Midnight SunDance Sweden South American SunDance, Brazil Kayak Vision Quest

Midnight SunDance Stockholm Archipelago, Sweden

In 1988, while SunDancing in North America, Mats Aguila had a vision; it was time to bring this transformational ceremony ''back'' to Sweden. He shared his vision with Donna TalkingLeaves and asked her to be the ceremonial dance Chief. Native American sources would later confirm that the SunDance had indeed migrated from Scandinavia; brought to the Red people by White, blue-eyed voyagers thousands of years ago. This Dreamers Earth-Sun Dance is surely one of the oldest continually performed ceremonies on Mother Earth.

Pine-sweet air, sparkling blue Baltic Sea, The Island's ruggedly beautiful nature, and an international family await you. We pitch our camps in the soft moss covering this rock island. Sculptured by millennium of thick ice these ancient stone beings beckon us to rest, rejuvenate and restore ourselves.... The Stockholm archipelago, comprising over 24.000 islands, extends more than 30 miles into the Baltic sea. The sea is exhilarating; the sun is brilliant and for many people surprisingly hot. This is a wonderful opportunity to simplify your life and forget the stress of modern civilization. We will experience 18 days of fresh air; clear water, pastel sunsets, and a scant three hours of darkness. Oh sweet, sweet Sweden... It’s the summer adventure you’ll never forget!

South American SunDance Bahia, Brazil

''I followed the drumming and singing to a clearing in the trees where I witnessed a ceremony of great power and beauty. The people wore brightly colored costumes, adorned with fringe and ribbons, and holding feather plumes and blowing their bird-bone whistles...they danced. Back and forth, back and forth to the Sacred tree of life; carried by the powerful beat of that great drum and the haunting beauty of their sacred songs. My body swayed, my spirit soared...I longed to join them.

-Memoirs of an Eagle Dancer.

SALVADOR DE BAHIA... Against a backdrop of 17th‑century colonial houses, gilded churches and lively beaches, Salvador breathes Africa: The rhythms of Afoxé ; the dance of Capoeira; the spirituality of Condomblé, the Afro‑Brazilian religion. From this great melting pot with it’s many pageants and festivals we travel 400 kilometers inland and 4000 feet upward to the Chapada Diamantina ‑ The Diamond Mountains.

Pink granite walls, crystal clear cascading waters, verdant valley below; the sacred cachoeira (waterfall) of Riachinho....

Endless mesa and sky so deep. Star beings in such profusion and patterns as I've never seen before... Riachinho, a refuge for the Little People... A healing sanctuary for all who come.

Kayak Vision Quest in the land of the midnight sun

7 Days Serenity & Solitude 7 Days Challenge & Adventure

7 Days Visioning........A QUEST FOR SELF.

''Being in a kayak is only a half-step away from swimming: a kayak is to boating what a 10 speed bicycle is to highway travel. When waves rush over the kayak you have the sensation of being waist-deep in this vast expanse of water. It is this nakedness, this exposure to the elements, that gives kayaking its thrill. The boat becomes an extension of the body.''

The crisp air is tinged with salt and pine and a blue sea shimmers under a midsummer sun as you glide silently through this pristine nature.

And when the body aligns with the elements, the busy mind quiets. We restore our connection to the greater Source. As we kayak into the 4 directions, we travel the eternal (medicine) wheel of life. While we explore the outer, the inner life unfolds.

Midwinter Kachina Dance:

On the emerald coast of Oaxaca, Mexico.

The mysterious Southern Sierra Madres,

The Pacific’s endless blue.

This Passionate Culture of Paradox awaits you.

Here, where the Sacred exist with the profane, and the past refuses to be eclipsed by the future, we will gather to Dance the Kachinas…

The personified ‘elemental energies’; often referred to as the great Dream Teachers. This Ceremony invokes our Collective Sacred Dream…..and evokes our own ‘unlimited potential ‘.