Events hosted at Skalitude have included Tibetan Buddhist Meditation, Native American sweat lodge and vision quest, yoga retreats (props are available), harmonic chant, animal communication, shamanic journeying, weddings and personal cleansing retreats.   The setting at Skalitude Retreat offers unparalleled support for the magic of transformation - please contact us about hosting your event!

We encourage carpooling to Skalitude events - if you are interested in attending an event and can either offer a ride or need a ride, please contact us!

Events 2012

Friday March 16th - Sunday March 18th

Spring Tune-Up: Restore, Rejuvenate, Radiate!
Awaken to the vitality of Spring with a weekend of nutritious food, cleansing herbs and yogic presence.  We will use food as medicine, preparing simple ayurvedic recipes, raw and fermented foods, and herbal teas, supplementing this with asana and pranayama pratice, sauna time and silence.  Support body and mind as we move into the season of heightened energy and activity!  With yoga teacher Becky Studen and herbalist/nutritionist Rosalee de la Foret.  To see the daily schedule and teacher bios, please visit Rosalee's blog   Registration is $195 if paid before March 4th, $220 after. Register with Lindsey here

Tuesday April 17th - Sunday April 22nd

Weather Shamanism: A Spiritual Path of Personal Growth and Global Healing

with Nan Moss and David Corbin

WEATHER SHAMANISM is about the shaman’s long-held, respected task of looking after rela-
tions between the human community and the beings and spirits of Nature. As a practice of spiritual
ecology, weather shamanism is for those who care about the viability of our planet and who sincerely
wish to work on behalf of restoration and well-being for our present times – as well as for a world our descendants will thank us for.  Contact Lindsey here for registration information or visit www.fairycongress.com. 

$850 for 5 days teaching, meals and accomodation (double occupancy). Starts with dinner on Tuesday April 17th , finishes after lunch on Sunday April 22nd.  If you have already taken level 1, you may just sign up for the Level 2 and 3 parts of this retreat, which starts wednesday with dinner.  Cost for this option is $700. 

Nan and David's website: www.shamanscircle.com

Friday May 4th - Sunday May 6th

Yoga from the heart with Roy Holman
Experience peace, both within and without!  Heart centered, breath centered yoga for everybody.  This retreat also includes mindfulness meditation with Bill Hale.  www.holmanhealthconnections.com

Friday May 11th - Sunday May 13th

Mom N Me Yoga with Jen Mitchell and Yvette Sanchez
Nourishment for the Nurturers!  Join Twist Yoga teachers Jen Mitchell & Yvette Sanchez for this joyful retreat where mothers can delight in mothering in a healthy, playful way. There will be time for mom to rejuvenate and relax with other mothers, time for mom to enjoy some alone time, as well as time for moms and children to play, eat, and enjoy the outdoors together. Included in the retreat are daily yoga classes, meals & activities for kids. See www.twistyogaedmonds.com for registration. 

Thursday May 16th - Sunday May 20th

The Craft and Ritual of Making a Home for the Fairies

with John Curtis Crawford and Bridget Wolfe
"Everyone always wants to know 'How do you make fairy houses?' And what they’re thinking is 'How do you perform the craft operations of making a fairy house?' and in truth, that’s the simplest part of it. The thing that’s the most important is the mindset with which you approach it. Because we’re not just trying to make a model – we’re trying to create a living creature, for all intents and purposes. This is going to be a Fairy House. It’s not a bird house, it’s not a miniature house; it’s a Fairy House and it’s intended for the habitation of Fairies."  - John Curtis Crawford from Gateways to Faerie. 

Workshop starts thursday morning at 10am.  Registration of $675 includes lodging starting wednesday night, breakfast and dinner through Sunday morning.   See http://www.fairycongress.com/fc2012/2012_FairyHouse.htm for more information, or visit www.fairywoodland.com   Register with Lindsey here

Monday June 4th - Sunday June 10th

PeerSpirit Cascadia Wilderness Quest
If you are seeking to mark a transition in your life, to reconnect with your inner wisdom, or to clarify a life situation, we invite you to join us in the beautiful forested lands of the eastern Cascade Mountains. Using Skalitude's off-the-grid retreat center as a base camp, the group will prepare for a 48-hour solo by learning the traditional quest practices of wilderness solitude, fasting, council, andceremony. Led by Ann Linnea and Christina Baldwin.
http://www.peerspirit.com/wilderness-quest-dates.html#cascadia

Thursday June 21st - Monday June 23rd

12th Annual Fairy and Human Relations Congress

Join us for three days of fun, laughing, singing, dancing, workshops and meditation to help heal the relationship between humans and fairies and assist in planetary healing.   Presenters include David Spangler, RJ Stewart, Orion Foxwood, Brooke Medicine Eagle, and many more. 

www.fairycongress.com

Friday June 29th - Monday July 2nd

Annual Solstice Yoga Retreat with Kat Allen
Experience heartfelt connections to self and the sangha (community) by exploring yoga postures, Authentic Movement, breath practice, sound and chanting, visualization and meditation. The focus of our retreat this year, as every year, is activating Presence through Yoga, Nature and Community. www.fouraims.com

Wednesday July 11th - Sunday July 22nd

Animas Valley Institute Vision Quest with Anne Hayden and Peter Scanlan
This contemporary Western embodiment of the ancient, pan-cultural vision fast is a dynamic wilderness rite for men and women seeking greater depth and clarity about life purpose and meaning. As a rite of initiation, the quest is a ceremonial descent to the underworld, in which you die to your familiar way of belonging to the world, uncover the passion and wisdom of your soul, and retrieve the gift that is yours alone to bring to the world, enhancing personal fulfillment and genuine service.  www.animas.org

Septermber Dates TBA

Deepening in Nature:  A Quest for Vision

If you have been touched by the powerful energies held at Skalitude, this is an opportunity to go deeper into Nature Communication.  Priority given to Fairy Congress attendees.  Here are a couple of inspirational quotes from 'The Spell of the Sensuous', by David Abram:

"In indigenous, oral cultures, nature itself is articulate, it SPEAKS. The human voice in an oral culture is always to some extent participant with the voices of wolves, wind and waves - participant, that is, with the encompassing discourse of an animate earth. There is no element of the landscape that is definitely void of expressive resonance and power: any movement may be a gesture, any sound may be a voice, a meaningful utterance." (p 117)

"A particular place in the land is never, for an oral culture, just a passive or inert setting for the human events that occur there. It is an active participant in those occurrences. Indeed, by virtue of its underlying and enveloping presence, the place may even be felt to be the source, the primary power that expresses itself through the various events that unfold there."

Contact Lindsey here for more information

Thursday September 27th - Sunday September 30th

4th Annual Saskatoon Circle Primitive and Traditional Living Skills Gathering

Learn to tan hides, weave baskets, make cordage, friction fire, pottery, animal processing, felting and many more primitive and traditional living skills.   www.saskatooncircle.com

Wednesday October 10th - Sunday October 14th

Coming Back to Life Retreat

Join Roy Holman, Stef Frenzl and Mags MacKean as we clear the way for a powerful transition on the new waves of energy and 2012, and help create a new Earth paradigm. Find your joy and get your passion back! 

$550 includes 4 nights shared accommodation, 3 meals daily, yoga, meditation, emotional balancing, community connections.  www.holmanhealthconnections.com