Courses for Enriching and Evolving Your Life!
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SAVE THE DATES! Oct 2 & 3
Discover Your Unique Magic! Spiritual Tools for Earthbound Teens Taught by Mara Evenstar & Elizabeth Reyes-Nightingale (Rainbow Liz) Are you feeling called to activate your powers? Or your otherworldly senses? Are you a Starseed? Are you a Rainbow Child? Are you an Indigo Child? Or are you something you cannot explain but know there is something unique about you? Has anyone ever told you that you are a healing person to be with or around? Do you feel like you came to Earth with special gifts or a mission? Do you know you are intuitive but want some guidance on how to develop your abilities? |
Mara and Liz will share creative and healing ways for you to tap into and embrace your unique gifts! We’ll show you tools used by sensitives and intuitives to keep grounded and keep your energy field clear and protected, while showing you ways to expand your abilities. You’ll learn how to connect to your natural magical guidance systems, through ceremony, dance, nature, meditation, journaling, and even crafting. We’ll have time together to grow and practice as a group and also an incredibly valuable opportunity for a one-on-one session with Mara or Liz.
This is an intuitive and spiritual development class for teens and folx between 13 and 23. The core of this class is an immersive hands on weekend on Oct 2 & 3. We will meet once on zoom prior to the weekend to break the ice, get to know one another, and allow for Liz and Mara to get a feel for the individual and group needs before we meet in person.
Come and find the support and belonging you’ve been yearning for!
Saturday, Oct 2: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, Oct 3: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Early Registration (by Sept 25) $250, After Sept 25 $300
This is an intuitive and spiritual development class for teens and folx between 13 and 23. The core of this class is an immersive hands on weekend on Oct 2 & 3. We will meet once on zoom prior to the weekend to break the ice, get to know one another, and allow for Liz and Mara to get a feel for the individual and group needs before we meet in person.
Come and find the support and belonging you’ve been yearning for!
Saturday, Oct 2: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, Oct 3: 1:00pm - 5:00pm
Early Registration (by Sept 25) $250, After Sept 25 $300
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Life by Numbers: Learn to Read Your Own Numerology Chart
In Person Workshop Taught by Heather Schram Numerology is a great tool for navigating this new Aquarian Age we now find ourselves in. Numerology uses your birth day to uncover your strengths and challenges using 5 different numbers - your Soul, Karma, Destiny, Gift and Path. Numbers are a way that the Universe communicates with us. Each number has a unique energy. The combination of your specific numbers and where they sit in your chart will help you to understand your negative patterns, how you are meant to serve in this lifetime, and what your superpower is. By the end of the course, you will understand what each position in a chart means, you will know which numbers sit in each position, you will understand the energy of that number, as well as how they correlate with the positioning of the other numbers in your chart, and you will be given tons of tips and tricks for how to step further into your strengths, strengthen your challenges, and walk your true path. Sunday Oct 10; 1:00 - 4:00pm ET Early Registration (by Oct 3) $75, After Oct 3 $90 |
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Saining, the Scottish Rite of Purification & Blessing
In-person Workshop Taught by Rocky Shadow Bear Rains Sain, sian or seun is a practice that is intended to bestow protection onto an object, a place or a person in order to ward away evil influences or intent. Traditional saining rites are similar to other rites around the world and usually focus on water, smoke, and repetition. In general, saining practices serve a very simple purpose: to remove influences of negative spirits. The goal of saining is to help safeguard the health, well-being, and general spirit of an individual or household. You will leave this workshop on the saining process, a Saining Besom and Spiritually charged water. Participants limited to 6. Sunday, Oct 10th; 6:00 - 8:00pm Held at Evenstar's Chalice, 36 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti MI $75 (includes workshop & materials) |
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What's Holding You Back? Overcoming Unconscious Barriers to Change
Online Course Taught by Christy Hirsch and Mara Evenstar Are you experiencing resistance to change? Is it holding you back? This proven approach can help you get over the hurdle. We’ve been there and we know it can be frustrating – even distressing. Frequently, despite your thoughtful planning and best intentions, something gets in the way of your goals. And, chances are, you are not aware of the underlying personal dispositions that are getting in your way. |
Christy and Mara are here to help. Christy is a certified Immunity to Change (ITC) Map Facilitator and Mara has been guiding people through change and transformation for over two decades. We will gently zero in on the unconscious roadblocks preventing you from achieving your goals, then identify the “lever” by which you might unlock your unlimited potential.
