2016 Byron Spirit Festival

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Ho'oponopono
A Traditonal Way of Making Things Right

We forgave and were forgiven, thrashing out every grudge, peeve or sentiment among us. In this way, we became a very closely bound family unit.
Pukui

Literal translation:
Ho'o- to do or to make something happen.
Pono- Right or Rightiousness
Ponopono- to repeat a word in Hawaiian gives the root word a deeper significance.
In this instance, very right.
Thus the word Ho'oponopono literally means 'to make very right'.

The Bowl of Light a Traditonal Story
When we are born into this realm of existence, we are born with a perfect bowl of light. This light allows us to do all things in this universe. Fly with the birds, swim with the fish, speak to the wind and the trees. As we grow and experience life we have a tendency as human beings of picking stones 'pohaku'. Every time we pick up a stone and place into our bowl our light will dim, because light and stone cannot hold the same space. When we come to a place that there are many stones in our bowl, our light will no longer shines, and we are selfs, become stone. It is also foretold, at this time, that if we should tire of carrying these stones in our bowl, we must turn 'huli' our bowl upside down and dump the stones out. This allows our light to shine brightly once again.

This Traditonal story captures the essence of Ho'oponopono. As a process, practitioners of Ho'oponopono understand that for true healing to take place, all of the stones 'limiting constructs' of our experiences must be removed. Ho'oponopono includes the use of prayer, discussion, confession, repentance, mutual restitution and forgiveness.(1986 revised Hawaiian Dictionary)

From a traditional perspective a movement through forgiving, forgetting and remembering was observed through Ho'oponopono. It is understood that in order to truly forgive one must also forget so we are able to remember a state of health and well being prior to the inhibiting or conflicting experience.

Ho'oponopono provides people with a means of returning to whole-ness. An alignment also a state of 'rightness' with ones self, family, society, a higher power(s), and therefore our universe. "

TBA

Celtic Mysticism and Spirituality – Indigenous Bloodline of Ancient Britain
THE PROGRAM

We begin by acknowledging the Arakwal People of the Bunjalung Nation and their right to sovereignty and we thank them for allowing us a presence in their country.
Ly is joined by local musician, and long-time colleague in the ways of magic, Matt Connolly. Matt brings the music of the people, part of the colours of Celt.
Ly will begin by explaining what it is like to be lost. To not have a family history. To study that of others and to come to settle on one particular branch of the universal tree of life only to discover, decades later, that it is the tap root of her own personal family tree (de Angeles was sold by the Catholic Church for £300 just after her birth and adopted by strangers).
Images of ancient sites will orient you with the power and majesty of your ancestors.
We discuss crop circles being the earth’s voice to which our ancestors listened and built the henges, sídhe mounds and long barrows. Species non-differentiation and walking softly with life.
Mysticism and not religion. Non-anthropomorphic understanding of spirit of place (genus loci) and being one’s ancestors.
You will voyage Imramma (a guided visualization). Not peaceful, but honest. De Angeles will pull you into the heart of Priteni, allow you to meet, invite you to feel the violation, the battles, know from whom you are descended. Who you are still.
You will be returned to the circle of the present day by the pounding of hooves across the moors of time, by the power of the bodhràn. You will be provided with the instruments to decorate yourselves with whatever blue ink designs represent the experience for you. This is up to each person and is not a requirement. The ink is not permanent. If this is not your culture we invite you to experience the understanding.
The knowledge of the protection of stone guardians will be explained, a demonstration given so you can create one or more, inviting spirits of the land to reside with you at your home.
The lore of asking agreement of species and life, of freely given, the cycles and seasons of the blue people of the necessity of clan and family, not always of blood.
Discuss genealogy and DNA testing if we have time.

"A sharing experience
More than a drink, yerba mate is an ancient ceremony. Indigenous legend tells that the moon goddess bestowed this herb on the human race as a means to unite all tribes. Today it has become an important part of everyday life in South America. Mate is the traditional way to start a meeting and a welcome pause during hard work. It has provided extra strength and clarity to people for centuries.
Sharing in the mate round is an exercise in attention and a meditation on being present in the moment.
Join us to share in the ritual and uplift your spirit.
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Each one of us is gifted with a uniquely beautiful voice, Open to the divine sound within you guided by the wisdom and expertise of Peia. Learn techniques to harness the power of breath and natural resonance of your voice. Sing with grace, flexibility and ease. Working with tools from the ancient Indian alchemy of Raga we will enter a meditative practice know as ‘The Yoga of Sound.’ We gain deeper understanding of the physical workings of the voice from Vocal Pedagogy (the science of the voice) and learn to sing with grace, power, flexibility and ease. Recommended for singers on all stages of the journey, from very beginner to advanced. The First part of this workshop will focus on voice cultivation tools and the second part we'll be learning a song from one of the many lineages that Peia is carrying. *Feel Free to make requests*

Hula is a dance form accompanied by chant (oli) or song (mele). It was developed in the Hawaiian islands by the Polynesians who originally settled there. The hula dramatizes or portrays the words of the oli or mele in a visual dance form.

ATTENDANCE AT LY DE ANGELES SATURDAY WORKSHOP IS A PRE-REQUISITE FOR THIS WORKSHOP

Celtic Mysticism and Spirituality – Indigenous Bloodline of Ancient Britain
THE PROGRAM

We begin by acknowledging the Arakwal People of the Bunjalung Nation and their right to sovereignty and we thank them for allowing us a presence in their country.
Ly is joined by local musician, and long-time colleague in the ways of magic, Matt Connolly. Matt brings the music of the people, part of the colours of Celt.
Ly will begin by explaining what it is like to be lost. To not have a family history. To study that of others and to come to settle on one particular branch of the universal tree of life only to discover, decades later, that it is the tap root of her own personal family tree (de Angeles was sold by the Catholic Church for £300 just after her birth and adopted by strangers).
Images of ancient sites will orient you with the power and majesty of your ancestors.
We discuss crop circles being the earth’s voice to which our ancestors listened and built the henges, sídhe mounds and long barrows. Species non-differentiation and walking softly with life.
Mysticism and not religion. Non-anthropomorphic understanding of spirit of place (genus loci) and being one’s ancestors.
You will voyage Imramma (a guided visualization). Not peaceful, but honest. De Angeles will pull you into the heart of Priteni, allow you to meet, invite you to feel the violation, the battles, know from whom you are descended. Who you are still.
You will be returned to the circle of the present day by the pounding of hooves across the moors of time, by the power of the bodhràn. You will be provided with the instruments to decorate yourselves with whatever blue ink designs represent the experience for you. This is up to each person and is not a requirement. The ink is not permanent. If this is not your culture we invite you to experience the understanding.
The knowledge of the protection of stone guardians will be explained, a demonstration given so you can create one or more, inviting spirits of the land to reside with you at your home.
The lore of asking agreement of species and life, of freely given, the cycles and seasons of the blue people of the necessity of clan and family, not always of blood.
Discuss genealogy and DNA testing if we have time.