Sedona and Grand Canyon Sacred Lands Connection for Vision and Renewal

Sedona, mystic vision, vortex tour, full moon, vision quest, shamanic journey, spiritual retreat, outdoor seminar

Woman standing on red cliff at sunset in deep solo meditation with nature; symbolize solo vision circle and nature connection

Sedona solo vision circle participant

Sedona and Grand Canyon Sacred Lands Connection

for Vision and Renewal

2-day introductory outdoor circle program in Sedona

+ Grand Canyon tips/info to explore and do vision circle at this power place on your own

Informative and Inspiring with maps and other reference hand-outs
sacred lands connection experiential outdoor seminar for the spiritually oriented traveler
introductory experiences with nature energies, insight journeys and ceremony are part of all 3 sessions (see ++ below for more in-depth programs)
based on decades of personal experience with these sacred sites & a knowing that all of Mother Earth is “sacred land”

Catheral Rock is one of Sedona's vortex sites, a sacred site, known for its heart connection energy

Cathedral Rock full moon by Monica Parsley.

Program Elements

Knowledge of Place

Sedona’s unique natural and mythic qualities that contribute to its role “since time immemorial” as a place for sacred lands connection and of pilgrimage. Includes both ancestral perspectives and today’s vortex mythology.

“Sedona is a place where we are still today creating a mythology in relation to the land. I share Native American perspectives, metaphysical legends and unique qualities that have made Sedona a place of inspiration since prehistoric times. And you have your stories to discover as you explore Sedona at your leisure!”

Grand Canyon sunrise; symbolizes dawn ceremony and Grand Canyon independent travel journey to this power place

Grand Canyon sunrise by Sandra Cosentino

Grand Canyon is part of the geological Grand Staircase of time which reveals one-third of the earth’s evolution. This “womb of creation” is a place of natural power and wonder. Here, sacred lands connection is magnified.

Native people’s relation to this wonder of creation. To the tribes (Hopi, Zuni, Navajo, Hualapai, Havasupai, Paiute, Apache) of this region, it is both a sacred land and a homeland. It is also, at the same time, a story-scape of holy beings and sacred sites.

For the Hopi Ongtupga – The Grand Canyon – is a place alive with spiritual meaning and the presence of Hopi ancestors. For Hopi, Navajo, Havasupai, Zuni, Apache and other tribes, these are holy places associated with emergence, deities, ancestors, life giving moisture and ceremony.

Hear excerpt from Hopi sunrise or calling song in my short Grand Canyon video

Spirit of Place and Mystic Insight Practices

Connect with the Natural Life Forces Heart to Heart
Deep Attentive Seeing Practices
Here-Now Presence
Sharing gratitude and honoring energies with the living earth

Spirit journeys to the drum that help you tap into your innate visionary skills:

Connect with medicine animals, wise guides and nature energies
Invite connection with spirit of place
Making yourself Available to Spirit
Working with intention such as for renewal/healing/new balance and for fresh inspiration/knowings that may flow in

Solo Vision Circle guidance

Guidance is given on key aspects of creating and sitting in sacred circle in communion with the field of consciousness that flows through all of Creation around you for personal inspiration.

In between our sessions, you are invited to go out on your own for 1.5 to 2 hours to a site you choose in the Sedona area and sit in solo vision attentiveness to connect to connect with the power and energy of the rising sun.

This is a transferable skill you can then take to the Grand Canyon (or other special places that call to you)– supported by some practical advice on navigation in this popular place.

Closing Circle:

Process Solo Circle experience — Insight Journeys — Activation Ceremony

Draw Mandala of key symbols that came to you
Process your solo vision circle experiences
Insight journeys to deepen spirit connections and wisdom for moving forward (personalized to your issue/focus)
Ceremony -“All is made new” – to activate the insights that come to you as you creatively express your new truths

Program created and led by Sandra Cosentino, who has a wealth of stories, and info to share. She is native to Arizona with a lifetime of exploring these lands. Plus she has a lifetime of nature as a portal to spirit focus and more than 3 decades of experience teaching nature connection practices, leading Sedona tours, mystic insight retreats and ceremonies; and Hopi and Navajo journeys.

Cost and reservation info:

$400 pp with 3 or more; $600 pp with 2 total participants;
shorter, private seminars can be arranged

These outdoor seminar programs are limited to 6 people (unless it is a special group booking) are paid in advance. Refund/cancel policies are sent with payment/registration email.

Each session Includes includes teachings, nature connection practices, insight journeys and ceremony focused on the elements described above and personalized to participants and season of the year.

We sit in circle in chairs at sites in Sedona-Cottonwood, Arizona area.

You receive maps and guidance for your independent exploration and nature connection practice, plus study sheets.

Does not include guided tour or transportation to sites.

Day 1

session 1 in morning, 3 hours
session 2 at sunset to stars come out, 3 hours

Day 2

pre-dawn vision circle option on your own at a Sedona sacred site that speaks to you, 1.5 to 2 hours
morning session, 2.5 hours

Four Sisters red rock formation; this is a Sedona ancestor sacred site which is discussed in Discover Sedona Program

Four Sisters Sacred Site by Sandra Cosentino

Crossing Worlds Hopi Projects non-profit was created by Sandra in 1999 to support Hopi sustainabilty.

Operating under permit to Red Rock Ranger District, Coconino National Forest

Tall Agave in flower with Bear Wallow Canyon in background. Represents Discover Sedona Circle information on the native plants, animal and geology of the Sedona area.

Agave in bloom overlooking Bear Wallow Canyon. Photo by Sandra Cosentino

Related Programs

++ For those that want a deeper experience of nature connection, shamanic journey practice and working with ceremony:

Sedona Vision Quest Retreat, 8 days
Sedona Mystic Vision Retreat, 3-days

Informative shorter programs:

Sedona Sacred – Vortex Circle, 1.5 hours: deepens Sedona Explorer overview of the Sedona area and ideas for exploring with focus on spiritual energies and includes an insight journey to the drum & intuitive feedback.
Grand Canyon Independent Traveler program in Sedona

Other Sedona Spiritual Connection to nature programs:

Moon-Stars Mystic Inspiration & Ceremony Circle that begins at sunset with introduction to the Spirit of Sedona–a joyful program personalized to the participants and the season. 2 hours.
Sunset-Starlight Nature at Night & Solo Vision Program: with introduction to vision quest and solo vision circle spiritual practice and connecting with nature at night. 3 – 3.5 hours
Mystical Nature Shamanic Journey Mentoring in Nature + Ceremony outdoor insight seminar. 4 or 6 hours, held at a private site on Oak Creek with lovely ceremonial structures. Recommend doing this following the Sedona Sacred Vortex Circle
Landscape as Spiritual Doorway Practices: Connecting with the Natural Life Forces Heart to Heart outdoor experiential seminar. 2.5 – 3 hours training that expands and deepens nature connection practices. We will use shamanic journey so it is best to do this after the Shamanic Journey, Nature Connection & Ceremony outdoor seminar or other shamanic training.
Sunset Spirit Circle 1.5 hours

Office: 928-282-0846