About the Conference, the Council and Living Earth Circle:

The Conference | The Grandmother Council

The 2005 Grandmother Council Commemorative Painting

Living Earth Circle & Upcoming Events

The Conference:

Living Earth Circle is proud to present the
Third Annual Grandmother Council and Community Conference

“Visions and Actions for Sustainable Wellness:
Personal, Community, and Planetary”

The conference, open to the general public, features a public Council of Women Elders, a broad spectrum of workshops on social and environmental awareness and responsibility, and an Honoring Ceremony for “Women of Age and Wisdom”.

A key intention of the conference is seeding and strengthening the coming together of individuals for the betterment and stewardship of our world. This includes a focus on personal growth and co-creativity. Numerous networking, mentoring, and community building opportunities will be available, both at the conference and on-line.

This event is multicultural and intergenerational, bringing together a diversity of people for the well-being of the Earth - everyone is welcome. You can support the Grandmother Council by becoming a sponsor, advertising, or having a booth at this event.


The Grandmother Council

The Grandmother Council honors the women elders of our community. This council is composed of women who have been nominated by individuals or organizations for outstanding service in supporting the healing and well-being of individuals, the local or global community, and/or the environment. In addition to the council being held at the conference itself, an ongoing council of women elders is also currently forming.

We invite interested women elders to contact us to be notified of meeting times.

2005 Grandmother Council Commemorative Painting:
"A Bouquet of Grandmothers"

by Madelaine Sklar

Artist's Statement:

The symbolism of the painting "A Bouquet of Grandmothers":
The vision of them came to me in a dream. The 13 grandmothers of the luner year are abstract and spiral shaped because they represent energy centers, archytipal energies. Some, almost hidden are finally beginning to emerge. Their energy which has for eons been surpressed is once again comming forth to reclaim that which was lost. It is coming forth to make whole that which was shattered. At the center of the bouquet is the fire of life, light, spirit of creation and love which the grandmothers, keepers of the light, have protected and held for all. In the darkness that surrounds them is the mystery: that which has passed, and that which is yet to be born.

I have been an artist my entire life. My adoptive mother, Mary Sklar, had an infallible eye. The best times I spent with her, were spent going to art museums, viewing and discussing art and sharing my creations with her. My other influence was Frida Khalo, who's pictures hung in our house. I first met Frida, when I was little and I imagined her to be my real mother. Other artists whose work I love, who also influenced my eye: are Arshel Gorky, Matisse, Chagal, Miro, the Japanese brush paintings and prints, Elenore Lockspiser, and Iris Crump. My other inspritions are music and love. And the dance of this dream, life.

Being a grandmother has woven the fate of my own happiness even more, evermore in with the fate of our beautiful delicate world. For all who I love. For all that I love. For Love. All my relations, Madeleine Rose Sklar, M.S.

To see other work by Madelaine, check out this website: http://www.childoffortune.com
where many of her works are featured.

Living Earth Circle & Upcoming Events

Living Earth Circle is dedicated to supporting and celebrating personal, community and planetary wellness. Founded and directed by author and Transformational Therapist, Lisa Pavati, Living Earth Circle offers extensive and innovative resources to catalyze positive transformation. These include dynamic workshops, retreats, conferences, networking services, sacred performance arts, and client services. Our facilitation style is inclusive and highly participatory. We believe in honoring and empowering each precious and unique individual as we strive to serve the health and harmony of the Living Earth. We hold all life sacred and innately interconnected. Therefore, environmental and social awareness, responsibility, and sustainability are integrated into the focus of all of our projects. To be on the Living Earth Circle email list, contact us.

Upcoming Living Earth Circle Events:

Ongoing:

Grandmother Council: Ongoing Meetings for Women Elders Groups are now forming. Please contact us to get on the women elders’ e-mail list for gathering announcements.

April 20, 2005 at 7pm in Stevenson Union Room 330:

Indigenous Women Leaders Speak: A Conversation Between Pastora Gutierrez and Velma Chino
Pastora Gutierrez, the President of the Zapotec Indian Women Weaver's Collective, La Vida Nueva, from Oaxaca, Mexico and Velma Chino, Spiritual Leader of the Antelope Clan of the Acuma Pueblo will be speaking about indigenous women's issues and leadership. All are welcome. For information contact Barbara Scott Winkler, SOU’s Women’s Studies Director winklerb@sou.edu.

Mother’s Day Pow Wow and Cultural Arts Fair Grants Pass

Living Earth Circle is grateful to be able to offer a ceremony honoring Mothers and Grandmothers at this special event on Mother’s Day.

September 2005- June 2006

Women’s Earth-Based Spirituality and Magical Herbcraft Apprenticeship and Personal Growth Workshop 10 sessions, one each month.
In this dynamic personal growth workshop we will explore a rich diversity of tools empowering transformation, creativity and wellness: ceremonial design and facilitation, art, journaling, energy-work, intuitive development, breathe-work, cycles of self and nature, movement and dance, and four-element herbcraft (Air, Fire, Water, Earth).

Lisa Pavati has been practicing Magical Herbcraft and facilitating ceremony for 17 years. She has taught nationally and written for several publications. Lisa is certified as a Body-Mind Therapist, Aromatherapist and Body-Insight Neuromuscular Therapist and is licensed in Massage Therapy. She offers a diversity of experiential personal growth and professional training workshops. Lisa facilitates sacred performance art and participatory ceremonies for public and private events. She also offers ceremonial design assistance. “Lisa Pavati is a woman of ancient and enlivened wisdom. Her teaching has guided me upon a path of courage, creativity, and sacred communion” Allison Lunn Open to women and teen girls. Work-trade option available. Lisa Pavati 541-201-0372

December 2005 - January 2006

The Labyrinth: 7th Annual Sacred Walk to the New Year Three-day Community Sacred Celebration (December- January) at the United Universalist Unitarian Fellowship in Ashland. The Walk is open for 72 hours. Women of all ages are joyfully invited to be part of performing the candle dance blessing procession in the Living Earth Circle’s opening ceremony. Please contact Lisa Pavati as early as possible to reserve your space: lisa@livingearthcircle.org 541-201-0372 Music is a wonderful part of this deep and beautiful gathering. Musicians who wish to share sacred, ambient music during the Labyrinth Walk are encouraged to contact Lisa. It is recommended to request a set in October or November. Volunteers are needed for pre-event coordination and event staffing. Please contact Elizabeth Austin, Labyrinth Facilitator: mycoach@mind.net 541-482-4132.

April 2006

4th Annual Grandmother Council Community Conference
Living Earth Circle’s Grandmother Council honors the women elders of our community and creates a unique forum for their wisdom and expertise to be shared. Nominations are requested for women elders who have done outstanding service in supporting the healing and well-being of individuals, the local or global community, and/or the environment. Please send information about her experience and expertise, as well as contact information for both of you. Proposals for workshops, speakers, and performances are welcome. Volunteers are needed for pre-event coordination (throughout the year) and for conference staffing. Sponsorship support at any level helps to make this community event possible. Contact: Lisa Pavati: lisa@livingearthcircle.org 541-201-0372