This 3-class online course has the potential to make a big impact on how you feel, how you perform, and how people respond to you. By increasing awareness, you can make constructive adjustments in behavior to help you move forward personally and professionally.
Thursdays: Oct 14, 21, 28; 6:30-8:00 pm ET
Early Registration (by Oct 7) $108, After Oct 7 $130
This 3-class online course has the potential to make a big impact on how you feel, how you perform, and how people respond to you. By increasing awareness, you can make constructive adjustments in behavior to help you move forward personally and professionally.
Thursdays: Oct 14, 21, 28; 6:30-8:00 pm ET
Early Registration (by Oct 7) $108, After Oct 7 $130
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Reiki Level 3 Master
Hybrid Course with Mara Evenstar This 8 hour class will be held over 3 sessions. Two sessions will be held on zoom and those dates and times will be determined by enrollee availability. An in-person practicum class will be held Saturday Oct 16 from 1-5pm in the Ann Arbor / Ypsi area. You must attend all three sessions if you are attending for certification. Reiki 3 Master level class is focused on practice and deepening into your own nuanced dance with energy work and honing your intuition. There is also focus on your psycho-spiritual development - helping you get out of the way and creating a clearer channel. NOTE: This class does NOT include training on the teaching of Reiki to others and giving of attunements. (In my program, Reiki Master / Teacher is taught on a one-on-one basis using a student-teaching model.) Class size is limited to 8, Reiki 2 certification is prerequisite Class fee is $200 There will also be practicum hours required outside of class hours. TA for this class is Krystal Rain. Also joining will be members of Evenstar Institute's Reiki Master Teacher Team |
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Foundations of Witchcraft: Meeting Yourself as Divine
In-person Course Taught by Raphael Zahavah In this 4 week course we will engage in practices to deepen your relationship with your Divine self. We all carry a spark of the Divine within us. This force goes by many different names, but is always with us and connects us to the forces of the Cosmos/Goddess/Universe/the All. There are techniques you can use in order to lay the groundwork for getting in touch with your God-Self including meditation, awakening psychic ability, myth and story-telling, altar building, and learning about various constructs for the structure of the soul. Being in relationship with the Divine aspect of your being can help align you to your path and can create a strong foundation for magical work. Each class will include practices that will lead you towards growing a closer relationship with this aspect of yourself; empowering and opening you up to the unique essence and vibration of the spirit you inhabit. This class uses the framework of witchcraft, but the practices can be useful to anyone interested in communing with their Divine Spirit. This course will be held at Evenstar's Chalice, 36 N. Huron St., Ypsilanti, MI Wednesdays: Oct 27, Nov 3, 10, & 17; 6:30-8:30 pm ET Early Registration (by Oct 20) $160, After Oct 20 $192 |
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Be Your Own Oracle
Online Course Taught by Jeanne Adwani The definition of an oracle is a person with great wisdom, or someone believed to have communication with a deity. I am of the heart that we are All part of Deity, thus we have the ability to tap into that oracle wisdom ourselves via our inner relationship with Deity. In this 4 part experiential dive into You as an ‘oracle’, we will explore various tools and wisdom techniques that bring you to a deeper understand of what it might mean for you to connect to your own wisdom. By taking a ‘leap of faith’ into what is perceive as the unknown, the spirit world, magic, nature lore, we will play in possibilities. |
Though this might feel like a philosophical dive into what all this might mean, the intention of these four workshops is to feel into, see into, touch into, intuit into the gifts you already have that you might desire to explore, to expand into, to get to know yourself as a wisdom keeper, a mover and shapeshifter of energy.
We will work with Tarot cards, healing touch via energy connection, auric fields, chakras, pendulums, the gifts found in silence, the different ways your body responds to different situations and what that may or may not mean. We will discuss the ‘ethics’ of being a ‘reader’. The difference of calling in the wisdom of who you are working with and ‘fortune telling’. How will you best serve the Highest Good for whom you serve?
Mondays: Nov 8, 15, 22, & 28; 6:30-8:30 pm ET
Early Registration (by Nov 1) $160, After Nov 1 $192
We will work with Tarot cards, healing touch via energy connection, auric fields, chakras, pendulums, the gifts found in silence, the different ways your body responds to different situations and what that may or may not mean. We will discuss the ‘ethics’ of being a ‘reader’. The difference of calling in the wisdom of who you are working with and ‘fortune telling’. How will you best serve the Highest Good for whom you serve?
Mondays: Nov 8, 15, 22, & 28; 6:30-8:30 pm ET
Early Registration (by Nov 1) $160, After Nov 1 $192
Classes Now Open for Registration
Some previous classes to look for in the future!
