Fall Sacred Circle Dance 24 Hour Retreat  

With Ellen Kennedy   

September 20th   1PM   to 21st   1PM, 2025

Adelynrood Retreat Center, Byfield, MA

Sacred Circle Dancing the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality

You are invited to claim 24 hours and enter the magic of “time out of time” In gratitude and praise we will dance the Four Paths of Creation Spirituality (Via Positiva, Via Negativa, Via Creativa and Via Transformativa).  The Mystics, ancestors, all of nature and our own inner light will illuminate our way as we turn with the wheel of seasons. Together we will travel deep into the heart of what we each need to meet this moment of planetary crisis; the in between time where the old story has dissolved and the new story is yet to be.  The gift of Sacred Dance/Art as Mediation will be our touchstone as we step into the unknown to meet our inner mystic; return inspired to do what is ours to do as Transformers!!  

Sacred Circle Dance offers an integrative approach to healing, relaxation & to some, a deeply moving spiritual encounter. Bring your life experience, curiosity, & desire to explore the Four Paths: Via Positiva, Negativa, Creativa & Transformativa named by Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox and the Creation Spirituality tradition. Learn simple timeless dances passed on by diverse cultures.   Through our dancing, energy is activated. We consciously intend this energy to heal ourselves, one another, our planet earth and the people, places and situations throughout the world in need of healing grace. Each dance offers a blessing and we open to receive it. It is believed the impulse to dance is encoded in our DNA. When we dance in Sacred Circles & Spirals the encoded message is activated, we remember.  Come dance the Cosmic Dance!

Each dance will be taught, no experience required. Space limited to 16

Deadline September 8th

Cost: $240:  Includes (1 Nights lodging in private room, 2 meals & program fee)    Questions:  E-mail:  dancingspiral@aol.com  sliding scale available if needed

 $240.00      Private Room 1 night/ 2 Meals/Program Fee            

Non-refundable payment in full will confirm your reservation.                                

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Art as Meditation is a concept introduced by Matthew Fox www.matthewfox.org  It involves entering into the artistic process (dance) not to produce a work of art, but to be with the process (the dance).   “The most beautiful thing a potter produces is…the potter.  Art as Meditation allows us to truly listen to the cosmos with us and around us”. Matthew Fox

Ellen Kennedy was trained and certified at The Findhorn Foundation in Scotland to teach Sacred Dance and has been teaching in the US and internationally for 30 years.   She holds certificates in Basic and Advanced Shamanic Studies thru The Foundation for Shamanic Studies. Ellen has been a student of Rev. Dr. Matthew Fox for almost 30 years. His teachings on Creation Spirituality and The Four Paths burn bright in her heart. She is an Art as Mediation faculty member in the Creation Spirituality Movement.  In  collaboration with Fox,  Ellen has led Sacred Circle Dance at seven Creation Spirituality retreats and the Spiral Dance at the Cosmic Mass;  Parliament of World Religions, Toronto.  She serves on the design team for Daily Meditations with Matthew Fox   http://dailymeditationswithmatthewfox.org