upcoming events

With her wife, Stormi Oshun of Many Hands Light Work, Shaun hosts monthly drum circles for women, bringing plenty of loaner drums and a wealth of fascinating and fun percussion instruments.  Come discover and express your own innate musicality in this facilitated experience.  With drummers who return month after month, as well as a good crop of first-timers at each circle, we create a once-in-a-lifetime musical soundscape in an encouraging, positive atmosphere.  A great place to make friends, have a good laugh, challenge yourself to explore the unknown, and enjoy a play date for grownups!   Meets at the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Bozeman, 325 N. 25th Ave.  ($20 suggested donation.)

We gather monthly in ceremonial space to set intention and practice journeying together.  This is a rich opportunity for deepening our shamanic practice in the synergistic, supportive container of a coherent circle.  Contact Shaun for more information; RSVP required.   Please note that this circle is only available to people who have already received basic training in how to journey.  (Contact Shaun if you have questions about the training you've received, or if you'd like to receive training.)  ($30 suggested donation.)

REGISTRATION IS STILL OPEN for "Meeting the Mystery:  Honoring the Sacred Dark" -- with a discount if you come with a friend!

The women of Yamama! invite you to join them for this lively and restorative “play date for the soul.”  At this time of year, we feel the beautiful ways the natural world turns toward rest, quietude, and reflection.  We, too, are of the natural world, and we too feel this more contemplative rhythm in our own hearts.  Whether we resonate with the literal energies of harvest as it offers itself in our gardens and fields, or the longing and resonance with a slower rhythm, these elements are fed and nurtured when we circle with other women.

This one-day retreat will include several dance sessions (Mideastern style veil dance, and SoulFree ecstatic dance); a guided shamanic journey; chant, song and collaborative music-making; and time in ceremony, creative expression and reflection. Women of all experience levels are welcome to join us this circle of play, support, freedom, and power as we surf the season of lengthening shadows, which offers support and blessings on all our endeavors and dreams.

(Retreat is at the Beall Park Community Center at 415 N. Bozeman Ave., Bozeman.  Click here for more information and to register.)

Our world is in such a chaotic whirlwind, with war, famine, fear and suffering seemingly in every direction we look.  We often feel paralyzed and overwhelmed by all there is to do -- and, in that frozen, shut-down state, we really can't do anything very effective.  But getting in motion, and joining our intentions with other good-hearted humans, is a sure way to lift our spirits while sending out prayers and intentions for peace in our communities and around the world.

From 6:30 - 7:30pm, Ginny Watts, World Dance instructor, will guide her SoulFree ecstatic dance experience to the accompaniment of live music provided by Yamama!.  After a short break and a chance to grab a snack and meet new friends, Stormi and Shaun will facilitate a drum circle which will help us express our yearning, our grief, our love and our visions for a world where all people can feel safe, strong, free, and at peace.  This promises to be a rich, moving and satisfying evening!  Feel free to join us for one or both activities.

($20 suggested donation, at Pilgrim Congregational Church, 2118 S. 3rd Ave., Bozeman.  All donations we receive will be shared with the United Religions Initiative, an organization dedicated to interfaith work to promote peace, environmental justice and to end religiously motivated violence.)