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Katja Esser leads an ongoing stream of rituals, workshops, and other events.
A current list of events is available on
the
Ritual Expressions FaceBook page.
Katja is an inspirational artist, mask and costume designer, ritualist, teacher, photographer, healer, and performer. She has exhibited her work in the Netherlands, New York, and Boston. Katja has studied different forms of movement and voice. She has created sacred ceremonies for the seasons since 1992 for small and large groups of people of which the Summer Solstice at America’s Stonehenge is most well known.
She is deeply
involved in African based spirituality with
Malidoma
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to Africa a few times. She draws from a variety of great teachers such as
Martin Prechtel,
Rikka Zimmerman, and Emilie Conrad. Katja facilitates rituals
and gives talks at colleges and universities. She has taught Continuum
based movement, courses in ritual, facilitates Grief Rituals, and Sacred
Sound Circles. Katja has sung with Bonesong, an improvisational sacred
singing quartet that sings in a cave. She performs with the
Theater Behind The Mask in schools through
Young Audiences and at First Night Boston. She created a performance
around ‘The Hidden Life of Trees?with
Ricardo Frota in which she appears in a
full tree costume that took her a year and half to make.
Katja launched her Apprenticeship program, ‘Courting the Living World? in 2010. In this program, participants activate their intimate connection to self and planet. Katja has an extensive website www.ritualexpressions.com at which her work can be viewed.
What
people said about Katja’s work:
"Beautiful, sweet woman, with a voice
that enchants the wind, the earth, all gods creatures. You are so loved.
Thank you for all you brought to us this past weekend.?- Joy
“You are
extremely gifted and I feel so lucky to be learning and receiving from
you!?- Alison
?wonderful to see you in your
element; confident, relaxed and effective... just awesome. I'm honored and grateful
to have been able to share this experience, and my heart is
humbly thanking you over and over...?- William
“Thank you for your powerful voice,
drumming, ritual, space, magic, beauty...............this weekend! Was
truly an honor to receive your gifts? - Maria
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EVENTS AND WORKSHOPS - 2013
March 17, April 21, and May 12 - Improvisational Sacred Sound Circles
March 22 Ritual ?Vernal Equinox, Earthlands
March 23 Ritual - Vernal n itEquinox,
April Grief Ritual to be announced
June 21 Ritual ?Summer Solstice,
June 28 ?30
Intensive ?Courting the Living World part 1, Earthlands
July 19 ?21 Intensive ?Courting the Living World
part 2, Earthlands
August 16 ?18
Intensive ?Courting the Living World part 3, Earthlands
September 13 ?15
Intensive ?Courting the Living World part 4, Earthlands
September 21 Ritual ?Autumnal Equinox, Earthlands
September 22 Ritual ?Autumnal Equinox, America’s
Stonehenge
October 18 ?20
Intensive ?Courting the Living World part 5, Earthlands
December 21 Ritual ?Winter Solstice,
December 22 Ritual ?Winter Solstice, Earthlands
Improvisiational Sound Circle
Dates Feb 24,
March 17, April 21, and May 12 all Sunday afternoon from 2 - 5
pm.
At
the Cottage or
Hosted by Katja Esser
$5 donation requested
Directions and info on Earthlands posted below.
Address:
Email:
katjacreates@ritualexpessions.com
Phone:
617 365 4024
Website:
www.earthlands.org
Vernal Equinox Ritual 2013
Illuminating the Awakening Soul
Friday March 22,
2013
7:00
pm Evening Ritual
Near
the ‘Cottage?at Earthlands, Petersham MA
Saturday
March 23, 2013
1:00
?4:00 PM Ritual
At
America’s Stonehenge, NH
To
honor the appropriate feeding of the spirit world and to optimize what you
get out of this ritual there is some preparation involved that you are
asked to do at home. If you
do not have time to read it all please go to ‘What to bring?
below.
Looking
at her thick white robe with its drifts and bulges, obliterating any
definition, I saw that the sky’s yawn had exploded in the Mother’s lap and
settled briefly into a sense of restful expansion. In one moment the icy breath pounds
on her hardened skin, the next moment the air relaxes and misty clouds
dance upon her receding mantle.
Sudden changes stir the Mother in her restless sleep. Her dreamtime becomes short lived,
as her skin hardens and softens, seeming to be in an ongoing labor. The first bulbs showing their tips
are halted in their eager advancement. Winter has a hard time to
establish its firm grip. The
exalted cries of Spring echo softly, tantalizing Winter’s meditative
silence, letting him clearly know that Spring is pounding on his
door.
Also
we have been in an ongoing labor and are eager to get out of the womb of
illusion to move into the expression of who we truly are. It is hard to stay asleep in world
that no longer works for us and the expanding energies are stirring us
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Preparation
is a big piece of the ritual. To receive the full benefit of the
ritual as well as seeing the effects of each one bringing their piece to
feed the whole it is important that you bring the items described below to
the best of your abilities. Katja Esser
facilitates this community oriented ritual and you can expect it to
be very participatory
What
to bring:
-
A piece of green cotton fabric (please no synthetics) about 1 square
yard
that symbolizes your old skin, the vibrational seed pod or box you have
adopted to live in. It is the
skin of the illusions of this reality. It holds all the - I am not
worthy, I am not good enough, I am not lovable. You can decorate it, write on it,
anything that pertains to your definition of self in a reality of
illusion. Thank it
since it has given you the exact information to now be able to make the
change to birth into ‘who you truly are? You will not get this piece
back.
-
An umbilical cord made
with
different colored strips of cotton fabric
of
about 1 yard long each in length and about 1 ?inch
wide. This umbilical holds all the lies,
conclusions, judgments, and evidence for your point of view you have been
feeding yourself with to keep you in your vibrational pod. Looking at ‘I am not worthy? how
does this show up in money (green cotton), relationships and sexuality
(red cotton), health (blue cotton), life work, self-expression and
creativity (yellow cotton), spirituality (white cotton)? Tie a knot for each lie,
conclusion, judgment or evidence you can come up with for your point of
view about money. Do the same
with all the other strips of fabric.
Once they are all knotted tie them together in one long cord that
is your umbilical.
-
A small wreath made of life evergreen branches of which the inside
diameter is 10 inches.
Use
cotton string to hold it together and with weaving it around you see the
life you like to have already into existence. The opening becomes the symbolic
portal through which you birth your vision each time you push your string
through it.
-
Bring 4 seeds, 1 natural feather and some
tobacco
-
Bring Spring flowers that are open,
a flash light, drums or other sound makers if you have them, some finger
food for after the ritual, raingear if needed and your own water to
drink. Make sure you dress
warm.
Donation: At Earthlands
ritual $9 - $13
At
America’s Stonehenge
the entry fee paid to the visitor center is $11 and an additional
donation of $5 at the ritual site is appreciated.
Who
to contact: Please contact
Katja at (617)365 4024 or email at katjacreates@ritualexpressions.com Website: www.ritualexpressions.com or
www.stonehengeusa.com
Directions
to Earthlands - From Rt 2
take exit 17, take 32 South to Petersham. At center of town, at country
store, take a left on
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