Franco Santoro's Blog: Astroshamanism, page 32

Love is not suitable for those in a hurry

It takes a long time to love.

It takes a long time to know someone, to understand their feelings, dreams, hopes and fears.

When you choose to deeply know someone, you go beyond impressions and perceptions, misunderstanding and assumptions, you accept the other for what you know and especially for what is unknown, their mystery.

It takes a moment to judge someone, to despise or hate them through impressions and preconceptions.

It takes a long time to love.

Love is not suitable for those in a hurry.

Be a mystery

It has been a long time and you still do not know who you really are, what to do with your life and what your purpose is?

Take it easy.

Accept to be a mystery.

Scorpio Intensive: Beyond Sex and Death, 1-2, 3-4 November 2018, Merizzo (Massa)

1-2, 3-4 November 2018, Merizzo (Massa), Scorpio Intensive: Beyond Sex and Death, with Franco Santoro

Scorpio is the sign associated with the taboo aspects of life, including the esoteric and deep features of our passions and desires, death, ancestors and our relationship with unseen realities, which profoundly affect our everyday life.

The workshop explores the theme of relationship from a multidimensional perspective, which includes the traditional theme of the Scorpio cycle, death, passion, rebirth. We will use advanced practices of astroshamanic soul retrieval, exploring shadow aspects and the rapport with our ancestors.

We will use the astrological chart as a living field to explore experientially the key elements of our passion, how to activate and direct it towards what we consciously choose to create in life.

The workshop on 1-2 November 2018 can be followed by two days of deepening (3-4 November 2018), when we explore deeper features of Scorpio and of our connections with ancestors

When we address our ancestors we relate with the most ancient parts of ourself. Ancestors, besides giving us support and guidance, can also hold major grievances and pass down destructive models of behaviour or belief systems. Such grievances constitute the root cause of all our current, as well as collective, problems in life.

When strong conflicts develop among couples, lovers, friends, relatives, colleagues or people casually met, what actually happens is that the same conditions that once engendered separation and pain are being reproduced in the present for correction.

These situations are momentous for healing as they allow to face the opportunity to invert the trend of separation, to forgive and open up portals in my conscience.

We will employ the astrological chart as a map to identify and explore experientially and shamanically the healing dynamics of our relationship

The workshop involves a deep process of recapitulation and energy assessment of our human interactions, with the aim of gaining empowerment and wholeness, supporting and implementing righteous relationships aligned with our authentic soul purpose.

Participants will learn to use healing tools that allow them to continue the healing work autonomously after the workshop, providing a solid basis for more advanced practices.

 

The event takes place at:

Casale in Lunigiana, Ronco

località Merizzo

Villafranca in Lunigiana 54028 (Massa, Italy)

Tel. 0187420736

 

For booking and information please write to info@astroshamanism.org

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will receive our parking. See: Map

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

The Way of Vesta: introduction to astroshamanic touch, 1-2 September 2018, Merizzo (Iyaly)

This is a full initiation to astroshamanic touch as a tool for soul retrieval and multidimensional awareness.

For details on astroshamanic touch please click here.

The workshop involves a process of recapitulation and energy assessment of our human interactions, aimed at identifying and healing soul losses due to our past relationships, with particular regards to those involving sexuality and partnerships.

Participants will learn to use healing tools that allow them to continue the healing work autonomously after the workshop, providing a solid basis for more advanced practices.

The workshop is designed for all types of relationships, encompassing couples in intimate or platonic connections, partnerships in work, service or spirituality, rapports with friends and relatives. Participants of all genders and sexual orientations are welcome.

The workshop starts at around 10:30 on Saturday and ends on Sunday at around 6 pm. It is possible to arrive earlier or stay longer.

The event takes place at:

Casale in Lunigiana, Ronco

località Merizzo

Villafranca in Lunigiana 54028 (Massa, Italy)

Tel. 0187420736

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will receive our parking. See: Map

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

Restoring the Fragmented Heart, 6-7 October 2018, Merizzo (Italy)

6-7 October 2018, Merizzo (Massa), Restoring the Fragmented Heart, with Franco Santoro

This is a unique workshop in which you will explore relationships from a spiritual, holistic and shamanic, as well as pragmatic perspective with the aim of healing connections with partners, relatives, friends and significant people in your life.

