When: October 25-27, 2024

Where: Langwathby Village Hall, Cumbria, England U.K. CA10 1 NQ

Cost: £250 *

Register: HERE

Join Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy in an exploration of story and relationship. A Hindu mystic once described one’s body as one’s life partner. He said the relationship with your body is one of the most important and challenging that you will have. This workshop will explore this relationship and look at it from western eyes and indigenous eyes. It will tackle the theft of one’s body by the pharmaceutical and medical industries, the contamination by the food industry. How do you truly love and respect your body? How can you think about the relationship? It will touch on the ideas of what consciousness is and where it is located. Does it belong to the community? How does the relationship with the body change with the life of the person from the cradle to the grave. It will look at the relationship of the breath to functioning well and to the individual’s relationship with breathing. We live in breathless times and it takes its toll on body and soul. Come and join us for a fascinating weekend. 

Workshop Venue

Langwathby Village Hall, Cumbria

CA10 1 NQ 

Coffees, teas, and fruit will be provided. 

Workshop Times

October 25th 1-5 Friday

October 26th 9.30-5.30 Saturday 

October 27th 9.30-5.30 Sunday

Langwathby

Langwathby is a pretty village near Penrith in Cumbria England, UK set around a large village green. It has a pub and a shop and perhaps most importantly for visitors it has a railway station which is on the picturesque Carlisle to Settle railway line. The village hall has recently been renovated. There are several local airbnbs and hotels. Langwathby is near Long Meg stone circle and the Watermill cafe which has a working flour mill attached to it. 

To register, please email Dr. Venetia Young HERE with your name, address, phone number, and occupation.

*This workshop fee is negotiable for those currently challenged by finances. A £50 nonreturnable deposit will secure you a place for the workshop.

West Highland Way: A Benefit Walk for Etuaptmumk

When: October 20-25 2024

Where: We will meet at Inverness Fort William, Scotland.

Register: HERE

This event is our yearly fundraiser for Etuaptmumk: The Journal of Two-Eyed Seeing. We invite you to join us as we walk to raise funds to keep our journal free for all readers, and free for all authors to publish.

Our walk will follow the West Highland Way. People are welcome to join us at any point in the walk. We've made sure the distances between locations are manageable for all, of moderate intensity, and conducive to conversation and storytelling.

Accommodations: Country Inns, hostels and outdoor camping options are available in each of these locations. Spots are limited, so please plan to reserve your accommodations early. You may contact us for suggestions if you're having trouble finding lodging. The locations we are staying at are listed below:

Sun, Oct 20: Alexandra Hotel, Ft. William

https://strathmorehotels-thealexandra.com

Mon, Oct 21: Tailrace Inn Kenlochleven

https://thetailraceinn.co.uk/ 

Tel: 01855 831 777

Tues, Oct 22: KingsHouse Hotel

https://www.kingshousehotel.co.uk/

Wed, Oct 23: Bridge at Orchy 

https://www.bridgeoforchy.co.uk/

Thurs, Oct 24: The Drovers Inn

https://www.droversinn.co.uk/

There is no cost for this event, but donations are encouraged.

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For questions about this event, please email us at CoyoteInstituteEvents@gmail.com.

When: October 18-20, 2024

Where: Omega Institute: Rhinebeck, NY

Cost: $365 Omega Member/ $410 Non-Member

Register: HERE

Join Lisa Lisa Weinert, Jamia Wilson, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Kim Thai, and Maud Newton to explore the many voices that inform the words we write on the page in this intimate workshop for writing and listening.

When we sit down to write, we bring many histories with us, in the form of identity markers, family members, ethnicities, religions, race, geography, and more. Let's take a breath here and inquire: Who else is present?

Our ancestors—whether from our own genetic line or any other influence in our lives—can bring inspiration, direction, connection, and belonging. In this weekend retreat we explore who we bring with us to the page—and how they can help.

We listen closely and gain understanding of how these voices inform the words that come through us and onto the page. As we learn that we are not alone, these muses, protectors, and in some cases threats, can also help us distinguish which is our true voice.

This intimate immersion provides structure and resources to help us meet our goals in a vibrant and diverse community of writers. Together we learn to surrender to the story that needs to be told, including the ones we’ve inherited.

