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●   Miranda Rondeau: Drumming Classes

●   Temple of the Goddess: Moon Celebrations, Shamanic Journeying and Tantric Dance Classes are suspended for 2015


MIRANDA RONDEAU'S

Sisters, the Drum is calling - Step into the Sacred Pulse

This is a rare opportunity to attend Miranda's 6 session drumming class. If this calls to you, consider joining the special group on 6 Tuesday evenings from -

February 17th - March 24th: 7:30-9:30pm.

$220 pre-paid by 2/10/15 via paypal                $240 pre-paid by 2/16/15 via paypal

In ancient times, in the Mediterranean world, the frame drum was predominantly played by the  women, used as a sacred tool. Rhythm, music and song were central to the Spiritual functions  and activities of society. Gathering the women in circle to commune in rhythm, voice and synchronized movement. To carry this drum on as a sacred tool.

6 WEEKS include: Communing in rhythm / Drumming / Drum Herstory / Drum symbolism /      Honoring of the Elements / Ritual / Mind Body Integration / Vocalizing and Song / Learn basic       drum strokes / Grounding rhythm combinations / Drum notation / Basic Music Fundamentals / Handouts

Opening and closing drum offerings from Miranda

We will learn in the handheld position. . .

Week 1 - Intention/Launch/Foundation                     Week 2 - Water

Week 3 - Fire                                                           Week 4 - Earth

Week 5 - Air                                                            Week 6 - Celebrate

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LOCATION: The Hive ( Private Home) in Marina Del Rey, CA. (Address sent with Pre-register)                Please allot time to find parking.

Limited frame drums provided for first class and available for purchase. You must acquire a drum  to practice with for the rest of the series. You can also purchase one at Remo Music Center, 7308 Coldwater Canyon, North Hollywood, Ca 91605.

Bring  pillow, water, and a folder for your handouts.

**PRE-PAYMENT SAVES YOUR SPACE**

RSVP first to mirandarondeau@yahoo.com then PAYPAL mirandarondeau@yahoo.com

$220 pre-paid by 2/10/15 via paypal              $240 pre-paid by 2/16/15 via paypal

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Miranda Rondeau is a Internationally recognize singer, musician, Remo frame drum artist and  teacher. She sings to remember and to connect to soul, chanting in a devotional language of her    own. She is inspired by the Beloved, the Ancestors, the Mystery, the Sun, the Wind, the Water, the Earth and the Inward Journey. She has been performing since 1994 both as a soloist and within  various percussion ensembles. She has been teaching the frame drum for the last 16 years. Discovering the frame drum was a HOMECOMING when she first saw her late frame drum teacher Layne Redmond 20 years ago.

She had the honor to study, assist and perform with Layne Redmond. Life changing, she saw the importance of finding other women frame drummers and initiated the social media pages for     Women Frame Drumming Page as well as the youtube channel all of which are dedicated to Layne.

She has opened for Dead Can Dance, Starhawk, Daniel Pinchbeck, Grandmother Agnes Baker and  Aamo Bambo of the 13 International Grandmothers. She's performed for North American Frame     Drum Festival, Tamburin Mundi Frame Drum Festival, Germany, American Frame Drum Gathering, World Sacred Music Festival as well many consciousness raising events and rites of passage.

Miranda facilitates Vocal Playshops, Frame Drum Workshops and Sound Bath Journey's. She teaches privately and via Skype. You can see her on the following:

http://www.youtube.com/user/shamasmantra

Facebook Music Pageacebook.com/pages/MirandaRondeaus-Music-Page/331317300219580?fref=ts  


PLEASE NOTE

Temple of the Goddess has suspended all Thursday night meetings in 2015 (Full Moon, Moon Lodge, Tantric Dance, and Shamanic Journeying) due to the sudden transitioning of Priestess Kamala to the Other Side. I know all those who attended her Moon Lodge, Tantric Dance Classes and/or any of the last two years of the Temple's rituals will remember her as compassionate, creative, and dedicated. Always thinking of others before herself, she will be forever loved and always missed.

