TIMES: Thursday 30th April at 5 pm - 6:15 pm South African time (Cape Town); 4 pm - 5:15 pm UK time (London); at 11 am - 12:15 pm Eastern time (New York); 8 am - 9:15 am Pacific time (Seattle); 9 am - 10:15 am Mountain time (Boulder). If these times don’t suit you, don’t worry, it will be recorded and you will be sent a link afterwards.
Befriending Illness
Due to the success of last month’s webinar, ‘The Gift of Calling’, we decided to repeat it with a second installment, ‘Befriending illness’. In South Africa amongst traditional healers, illness is often seen as a spiritual calling, to listen deeply and come to terms with our mortality.
With the global pandemic hanging over everyone’s heads it seems like illness is all around us. How can we befriend it to see the deeper calling of our spirit coming to terms with our physical mortality and our spiritual immortality? It seems like we are all experiencing a global ‘vision quest’, i.e. the quest for meaning, for spiritual purpose amidst chaos and uncertainty.
John will teach some simple African techniques to ground and calm people.
These will involve rhythm :
in the form of ‘heart-beat’ meditation,
chanting,
prayer and
connecting with nature; i.e. a fragile bird finds shelter in a storm and so can we
Dreaming - John will discuss the signs of a spiritual calling. How can we listen effectively and take the appropriate action?
The webinar will start with a guided meditation, followed by a short talk & discussion. Viewer input is encouraged.
Each Webinar starts with a guided meditation, some chanting and an invocation in isiXhosa to lift the energy.
John will give a 20 min talk to introduce this month’s theme. People can then ask questions.
NB: These Monthly Webinars are part of a monthly subscription of $25, cancel anytime.
