Healing Camp:

We all yearn to be free of illness. And we long to feel connected… to each other, to a community, to the natural world. But our lives are so busy and stressful! How often do we give ourselves time to nurture our heartfelt yearning? We know the pace takes a painful toll, which we try to remedy with healthy food, therapy, yoga classes or meditation. All these approaches help, yet still we wonder, could there be more?

Sometimes misfortune -- an accident, an illness, the death of a loved one-- opens us to look in new directions, to ask new questions: Does Ancient Shamanism have medicine for modern illness and isolation?

Healing Camp is five days of Huichol shamanic healing on the sacred ground of the Blue Deer Center. Unlike many other programs, Healing Camp is guided by the wisdom of ancient tradition. Through Eliot Cowan’s authentic training and apprenticeship with Huichol Indian shaman don Guadalupe Gonzalez Rios, you will discover that the medicine of the old cultures runs deep and exerts a powerful effect:

On a friend’s recommendation and a recent cancer diagnosis [I ]signed up. I felt tremendous physical, emotional and spiritual healing from Eliot and his team. … I’m still feeling the blessings weeks later. Wish every human being could experience Healing Camp.

I have felt more comfortable in my own skin since attending Healing Camp than ever before. My inner life is forever affected.

Eliot Cowan, a fully initiated marakame (shaman), has lead over 40 healing camps in the past two decades. He has gathered extensive experience working with the full spectrum of life events from birth to death.

Eliot’s gentle manner and lovely humor complement his gifts as a dedicated and extraordinary healer and teacher. I felt loved…nurtured, safe and deeply moved by a profound yet tender energy that honestly transcends description.

Healing Camp includes daily private sessions with Eliot, time for contemplation and reflection, gathering in community around the warmth of the fire, and opportunities to connect with the natural world under the guidance of Justin Starting and marakame Scott Sheerin.

The Camp provides a rare opportunity to experience a temporary village created for the express purpose of bringing Huichol healing to you. Living even briefly within a healthy community contributes to our well-being.

The vessel of community created by supporting staff felt totally dedicated to my well-being and was filled with music, laughter, companionship, insightful instruction, peaceful solitude and acceptance.

Healing Camp is held at the Blue Deer Center, where the spirits of the land support healing and the resolution of conflict.

It was a remarkable time of…replenishment…and discovery, held by the beauty and spirit of the land and the river.

I could feel the divine love of the living world as a permanent embrace.

I wholeheartedly recommend this experience to anyone who seeks profound help and connection with Divine.

Quotes provided by past participants.