Euphorbia Gardens
Cactus Sanctuary & Regenerative Farm
Bolinas, CA
October 20th-22nd, 2023
the invitation
You’ve received this invitation because we see you, we love you and we believe in what you’re up to in the world and want to go deeper.
We’re gathering a council and creating an intimate, emergent container that is carefully designed in the spirit of co-creation. There will be space to share with each other the trials and triumphs of our shared dharmas while also inviting others to help support our independent missions through connection, communal prayer and collaboration.
This gathering isn't meant for everyone, but we do believe it is meant for you. ;-)
A part of this event has been designed to debut an emerging altar called “MWALI” (meh-wall-ee), a new culture vehicle and business designed to explore creative ways to restore “right relationship” to Self, Family, Community, World, and Spirit through transformational art, soulful experiences, meaningful media, and inspirational products.
Led by Jess Magic, Walker Barnard, and Michael Pullano, this new venture will be artfully and playfully cultivating and designing the entire weekend’s offerings, practices, and rituals to nourish your mind, body, and soul.
moment of magic from the 2023 MAPS conference
Our Intention
Our intention for this weekend is to create a soulful framework where we can go DEEP into the spirit of collaboration.
To get specific and tactical with each other and do the real work together in sharing, witnessing, and tangibly collaborating with other change-makers in a fun, playful container.
This weekend is designed to see what happens when we bring together a group of humans who have BIG missions and want to bring as much creativity, joy, and impact to our work in the world as possible.
We’ll be working with a variety of medicines this weekend:
Fire, cacao, cactus, water, music, dance, breath, prayer, and play.
UNITING Our Missions
Our collective of humans recognize that there is a profound shift occurring in our culture and planet and we believe that our individual strength multiplies when we come together in community to support each other.
To facilitate this collective up-leveling, we’ve assembled a group of incredibly talented musicians, song carriers, experience designers, medicine stewards, and expert facilitators to bring forth new and old ritual technologies designed to get us out of our heads and into our bodies so we can connect to the frequencies of beauty, community, and collaboration.
“The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct.”
Schedule
Friday, October 20th
Theme: PLAY
3-5pm - Arrival time. Ground into the land.
5:30pm - Opening Circle and Puja
6:30pm - Opening dinner in the Euphorbia Greenhouse
7:30pm - Cacao ceremony & Interactive Soul Salon
We’ll be working with the medicine of cacao, music, and breath this evening but we will also make sure to end at a reasonable time so everyone gets a good night of rest before Grandfather.
Saturday, october 21st
Theme: PRAY
9:00am - Light breakfast
11:00am-12:30pm - Opening the altar and prayer circle with Grandfather
12:30pm-Late Events throughout the day:
Connect deeply with the earth and offer prayers to the land
Sing songs and create music together
Dance and movement
Breathwork and meditation
Connection and intimacy practices within the group
Dinner + Fire Ceremony (Exact Time-TBD) - A delicious feast and some ecstatic dance to close out the ceremony around the fire.
Sunday, october 22nd
Theme: PLANT
10:30am - Brunch
11:45am-2:00pm - Sharing circle, reflections, planting ritual, and closing ceremony.
2-5:30pm (optional) - Collaboration and integration time:
Drop into spaces of inspired collaboration, rejuvenation, and time in nature around the grounds to further nurture the realizations and revelations from the ceremony.
6-9pm (optional) - Extended stay on the land
For those desiring to stay a bit longer, we’ll offer an organic home-cooked dinner and relaxed integration conversation.
Note:
Accommodations are included for Friday and Saturday.
Sunday night is also available (and included) for those who are interested in staying one more night for no extra fee.
Sleeping Accommodations
The land has a few permanent sleeping arrangements available and we have brought in extra sleeping tents to accommodate up to 20 attendees.
After making your deposit, you can speak with our team regarding which sleeping option best suits your needs.
6x Wooden A-Frame Huts (Brand New)
1x Queen Bed per A-Frame
6x Glamping Tents
2x Twin Beds Per Tent
2x Belle Tents
2x Twin Beds Per Tent
Airstream RV
1x Queen Bed
ENERGY EXCHANGE
sliding scale: $500 - $2500
In order to keep this event highly curated, we are capping the amount of attendees to 20 + artists and facilitators.
Because we’re keeping this to a very special inner circle, we’re offering a sliding-scale for your contribution. We trust that you will provide what you can.
Your contribution helps to cover your meals, the musical experiences, the ceremony, and the medicine.
We are able to keep the cost of this amazing event so low due to the generosity of Tim Chang, the land’s owner, who is subsidizing a massive portion of the hard costs, accommodation fees, and much of the talent needed to create this event.
Thank you so much Tim! :)
If you are a “YES” to joining us, please click the link below to pay and secure your spot.
If you have any questions, inspirations or things you’d love to contribute, please reach out to
Jess directly on What’s App.
Your attendance and participation in this event is deeply desired and celebrated and we will do everything possible to make this work for you!
ComplEte Your INTAKE FORm
The intake form below will take you about 5-10 minutes depending on how deep (and creative) you go! For planning and preparation purposes, please fill out and send no later than October 12th.
The SPecial Story OF Bolinas, CA
Bolinas is…
a Brigadoon that still smells of the 1970s and its merry pranksters.
a town that prides itself on not keeping up with the Jones’.
an escapist paradise to discover your own rugged explorer.
More like Burning Man and Camp Grounded than The Four Seasons, Euphorbia Gardens is a place we get our hands dirty, go back to nature, and do what it takes to leave a place better than we found it!
The Burning Man playa is what it is because of the people who make it.
Such is MWALI. Such is Bolinas.
We bring the canvas… You bring your heart!
hosts, Facilitators & Musicians