Relationships are gateways into other dimensions, whatever and whoever we have separated ourselves from. They can be very challenging at times, for they shed light upon all our denials and fears, forcing us to come to terms with who we truly are.

Through tracking and releasing blocks to our capacity to love and identifying the underlying issues that hamper relationships, we can promote healing, fulfilment and peace.

We will employ astrology as a map to identify and explore experientially the dynamics of our relationships. We will use astroshamanic tools for healing and soul retrieval aimed at acknowledging and restoring the full spectrum of our true holistic nature.

The workshop is designed for all types of relationships, encompassing couples in intimate or platonic connections, partnerships in work, service or spirituality and rapport with friends and relatives. Participants of all genders and sexual orientations are welcome.

The weekend workshops start at around 10:30 on Saturday and end on Sunday at around 6 pm. It is possible to arrive earlier.  It is possible to stay extra days.

 

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will receive our parking.

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

Astroshamanic Healing & Soul Retrieval Training, 30 June – 6 July 2018, Merizzo (Massa)

30 June – 6 July 2018, Merizzo (Massa), Astroshamanic Healing Training, with Franco Santoro.

With Franco Santoro.

This training is part of the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism and represents a full initiation to astroshamanic healing, soul retrieval and touch as tools for soul retrieval and multidimensional awareness.

This workshop involves a process of recapitulation and energy assessment of our human interactions, including parental, romantic and sexual connections, aimed at identifying and healing soul losses due to past relationships or engagements with ordinary reality.

Soul retrieval is based on the understanding that most painful issues we experience are due to the fact that significant parts of our souls are trapped or lost. When this is the case individuals sense that a vital part of themselves is missing, feel regularly stuck or in a vicious circle, at times experiencing severe disruption and misery in their life. The task is to identify and retrieve these missing parts, restoring them into the wholeness of the individual.

In astroshamanism the 12 signs of the zodiac strategically represent the complete setting of the soul. In traditional soul retrieval sessions the client usually remains passive and unconscious, while the practitioner does all the work. In Franco Santoro’s astroshamanic soul retrieval sessions, clients are fully present and directly involved in the process, while the practitioner supports and guides them. Soul retrieval here involves first the acknowledgement of the missing parts and their original separation, followed by their search and retrieval. Franco’s approach also aims at effectively restoring those parts, by returning luminous talents, allowing their harmonious integration in accordance with the client’s intention.

Participants will learn to use healing tools that allow them to continue the healing work autonomously after the workshop, providing a solid basis for more advanced practices.

Please read our code of ethics before booking the training, click here.

The weekend workshops start at around 10:30 on Saturday and end on Sunday at around 6 pm. It is possible to arrive earlier. The training starts on Mondays and ends on Fridays at around 2 pm. It is possible to stay extra days and take part in further workshops of the Foundation Training in Astroshamanism for the whole month of July.

 

The event takes place at il Casale in Lunigiana, a light nature centre entirely surrounded by the Apuan Alps and the Appenine, brooks, on the Via Francigena in the historical territory of Lunigiana.

Casale in Lunigiana, Ronco

località Merizzo

Villafranca in Lunigiana 54028 (Massa, Italy)

Tel. 0187420736

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will reach our parking.

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

Astroshamanic Healing Touch & Theatre, 21-27 July 2018, Merizzo (Massa)

21-27 July 2018, Astroshamanic Healing Touch & Theatre , with Franco Santoro

This training represents a full initiation in astroshamanic healing touch, bodywork, theatre and dance as tools for soul retrieval and multidimensional awareness.

The training consists of two workshops:one introductory weekend (21-22 July 2018), which can be taken independently without attending the training workshops, and one training workshops (22-27 July 2018), which requires participation to the introductory weekend.

For details on astroshamanic dance & theatre click here.

For details on astroshamanic touch please click here.