When the meetings resume, we will announce them here and send out a general notice.

CENTER FOR AWAKENING CONSCIOUSNESS: YALE HALL

690 E. Orange Grove Blvd. Pasadena, CA 91104

Participants MUST RSVP by the Tuesday before the actual event. Call 626.765.7959 and leave a message containing your name, the event which you want to attend, and a phone number and/or  email address where you may be reached in case of cancellation. All classes and circles are No     Alcohol events.

Full Moon Circle  (when the moon is in her bright phase) - Once a month, full moon goddess7:00 pm (the door    locks at 7:30) to 10:00

Women, men, and children accustomed to quiet ritual are welcome.

A small group gathering, casual with an opportunity to participate in  a deeper ritual than is possible at our larger Sabbat rituals. After casting a circle, we briefly share where we are in our lives, and have  a communion of fruit juice and bread. We often use divination tools to draw down that which we wish to bring into our lives or release or trans- mute those things in our lives that no longer serve us as they now are. Then we go on a guided journey. Afterward we discuss (if you wish) your journey and usually have a physical activity to link the journey to the real world (such as after a journey of the heart, we may cut out paper hearts and write the names and communications of the people we have met on the journey). After opening the circle we have some time to snack and talk with like-minded Pagans.

Items To Bring: A notebook or journal to record your experience, a personal sacred for the altar   during the ritual (if you wish), a small refreshment to share.

Facilitated by Pythia, Temple of the Goddess priestess

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Moon Lodge (New Moon-the dark phase of the Moon) - Once a month,  7:00 pm (the door locks      at 7:30) to 10:00

Women only for this event.

As women, we gather to honor and celebrate the Moon Mother and her cycles which we embody with her sacred gift of rhythm and blood. Together we will celebrate stories of our own   moontime, from our experiences of menarche to menopause. We will share stories of Her ebb  and flow, reconnecting ourselves with these divine and timeless cycles. Our repose in this dreamtime  within the safety of a circle of sisters has the power to heal and reunite our deeper selves with the natural world.

Dress comfortable and bring a comfy pillow and blanket to snuggle in. Bring any sacred offerings you may wish to share with the Goddess on Her Altar during the ritual. And a decadent snack to share   with your sisters.

Facilitated by Kamala, Temple of the Goddess priestess

Shamanic Tantric Dance

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Shamanic Tantric Dance suspended.

Series of five classes - monthly. 7:00 pm (the door locks at 7:30) to 10:00

Women only class.

A series of five classes, Shamanic Tantric Dance is a meditation in motion, a sacred dance spontaneously sourced from body impulse. As each woman dances, movement following the energy flow in her body, she is witnessed by the other women. No dance experience needed. Just a desire to move to your unique power coursing through your body.

In a Sacred Circle of Sisters, Come Home to Your Authentic Self.

Facilitated by Kamala, Temple of the Goddess priestess, and teacher/practitioner of Shamanic   Tantric Dance; and Rev. Xia, Temple of the Goddess Founder and priestess, and teacher/practitioner of Shamanic Tantric Dance.

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Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle

wakan tankaWomen & Men -  7:00 pm (door locks at 7:30) to 10:00 p.m.

This is not a "learn how to drum" class, but deep meditation instruction. At these gatherings you will learn something about Shamanistic history and   what a Shaman does when she or he moves into a trance and   enters another reality. If you've wanted a different way of meditating to "sort things out" then this might work for you. We will journey to the Lower World and meet Power Animals and journey to the Upper World and meet with our Guides/Teachers. In addition to the trance work, the meetings will discuss various topics including:

   *   What is Shamanic Trance Meditation and where it has been in practice.

   *   Spirit Guides & Power Animals - how to obtain one and what they do for you.

   *   Relevancy of Shamanic Trance Mediation in today's world.

Class facilitated by Pythia, Temple of the Goddess priestess, graduate of Michael Harner's Core Shamanic Workshop, and practitioner of Shamanic Trance Drumming for over 24 years.


