Painting “Cathedral Morning” by Cody DeLong of Jerome, Arizona
CALENDAR 2022:
Sedona Retreats Sunset, Full – New Moon Circles Ceremonies and Programs Celestial Events Hopi & Navajo programs
Auspicious and inspiring times for ceremony and circles:
- Full Moons and New Moons each month have energetic effects.
- Solstices and equinoxes are the major seasonal turning points. The mid-season times (half-way between, i.e. May Day) are also subtle turning points in the cycle of the year.
- Celestial events–comets, meteors, eclipses
- Holidays, sunset, dawn
- Sunset each day is an auspicious time for reflection, awe, gratitude and ceremony. Available most days year round; see Saturday schedule here.
- Full and New Moon program schedule here
- Special Event Spirit Circles program schedule here
For those who prefer to expand horizons from your home base: These programs and retreats can be modified as personalized on-line programs for 1 or more people.
2022
NOVEMBER
- Nov.19 – 20: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
- Nov. 23, 24 (Thanksgiving) or 25: special new moon Thanksgiving energies circle from Ancestral Peoples living earth perspective
DECEMBER
- Dec. 13-14, 2021: Geminids In 2021, the peak night of the shower must endure many hours of moonlight from the waxing gibbous moon, though the moon will set in the wee hours before dawn, providing dark skies in the wee morning hours. Watch the usually reliable and prolific Geminid meteor shower from mid-evening
- Dec. 15 or 16 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Dec. 13 until dawn December 14, with some of the brighter Geminids likely to overcome the moonlight.
Dec. 20-21: Winter Solstice……..A time of deepening & calling back the Light–special small group outdoor programs in Sedona & Cottonwood, Arizona-–Can select individual programs or do all 3 - Dec. 17 or 24, 12 – 2 pm, Sedona: Solstice Mystical Nature Shamanic Journey Outdoor Seminar & Ceremonies
- Dec. 21, 11 am – 1 pm, Cottonwood: Winter Solstice Light Infusion–Insights and Energies Program
- Dec. 21, 22 or 23, 3:30 – 5 pm, Sedona: Winter Solstice New Moon Sunset Ceremony: a time of deepening and calling back the Light
- Dec. 25: Christmas
- Dec. 31-Jan. 2, 2023: New Year’s Eve and day outdoor, small group programs and ceremonies:
- Dec. 31: noon – 2:30 pm New Year’s Eve day: Clear the old and make way for 2022 with 4 Pathways series of Primal Nature Energy Insight Journeys, Activation Ceremonies, drum circle at a Verde River site in Cottonwood.
- Jan. 1, 1:30 – 3:00 pm New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony at a Sedona red cliff vista site.
- January 2, 11 am – 1 pm New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony special outdoor program and connection with spirit of place at an ancestral sacred spring site south of Sedona.
2023
to be updated soon
JANUARY
- Watch for the Quadrantids after midnight and before dawn on January 3. The moon will be new, making for great meteor-observing conditions.
- Jan. 6: Full Moon
- January 5 or 6: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Jan. 17: Martin Luther King Holiday
- January 21: New Moon
FEBRUARY
- Feb. 5: Full Moon
- Feb. 4 or 5: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Feb. 5 – 6: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
- Feb 12 – 13: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
- Feb 20: New Moon
- Feb 19 – 21: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program
MARCH
- March 7: Full Moon
- March 7 or 8 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- March 21: New Moon
- March 16 – 18: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
Vernal Equinox on March 20, 8:33 am; Vernal Equinox Sunrise – 06:32 AM Vernal Equinox Sunset – 06:40 PM
- March 20-21: Spring Equinox special insight programs and ceremonies
- March 26 – 28: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
- March 21: New Moon
APRIL
- April 2-3: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
- April 9 – 11: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program
- April 11 – 16: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
- April 5: full moon
- April 4 or 5 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- April 17 – 18: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
- April 22: Earth Day outdoor program, 6 hours
- April 22, after moonset.April’s shooting stars – lasts from about April 16 to 25. About 10 to 15 meteors per hour can be expected around the shower’s peak, in a dark sky. This year, the best time to watch may be the hour or two between moonset and dawn.
- April 24-25: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
- April 19: New Moon
Sunset each day is an auspicious time for reflection, awe, gratitude and ceremony. Available most days year round; see Saturday schedule here.
- Full and New Moon program schedule here
MAY
- May 4: Beltane, spring cross-quarter day, half way to summer
- May 5, 2021: Eta Aquarids Meteor Shower. The most meteors will likely rain down in the hour or two before dawn on May 5. The broad peak to this shower means that some meteors may fly for a few days before and after the predicted optimal date.