Watch a video to learn more about this event HERE and HERE.

When: September 16- 20, 2024

Where: The Gîte du Vent d'Autan in Aveyron, France

Register: HERE

Join us for this immersive workshop, conducted in French, featuring Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy.

Beyond learning; we'll build a circle to create collective energy, drawing on indigenous concepts. We'll forge bonds of friendship and experience the healing power of community. We'll explore how energy gains power when we interact. In this environment, we'll say goodbye to old stories and welcome new ones  - Lewis and Barbara  

This workshop will help us find our own healing path and discover the healer within.

Supported by Lewis and Barbara's unconditional listening, humor and experience, we'll gain confidence in our own voice and creative potential through talking circles, life stories, traditional tales, song, dance, drumming, rituals, ceremony and energy healing. We'll discover the healing role of stories, identify our parasitic inner voices and invent playful scenarios to replace our obsolete narratives of failure.

We'll learn about Native American concepts of balance and health, and discover where recent discoveries in neuroscience and epigenetics intersect. We'll experience ceremony as a way of approaching the spirit world together, and become aware of the ongoing interactions between psyche, body, health and spirituality.

During the week, there will be a day devoted to the Inipi ceremony (sweat lodge).

This workshop is appropriate for anyone interested in stories and well-being.  Previous participation in other workshops is not required.    

Participation options:

Those staying overnight may arrive on Sunday, September 15th. Overnight accommodations on Friday, September 20th and breakfast on September 21st are also included.   

1. Full bed & breakfast : €650 You'll be accommodated on site in the guesthouse or in a mobile home or chalet at a nearby campsite.   

2. Personal camper van or motorhome: €630

3. Locals : 470€ This rate does not include overnight accommodations, and is available exclusively to local residents who wish to sleep at home. The locals option includes dinner on Sunday, September 15th and lunches during the course.

Questions? Email us HERE.

When: August 30  - September 1, 2024

Friday: 11 AM - 6 PM

Saturday: 10 AM- 5 PM

Sunday: 9 AM - 4 PM

Where: N.E.S.T. in Woodstock, NY

Cost: Sliding Scale $150 - $600

Register: HERE

We invite you to gather with us in community to explore the “medicine” of creating ceremonies of the living spirit together. Led by Dr. Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Barbara Mainguy, and Peter Blum, we will discover that an integral part of this process is to work with our stories. What are the stories that we tell ourselves and others? Do they empower us; enrich our lives? Or are they stories that place us in the role of victims, disempowered, and with impoverished lives? Learn how, through a narrative approach, we can help each other craft better stories.

Within our approach, we recognize that non-ordinary states of consciousness facilitate personal transformation, and the creation of new stories. With this in mind, we will work through imagery, ceremony, hypnosis, prayer, singing, drumming, drawing, mask-making, sacred drama, and ridiculous humor to find these non-ordinary or liminal spaces.

Along with group exercises in the Sanctuary, participants will also be able to utilize the natural beauty of 23+ acres of wooded mountainside and streams where the N.E.S.T. is situated, just a few minutes from the center of Woodstock, NY. The final day of this 3-day retreat includes the ancient purification lodge ceremony sometimes referred to as “inipi” or “stone people’s lodge”, followed by a potluck dinner.

This event is sliding scale to allow people with different budgets to attend.  It is our intention, whenever possible, not to turn anyone away for financial reasons. If you are in need of a further reduced rate, please reach out and we will work with you.

We encourage you to attend this three day event in full. On- site lodging is available for an additional fee.

Register for this event here!

When: August 23-25, 2024

Where: Acadia National Park and Hampton Inn Bar Harbor; Maine, USA

Pricing: $175 - $495*

One Day Attendance: $175

Two Day Attendance: $350

Three Day Attendance: $495

Residents of Maine are eligible for receive a 20% discount on prices listed above, please contact us for here for discount.

Register: HERE

Through centuries and across cultures, we have learned that stones contain a mysterious and spiritual power. As our oldest relatives, they teach us that they can contain our suffering and our stories. Join Lewis Mehl-Madrona, Barbara Mainguy, and Bob Vetter on a pilgrimage to the place known as Cadillac Mountain and Acadia National Park to walk among the rocks to explore the mysteries and connections in history and in our present-day experience.

