OM 4-Part Spring Series 2024: The Wisdom of the Mineral Kingdom with Mbali Marais
Description
Original Medicine 4-Part Spring Series
The Wisdom of the Mineral Kingdom:
Remembering Our Bigger Earth Story with Mbali Marais
Ben Okri says, “Maybe there are only three kinds of stories: those we live, those we tell, and those that help our souls fly upwards to a greater life.”
In this Mineral Year of 2024, please join us as we excavate the wisdom of Indigenous technology in the modern world. We'll explore how the Mineral Kingdom teaches us that our Original Medicine fulfills our deepest longing to know and live our purpose... and how without expression in the world we can never reach our full potential in community.
Online via Zoom Saturday, March 16th
10:00 am - 12:00 pm PT US
7:00 pm - 8:00 pm SAST South Africa
Reciprocity Contribution Levels
Benefactor: $30
The Benefactor Tier supports the largest partial contribution for a fellow community member.
Spiritual Friend: $20
The Spiritual Friend Tier supports partial contribution for a fellow community member.
Supporter: $15
The Supporter Tier supports most of the program cost.
Community Builder: $10
The Community Builder Tier supports some of the program cost.
No one is turned away for lack of funds, please contact info@braidedwisdom.org
Setting the Container:
We request participants to attend the whole program to respect the container of the class and Mbali.
At Braided Wisdom we strive to build an online environment that creates a safer container for all. Part of creating a safer environment is asking for participants to have their cameras on during class time. If you have an access need around this request, please reach out to info@braidedwisdom.org so we can discuss how best to support you.
About Mbali Marais
Mbali Marais is the founder of Return to Origin NPO/PBO. She was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa. She is a descendant of the Khoi Khoi peoples, French Huegenots, Dutch, Portuguese, Bushmen, Shangaan, adopted into the Dagara tribe, and is an initiated stick diviner, as well as the Amaghebe clan of the Xhosa peoples. At 3 years old in 1954, she was taken by her parents to live in London. Through her own challenges, which she now understands was her own rootlessness and a sense of homelessness, she developed a passion which became a mission and fascination in health and healing, via the “other route”.
Mbali's diverse background in the healing arts, integrative medicine, indigenous practices and transformative guidance, provide a sound container for both modern and ancient healing modalities. She is now living in the Eastern Cape surrounded by two rivers and the Indian Ocean.
About The Original Medicine 4-Part Series
This program is a psycho-spiritual cross-cultural mindfulness approach to the teachings that weave together Indigenous Wisdom, Mindfulness, and Earth-based practices in order to integrate seasons and the transitions between the seasons as cross-cultural mindfulness tools. In Indigenous societies, there are long-standing practices of honoring the sacred, cultivating stillness, embracing silence, being in nature, and conducting rituals to acknowledge the coming changes in the world around them and within themselves.
Prior participation in previous OM 4-Part Sessions not required.
Zoom Link:
An email with the Zoom Link will be sent to you within a few days and 15 minutes prior to the program. Please search for info@braidedwisdom.org and check your spam folder if you do not see our email with the Zoom Link.
This event registration is for the Original Medicine 4-Part Series - Spring Season on Saturday, March 16 from 10:00 am - 12:00 pm (Pacific Time).
If you have any questions, please email info@braidedwisdom.org.