These workshops were created to offer members the opportunity to have immersion experiences with others working in the Private Domain. Come get educated on Applying Your Rights as a Sovereign Being, learn about Natural Law, take back your family heritage and study Ancestral Storytelling or build your own Family Council. These retreats are held in family trust villages where the government has no reach. We teach skill building and community sharing activities to strengthen ourselves and each other. To participate in retreats, we invite you to Join Alighten as a Member.
Mission / Vision Statement
To activate our highest potential by building systems of culture in community, education, healing and environmental stewardship.
Our Core Values
With education, we focus on keeping it real. To keep children in their bodies, experiencing the world through physical connection and sensory integration. We strive to build an embodied connection to self, and relational connection to family, place, and community.
We connect through technology as a tool, not a replacement for the human experience. We plan continuous in-person connection opportunities with us and support building local-to-you communities with like minded private member groups. We value the quality of connection and carry a responsibility towards each other and earth for future generations.
We acknowledge, respect and embody a deep connection with Spirit by listening to the intuitive downloads and inspiration which come to us. We carry the traditions of our ancestors to share, participate in and teach ceremonies, along with methods of healing the body, spirit and mind.
At Alighten the governance structure is a Circle Council approach which includes Sociocracy, The 8 Shields Model, The Way of Council and Three Fold Governance in our pursuit to create communities and follow a new but ancient way of how we relate, work and live. A new economy will emerge from this foundation work and we are ready to receive and participate in it.
Facilitation:
Along with the hosts of the event, our leadership group at Alighten are the facilitators for many of our workshops. Many of our members have amazing talents to share in our retreats and workshops. If you’d like to become a member and host or facilitate a workshop, we’d like to hear from you.
Governance:
We use a Circle Council approach which includes Sociocracy, The 8 Shields Model, The Way of Council and Three Fold Governance.
Location herstory:
Our retreat locations are not fancy, posh hotel-style venues that show up in the cost of the event ticket. These are family-owned homes, homesteads and cabins that are home grown and home made. We own our properties outright and can feel secure in hosting without liabilities and the restrictions of contracts with outside agencies.
Private membership association:
Our hosts, facilitators, and attendees are all members and in private association through Alighten Ministries. We offer our talents, crafts, and share our skills through events, workshops and courses. We are not open to the public and require all members to agree to privacy in our membership agreement.
RETREAT THEMES
Death Doula workshops and ceremony:
Grief and gratitude and ceremony
The wake: how to hold a death vigil
Birth Doula workshops and ceremonies:
Calling in babies - ceremony
Blessingway- honoring ceremony and workshop
Aftercare - tending for postpartum - workshop
Managing postpartum depression - workshop
Teen journey workshops and ceremonies:
Breath work and regulation skills - workshop
Peer counsel - workshop
Initiation - gender based ceremonies
Family counsel workshops and ceremonies:
Building the family culture - workshop
Running the council meeting - workshop
Honoring your ancestors - ceremony
Persecution Parties:
Trial prep - workshop
Divorce/disconnection prep - workshop
Energy management - ceremony
Helper guides - ceremony
Outcome transformation - workshop
Crafty Sisterhood: build your own event
We offer you the retreat components so that you can design your own version of the offerings we currently host. This feature will be available in May 2024.
Goddess governance
Crafting connection
Healing hands
Song and sound
Trust family
Inner rings
Matriarch manifest
Upcoming Events:
Forest and Pond Retreat
Location: Duvall, WA
Offerings: forest access, camping in meadow or forest
Facilities: 1 bunkhouse, 1 cabin
Theme: FOREST
Capacity: 15, one queen in cabin, 1 bunkhouse, multiple floor spots, bring your floor pad.
MAY 17-19
A Sociocracy training event.
FLOW PLAN:
Friday:
4-6 arrive and host a potluck and opening circle meeting
Saturday:
730-8 yoga sunrise session
8-930 breakfast
10-12 session 1 SOFA
12-2 lunch and forest bathing, pond meditation
2-4 session 2 SOFA
4-6 free time social
6-8 dinner and presentation on PRP
Sunday:
730-8 yoga sunrise session
8-930 breakfast
10-12 session 1 SOFA
12-2 lunch and forest bathing, pond meditation
2-4 session 2 SOFA
4-6 free time social or 4-8 sweatlodge
6-8 dinner and farewell circle
To request an invite, let us know at alightenministries at protonmail dot com why you’d like to come to this event.