For thousands of years, people have climbed Cadillac Mountain and looked out from its peak. Originally inhabited by the Wabanaki people, Cadillac Mountain is the highest point on the Eastern Seaboard of the United States. For part of the year, it's the first place in the United States to see the sun rise. But what really makes it special is the incredible beauty and raw power that is palpable when you visit.

In the mornings, we will immerse ourselves in the landscape, hiking the trails etched over centuries in the beautiful earth, characterized by pink granite and forests of spruce, pitch pine, wild blueberries, and gnarled trees. We will explore how to communicate with the More-Than-Humans and the Other-Than-Humans. We will walk in the portals among the worlds to gather information that we will bring back in the afternoons for our collective healing sessions. 

In the afternoons, we will meet at the Hampton Inn in Bar Harbor for our group healing sessions. We will explore and record the stories, dreams, and experiences the land inspires in us on our morning hikes.  Each day, we will integrate the power and inspiration drawn from our pilgrimage in the mountains through drumming, singing, sacred drama, altar work, guided imagery and storytelling. 

During our time together, each of our three days will be focused on a unique theme. Friday concerns our connection to the mineral world: the wisdom of the ancient grandfathers of the stone world. On Saturday, we explore our connection to the plant world by directly communicating with the plants growing in the mountains. On Sunday, we deepen our connection with the spirits of the animals that inhabit the mountains.

Due to the nature of this event, pre-registration is required.

Come and be awestruck with us as we encounter ocean and stones in all their sculptural and spiritual beauty. Join us in Maine for this unique opportunity for environmental eco-humanist storywork.

Register for this event HERE.

Due to high demand in this beautiful area, you will find accommodations closest to Acadia National Park, including the Hampton Inn where we will convene in the afternoons, tend to be the quite expensive. However, there are also over 500 hotels within 5 miles of the park visitor center available at various price points. You may also find more affordable options in adjacent towns. We recommend exploring options on sites like Airbnb and Hotels.comin South Harbor, Princeton, and Ellsworth, Maine- all just a short drive away. Camping is also an option in the National Park grounds if you reserve now.  

We recommend securing your reservation as soon as possible, as hotels in this area do start to sell out around the beginning of June. 

We have reserved a block of rooms available at a reduced rate at the Hampton Inn Bar Harbor, where we are gathering in the afternoons. To book a reservation at our discounted rate ($529/night), please contact the hotel at via phone at 207-288-3210 x604 or via email here, and use code “Earth Wisdom” to receive the discounted rate. Guests must book before June 1st, 2024 to be eligible for the discounted rate.

Please note that each private vehicle entering the park will need a National Park pass in the vehicle to enter, and passes need to be obtained in advance to enter the park.  National Park Pass fees range from $0 to $35 for all three days of entry and must be obtained in advance. Please click here to obtain your national park pass. 

Because each pass covers four people in the same vehicle, there may be carpool spaces available to allow you to enter without one. Carpool spaces for non-pass holders will be distributed on a first come, first serve basis. We will begin coordinating vehicle carpools with registered attendees in July. 

Please contact us here with any questions.

*It is our intention, whenever possible, not to turn anyone away for financial reasons. If you are in need of a reduced rate due to financial hardship, please reach out and we will work with you.

Click HERE to reserve your spot today!

Coyote Hypnosis Tulum Mexico Retreat: Into the Mysteries

When: April 12- 24, 2024

Where: Inlakech Retreat Center  in Tulum, Mexico

Peter Blum, Director of Hypnotic Education Division of Coyote Institute, will be offering a deluxe 12 day NGH and Coyote Institute hypnosis certification training at the beautiful Inlakech Retreat Center in Tulum, Mexico. Besides 75+ hours of hypnosis training, the trip includes accommodations in double-four-person occupancy super special glamping tents in the beautiful, lush jungle. This trip also includes daily yoga led by Corinne Gervais, several fun and exciting local excursions to the beach, visits to natural water pools (cenotes), sweat lodge, cacao ceremony, and three vegetarian meals/day prepared by private chef or arranged in local restaurants. 

