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Apprenticeships - This program is in progress. If you are interested in learning more about our next apprenticeship training program, please email us at rainbowjourney@rainbowjourney.com

This intensive two year training program was created out of a collective dream which originated from a great prophecy thousands of years ago. This vision spoke of a time when human beings would become estranged from their natural relationship with nature and spirit. For many of us, our lives were reflecting the validity of this prophecy. For some, personal lives lacked purpose, for others it was our hearts that had become numb or our bodies that expressed this loss in our daily struggle to find enough energy just to survive. Yet with the help of unseen forces, the gentle winds of remembrance rustled a waking dream to come into our wisdom minds, invited an opening within our hearts a reigniting of the fire in our belly. This challenge of awakening generally resulted in a healing crisis in the form of illness, accidents or interpersonal/professional disappointments (those of us stubborn to the process had them all). Whether these issues may or may not be completely resolved, the activating event has served its purpose in getting our attention to the heart of the matter; we began seeking a path of remembrance. Because of the magnitude of this hunger to link back up with our purpose, natural rhythms, dreams, and deeply loving relationships, many avenues to pursue this process have become available. Those of us in circles together have a collective agreement to heal, grow, and journey in a particular way.

With great humility and reverence, we are offering to facilitate a process that is guided by the principles of ancient wisdom teachings of indigenous peoples, and organized to challenge ourselves to rebuild our lives in accordance with these teachings. The foundation of these concepts reflect simple philosophies that require enormous dedication to embody that we are all related to one another, that everything is alive, that all of life is sacred and that we must be committed to a path of love and service.

Nature based spirituality is amazingly paradoxical. It requires us to be active in our lives yet still enough to listen to the wind, to seek and become carriers of great power and wisdom yet see ourselves as beginning students and humble servants, to connect and fill ourselves with the love and abundance of the universe and love others from that ever present wellspring yet remain detached from the personal struggle and suffering of those we love, and to become guardians and translators of our extended family that we find in nature, the universe and our spirit Mother Earth.

Over the course of the next two years we will immerse ourselves in a weaving of ancient and contemporary teachings in nature based spiritual practice. Together we will create an ayllu (spiritual family/community), step outside of linear time and enter into the heart of these concepts in a deeply experiential manner. The cosmology of all cross-cultural spiritual practices organize our life experience through the paradigms of the three worlds, the six directions and the spirits of the elements. We will explore these and other related concepts by engaging in such a manner with these energies that our life will become our primary training ground and the meetings will often help us translate and anchor the meaning of what we will experience in the totality of our lives. In other words, our life will be come the apprenticeship.

The two year training experience will be divided into four weekend blocks per year. The sessions will be held at Camp Ronora in Michigan so that we can have the opportunity to work with these nature based energies in a more intimate and timeless way. At our first weekend together we will organize smaller tribes that will be required to meet on a monthly basis to support each person's individual journey as well as create a sacred hoop for ceremony and ritual. The faculty of Rainbow Journey will rotate attendance at these meetings to offer more direct guidance and support.

While this process is likely to illuminate areas within the self that invite greater healing, this is intended to be an educational program. It is the responsibility of each participant to seek the assistance of a qualified health care practitioner in the area of concern should an issue or condition arise that requires attention or exploration while enrolled in the apprenticeship program. We have the privilege of living in a time on our planet where the opportunity to regain a respect for ourselves and an honoring of one another is more possible than before. To live our dreams, we first remember how to dream. To be empowered requires that we let go of controlling our lives and enter into the divine dance with Great Mystery. Together if we learn to be quiet enough, we will once again hear the voices of the ancient ones and among the voices will be our own.

Soaring Crane Chi Kung Class

Chi Kung is an ancient practice that is very similar to Tai Chi. There are many benefits to be gained from the practice of Chi Kung. These include increased energy levels and a reduction in the effects that the stresses of modern day living have on the body, mind and spirit. Chi Kung can also enhance the recovery process from physical injuries.

We will learn the 5 forms of soaring crane Chi Kung and begin to explore some simple yet powerful internal styles of practice in this 10 week course.