Shapeshifting Through the Forces of Ritual, Voice and Activism

About the event

Regardless of ones culture or religion, ritual has an increasingly important role to play in our material and fast-paced lives, and has linked our humanity since the beginning of time.

One of the most important roles ritual plays in our daily lives is it helps us create and nourish our sense of self and purpose, where we learn to express ourselves simultaneously in joy and in sorrow, and gives us an outlet for self-expression, creativity, trust and play.  

And, there is a deep connection through ritual that helps build community, helping us transition and mark the ages of our lives as passages of time.  The acts of ritual motivate and move us into places sometimes harder to access. They are not only rites of passage, but they allow for our primal impulses and emotions to have a channel for expression, to assist us to step out of our logical 2D reality and find deeper purpose and connection. 

The power of connecting with the world in a sacred way through ritual is where we learn to see our place in it, and truly discovery that our actions and our words matter. When we live and embody our truth, then we speak truth to power. When we honor our voice, we remember that our words matter, and from there we can stand for what matters most to us in the world, and when we then give permission to our innate creativity, we can be both powerfully effective and visionary.

So who wants to empower a sense of spiritual authority?

You’re invited to an evening of pure delight with musical priestess Suzanne Sterling in town for a short time only, where you get to amplify your own energy and life force, collectively recalling that our individual spiritual sovereignty matters greatly right now, as it impacts our communal wellspring.

About our guest speaker / Suzanne Sterling

Suzanne Sterling is a musician, teacher, ritualist, and activist who has been performing and teaching for over 25 years, working both in the yoga community and with the International Reclaiming Community creating ritual, training teachers and offering year long Sacred Leadership trainings.  She is an award-winning musician, having released 5 solo albums and numerous soundtracks.

Since 2007 she has been training leaders in spiritual activism and social justice through her co-founded organization Off The Mat, Into the World.  As director of OTM’s Seva Challenge, she spent time in the US, India, Cambodia, Haiti, Ecuador and Africa working in community resilience. Suzanne has been featured at hundreds of international festivals and conference centers including Yoga Journal, Omega, Esalen, Wanderlust, Kripalu, Symbiosis, Bhaktifest, Boom Festival and many more.