This retreat/training is limited to a small number of participants, so registration is on a first-come, first serve basis. 

For more information, contact Peter directly via email HERE.

When: March 6- April 30, 2024, once weekly

Where: Online

Cost: $375

Register: HERE

Listening to stories propels us into non-ordinary states of consciousness from which personal change is more possible.

In this online workshop featuring Lewis Mehl-Madrona and Barbara Mainguy, we will focus on stories to create a sense of agency, stories to heal trauma, and stories about living a better life.

We spend an enormous amount of time persuading people to do what they say they want to do to become healthier. The first step is to create a safe space of radical acceptance without judgment or interpretation. Within that space, storytelling provides a means to persuade people to change.

We will review stories that teach agency, stories that teach more effective ways of managing emotions and relationships, and stories that help people feel better about themselves. We try to use traditional stories from people’s own cultures and review how to pick a story for people from other cultures.

Stories have been told to audiences with a purpose since pre-history. These persuasive stories can be used for good or for evil. Brainwashing lives at the extreme of evil persuasive stories. 

In our work, we are attempting to persuade people that they can live without drugs or alcohol, that their lives have meaning and purpose, that they can make sense of their trauma in a way that’s uplifting, that they have agency – meaning that they can take action to improve the quality of their lives.

Besides traditional stories, we use stories about other people or clients we have known, mainstream cultural stories like Disney, and stories that we invent to suit the moment. We will focus on stories to create a sense of agency, stories to heal trauma, and stories about living a better life.

Week by Week Course Outline

Week 1: Creating a safe space of radical acceptance without judgment or interpretation. We look at how storytelling within this space provides a means to persuade people to change. We explore how listening to stories by both client and practitioner propels us into non-ordinary states of consciousness from which personal change is more possible.

Week 2: Stories that Teach Agency. Agency is the sense that our actions can improve our lives and help us gain what we want. When we have agency, we are inspired to take action toward achieving our goals.

Week 3: Stories that teach effective ways of managing emotions and relationships. We are born into stories about how to relate and how to relate to our emotions. Some of these stories are not effective but, rather, defective. 

Week 4: Stories that help people feel better about themselves. Stories can help us reframe the decisions we have made in the course of our lives. Stories help us transform blame and shame into celebration and transformation.

Week 5: How to pick a story from another person's culture. Using traditional stories for another person can be powerful. We propose that this is not appropriation but a therapeutic reintroduction of people to their cultures of origin. Some Indigenous people do not know their cultural stories. We can help them to reconnect.

Week 6: Persuasive stories can be used for good or for evil.Brainwashing lives at the extreme of evil persuasive stories. Advertising intends to persuade us to buy what we may not need. People try to persuade others to adopt their political views. Donald Trump, for example, is an expert at the art of persuasion. 

Week 7: Sources of stories. Besides drawing stories from our own cultures and those of our clients, we can also use the stories circulating in contemporary cultures. They may come from movies, video games, novels, television, modifications of our own experience, and the inventions of people, places, or animals that we can imagine. Even cartoons can work.

Week 8: Stories inform us of what we should aspire to. Is a good life having much money or having many relationships? Stories tell us how to balance these factors. We know people who devote their lives to money and those who don't. Where is the balance in our capitalistic economy? How do we find a self-sustaining balance?

Who Should Take This Class?

People in the helping professions, teachers, anyone who needs to help people change.



Format

Online readings and asynchronous discussion board hosted on Wet Ink, weekly video presentation and discussion group (tentatively scheduled for 4:30 Eastern on Wednesdays) which will be recorded for asynchronous viewing.

You can find out more about this event and register HERE. 

The Third Annual Two-Eyed Seeing Conference will be held January 26-28, 2024 both virtually on Zoom and in-person at the Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine.  

Our inspiration for this annual conference comes from Albert Marshall, a M’iqmak elder who popularized the term two-eyed seeing, or etuaptmumk, in his language. Two-eyed seeing establishes the equal validity of indigenous ways of knowing with contemporary scientific ways of knowing. It is a generous concept that recognizes the value of understanding these various paradigms and acknowledging that they can co-exist, and be applied, in integrative ways.

