Going Green for Gaia

Here at Terrapin Hollow we're getting ready for a very exciting summer. On Memorial Day Weekend (2012) we're hosting Going Green for Gaia, a fun filled pagan festival with rituals, drum circles, workshops and activities including:

• Make your own earth friendly laundry detergent, cleaning supplies, and cosmetics (with Tree and Brightwing, bring empty spray bottles and empty gallon jugs)


• Tour the home-made windmill and solar panels (with SuperDad)


• Pick blackberries (on your own, bring a bucket)


• Check out the organic garden and say hello to the chickens and dogs (pullets may be available for sale, depending on how many hatch this spring)


• Learn about rain barrels and other rain water harvesting methods (with SuperDad and Talon)


• Hoop dancing: the significance of the circle, oneness, and the spiritual practice of losing yourself to a force distinct from your physical self (with Innergy)


• Renaissance Topic Workshop (with Felicia)


• Free hand massages (get your mind out of the gutter, BellaDonna massages your hand!)


• Other spiritual workshops/topics are available by request. Reply to blog post or write on the event wall inside of FB.

GGG is free and we're taking the first 50 people to sign up. (As of this post we have 30.) For an event invitation, friend Tree Newby on FaceBook, then send a direct message and mention you're interested in GGG. We're open to vendors, but so far most of our favorite vendors have opted to have the weekend off to enjoy themselves.

Friday night is a potluck. The rest of the weekend food is your family/clan/group responsibility. Fire rings will be permitted in group campsites, however we are in a fairly windy valley and extra care will be required. Please don't leave your fire unattended. We'll have both a "home fire" and a ritual fire to cozy up around and play music.

We look forward to seeing you there!

Gaia Rising: Monthly Dialogue Circles

Gaia Rising hosts a monthly dialogue circle via conference call. The purpose of the circle is to explore personal and planetary transformation in a mutually supportive and caring environment.

Up to 96 people may join a call. Tree will facilitate the dialogue by establishing a virtual circle (in alphabetical order by first name). Each participant will be given the opportunity to speak or pass the "talking stick". Each call will begin with a 2 minute check-in, in which each participant shares where he/she is (emotionally, geographically, mentally, etc.). After the check-in, the dialogue will continue in rounds, with each round centering around a question.

In the beginning, for sake of ease, Tree will pick the questions. After a few calls the group will co-create questions.The calls are scheduled to last 2 hours and will occur the second Tuesday of every month at 8:00 pm Central Time (US) which is 9:00 pm in New York City (as a reference to international guests).


Date: Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Time: 8:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: 218-844-0850, passcode: 209064#

The Self Healing Journey

Our first study circle topic will be the Self Healing Journey. All people have scar tissue, wounds from past experiences. Over the years we have all done a variety of things for our own healing. In this study circle we'll get to know each other by discussing our paths and sharing the sorts of self healing we've each done in the past.

This will allow us to learn each others history, interests, and talents. It will also get us thinking about the power of sharing our healing journey with a circle of like minds. Each of us has something to bring to the circle, some gift or insight to share. Whether you have been walking your path for 2 or 20 years, your perspective is valuable.

This is an open study circle. Any spiritual or religious tradition is embraced. It will be from 3-5 at Tree's house. Email Tree or post a comment below to request directions for attending. Tree respectfully requests to know in advance who plans to attend, so please either email or leave a comment --even if you already know how to get to Tree's house.

Samhain Merry Meet

On October 31st, Gaia Rising will host a Merry Meet. Join us from 1-4 at the Clinton Park on Hwy 65 in Clinton. We'll meet at the covered pavilion next to the play ground. This is visible from the highway.

Please bring food to share for the potluck. Bring drums, flutes, guitars, etc. We will eat, laugh, share stories, and in general just get to know each other.

The event is open to anyone and everyone. Bring your children and let them play in the park while the adults visit.

We hope that people who come to the Merry Meet might also want to start coming to our study circles and maybe even one day join the coven.

For additional information post a comment here on the blog (below).
Brightest Samhain Blessings!