Deia-Tea for Every Season
In Person Course Taught by Shalina Rankin
Every season of our life has its unique blessings and challenges. Using tea to commune with the sacred has a long history starting in ancient China. In this course we'll explore how formulating unique tea blends can help us invoke various goddesses to help us on our life's journey. We'll start with the season of winter learning from Persephone and Morta the importance of Rest, Renewal, and Surrender. We'll move through the wheel of the year concluding with Autumn and her gifts of Gratitude, Abundance, and Crossroads. This is a 4 class course. With one class covering each season
In Person Course Taught by Shalina Rankin
Every season of our life has its unique blessings and challenges. Using tea to commune with the sacred has a long history starting in ancient China. In this course we'll explore how formulating unique tea blends can help us invoke various goddesses to help us on our life's journey. We'll start with the season of winter learning from Persephone and Morta the importance of Rest, Renewal, and Surrender. We'll move through the wheel of the year concluding with Autumn and her gifts of Gratitude, Abundance, and Crossroads. This is a 4 class course. With one class covering each season
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Six Qualities of Light: Authentic, Healing Self-Expression
Taught by Cindy Guillean In this interactive workshop, you will be gently guided to sit within six qualities of light and to creatively express your authentic experiences of them. You will play with creative forms, memories, imagination, and inner senses to ‘re-experience’ what has been deeply felt of peace, love, harmony, balance, self-control, and human understanding. Such sacred play is healing, relaxing, energizing, and rejuvenating, bringing an awareness of light energies as they occur in present moments. |
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The Evolutionary Woman: An Introduction to Women's Work
Online Course Facilitated by Elisa Guyton How do we become fully ourselves? How do we honor our sacred feminine? How do we embrace the healing process? How do we re-emerge with authenticity and intent? The first step is knowing our desires: owning, honoring, and expressing our desires is key to moving forward. Elisa, a living breathing sensual goddess who is emerging from the patriarchal world will be your guide to help deepen the conversation centering on the evolutionary woman. With special guest speakers who are healers in their own divinity, these evenings will give you juicy tools to empower your desire. |
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Reiki 1 for Self Healing
Taught by: Reiki Master Teacher Team: Janet Vecchio, Cindy Guillean, Jessica Kilbourn Reiki is a powerful approach to self-discovery and self-healing. In this 3 week course, we will introduce and deepen into practices of self-treatment using Usui Reiki and the energy system of the chakras. Whether this is your first Reiki class, or you are a practitioner who wishes to focus on the self-healing aspects of Reiki; this is a wonderful opportunity to practice in a supportive, transformative environment. Using an innovative teaching model, this course is taught by a team of Reiki Masters, bringing a collective depth and breadth of knowledge, wisdom and experience to this course. This course includes Reiki Level 1 attunements, manual and certification. Tuesday, July 20, Thursday, July 22, and Tuesday July 27; 7 to 9:30pm Early Registration (by July 13) $187.50, After July 13 $205 Limited to 8 registrants. |
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Everyday Compassion
Taught by Susan Billmaier, with Special Guest Brad Vanlandingham (Karma Jinpa Tarchen) Compassion literally means “to suffer together.” It is a concern for the well-being of others; it is our capacity to be open to the reality of suffering and to aspire to its healing. Compassion is similar to other types of emotional understanding such as empathy (a vicarious experience of another person’s emotion.); altruism (a principle of devotion to the welfare of others.); benevolence (a desire to do good or promote the happiness of others through kindness and generosity.) This class teaches tools to increase capacity for compassion by making it tangible and concrete within everyday situations and relationships. This skill increases personal emotional resiliency and fortitude, which can then be used to increase the quality of compassion in relationship with other people. |
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Connecting With Your Totem Guide
Taught by Wasentha Young While the term totem is derived from the North American Ojibwa language, belief in guardian spirits is not limited to indigenous peoples of the Americas but is common to a number of cultures worldwide. A totem can take the form of animal or entity (i.e. dragon, phoenix, beetle) spirit and acts as your guardian and/or protector. It watches over and helps guide you in a way that supports your heart and authentic being. During these sessions Wasentha will help you journey inward to find or reconnect with your totem. With her guidance you will go through a process of integrating and embodying your totem using meditation, art, writing and creating your totem dance. (This workshop does not require previous experience.) Limit 10 participants. |
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Awaken Your Inner Goddess: Divine Mother Mantras and Chants
