In This Issue:
Notes From the Center
Fundraising Corner
Major Gift Given to the Blue Deer Center
Program Spotlight
Plant Spirit Medicine Courses and Events In Other Locations
Upcoming Programs/Events

Healing Camp with Eliot Cowan
• October 17-21, 2008
• Arrive October 16th

PSM Practitioner Training Course
• April 8-14, 2009

Click here for a full calendar with complete description and programs costs.

Plant Spirit Medicine Courses and Events In Other Locations

For a list of PSM offerings at the Blue Deer Center, please see the Upcoming Programs & Events section above. For more information on Plant Spirit Medicine, please visit the PSM website: www.plantspiritmedicine.org.

Animal Totem Class
with Eliot Cowan
July 8-11, 2008
Kinnersley, Herefordshire England
Contact: Andrew Cox herballiance@aol.com

Healing Days with Eliot Cowan
August 9-12, 2008
Chapel Hill, NC
Contact: alisongayek@gmail.com

Introduction to Plant Spirit Medicine
October 25, 2008
Portland, OR
Contact: Beth Patterson psminfo@bluedeer.org

Plant Spirit Medicine Course with Eliot Cowan and Alison Gayek
Beginning February 2009
Portland, OR area
Contact:
Trish Bielsky psminfo@bluedeer.org

For more information regarding these courses and other upcoming events, contact Trish Bielsky at psminfo@bluedeer.org or call her at 845 586 3225 ext. 2.

Notes From the Center
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June marks the beginning of summer here at the BDC. And with the advent of the good weather, we go from our winter cruising mode right into the summer “damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead” mode. Our schedule ramps up and folks start coming in droves.
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Fundraising Corner
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Giving What We Can
I was walking down the Avenue in Santa Cruz recently with one of my daughters. It was pretty much like every other day. The sky was blue, and there was a breeze blowing in from the southwest bringing the ocean’s presence ever closer.

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Major Gift Given To The Blue Deer Center
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Just a few days before this E-News went to press, the BDC received a generous donation from one of our long-time supporters, Tim Simon. Tim has been a member of the greater community for years and is one of the original Center supporters.
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Program Spotlight
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Healing Camp with Eliot Cowan
Blue Deer Center, October 17-21, 2008
 

After he had discovered Plant Spirit Medicine and been practicing it for several years, Eliot Cowan found himself in a waiting room reading an article about the Huichol Indians. Feeling as if an electrical charge had passed through his body, Eliot immediately knew he had to go and find out about these people.

A After several years building relationship with Huichol shamans he was introduced to the late Guadalupe Gonzalez, who became his teacher. At that point, Eliot embarked upon a rigorous 12-year apprenticeship learning the healing traditions of the Huichols.

As he brought this healing back to his people, Eliot found its benefits could best be supported by a "healing camp" where the stress patterns of daily life are temporarily left behind. The camp creates a special sacred space which offers the opportunity to reconnect with ourselves, with others and with the natural world.

Healing camp is five days of traditional Huichol healing sessions with Eliot Cowan. Participation is limited to 15 people. The healing work is enhanced by activities that promote peace, joy, and connection with nature.

} Cost: 2,000
} Registration deadline: October 3, 2008
} To register online, click here.
} For more information about healing camp, please contact Trish Bielsky: psminfo@bluedeer.org or call 805-967-7853.

The Blue Deer Center
P.O. Box 905 : 1155 County Route 6 : Margaretville, NY 12455
845.586.3225 : info@bluedeer.org : www.bluedeer.org