Animism, Sacred Landscapes & Circular Consciousness:
A Weekend Immersion with Patrick MacManaway
Participants can register for individual events or the full weekend immersion.
Fri, Sat, & Sun
June 12, 13, & 14, 2026
Fri: 6:30pm to 8:30pm ($50)
Sat: 9:00am to 5:00pm ($195)
Sun: 10:00am to 1:00pm ($75)
Discounts for Regenerative Year Partners and Enthusiasts; plus $25 discount for registering for FULL WEEEKEND.
FRIDAY EVENING: Fireside Chat - Earth, Myth, & the Living Landscape
SATURDAY: Power Centers, Sacred Spaces, & Labyrinths
SUNDAY: Circular Consciousness & Cycles of Relationship
Join Patrick MacManaway for a three-part experiential weekend exploring animism, sacred relationship with the living Earth, labyrinths, portals, pathways, and the cycles of consciousness that connect us to place, spirit, and one another.
Participants may register for individual events or the full weekend immersion.
Please note: Saturday’s workshop is designed as a continuation of Friday evening’s introductory fireside gathering, and attendance at Friday’s session is strongly encouraged for all Saturday participants.
Friday Evening Fireside Chat:
Earth, Myth & the Living Landscape
Friday, June 12, 2026
6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
An intimate fireside evening of story, conversation, and reflection exploring humanity’s living relationship with the Earth, landscape, and unseen realms.
Through mythic storytelling, dialogue, and shared inquiry, Patrick will introduce themes of animism, sacred reciprocity, and participatory consciousness — the ancient understanding that the world is alive, relational, and responsive.
Together we will explore stories and symbols that invite us into deeper communion with place, including the Mesopotamian myth of Inanna and her descent through the seven gates of transformation — a powerful metaphor for the labyrinth journey, inner initiation, death and renewal, and the return to embodied wisdom.
This gathering is intentionally conversational rather than presentation-based, offering participants an opportunity to sit with these themes inwardly — and even dream into them overnight — before Saturday’s immersive workshop.
Saturday Workshop:
Power Centers, Sacred Spaces & Labyrinths
Saturday, June 13, 2026
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
(Friday evening attendance strongly recommended)
A full-day experiential workshop exploring sacred landscapes, labyrinths, and embodied relationship with place.
Together we will investigate the nature of power centers and sacred spaces, learn the history and symbolic language of labyrinths, and then move into hands-on creation and interactive practice on the land itself.
Participants will work in groups to build a series of traditional 7-circuit labyrinths together — including both left- and right-handed forms, as well as concentric and acorn-style designs. The process itself becomes a collaborative act of listening, blessing, creativity, and land connection.
Once completed, the labyrinths become living ceremonial spaces for walking meditation, movement, music, relational practice, and communal reflection.
Saturday Schedule
9:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Power Centers & Sacred Spaces
An illustrated presentation exploring places where the spirit of the land becomes especially tangible and available for interaction, inspiration, and renewal.
11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
Labyrinths Across Cultures & Traditions
A visual and experiential introduction to labyrinth forms, symbolism, sacred geometry, and ceremonial use throughout history.
1:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Building the Labyrinths
Working together in small groups, participants will create multiple 7-circuit labyrinths on the land using traditional and creative forms with flags, yarn, and collaborative design.
Participants will:
Build and dedicate their labyrinths together
Explore both left- and right-handed pathways
Learn concentric and acorn-style forms
Engage directly with the land through creative process and ceremony
3:30 PM – 5:00 PM
Walking, Dancing & Dreaming the Labyrinth
Explore individual and collective ways of engaging the labyrinth through walking meditation, movement, music, and interactive group practices.
Participants will experience playful and deeply meaningful forms of labyrinth walking — including hand-in-hand partner journeys, communal in-and-out movement patterns, and music-guided labyrinth dances that foster connection, trust, reflection, and joy.
The labyrinth becomes both mirror and metaphor: a path of descent and return, problem-solving and revelation, stillness and emergence.
As Patrick describes it: “The labyrinth is like a combination lock and a safe. You move through its turns and pathways until suddenly something opens — and there is a moment of revelation and stillness.”
The day concludes with shared reflection, integration, and closing discussion.
Sunday Integration Class:
Circular Consciousness & Cycles of Relationship
Sunday, June 14, 2026
10:00 AM – 1:00 PM
A reflective and integrative class focused on circular consciousness and the cycles that shape our lives, relationships, and connection with the Earth.
Through presentation, guided reflection, meditation, journaling, and group exercises, participants will explore how the principles of animism and sacred relationship can become embodied in everyday life.
Together we will explore what it means to “find the sacred at home” — within our landscapes, communities, relationships, and inner lives — while deepening awareness of the cycles and patterns that shape human experience.
Participants will engage in:
Circular consciousness and cyclical awareness
Mind mapping and reflective practices
Meditation and journaling
Blessing practices for personal and collective cycles
Integration of the weekend’s experiences into daily life
Exploring sacred relationship with place and time
This closing gathering offers space for grounding, integration, and carrying the wisdom of the weekend back into everyday living.