In this year's conference, we explore the application of the concept of Two-Eyed Seeing in healthcare through the work of our presenters. We are excited to bring together expert speakers from around the globe with deep knowledge to share in Ayurveda, Osteopathy, Indigenous mental health practices, Curanderismo, Indigenous birthing practices, and much more. Please see our full schedule below. 

Our conference will take place live - both virtually and in person - in Maine, USA. For those joining us in person, the event space in Maine will open at 7:30 AM daily. For those joining virtually, the Zoom meeting will start at 8 AM each day. We will end at 5 PM on Friday and Saturday, and 4PM on Sunday. All presentations will be recorded for later viewing by attendees.  All attendees will receive free access to all recorded presentations for one month following the conference. Lifetime access to all recorded presentations is available for an additional fee.  We will also be providing live subtitles in various languages for our international conference attendees.

CME/CE for this conference is also available for an additional fee.

CME/CE Details: The University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine (UNE COM) is accredited by the American Osteopathic Association (AOA) and the Maine Medical Association (MMA) Council on Continuing Medical Education and Accreditation to provide continuing medical education for physicians.  UNE COM has requested that the AOA Council on Continuing Medical Education approve this program for a maximum of 21.5 hours of AOA Category 2-A CME credits. UNE COM designates this educational activity for a maximum of 21.5 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM and 21.5 University of New England contact hours for non-physicians.  Contact hours may be submitted by non-physician, non-PA health professionals for continuing education credits.

To register for this event, please visit our registration page HERE.

Day 1: Friday Jan 26, 2024

8:00 AM: Welcome and opening blessing with Kathy Paul

8:30 AM: Introducing the Concept of Two-Eyed Seeing with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD (Orono, Maine)

9:00 AM: Slow, Complicated Healing with Sharon Tomah Jordan, MSW, LCSW and Barbara Mainguy, MSW, LCSW (Orono, Maine)

10:00 AM: Wabanaki Public Health & Wellness: What's Happening Now with Lisa Sockabasin, MS, RN (Maine)

11:00 AM: The Difficulties in Implementing and Practicing a Two-Eyed Seeing Approach with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD (Orono, Maine)

Noon: Lunch

1:00 PM: Indigenous Approaches to Healing Trauma in Australia with Judy Atkinson, PhD (Sydney, Australia)

2:00 PM: In the Eye of the Storm: Community-led Indigenous Informed Responses During a Natural Disaster with Caroline Atkinson, PhD (New South Wales, Australia)

3:00 PM: Group Breakout Discussion with Magili Quinn, DO (Portland, Maine)

3:30 PM: Spirit, Healing and the Land: The Stabilizing Aspect of Morning Prayer with Maria Yracébûrû, PrayerMaker, Storyteller, Author (San Diego, California)

4:00 PM: Lessons from an Aboriginal General Practitioner with Mark Winetong, MD (Melbourne, Australia)

Day 2: Saturday Jan 27, 2024

8:00 AM: Welcome and Breath Based practice with Josie Conte, DO (Augusta, Maine)

8:30 AM: Traditional Birthing and the Modern World with Dan Zahn, MD and Micaela Segura Arias (Philadelphia, PA)

9:30 AM: Altered States of Consciousness in Indigenous and Transpersonal Psychology with Zana Marovic, PhD (Johannesburg, South Africa)

10:00 AM: Wellness Solutions From Ancient Traditional Systems with Special Reference to Ayurveda with Pratibha Shah, BAMS, MD (Ayurveda), MPH (India and Massachusetts)

11:00 AM: Trauma and Transformation with Ayurveda Medicine with Kim Valeri Povey, 2024 candidate for Certified Doctor of Ayurveda Medicine and Josie Conte, DO (Massachusetts and Augusta, Maine)

Noon: Lunch

1:00 PM: Integrating Western Healing Methods with Traditional Mesoamerican Curanderismo with Bob Vetter, MA (Long Island, NY)

2:00 PM: Regenerating a Maori Nation with Steve Hill, Master Breathwork Instructor and member of the Ko te Wakaminenga o nga Hapu o Nu Tireni Maori Sovereignty Movement (Northland, New Zealand)

