Spirituality Leadership & Management

Entering the Aboriginal World of Healing and Wisdom

All activities are guided by Frank’s sensitivities to the group, in consultation with and advice from the spirits of his ancestors. Thus, there are lots of possibilities and the invitation is to let go and live for several days totally in the present moment – no mobile phones, diaries, or thinking about future-oriented commitments.

You are asked to step out of your usual busy-ness and the way the mind ordinarily operates, and to step into the Aboriginal world and that which is unknown. Like traditional initiations into Aboriginal Law, what exactly takes place emerges in response to who we are, the way we engage with the traditional healing practices and the vibration of the land. Thus we enter into transpersonal wisdom that can heal body, mind and spirit.

Your experience

While the specifics and sequence are not known beforehand, the following activities may take place:

• Smoking ceremonies in the evening
• Nungkari healings – for individual group members and the group as a whole
• Visits to red rock gorges, ancient carvings, and ochre paintings of sacred significance
• Exercises to open the heart to sense the vibration of the land
• Knowledge to use bush medicine for self-healing
• Listen to the wisdom of dreamtime stories
• Bush tucker (if available)
• Periods of stillness and reflection beside sacred waterholes
• Campfire conversations and sleeping in swags under the Milky Way

You will walk away with an experience that is uniquely yours. It is possible that you may:

• make connection with the great mystery of spirit and soul
• make profound changes in your life following the experience
• receive healing or deep insight
• enter a deep connectedness with your own being, the trees and the land
• see your world, work and life in a different way
• open your heart to the deep love which heals all
• be moved to your very core by ritual and song
• be dissolved, stripped away and reassembled
• experience changes that affect your work as a leader or agent of change
• discover flow and synchronicity in your life
• learn how to heal yourself and the land

What to bring

• Warm sleeping bag
• Small pillow and sheet
• Large tarp for over and under swag – approx 3 metre x 4 metre
• Drinking bottle
• Torch – headlights are easier
• Wipes like wet-ones for washing and wiping hands
• Small towel
• Zip lock bags for your own rubbish (incl. used toilet paper!!)
• Sunscreen and hat, insect repellent
• Soft bag for clothes etc – keep it very small for transport
• Some warm covering clothes and long johns for the evenings and early mornings and maybe socks and beanie for bed if nights get cool
• Windproof coat and jumper as wind could still be cold
• Some light clothing for warm-to-hot days, and a sarong or two comes in handy too
• Gastrolyte or other electrolyte drink
• Additional food for snacking on if you need it

We will supply swags (a canvas bag with a mattress in it) for you to sleep in. You are asked not to bring any recreational drugs, alcohol, drums or other instruments, jewellery, healing items like crystals, etc as they interfere with the way Frank works with the land in ceremony. Photographing and written recording of information is guided by Frank and Arrente protocol.

Meals are simple and nutritious. Let us know if you have special dietary needs and we will see what we can do, e.g. gluten free or vegetarian. You also need to be willing to assist in the kitchen for preparation and clean-up at meal times.

Liability

It is important for you to know that you will be responsible for yourself and your experience during the program. This event is not covered by insurance. Before the program commences you will be asked to sign a liability statement to release everyone involved with organising the event from responsibility for any damages, death, personal injury and property loss. This statement will also include a statement that you consider yourself mentally, emotionally and physically fit to participate in the program.