Ceremony of Gratitude and Beauty
About this Event
Offering of Gratitude and Beauty
Come join us for a special event where we gather to express our gratitude and create a beautiful Despacho Offering, aligned with both the lunar and solar energies.
At all despacho ceremonies, we focus on giving thanks for all that we have, harness the power of the moon to release that which no longer serves us, and open the way for even more love, goodness, and abundance to come our way by getting clear about our intentions. It is a powerful way to offer our love and gratitude to all of creation - made even more powerful with the rising tide and the setting sun! Join us for a dance with the elemental energies as we weave a powerful ceremonial container and create a joyful community ritual!
What is a Despacho?
A Despacho (from the Spanish, meaning to dispatch) is a beautiful ceremony of making a mandala-like offering from natural materials. Coming together in community and ritually assembling flowers, seeds and other objects is an Andean practice of gratitude and sacred reciprocity (ayni) that helps align us to the cycles of the earth, connect with our own hearts, and strengthen our connections to all of creation. Making these offerings can help us restore love, balance, and harmony in our own lives, and in our relationship with Mother Earth and all the beings of nature. After the creation of the despacho, it is bundled up and ritually released into a sacred fire. If there is a fire ban, we will be releasing the despacho into the ocean.
Registration
Please sign up via Eventbrite or email us at [email protected] to register so that we can send out any updates on location, or changes in case of inclement weather. Advance registration is recommended.
Sacred Reciprocity (Ayni)
This series of Despacho ceremonies is funded by the Neighbourhood Small Grants, and is offered as a gift from our hearts, at no cost to you. If you are inspired by this offering, we invite you pay it forward in building community and contributing to sacred reciprocity in your own way.
Location
The Beach Despacho will take place about midway along Ocean Beach Esplanade in Bonniebrook near the Christopher W. Memorial Statue. See the map pin here.
Look for stairs leading down to the beach.
(This is opposite house number 1868 Ocean Beach Esplanade).
What to bring
Please bring flowers, feathers, dried plants, animal fur, feathers, or any other natural objects that you feel comfortable leaving as an offering.
We encourage you to bring a snack to share with others and your own cup. We will provide tea. You may also wish to bring your own camp chair or blanket to sit on. Other useful items can include: hat, sunglasses, sunscreen or bug spray, and extra layers for when the sun sets.
About Us
Juan and Luna Rojas are apprentices in the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition of Cross-cultural Shamanism, originating in the North Coast and Andes of Peru. Both have extensive experience with their own paths of healing and awakening, and a strong commitment to supporting personal and planetary healing. Emissaries of the Golden Age is our shared initiative of helping seed and spark the movement toward a more beautiful world through our ceremonial offerings, story-telling, and teaching endeavours.
Dana Wilson is a certified Biofield Tuning practitioner with a background in Kinesiology and over 15 years of training in holistic healing. She blends sound therapy, energy medicine, and shamanic practices to support deep energetic alignment and emotional clarity.
Our lineage
The teachings this ceremony is based on originates from our apprenticeships with the Pachakuti Mesa Tradition through The Heart of the Healer Shamanic Mystery School and Visionary Hearts.
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