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
Xochipilli | Xochiketzalli 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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Breathwork
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Nature Observation/Awareness
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Natural Movement
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Functional Fitness
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Situational Awareness
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Martial Arts
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Meditation
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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​
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Community Dinner​
Story Medicine
DAY 2
Awareness and Ritual
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Sunrise | Water Ceremony
Sit Spot | Foxwalking
Making Your Fire Kit
Altar Making
Night Practice
Story Medicine
Firetime | Sleep
DAY 3
Descent to the Underworld
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Sunrise Ceremony
Movement | Scout Training
Honoring the Gila River
Altar Making
Night Practice
Story Medicine
Firetime | Sleep
DAY 4
Allies and Spirit Helpers
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Sunrise Ceremony
Sit Spot | Foxwalking
Scout Training
Embodied Animism
13 Kalli Honoring Ceremony
Firetime | Sleep
DAY 5
The Breath of Life
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Sunrise | Water Ceremony
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:
JOIN US
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
PAYMENT PLANS AVAILABLE WITH
At checkout
REGISTRATION
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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, members of our 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.
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To register please fill out the contact form below. I'd like to get to know more about you so I can better serve you and the group. Please let me know why you are interested in doing this type of work and if you've done anything like this in the past? Also, I'd love to hear if you have any current spiritual practice that supports your growth and healing. I look forward to hearing from you.
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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.