THE SACRED GROUND OF
GRIEF AND GRATITUDE
FURTHER TEACHINGS ON THE FLOWERING WAR
INAUGURAL TTF GATHERING AND RITUAL
3.20.25 — 3.24.25
FIRST EVER TENDING THE FIRES SCHOOL IN-PERSON TRAINING
Sacred Ground is a five day, immersive training into different aspects of what we call embodied animism. It is a journey through the five different aspects of our lives: physical, mental, emotional, communal, and spiritual.
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We dive into each of these through a series of hands-on skills and practices. Including:
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Nature Connection | Awareness
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Fire Making | Tending
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Situational Awareness
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Shamanic Journeying
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Altar Making
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Storytelling
Each of the five days, our practices will guide us through a deeper understanding of our physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual selves.
We pair these parts of ourselves with the elements: Earth, Air, Water, and Fire.
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Each day we focus on consciously cultivating our understanding of each element within ourselves and developing our conscious relationship with it.
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As we do so, we learn about our unique place in the Cosmos. We find a sense of solace and purpose. We become whole.
This is a five-day deep dive into the essence of who you are.
DAY 1
Opening Ritual
Sweat Lodge
Community Dinner
Storytime | Firetime
DAY 2
Water Ceremony
Sit Spot | Foxwalking
BREAKFAST
Fire Making | Crafting Your Fire Kit
LUNCH
Journey | Altar Making
DINNER
Night Practice
Storytime | Firetime
DAY 3
Sunrise Ceremony | Sit Spot
BREAKFAST
Teaching: Roads of Gratitude | Roads of Grief
LUNCH
Fire Kit | Altar Making
DINNER
Night Practice
Storytime | Firetime
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DAY 4
Sunrise Ceremony
Sit Spots | Foxwalking
BREAKFAST
Altar Making | Fire Kits
LUNCH
Journey | Solo Time
DINNER
Community Grief Ritual | Tlakaxipehualliztli Ceremony
Firetime | Sleep
DAY 5
Sunrise | Water Ceremony
Sweat Lodge
Sit Spot | Closing
Offering the Altar to the Land
Return Home
For 5-Days / Nights we will gather on our land in Southern New Mexico to learn, train, and grow together. Here are the details, click on the presentation below. If that doesn't work, CLICK HERE:
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for our very first in-person TTF training and ritual to welcome the year 13 Kalli and mark the end of this 52-year cycle (Xiuhmolpilli)
TUITION — 3 OPTIONS
We have decided to make three different payment tiers for this Gathering. We ask you to give what most feels right to you in exchange for the immense amount of work and heart that we know you know we put into this — and taking into consideration what is viable for you. Don't overstretch. Don't understretch. Give what you heart says is right. We've also found a way (through Affirm) that you can make monthly payments as low as $50/month. So, if you really want to be here, there's a way. Spaces are limited, so don't hesitate if you feel the call to be here with us.
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE WITH
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Spaces are limited for this group. In my experience, this allows us to develop a safe, supportive container for each of you in the group. This group is confidential, meaning that nothing that is shared in this group is to be shared outside of the group. That goes for any personal information shared by any of the participants or by me stays in the container of the group. Maintaining the integrity of the container is a shared responsibility by all of the participants.
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As a side note, I have found that doing this type of deep, intensive work requires time to process and to integrate. Often, many people in our day-to-day communities don't have an understanding of the transformative power of these experiences. When we share what we've experienced prematurely they can tend to be dismissive or outright critical of our experience. With this, or any other ritual/ceremony experience, it is important to "let it cook." Give the things you learn in our sessions time to integrate in you before deciding to share with others. Otherwise, the alchemical vessel is broken and the work doesn't complete itself.
If you have any questions about our gathering let me know. I look forward to hearing from you and from sharing this inaugural experience and ceremony with you this upcoming Spring.
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- Oscar
This course requires some physical fitness and mobility. Some of the practices that we will be doing will require a degree of physical dexterity. In the application packet, prospective students will have to self-evaluate their level of fitness and their ability to perform some basic foundational movements for martial arts and movement training.