SPIRITED EXPLORATIONS:

An Improvised Journey

into the Theatre

of the Heart

What happens when you put together two dynamic, inspirational individuals and ask them to play? Anything. Drawing from a variety of talents, infused with a deep and humble respect for the traditions and values of their teachers and Elders and served up with their own brand of spicy, brilliant improvisations, Maria and Andrew have been doing the work of bringing about personal transformations and awakening love where ever they go. Known by many things in their own communities, each have been called to awaken the creative processes of heart and spirit in their own way. They are just as likely to use movement, paint, feathers or hands on work to bring forth the ceremonial, the complex or the aesthetic mystery of love. If you want to play with them, be prepared to let your traditional notions of spirituality and health go. Let your judgements go. Be willing to dissolve into the creative potential of the moment. Join us for a weekend of music, movement, dance and exploration. We can promise you nothing, except that you will not gain it, avoid it, keep it, claim it, disregard it, heal it, embrace it or cook it, unless it is in the spirit of the joyful, transformative moment.

WHEN: March 23rd and 24th 10AM-11PM , March 25th 9-noon
Sweatlodge March 22th 6pm at Lionsgate
WHERE: 1600 Yellow Springs Rd., Chester Springs, PA.
FEE: $279. (with incredible lunch and dinner March 23rd and 24th) must be prepaid and pre-registered. .

To register send a check to 41 St. Andrews Lane,  Glenmoore PA 19343 payable to Sacred Journeys

or online CLICK BELOW

Cancellation policy: ten days prior to workshop date full refund minus $100 processing fee. Within ten days of workshop no refund available.

Andrew McClure, B.F.A., B.Ed., is a teacher, writer, poet, artist who aspired to be either

a dancer, minister, or medical doctor. Years of attempting to understand linear, mechanical systems lead to a self-awakening and the realization that the processes of Duchamp, Cage, Riopelle and Rothko made more sense/nonsense then his previously incoherent anatomy/biology books. He is now a practicing artist, has spent more than a decade learning from generous Native Elders, is a student of several traditional ways of healing and has been teaching aesthetic craziness for nearly twenty years. He keeps most of his work in old boxes, reads his poems to trees and is quietly disrupting his classroom and his students with twittering machines. He now is danced, preaches the spirit, and helps bring forth healing whenever and however the call or moment requests and expresses it.

Maria Buckalew is a licensed clinical social worker by profession where, through her work each day, she touches and is touched by others in the interactional mileau of therapy. Her spiritual search in Life for the Big Love ultimately brought her back to her ancestral native roots and to aboriginal culture. After settling in Montana, she entered deeply into the world of Cheyenne spirituality and was adopted into the Northern Cheyenne tribe by her Spiritual Father and Chief, Johnny Russell, Jr. Through these loving relationships, she explored traditional Plains Indian culture including sweat lodges, fasting, leather tanning and beading. Later, after the passing of her Spiritual Father, she received a teaching in a dream from him directing her towards other traditional cultures. It was at this time that she rekindled her ties with professor Bradford Keeney and though his work begun to explore the spiritual landscapes of the Kalahari Bushmen, the Japanese practitioners of Seki-jitsu and the presentations of other

cultures that embrace an expression of ecstatic movement. The craft of traditional leather tanning, has been an excellent working metaphor for Maria in exploring her art. The raw hide is first stretched and scraped to thin it. Later it is soaked, pulled, twisted and kneaded allowing the natural tannins from the animal to break down the rigid fibers, thus allowing the skin to become soft, supple and workable. There is no comparison of naturally tanned leather to its commercial counterpart. With its suppleness, it easily conforms to the leather-makerʼs blade and punch or to the beaderʼs needle and awl. Likewise, her healing work is about a process of transformation. By opening her heart in each moment, she allows herself and us to become soft, to feel the vitality of Creation, the joy of spirit and to discover our own personal artistry in Life.