Time to Remember (Formerly the Medicine Path)
This is a four part series based on traditional healing. Each weekend we will engage in the healing that comes from simplicity, gratitude, and acceptance. You will spend time outdoors, and you will have time for solitude. Principals of traditional healing will be shared. (read more ... )
limited to 3 participants


Navajo Weaving
Long ago, Spiderwoman taught the Navajo to weave. Come, see how the Grandmothers preserved their stories, weaving prayer and beauty into cloth. This is an art form and a healing discipline. Let your hands remember.
Cost: Supplies


Despacho
The Despacho is a ceremony of harmony from the Andean people. Come and celebrate.

Cob And Green Building
The word cob comes from Old English and refers to a lump or round mass and to the material it comprises: sand, straw and clay. The ancient art of building with cob is making a revival throughout the world. Inexpensive and durable, warm and cozy, and environmentally sound. We will be cob building and exploring other styles of "green building," such as cordwood and straw bale as we work on garden walls, greenhouse, and outdoor oven. Lots of fun and kids love it!

Learning from the Land
Our commitment to the land continues in these seasonal gatherings. We learn techniques of conservation and restoration from the land and from each other. 


Special Guests:

Annie Kahn is a traditional healer, weaver, and Peace Keeper among her people, the Navajo. A Grandmother, Annie has spent her life honoring the traditions of her people and caring for others. A gifted teacher, Annie generously shares her passion for Life with humor and kindness. She created a charitable nonprofit "Daughters of Navajo Weavers" dedicated to helping the people on the Navajo Reservation most in need. The effort of the nonprofit is to help keep traditional ways of sheep herding, weaving, herbal medicine, and farming alive and flourishing there. Annie 's lifelong work has been a great source of inspiration to the efforts of Echo Valley and we look forward to her next visit.

Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi-American, left Iraq in the late 1970s and lived in the Twin Cities area for more than 17 years. In November 2004, nearly 30 years after leaving, Sami returned to Iraq to help rebuild his country. During this time, he founded and supported the development of the Muslim Peacemaker Teams, groups dedicated to principles of nonviolence.  He recently brought a delegation of thirteen Iraqis from the city of Najaf to the city of Minneapolis as a part of the Sister City Project.

He spoke at Echo Valley on November 21, 2009, at Echo Valley Farm about the Muslim Peacemaker Teams in Iraq and the building of peaceful relationships between the people of Iraq and the people of the United States through the Iraqi Art Project, the Sister City Project, Water for Peace, and Letters for Peace. Visit www.mpt-iraq.org for more information.