEADOW, BEAVER ISLE, SUMMER 2010
This summer I will have the honor of welcoming several “guest sojourners” out to Beaver Isle on reserved days at Tara’s Meadow.  Make your reservations early.  Both individuals and couples can choose from a variety of experiences – from solace and play in the beautiful heart of nature, to historic Island tours, Celtic Body Prayers® movement meditations (described below), life coaching, swimming, bicycling, hammocking, and hikes through nature.  Click Tara Meadow Center for more information.

CLASSES and PERSONAL CARE SESSIONS  Look for a list of personal, or small group study topics by clicking the  Workshops/Services link.  You will also find there a full description of our “personal care sessions”, which are individualized programs for your growth and navigation of life’s challenges and mysteries.

TWO BEAUTIFUL RETREAT SITES  Now the “School on the Hill” on the mainland joins hands with Tara’s Meadow, Beaver Island, as another a place to offer retreats.  Both places are magic, blending the beauty of landscape with a deep history of community.  In the summers on Beaver Island, and now during Fall-Spring on the mainland, I can continue with my work of welcoming and comforting folks, offering them solitude and beauty in nature, kindness, gentle movement meditations, and new learning of the spirit.  I am grateful for this gift of the work I love.  I am grateful for these two enchanted places to share.

 

Celtic Body Prayers Celtic Body Prayers® offer us a fresh new path for restoring balance in our lives.  Utilizing gentle movement-meditations, ecology and verse, shamanic healing and the deep wells of native and contemporary wisdom, the Body Prayers® Arts can help us cultivate our bodies, minds and spirits together in one graceful daily practice. First Introduced by Seamus Mullin-Norgaard in 1995 and featured prominently in his annual Beaver Island, Michigan retreat, Celtic Body Prayers® is a unique, healthful exercise and meditation art.  Utilizing recited sacred earth poetry, Celtic Body Prayers® is a new approach to balancing body with gentle exercise, mind with meditation and spirit with prayer.  By once again giving voice and movement to the ancient poetry of the heavens, the elements and Creation, Celtic Body Prayers® offers us a rich new daily practice for celebrating the health and beauty of ourselves and our environment. Body Prayers® are unique for their wide breath of resources and cultural inspirations.  Seamus has skillfully blended his background in contemporary ecology (M.S. in environmental studies) and the movement meditation arts (yoga, T'ai Chi, Qi Gong), along with the sacred wisdoms traditions of the diverse cultures he has studied or lived amongst (notably the Native Irish and Native Americans).  In Body Prayers® the breadth of knowledge and respect for the global traditions is inclusive rather than exclusive, honoring Christianity, Buddhism, Native American Spirituality, and most notably the Sacred Earth Ways of the Celts.  Drawing from these diverse backgrounds Seamus is able to tailor a healthful daily practice of movement meditations, exercise and spiritual affirmations sensitive to a wide range of beliefs and backgrounds.    Come explore the Celtic Body Prayers® Arts for a new ecology of health, grace, and spirit. Celtic Body Prayers® movements, based on nature's creatures, mysteries, elements and plants, include... The Deer's Cry - a simple, graceful morning prayer based on St. Patrick's Lorica. The Wizard's Dance - sheer poetry in motion, a slow dance that breathes shape and fire into the ancient Song of Amergin. The Tree Lorica - A gentle exercise of one's legs, back and trunk involving the spirit of the trees. Please, feel free to investigate our website thoroughly and to tell your friends about us.  Check out when and where Seamus will be holding future workshops by clicking the Workshops/Services link below.  For more information on our Retreats and Community building activities click on the Retreats/Community link, also below. Peace and blessings.