Upcoming events & Ceremonies
For multi-day workshops or retreats, view our nature immersion programs.
For events and ceremonies, see the list below.
The Stories Trees Tell: 3.5 hour nature honoring workshop
Honor Nature on a short hike into the lush Appalachian forest on a mountain. Bask in the wise presence of the Trees as you remember your roots and reunite with Mother Earth, the mother of us all.
Take some time out of life to connect with traditional ways, commune with big trees and share your experiences in common heart with other good folks!
We will immerse into nature together in a beautiful mature forest on a mountainside in Weaverville to receive whatever wisdom and magic this Summer evening offers us.
Traditional Nature Honoring Harvest Ceremony
Join Asheville Nahua lineage-holders Adam and Erin for our twentieth annual Fall traditional devotions and offerings to honor and celebrate the gifts we have received from the Heavens and Mother Earth. Give thanks for the abundant harvest!
Let's join together and honor the living world for the gifts that fill our lives every day. This is our chance to celebrate Nature, the Heavens (the Rain, Sun, Clouds, Wind, and Lightning), Mother Earth and Her rich Lands, running with pure Crystalline Water from Her Rivers, Mountains and Streams — all of those myriad expressions of our beautiful, alive world that nourish us human people with bountiful fruits, veggies, flowers, healthy animals and trees and surround us with all good things. We are so blessed. You're invited to join us Sunday, October 4 to give back and give thanks.
Dia de Muertos (Day of Dead) Ceremony
At a special moment in sacred time, you are invited to celebrate your ancestors and other beloved ones who have passed on.
Note: This event takes place from 5:30 pm until after 8 pm on November 1, and then return to complete the altar work the next morning.
The Stories Trees Tell: A Nature Connection Workshop
The wisdom of trees and magic of the lush forest await you! Join us in the woods for nature connection, wisdom, silence & sharing.
Join us as we deepen into spring by listening to The Stories Trees Tell. Commune with the forest and share your experiences with other good folks!
We will immerse into nature together in a beautiful mature forest on a mountainside in Weaverville to experience whatever wisdom and magic this early Summer evening offers us.
Please bring a notebook and a pen and a blanket or camping chair to sit on as we will spend some time sitting in a circle on the ground together. We will be spending 25 minutes of discussion, orienting us to our connection with the trees, then 20 minutes of quiet time walking in and listening to nature. We will then write what we experienced and join together to share those experiences.
Wholesome organic chicken soup will be offered for $10 per bowl.
Please wear hiking shoes and long pants. Even though we will be hiking on a trail, there could be some poison ivy along the way.
The event will be led by Adam Laufer and Erin Everett, husband-and-wife Asheville-area residents who are also quiaclazques healers and tradition-holders in the Nahua lineage of the Central Highlands of Mexico.The event is free and we will meet in the parking area!
Donations are appreciated and can be sent to Adam and Erin.
This event will take place on a mountain 25 minutes' drive north of Asheville, NC.
This event was originally founded with the premiere forest conservation group in the Southeast region, Dogwood Alliance.
Giving Thanks for the Sky Waters
For more information and an invitation to this ceremony, contact Sharon and Peter Brown via email sharon@followingheart.com
Calling the Waters from the Sky Ceremony
For more information and an invitation to this ceremony, contact Sharon and Peter Brown via email sharon@followingheart.com
Traditional Weather Harvest Ceremony
Our Asheville-area Nahua-tradition Weather Workers will lead us in a gratitude ceremony giving thanks for the blessings received from Weather. The Harvest Festival is a once-a-year celebration which stands on the foundation of a tradition that has assisted communities for generations to build relationship with their local weather. Your attendance at this communal celebration helps complete the cycle of reciprocity with the Weather Beings by acknowledging their life-sustaining gifts and offering thanks for those gifts.
You will be walked through this traditional gratitude ceremony dedicated to the Wind, Clouds, Rain, Sun and Lightning.
The Good Path: Learn about Traditional Nahua Healing
Hear a sacred story, learn about the benefits of ancient healing ways, and meet traditional healer Erin Everett in this Zoom workshop.
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