What to expect?

The Gathering is organized into two segments, the Core Gathering, beginning with the arrival day, Friday, May 22, and ending on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
Optional Gathering will continue from May 28 to May 31, 2026.

 
CORE GATHERING
 
Friday, May 22 is arrival day.
For those of you who will arrive in time, we will have dinner together by the sea.
 
Saturday, May 23, is the day of connecting to our bodies, especially our nervous system.
We will have an opening circle, with community ceremonies such as smudging blessing, thanksgiving address, stepping into gratitude, setting intentions, and cocreating Sacred space together. We will share about the Gathering events, about ourselves and we will share Sacred Pipe in a Community Pipe Ceremony.

I am opening up in sweet surrender
To the luminous love light of the One.
I am opening, I am opening
I am opening up in sweet surrender
To the luminous love light of the One.
 
In the afternoon, we will exchange practices that bring awareness about our nervous system and calm our nervous system down. The evening will be full of music and dance, with a class in Cuban Casino (sometimes called Cuban salsa), and free dancing afterwards.
 
Sunday, May 24, is the day of connecting to our inner support.
As every day, we will start with the opening circle, like the one on Saturday.
When in Sacred space, we will take a shamanic journey to meet our inner support, those healthy parts of ourselves, free of wounded stories and full of wisdom of self-discovery and healing.
We will exchange Hampe Karpay, the Healer’s Rite of Munay-Ki, that will awaken those inner healer parts and connect us to the lineage of healers who help us on our self-healing journey. To help us open our Sight into our inner world and the wonders of the invisible outer world, we will work with the wisdom of Kawak Karpay, the Seer’s Rite of Munay-Ki. In the evening, we will sing and dance to the rhythm of the Drum circle. We will honor our ancestors who showed their love and respect for the world through the sound of the drum, steps of the dance, and the Earth songs of connection.
 
Ancient Mother I hear you calling
Ancient Mother I hear your song
Ancient Mother I feel your laughter
Ancient Mother I taste your tears.
 
Monday, May 25 is the day of remembering
our connections to the elements and Spirits of nature.
After the opening circle, we will attune to the elements of Mother Earth and our bodies.
 
Earth my body,
water my blood,
air my breath,
and fire my Spirit.
 
We will experience the wisdom of the Firekeepers and in pairs build Fires to connect to the Spirits of the Fire and honor the elements through the Fire ceremony. We will exchange Chumpi Karpay, the Bands of Power Munay-Ki initiation of connection and protection. Later in a day, we will embark on a Medicine Walk into nature of our wild island. We will connect to the Earth elementals hidden in the groves of olive, Mediterranean oak, or pine trees, protected by the Sacred stone people family, nurtured by crystal clear waters of the island, and warmed by the fire of the Mediterranean sun. At the end of the day, we will rest and connect in the Sacred Stone Peoples Lodge in a silent and deep ceremony of the end of the day.
 
Tuesday, May 26 is the day of connecting and integrating through ancient medicine of the Sacred Stone Peoples Lodge (the Sweat Lodge).
We will build the Fire in the morning and place the Stone People to heat for the ceremony.
 
The stones are the bones of the Earth
I honor the stones of the Earth
I sing to the bones of the Earth (of my birth)
 
We will honor the Medicine Wheel, create Prayer ties, share a Sacred Pipe, and share in preparations for the Lodge. When the Stone People are ready, we will enter the Womb of Earth Mother, in the ancient ceremony of honoring all who dwell in Spirit, all our relatives, our Earth Mother, all the Creation, and each other.
 
Wednesday, May 27 is the day of integration and medicine of the circle.
We will gather in the Sacred council to share, celebrate, integrate, and send our intentions with the smoke of the Sacred Pipe!
 
Thank you, Pachamama, our beautiful Earth Mother for helping us return to ourselves and to you!
 
She’s been waiting, waiting
She’s been waiting so long
She’s been waiting for her children
to remember, to return.
Blessed be and blessed are
The lovers of the Lady
Blessed be and blessed are
the maidens, maidens, crones.
Blessed be and blessed are
The ones who dance together
Blessed be and blessed are
The ones who dance alone.

 
OPTIONAL GATHERING
 
Thursday, May 28 is the day of connecting to the Plant Family.
For those of you who can stay with us longer, we have an amazing opportunity to visit Oil House, a small local business in village Martinšćica, that works with the local plants. They create olive oil, essential oils, hydrolats, soaps, creams, and many other amazing products!
We will learn about the plant people of Cres and how they are distilled to fine oils and other products.
We will end the day with rest and connect in gratitude to plant family that shares with us so much!!!
 
Village Martinšćica on island Cres has a long history of herbalism and production of olive and essential oils. The first kilograms of precious Helichrysum essential oil in the world were produced on Cres in 1908. It all started in the 18th century with the manufacture of rosoli (herbal liqueur) and then Captain Dinko Zorović started a business with dried sage and laurel. The island women collected the laurel leaves, dried them in attics and offered them for sale until the early 1960s. Herbalisam expanded on the islands, and Andrija Linardić Sr., in August 1903, produced his first 300 kg of Cres Sage oil. His son, Andrija Linardić Jr., managed to "insert" a sample of his father's oil into the great Austrian exhibition in London in 1906. They received an "honorary diploma", and soon their first orders. Two years later, they experimentally produced the then completely unknown essential oil of Helichrysum. The experiment was successful, and for many years created abundance for all the people in the community. The business ended after the Second World War, but Oil House founders received recipes from Linardić family. With these recipes and experimentation of their own, they started producing oils from herbs growing wild on Cres.
 
Friday, May 29 is the day of connecting to our most vulnerable parts.
We will continue connecting to ourselves through Warm Water Healing. This beautiful medicine works through gentle movements in and under water. Warm water and gentle movements facilitate regression to childhood and prenatal stages and help us integrate them. It promotes the release and integration of unconscious parts that are waiting to be healed. The water therapist carries the client's weight, which leads to an intimate connection and a feeling of security. We will gather in a local hotel swimming pool and exchange this healing wisdom with each other. Evening will be free to rest and integrate!
 
Saturday, May 30 is the day for the Medicine Walk and connecting with the
tutelary Spirits of the Island!
There are so many unexpected, magical places on island Cres. We will embark on an exploration of one of these hidden places, away from the popular hiking trails, and yet close to our Gathering place. The day will start with the opening ceremonies and setting intentions in the darkness of the Sacred Stone Peoples Lodge. When everyone is ready, we will start the Medicine Walk, holding our group’s intention of connecting with the tutelary Spirits of the mountain that is island Cres, and holding our own intentions for the day. We will end the day with integration and sharing circle!
 
If you want to explore some of these hidden places, please go to our youtube channel, https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFhRMnY-Pqz_oKSp7_bde6w , and watch some of the videos such as Walk in Beauty, Top of the Mountain or Hike down the mountain. Here are a few images for you to enjoy!
 
 
 










 
 
 









































Sunday, May 31 is the day of integration and medicine of the circle.
We will gather in the Sacred council to share, celebrate, integrate, and send our intentions with the smoke of the Sacred Pipe!
 
Thank you all for reading and dreaming into being this healing medicine.
Thank you, Pachamama, Spirit of island Cres, and all our relatives weaving this energy together!