3:00 PM: Group Breakout Discussion with Barbara Mainguy, MSW, LCSW (Orono, Maine)

3:30 PM: Indigenous Collaborative Mental Health Care in New Zealand with Alistair Bush, MD and Wiremu Nia Nia (Wellington, NZ)

Day 3: Sunday Jan 28, 2024

8:00 AM: Welcome and Movement with Magili Quinn, DO (Portland, Maine)

8:30 AM: Blending Western Healing Tools with Indigenous Ways of Approaching the Body and Story with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD, Barbara Mainguy, MSW, LCSW, Josie Conte, DO, and Magili Quinn, DO (Maine)

10:00 AM: Decolonizing Mental Health, Trauma, and Caring with Patrick McFarlane, LCSW, PMH-NP, FNP, MA and Jeffrey More (Detroit, Michigan)

11:00 AM: Indigenous Roots of Osteopathy: An International Perspective with Rafael Zegarra-Parodi, DO MEd (Paris, France)

11:45 AM: Lunch

12:45 PM: Rhythm Is The Cure: Healing Practices With The Black Madonna with Alessandra Belloni, Artistic Director, Vocalist, Percussionist, Author (Italy and New Jersey)

1:30 PM: Indigenous Roots of Osteopathy: A Historical Perspective with Ronald Ellis, DO (Lyon, France)

2:15 PM: Disassociachotic: Seeing the Non-psychosis with Matt Ball, PMHNP (Adelaide, Australia)

3:15 PM: Envisioning Two-Eyed Seeing in Action with Lewis Mehl-Madrona, MD, PhD (Orono, Maine)

This event is sponsored by Maine-Dartmouth Family Medicine Residency, University of New England College of Osteopathic Medicine, Northern Light Acadia Hospital Psychiatry Residency, and Coyote Institute for Change and Transformation.

For questions about this conference, please email CoyoteInstituteEvents@gmail.com.

Coyote Institute’s Department of Hypnotic Studies is pleased to announce a new hypnosis workshop led by Peter Blum, Lewis Mehl-Madrona, and Barbara Mainguy. This workshop will be held in person from January 19-21, 2024 at The Nest: a beautiful retreat center, which has hosted a number of Coyote Institute gatherings over the past few years , located in Woodstock, New York.

We begin with the understanding that trance is a naturally occurring state. We all go in and out of different “trance states” every day. Traditional healers didn’t have the word “hypnosis”, but they regularly used story, music, imagery, and ceremony to engage the unconscious mind for purposes of healing and guidance.

This workshop is suitable for those who have no prior background studying hypnosis formally, as well as for people with prior training. On Friday, Peter will offer an overview of basic hypnotic concepts. Saturday and Sunday, Peter will be joined by Lewis and Barbara. All three have all been utilizing hypnotic approaches to help others (and themselves) for decades. Together we will explore contemporary and ancient approaches to utilizing the power of the unconscious. 

What is it about “Coyote Hypnosis” that distinguishes itself from other types? Traditionally in many cultures, Coyote was a “trickster figure”who was often breaking the rules and bringing teachings through his adventurous mishaps. Coyote embraces contradiction and paradox, cleverly dancing with chaos to bring about creative solutions and healing… In addition, Coyote is the tutelary spirit of "Coyoteway", one of the Navajo curing ceremonies - intended to restore the patient's harmonious relationship with Coyote and the world, and to bring about a return to good health.

Coyote stands outside the circle frequently, which provides Coyote a different perspective, allowing one who takes a Coyote approach to think outside the box. We are planning on lots of demonstrations, opportunities to practice with others, and experiential learning!

Hours: 9:30 a.m. - 5 p.m. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday

Because this workshop has a “non-sequential approach”, people can attend for one, two, or three days.The price for this event is $600 for three days; $475 for two days, or $250 for one day. Sliding scale options are available for those in need. Participants are responsible for their own food (a large communal kitchen is available for lunch). Lodging is available at The Nest for an additional fee. Space is limited. Pre-registration is requested.

To register, and/or arrange for lodging during the event, please contact Stefanie at 917-657-0730 or stefanie368@gmail.com