- May 7 – 8: Power Animals, Allies of our Soul outdoor workshop
- May 14 – 16: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon eclipse; 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
- May 5: Full Moon
- May 4 or 5: Full Moon Circle
- May 30: Memorial Day holiday; inspiring programs in May
- May 23 – 30 : Sedona Vision Quest Retreat 8 days, or May 23 – 28 can do the 6 day: Expand Horizons Mystic Insight Retreat
- May 19: New Moon
JUNE
- June 3: Full Moon
- June 2 or 3 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- June 17: New Moon
- June 26 – 28: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program
- June 2 or 3: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- June 16 – 17: Instigate Change Insight Retreat
Summer Solstice on Sunday, June 21, 2:13 am, Arizona time Summer Solstice Sunrise – 05:19 AM Summer Solstice Sunset – 07:41 PM June 18, 21 & 22: 6 – 8:30 pm Solstice Doorway Energies special program: Peak of Light Drum Activation Ceremony & Mystic Nature Shamanic Insight Experiences
- June 17 – 24: Summer Solstice Vision Quest Retreat option to do shorter 6-day June 18 -23: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Retreat (or part 1 or 2, three days each)
- 2-day Hopi Spirit Journey weekends in June can be arranged as Independent Travel Journey or special group program (not yet known if Hopi will be open)
JULY
- July 3: Full Moon
- July 2 or 3: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- July 4: Independence Day inspiring programs
- July 9 – 11: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
- July 12 – 14: Mystic Vision Retreat, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
- Late July, 2021: Delta Aquariids Meteor Shower At this shower’s peak on or near July 29-30. the rather faint Delta Aquariid meteors will fall most abundantly in the pre-dawn hours. The moon will be extremely new during this time, making for nice and dark observing conditions. Like the Eta Aquariids in May, the Delta Aquariid meteor shower in July favors the Southern Hemisphere and tropical latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere. It’s well viewed from latitudes like the southern U.S.
- July 17-19: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
- July 17: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- July 30 – 31: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
AUGUST
- Aug. 1: Full Moon
- Aug 1: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle or 3 day Mystic Vision Retreat
- Aug. 6: Lammas, summer cross-quarter day, half way to fall. Lughnasadh – Celtic mid-summer festival celebrated the wedding of the Sun god Lugh to the Earth goddess, causing the ripening of crops.
- Aug. 6 – 8: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program
- Aug. 11-12: Peak of Perseid Meteor Shower The full moon will be up all night long, illuminating your sky. However, although the predicted peak falls during the night of August 11-12, it has a long range: from July 14 to September 1. So, you can start watching for these meteors in early August morning hours, when the moon is waxing and will set before the night is over. You can also look after the peak in August, after sunset, as the moon rises later and later each night.
- Aug. 10 – 12: Mystic Vision Retreat, full moon, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
- Aug. 18: New Moon Aug. 28-30 Power Animals, Allies of our Soul outdoor workshop
- Aug. 16: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- Aug. 27 – 28: Power Animals Allies of our Soul 2-day outdoor workshop
- Aug. 30: Full Moon
- Aug. 29 or 30: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle or 3 day Mystic Vision Retreat
SEPTEMBER – OCTOBER – NOVEMBER RETREAT For those seeking a deeper spiritual program, either of these retreats can be scheduled during this beautiful autumn season of September, October, and early November: —Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 and 2, three days each) –Sedona Vision Quest Retreat, 8 days: Sept. 17-24 or at a date that works best for you.
SEE RETREATS OVERVIEW PAGE HERE
- Sunset each day is an auspicious time for reflection, awe, gratitude and ceremony. Available most days year round; see Saturday schedule here.
- Full and New Moon program schedule here
SEPTEMBER
- Sept. 3 – 4: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing
- Sept. 5: Labor Day holiday Labor Day Weekend events including Sept. 3 Mystic Vision and Ceremony special program
Autumnal Equinox on September 22, 6:04 pm; Autumnal Equinox Sunrise – 06:17 AM; Autumnal Equinox Sunset – 06:25 PM
special program: Sept. Sept. 22, 23, 24, 25, 4:30 – 7 pm Sunset & New Moon Fall Equinox Time of Change Ceremony: Drum Re-balancing Ceremony & Mystic Nature Shamanic Insight Experiences
- Sept. 18 – 25 Sedona Fall Equinox Vision Quest Retreat or shorter Expand Horizons, 6 day (or part 1 and 2, three days each)
- Sept. 14: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- Sept. 25 or 26, 5:30 – 7 pm Sunset Fall Equinox Time of Change Ceremony
- Sept. 28 or 29: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Sept. 29: Full Moon
- Sept. 30 – Oct. 2: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 2, 3-day program
- Hopi Fall Spirit Journey: 1 more more days arranged for groups with their own transportation or for independent traveler.