2015 DATES

All events begin at 7:00 p.m. and end about 10:00 p.m. (doors lock at 7:30)

  • January 01   Full Moon (4th) in Cancer @ 8:53 p.m. (Moonrise @ 4:49 p.m.)
  • January 08   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • January 15   New Moon (20th) in Aquarius @ 7:28 a.m.
  • January 22   To be announced
  • January 29   To be announced
  • February 05   Full Moon (3rd) in Leo @ 3:09 p.m. (Moonrise @ 5:34 p.m.)
  • February 12   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • February 19   New Moon (18th) in Aquarius @ 3:47 p.m.
  • February 26   To be announced
  • March 05   Full Moon (5th) in Virgo @10:05 a.m. (Moonrise @ 6:23 p.m.)
  • March 12   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • March 19   DARK New Moon (20th) in Pisces @ 2:36 a.m.
  • March 26   To be announced
  • April 02   Full Moon (4th) in Libra @ 5:05 a.m. (Moonrise @ 8:13 p.m.)                                        TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ON APRIL 4th
  • April 09   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • April 16   New Moon (18th) in Aries @ 11:57 a.m.
  • April 23   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • April 30   To be announced
  • May 07   Full Moon (3rd) in Scorpio @ 8:42 p.m. (Moonrise @ 8:05 p.m.)
  • May 14   New Moon (17th) in Taurus @ 9:13 p.m.
  • May 21   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • May 28   To be announced
  • June 04   Full Moon (2nd) in Sagittarius @ 9:19 a.m. (Moonrise @ 8:55 p.m.)
  • June 11   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • June 18   DARK New Moon (16th) @ 7:05 a.m.
  • June 25
  • July 02   Full Moon (1st) in Capricorn @ 7:19 p.m. (Moonrise @ 8:34 p.m.)
  • July 09   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • July 16   New Moon (15th) in Cancer @ 6:24 p.m.
  • July 23   To be announced
  • July 30   Full Moon (31st) in Aquarius @ 3:43 a.m. (Moonrise @ 8:42 p.m.)
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  • August 06   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • August 13   New Moon (14th) in Leo @ 7:53 a.m.
  • August 20   To be announced
  • August 27   Full Super Moon (29th) in Pisces @ 9:35 p.m. (Moonrise @ 7:51 p.m.)
  • September 03   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • September 10   New Moon (12th) in Virgo @ 9:41 p.m.
  • September 17   DARK
  • September 24   Full Moon (27th) in Aries @ 7:50 p.m. (Moonrise @ 6:55 p.m.)
  • October 01   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • October 08   To be announced
  • October 15   New Moon (12th) in Libra @ 5:06 p.m.
  • October 22   DARK
  • October 29   Full Moon (27th) in Taurus @ 3:05 a.m. (Moonrise @ 6:40 p.m.)
  • November 05   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • November 12   New Moon (11th) in Scorpio @ 9:47 a.m.
  • November 19   To be announced
  • November 26   Full Moon (25th) in Gemini @ 2:44 p.m. (Moonrise @ 4:57 p.m.)
  • December 03   Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle
  • December 10   New Moon (11th) in Sagittarius @ 2:29 a.m.
  • December 17   To be announced
  • December 24   DARK Full Moon (25th) in Cancer @ 3:11 a.m. (Moonrise @ 5:25 p.m.)
  • Please RSVP before 12:00 noon on the Thursday of the class or circle you wish to attend: leave your name, the name of the class & date, and your email and/or phone number at 626.765.7959 (voice mail only)

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    The Full Moon Circle, Moon Lodge, and Shamanic Trance Meditation Circle are by donation. For information regarding the cost of Shamanic Tantric Dance Classes contact Kamala at: Kamala@TempleoftheGoddess.org     


    If you would like to post your events with Temple of the Goddess, please  let us know by submitting the date and pertinent information to: Events@TempleoftheGoddess.org

     

     

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