Taught by Susan Billmaier Do you want to strengthen your home life? There's a Divine Mother Mantra for that. Do you want to protect yourself and your family? There's a Divine Mother Mantra for that. Do you want prosperity? There's a Divine Mother Mantra for that. Do you want to give and receive comfort and compassion? There's a Divine Mother Mantra for that. Do you simply want to connect more consistently with your Divine Feminine? There's a Divine Mother Mantra for that. You'll learn all these and more! Note: The Inner Goddess and the qualities she imbues, are available to anyone regardless of any identity you hold about yourself. $54 Register Now |
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Manifesting Through Ritual
Taught by Peggy Santangelo Since ancient times ritual and manifesting have gone hand in hand; the one leads to the other quite naturally. In the first session, you will be guided through various modalities to connect with spirit to ready oneself for rituals. These will include shamanic methods, mantras, music and guided meditation. In the second session a discussion of the importance of creating a personal altar as a springboard to ritual and the "how to" basics for an altar space. Peggy will share the symbolism found in her exclusive Altar Bowls and a ritual for the group's personal intentions will conclude the session. The third and final session will incorporate the basics to manifesting and co-creating with Spirit. The course will end with a final ritual for manifesting a personal desire or intention. |
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A Life of Mythic Proportions Taught by Mara Evenstar In this workshop, Mara Evenstar will guide you through a process of experiencing the power of telling your story using ancient and modern symbols, archetypes, cultural references and elements of mythology. Telling your story in this manner is empowering and healing. No background in symbolism or mythology is required. |
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The Nameless Art: A Year and a Day, Course in Primal Celtic Shamanism
Taught by Rocky Rains The only way to start is to begin, the only way out is deeper in. So, follow the Star into the Earth, return a child of the Triple Birth. Embark on a sacred journey over the Seas and Lands of the Celtic Otherworld, in pursuit of the Eternal light of the Awen and its Source. Our sojourn of a year-and-a-day will begin at the Holy Festival of Beltane (May 2nd, 2021). Students will journey through the wheel of the Year, experiencing Nature’s beauty and bounty, through the blessed Summerlands, to the threshold of Initiation in each season. |
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Non-Violent Communication (NVC)
Taught by Vanessa Beltran Appropriate for individuals or couples, the framework of Nonviolent Communication (NVC) is used to transform challenging conversations and conflict. By learning to hear our own deeper needs and those of others, embedded in the stories we tell, NVC is a tool that creates a path for healing and reconciliation in its many diverse applications - personal and professional. |
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How to: Authentic, Joyful Self-Expression
Taught by Cindy Guillean This playful hands-on workshop invites you to discover the joy of authentic self expression. Starting with a beginner's mind, we will engage self-observation, memory, imagination, inspiration, and creative forms to coax what wishes to be heard, seen, said, or known into expression. Expand your notion of what authentic self expression might be, and save ideas about artistic talent for another time. Expressing your authentic self is all about soul-satisfaction. |
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Reiki Level 2 (weekend in-person format)
Taught by Mara Evenstar and Krystal Rain NOTE: This class is being held at an alternative location in Ann Arbor, MI. COVID protocols will be in alignment with the needs of the participants. In addition to receiving two Reiki 2 attunements, the learning focus for this level is to work with the Reiki symbols directly – learning their functions and applications; learn how to use Reiki for distance healing; and to practice doing Reiki treatments on others. Reiki Level 1 is a prerequisite, Class minimum is 2, maximum students is 6, Class fee is $140, TA: Krystal Rain |
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Journey of Beauty
Taught by Susan Billmaier The process of contemplating the Truth of Who You Are leads the “little mind”, steeped in separation, caught in the misery of the world, into an expanded view of the Self–the Higher Mind of Unity and Oneness--bringing about freedom from the world and its misery. You are a beautiful gift to the earth and all of humanity. This Journey leads you to Knowing your True Divine Nature of Beauty, through connection, awareness, and understanding of your Inner Divine Self. |
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Unveiling Your Divine-1
Taught by Wasentha Young A landscape usually is viewed from one vantage point. What if you could expand that view that embraces a number of perspectives and possibilities? During this course, Wasentha will help to guide you in your process of discovery. You will learn to identify the colors, shapes, and veils that have shaped your inner landscape. Using writing, sounding, and art you will unveil parallel inner landscapes that will be foundational to developing a ritual to bridging the potential of living a life vibrating at a more divine frequency. *there will be additional times scheduled for personal check-ins in addition to the regular meeting times |
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Journey of Courage
Taught by Susan Billmaier “Journey of Courage” is designed to strengthen the inner-spiritual-warrior. It is created to promote unshakable faith and trust in the Inner Divine. It is about the courage to do the right thing, and the bravery to resist illusion and falsehood. Journey of Courage lays the foundation for Freedom, Peace, and confidence for walking your spiritual path. |