OCTOBER Oct. 2023 date to be determined Navajo-Canyon de Chelly Vision Circles in Nature + Hopi Spirit Circle: Sedona mystic vision 1 day program & ceremony outdoor seminar followed by 3-day Full Moon Canyon de Chelly/Navajo and Hopi Spirit Journey with inspirational circles & solo vision time on the rim of Canyon de Chelly
- Oct. 8: Draconids Meteor Shower The full moon will drown many Draconid meteors. More Draconids are likely to fly in the evening hours than in the morning hours after midnight.
- Oct. 8 – 10: Mystic Vision Retreat, 3-day introduction to vision quest skills
- Oct. 12: Columbus Day Holiday
- Oct.14: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- Oct. 27: Full Moon
Oct. 27 or 28: Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle - Oct. 21, 2021: Orionids Meteor Shower Best viewing in the hours before dawn on October 21. On a dark, moonless night, the Orionids exhibit a maximum of about 10 to 20 meteors per hour. More meteors tend to fly after midnight, and the Orionids are typically at their best in the wee hours before dawn. These fast-moving meteors occasionally leave persistent trains.
- Oct. 21 – 23: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1, 3-day program
- Oct. 29, 30 or 31: Sunset Halloween program
NOVEMBER
- Nov. 13: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- Nov. 6 – 8: 3-day programs–full moon and eclipse:
- Nov. 7: Samhain, half way to winter
Nov. 27: full moon - Nov. 26 or 27 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Nov. 11: Veteran’s Day weekend inspiring programs:
- Nov 11 – 13: Expand Horizons Pathways of the Modern Day Mystic Retreat Part 1 or 2, 3-day program
- Nov.19 – 20: Instigate Change — joyful personalized insight retreat takes a fresh look and explores inner knowing outdoor workshop
- Nov. 23, 24 (Thanksgiving) or 25: special new moon Thanksgiving energies circle from Ancestral Peoples living earth perspective
- Nov. 26: Thanksgiving weekend events
DECEMBER
- Dec. 12: New Moon Ceremony (or day before or after)
- Dec. 13-14, 2021: Geminids In 2021, the peak night of the shower must endure many hours of moonlight from the waxing gibbous moon, though the moon will set in the wee hours before dawn, providing dark skies in the wee morning hours. Watch the usually reliable and prolific Geminid meteor shower from mid-evening
- Dec. 26 Full Moon Mystic Insights and Ceremony Circle
- Dec. 13 until dawn December 14, with some of the brighter Geminids likely to overcome the moonlight.
- Dec. 20-21: Winter Solstice……..A time of deepening & calling back the Light–special small group outdoor programs in Sedona & Cottonwood, Arizona-–Can select individual programs or do all 3
- Dec. 17 or 24, 12 – 2 pm, Sedona: Solstice Mystical Nature Shamanic Journey Outdoor Seminar & Ceremonies
- Dec. 21, 11 am – 1 pm, Cottonwood: Winter Solstice Light Infusion–Insights and Energies Program
- Dec. 21, 22 or 23, 3:30 – 5 pm, Sedona: Winter Solstice New Moon Sunset Ceremony: a time of deepening and calling back the Light
- Dec. 25: Christmas
- Dec. 31-Jan. 2, 2023: New Year’s Eve and day outdoor, small group programs and ceremonies:
- Dec. 31: noon – 2:30 pm New Year’s Eve day: Clear the old and make way for 2022 with 4 Pathways series of Primal Nature Energy Insight Journeys, Activation Ceremonies, drum circle at a Verde River site in Cottonwood.
- Jan. 1, 1:30 – 3:00 pm New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony at a Sedona red cliff vista site.
- January 2, 10 am – noon New Year’s Visioning 2022 & Ceremony special outdoor program and connection with spirit of place at an ancestral sacred spring site south of Sedona.
- Source for Meteor Showers: https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/earthskys-meteor-shower-guide/
Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects, non-profit:
Hopi Youth Farm Group orchard planting project. Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects
Hopi Holiday Gifting Project–we invite your participation in this and other projects such as orchard planting, Hopi home repair and cross-cultural educational programs in the Verde Valley. See Hopi project video—Ancient Ways Co-Exist With Today