Participants will experience advanced applications of Astroshamanic Theatre and Touch, in the beauty and warmth of the environment of Il Casale in Lunigiana (a natural pool is a four-minute walk from the house).

We will experience ways to realign with the sacredness of our nature, releasing wounds inherited by our ancestors and supporting the emergence of a planetary healing consciousness. We will learn various healing modalities in alignment with the astrological archetypes, developing trust both in giving and receiving. We will also experience the multidimensional features of relationships and sexuality, employing techniques aimed at releasing grievances and intense feelings accumulated in our life, promoting forgiveness, transformation and unconditional love. The workshop is designed for people who intend to employ this work both for themselves and in their practice with others.

Please read our code of ethics before booking the training, click here.

This workshop is a first level certificate course in Astroshamanic Healing Touch, Theatre & Dance.

For booking and information please click here or write to info@astroshamanism.org 

The weekend workshops start at around 10:30 on Saturday and end on Sunday at around 6 pm. It is possible to arrive earlier. The training starts on Mondays and ends on Fridays at around 2 pm. It is possible to stay extra days and take part in further workshops.

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will receive our parking.

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

Shining your vision in the world, 11-12; 13-15; 16-17; 18-19 August 2018, Merizzo (Massa)

11-12; 13-15; 16-17; 18-19 August 2018, Merizzo (Massa, Italy), Shining your vision in the world, with Franco Santoro.

with Franco Santoro

This workshop is for those who long to take a decisive leap into the discovery and manifestation of their unique talents and authentic potentials, so as to provide benefits to themselves and the whole environment.

Embracing the Leo cycle of the year we will focus on creative luminous empowerment and find ways to tap into the core of your vocation, giving it opportunities to shine and be generously available. This is a special astroshamanic training week devoted to the acknowledgment of one’s life purpose and is also designed for participants who intend to use healing tools in their practice with others.

The workshop also aims at showing how apparently insurmountable obstacles and crisis can be used to give shape to our most ambitious dreams. During our time together we will also unveil how in every moment of our life, dark times included, we are never alone and there are immense forces available to provide support.

 

This in an ongoing retreat workshop and it is possible to attend one or all the following modules:

11-12 August; 13-15 August; 16-17 August; 18-19 August 2018. Each module covers one of the 4 elements.

 

For further details or information please click here.

It is possible to arrive earlier or stay extra nights.

The event takes place at il Casale in Lunigiana, a light nature centre entirely surrounded by the Apuan Alps and the Appenine, brooks, on the Via Francigena in the historical territory of Lunigiana.

Casale in Lunigiana, Ronco

località Merizzo

Villafranca in Lunigiana 54028 (Massa, Italy)

Tel. 0187420736

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will reach our parking.

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

Shining your vision in the world, August 2018

11-12; 13-15; 16-17; 18-19 August 2018,, Merizzo (Massa, Italy), Shining your vision in the world, with Franco Santoro.

with Franco Santoro

This workshop is for those who long to take a decisive leap into the discovery and manifestation of their unique talents and authentic potentials, so as to provide benefits to themselves and the whole environment.

Embracing the Leo cycle of the year we will focus on creative luminous empowerment and find ways to tap into the core of your vocation, giving it opportunities to shine and be generously available. This is a special astroshamanic training week devoted to the acknowledgment of one’s life purpose and is also designed for participants who intend to use healing tools in their practice with others.

The workshop also aims at showing how apparently insurmountable obstacles and crisis can be used to give shape to our most ambitious dreams. During our time together we will also unveil how in every moment of our life, dark times included, we are never alone and there are immense forces available to provide support.

 

This in an ongoing retreat workshop and it is possible to attend one or all the following modules:

11-12 August; 13-15 August; 16-17 August; 18-19 August 2018. Each module covers one of the 4 elements.

 

For further details or information please click here.

It is possible to arrive earlier or stay extra nights.

The event takes place at il Casale in Lunigiana, a light nature centre entirely surrounded by the Apuan Alps and the Appenine, brooks, on the Via Francigena in the historical territory of Lunigiana.