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Shadow Work Through the Chakras
Taught by Mara Evenstar Can shadow work be joyful? You bet! In this course, the shadow refers to any hidden, unconscious, and/or rejected parts of ourselves – that includes our gifts! Shadow work is the conscious effort to “know thyself” as fully as possible. When we “free” our shadows, we release the need to repress them or project them out onto the world and others – resulting in a freer, more authentic and empowered life. The seven main energy centers of the chakra system will provide a fertile ground for our exploration. You do not need to be literate in shadow work or the chakra system to benefit from this course, just a willingness to practice my 3C’s (cultivating compassionate curiosity). In this intimate class of only 6 participants, we will be using a combination of sacred play, witnessing circle, contemplation, reflection and ritual to bring the shadow aspects of our seven main energy centers into the light for acceptance, integration and healing. |
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Deia-Tea for Every Season
Taught by Shalina Rankin Every season of our life has its unique blessings and challenges. Using tea to commune with the sacred has a long history starting in ancient China. In this course we'll explore how formulating unique tea blends can help us invoke various goddesses to help us on our life's journey. We'll start with the season of winter learning from Persephone and Morta the importance of Rest, Renewal, and Surrender. We'll move through the wheel of the year concluding with Autumn and her gifts of Gratitude, Abundance, and Crossroads. This is a 4 class course. With one class covering each season. Watch here. Shalina discusses her class. $108 |
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Lifelines Workshop
Taught by Cindy Guillean Looking backwards, we can trace the threads of our lives and begin to see, with gratitude and awe, our unique tapestries. Look! There are your colors, spirit, love, lessons, epiphanies—all you have co-created! Simple Lifelines and deepening techniques—focused on Self and Soul desires and needs—are creative and powerful tools for self-understanding, synthesis, and healing. Come join a small circle of introspective souls. Let’s engage in deep soul play. |
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Being & Becoming: An Introduction to Consciousness & Spiritual Evolution
Taught by Mara Evenstar What is consciousness? What is the relationship between consciousness and spirit? Where are we as individuals and humanity in our spiritual development? How might we know? In this introductory course on consciousness and spiritual evolution we will explore the ways in which we study consciousness, states and stages of consciousness development, and models of consciousness from contemporary and ancient worldviews as they relate to spiritual development and evolution. |
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Lead from Within
Taught by Barry Lipscomb (Meet Barry! Watch this interview with him.) A wisdom academy for leadership and organizational development. This course draws on somatic processes, shamanic practices, guided meditations, and movement to support your leadership development, connect with your own inner wisdom, and create a dialogue with a future that wants to emerge through your organization. You will deepen your capacities as a leader, finding new reserves of wisdom and compassion. This course will also provide you with new ways to relate within your teams. And you will learn how to engage the consciousness of your organization as a source of wisdom, guidance and support. Think of it as a wisdom-based MBA! |
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Be Your Own Oracle
Taught by Jeanne Adwani The definition of an oracle is a person with great wisdom; someone believed to have communication with a deity/deities. In this 4-part, experiential dive into You as Oracle, we will explore various tools and wisdom techniques that bring you to a deeper understanding of what it might mean for you to connect to your own wisdom, your inner oracle. With a leap of faith into what is perceived as the unknown, the spirit world, between the veil, magic, nature lore, we will play in possibilities. The intention of this course is to feel- into, see-into, touch-into, intuit-into the gifts you already have, that perhaps you already sense or simply wish to explore. We will work with Tarot cards, healing touch, energetic connection, auric fields, chakras, pendulums, the different ways your body responds to different situations and what that may or may not mean. We will especially work in the realm and the gifts found in silence and trust. We will discuss the ethics of being a "reader"; the difference of inviting and calling up the wisdom of whom you are working with and "fortune telling". How will you best serve the Highest Good in the moment? |
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Sacred Writing--this small gift
Taught by Cindy Guillean Sacred Writing is a simple, powerful, loving approach to spending time with Self and All That Is. In class circle, you will receive this small gift and learn techniques to be in each moment and to deepen. There are three parts to the class: ways and practice of sitting in the present moment, sacred writing itself, and reflecting on our experiences and process. All Sacred Writing is private—it is for nobody but you. Together, we will co-create time and space for sharing our experiences of Sacred Writing and for inspiring each other and ourselves. |