INDIGENOUS WISDOM Empowering Your Spiritual Path with Shawn & Shannon - KRIPALU, MA
Schedule
Fri, 24 Apr, 2026 at 07:30 pm to Sun, 26 Apr, 2026 at 11:30 am
UTC-04:00Location
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health | West Stockbridge, MA
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Kripalu Program RetreatIndigenous Wisdom - Empowering Your Spiritual Path
DEEPEN YOUR SPIRITUAL PATH ON SACRED LAND
Learn how to discover, reclaim, and deepen your own unique spiritual path through the doorways of an Indigenous mindset.
Join spiritual mentors Shawn Stevens and Shannon Chada for a transformative journey of self-discovery and connection, enriched with Indigenous wisdom. Explore the four sacred hills of life—North, South, East, and West—as a spiritual compass for personal growth, and embrace the Seven Elder Teachings through storytelling, ancestral healing, and timeless guidance.
With a focus on honoring life as a sacred ceremony, you’ll awaken your spiritual gifts, declare your virtues, and weave gratitude and intention into your daily journey. Through guided practices and hands-on activities, Shawn and Shannon will help you strengthen your connection to Mother Earth, embrace your place within the sacred circle of life, and create a personal relationship with ceremony that naturally flows into everyday life.
This retreat supports you in discovering tools to honor your path, step confidently into life’s challenges, and meet them with courage, wisdom, and a renewed sense of purpose—leaving you empowered, grounded, and illuminated on your sacred path forward.
What You’ll Experience:
- Awaken your authentic spiritual gifts and personal power.
- Deepen your connection to ancestral healing, reconnect with your roots, and embrace your spiritual belonging.
- Learn practical spiritual tools to support your journey and navigate life with confidence and clarity.
- Strengthen your relationship with yourself, Mother Earth, and the sacred circle of life.
- Create a personal relationship with ceremony that flows into your daily life, celebrating life with gratitude and meaning.
- Gain guidance for walking your unique spiritual path in a way that honors all traditions and avoids cultural appropriation.
- Craft a spiritual tool bag to carry your practices and insights beyond the program.
Return home feeling connected to a welcoming community, equipped with grounded tools to continue your unique path of spiritual discovery in everyday life.
NOTE: This program welcomes everybody and the wisdom shared respects all diversities. Tuition includes materials for crafting your own spiritual tool bag to take home.
Preview the Retreat Program Schedule:
Friday
Evening: Welcome Circle and Storytelling
Saturday
Program Wisdom Sharing, Lecture, Storytelling and hands on crafting of spiritual tools.
Sunday
Morning: Closing Fire Circle and Q&
REGISTER THROUGH KRIPLAU: https://kripalu.org/experiences/indigenous-wisdom-empowering-your-spiritual-path-0
About The Presenters:
Shawn Stevens (Red Eagle) an enrolled member of the Stockbridge Munsee Band of Mohicans, is a spiritualist, musician, artist, historian, and storyteller dedicated to sharing his culture and knowledge. Shawn has spent decades connecting with his people's ancestral homelands and sharing their cultural history across the eastern and midwestern regions of North America. With a deep commitment to cultural preservation, Shawn fosters understanding, healing, and unity in people’s lives and within communities, creating a ripple effect that extends far and wide. As a Mohican storyteller, drummer, singer, flute player, and ordained minister, Shawn also serves as a certified facilitator for White Bison’s Mending Broken Hearts program. Through his educational presentations, he addresses the impacts of ancestral trauma, encouraging healing and positive transformation. Passionate about cultural revitalization, Shawn believes in the interconnectedness of all people and works to promote unity, well-being, and harmony. His efforts help individuals reconnect with their roots, embrace their heritage, and find balance, purpose, and a deeper connection to themselves and their communities FB: https://www.facebook.com/shawnstevensstandingeagle/
Shannon Chada (Good Singing Woman) embodies a holistic approach to life, interweaving culture, community, and nature in her path. As a spiritual mentor and holistic teacher, she offers compassionate guidance to individuals seeking spiritual growth and healing. Shannon's mission is to guide individuals inward, helping them to uncover their own positivity, passion, and purpose. With a focus on empowerment, spiritual growth, and self-care healing, she equips others with the tools needed to navigate life's challenges and to tap into the transformative power of the heart.
Through Full Circle Harmony Ministry, Academy of Holistic and Spiritual Arts, Shannon draws on more than 27 years as an Ordained Holistic Minister Practitioner to offer spiritual education, Reiki training, aromatherapy, cranial sacral therapy, yoga, wedding officiant services, and teachings on Indigenous peacemaking and cultural reclamation. Rooted in her upbringing within the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican community, Shannon’s work as an artist, Native dancer, and singer-songwriter blends artistic creativity with cultural traditions, using music, teachings, and practices as pathways for healing and celebration. Inspired by Native prophecies, she bridges connections between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities, promoting peacemaking, cultural reclamation, and environmental stewardship.
Shannon Chada’s life’s work is a heartfelt devotion to Living in Harmony—with the earth, all living beings, and the spirit of creation—nurturing a legacy of love, unity, community, and balance that ripples outward, inspiring others to connect with their inner light, walk their paths with authenticity, and nurture a spirit of compassion, unity, and respect. Her presence in the community serves as a transformative force, fostering deeper connections and awakening a collective commitment to harmony, peace, and the flourishing of future generations. FB: https://www.facebook.com/shannonchada7
For More Information: www.RedRoadReclamation.org
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Where is it happening?
Kripalu Center for Yoga & Health, 57 RT-183, West Stockbridge, MA 01229-7705, United StatesEvent Location & Nearby Stays:
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