Casale in Lunigiana, Ronco

località Merizzo

Villafranca in Lunigiana 54028 (Massa, Italy)

Tel. 0187420736

How to get to Il Casale:

By car: take A15 (Autostrada della Cisa) Parma/La Spezia, exit at Pontremoli if you come from the North, or Aulla if from the South. Continue to Villafranca in Lunigiana, then to Merizzo (5,20 km). Once in Merizzo, use as reference the Church of the Archangel Michael. 50 metres after the church turn left at the little parking square then take the only path to the left. After one km you will reach our parking.

By train: you can arrive to Villafranca/Bagnone railway station with the line Milan-Livorno or La Spezia-Parma. Let us know your time of arrival and we will pick you up.

By plane: the closest airport is Pisa’s Galileo Galilei. Also the airports of Florence and Genoa are close.

New Moon in Aries

The New Moon in Aries takes place on 16 April 2018 at 1:57 GMT in 26° Aries 02’.

This New Moon has the capacity to galvanize most primordial memories slumbering in our dormant unconscious. Well, this is indeed the case for all New Moons, yet a New Moon in Aries escalates the process.

Aries unveils the primeval recollection of our unexpurgated ego. The essence of this genuine ego abides here. It is self-centred simply because there is nobody else out there. There is complete selfishness for the idea of unselfishness does not exist. This is why there is so much misunderstanding about Aries. According to one’s perception it can appear as either the quintessential of separation or of unity. The choice is yours.

We align with the veritable nature of Aries once we allow the honest expression of our genuine ego. This involves releasing all those tedious and lacklustre fantasies about getting rid of the ego. It implies taking a deep breath and delivering the most egocentric statement you can conceive, such as: “There is only me! And I care only about me!”

Aries is the cornerstone for healing. The first step of any healing enterprise involves clearly identifying energy patterns. As a result of separation energies are muddled up and fragmented. The adulterated ego and the related consensus belief system based on separation, do their best to feed this jumble.

The best promotional activity consists in creating endless and looping conflicts between the ego and the non-ego, ordinary and non-ordinary, the selfish and the non-selfish, the spiritual and the non-spiritual, and so on. This is a typical Machiavellian [1] technique. As long as energies are mixed, confused and exclusively concerned about their conflicts, separation can prosper in the background. When energies are identified and clearly separated the structure of the ego exposes its basic mechanics.

In a nutshell, the first step into healing (meant as retrieval of unity), far from moving into unity itself, involves going totally into the root of separation. Authentic unity is such only if you can find it in separation, otherwise it is just a bogus unity hired to feed the conflict with separation, which is indeed part of a pantomime organized by separation itself.

The upcoming New Moon is a major opportunity for processing and composting massive amounts of reticent and pent-up feelings. This is the esoteric inception of spring, the moment when both polarities are about to join in Aries, i.e. Sector 1.

The time that precedes this New Moon is the ultimate period of gestation, the Zero-point leading into the final conception of 1. It is a major moment of release, involving the whole cycle of the year. If you notice some a proliferation of grievances during this time, please be aware that it is part of the trade.

You have the great opportunity of facing unfinished businesses and finally preventing them from being recycled again. Much of this material refers to unmentionable and horrible scripts. The key of this release work resides in being open to “let go of all the conventional social and unselfish garbage, binning all the characters based on unity, solidarity, spirituality, relationship, co-operation, etc, and being just me, only me”. Whatever this may mean, you will find it out by yourself.

For example, you could take 15 minutes to let go of all the conventional social and unselfish garbage, hence binning all those haunting characters based on unity, solidarity, spirituality, relationship, co-operation, etc, and purely embracing the ego. As you dive into this most straightforward and selfish ego, you will access the area where all the Mayhem started.

© Franco Santoro

Image: “Song of Songs: The Shulammite Maiden”, by Gustave Moreau, born on New Moon in Aries.

[1] From Niccolò Machiavelli, an Italian political philosopher and influential statesman of the XVI century, famous for his strategies based on duplicity and cunning.