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Projects, Calendar and Registration

Turtle Island Project Inc. offers retreats, seminars, intensives, workshops, community interventions, consultations and private paths of study.

Retreats begin on Friday afternoon and conclude on Sunday afternoon unless posted differently.

Seminars and workshops may be a one to two hours, a half-day or full- day.  Open to contractual agreements.

Intensives range from one to three days. Intensives focus on a specific topic and are presented in an experiential workshop format.  Time frames are posted.

We confirm participation, mail clothing needs, directions and other pertinent information after registration.

All-Inclusive registration fees include, double occupancy lodging, snacks, meals and all materials.  Single occupancy accommodations are limited and additional costs apply.

You can register on-line via PayPal (secure system accepting Visa, Master Charge, American Express, Discover and personal checks; You can register over the phone or via  E-mail us (Click here to Email Us) and we'll contact you for your credit card information.

A portion of the registration fee is non-refundable and non-transferable; this amount is $100.00 (U.S.) Review TIP Policy

Women's Healing Journey — 2009 Dates TBA
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The Last Mask of the Authentic Healer —2009 Dates TBA
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Healing and Resilience – New Dates Pending
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The dancing Healers: An Intensive –New Dates Pending
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Relationships, Race and Reconciliation: The ceremony of healing – 2009 Dates TBA
Click for more Info

Mother and Child Reunion — By Special Request Only
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Rituals and Ceremonies — 2009 Dates TBA
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Consultation and Personalized Paths of Study
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WOMEN’S HEALING JOURNEY — 2009 Dates tba
Amado, Arizona

A Women's Healing Journey Weekend Retreat
(An All Inclusive Retreat)
Celebrating 20 Years!!

Joyce Mills, PhD, Mona Polacca, MSW, PhD candidate and
CharlesEtta Sutton, LCSW

Our 5th year at the Rex Ranch

(Click above to visit Rex ranch Website)

Every day life suspends as we separate ourselves from ordinary time and space to begin the journey, A Women’s Healing Journey, a most special weekend of heart and spirit.

Throughout the weekend, we discover and rejuvenate the essence of that dynamic feminine power which resides in each of us. We cultivate an expanded vision of health, so that we can reconnect to our inner strength as Women, so that we may share these teachings with the women, men, and children with whom we walk.

Blending ritual, ceremony, myth and storytelling based on Native American and other transcultural teachings, along with mind/body/spirit medicine, we will explore and provide a healing view of our natural, psychological and biological cycles as Women.

Among the many experiences shared by all will be Talking Circles, Storytelling, Story-crafts, Sweat Lodge, Drumming, Chanting, the Pipe Ceremony, a Vision Walk, a Woman's Honoring Ceremony, and a Sunrise Ceremony.

To Register with a Credit Card and PayPal Options:

We accept Visa and MasterCard and can register you over the phone or via PayPal. E-mail us (Click here to Email Us) and we'll contact you for your credit card information.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

$550.00
Promotional Registration –
NA
A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
$550.00

Turtle Sisters (Past Participants) –
NA

A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
$300.00

Deposit
Holds $600 Rate
and the Turtle Sisters Rate

NA

A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
$600.00

Basic Registration
NA

A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
$650.00
Registration
(pending space availability) –
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A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
$100.00
Single Accommodation
Space Limited NA
A WOMEN'S HEALING JOURNEY- Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
       

To Register with a Deposit or Pay in Full by Mail or Fax:

To register for a project with a DEPOSIT ONLY or to PAY BY MAIL or FAX -- CLICK HERE for a form. Please complete and return your registration form by fax or mail at least 10 working days prior to the first day of the activity. We consider LATE REGISTRATIONS only if space is available up to one week before the event is scheduled to begin.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

 

Masks of healers

The Last Mask of the Authentic Healer — 2009 DATES TBA

Weekend Retreat includes Lodging, Meals, Snacks and Materials

Franciscan Renewal Center

FRANCISCAN RENEWAL CENTER (the CASA)

Carl A. Hammerschlag M.D, Mona Polacca M.S.W., PhD Candidate
and Claudia Weinspach,Dipl.Psych.

A good clinician can accurately diagnose; a great clinician can do that and, in addition add a preventative prescription and teach the patient how to avoid exposure to the pathogen; a healer is someone who, in addition to all that, also connects with patients in ways that help them mobilize their own healing power.

This retreat is an experiential retreat for healers who want to open themselves up to ways that can magnify their healing power.

In the language of science, ritual and ceremony, we will explore those factors that promote and inhibit the healing process.

This unique workshop designed for healing professionals interested in expanding their therapeutic repertoire. Carl, Mona and Claudia  will lead you on a joyful journey of discovery that will intensify your healing power.

REGISTRATION THROUGH THE FRANCISCAN RENEWAL CENTER

Turtle is not handling registration for this retreat. 
To register click on above link.

Fee per Person: $650, single; $550, double includes lodging, meals, and materials.
Check-in: Friday 3pm, concludes 4pm, Sunday.
Note: There is a non-refundable $50 fee included in registration.


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healing and resilience – NEW DATES PENDING

highland park, new jersey

Please note: registration limited to 20 participants

1-Day Experiential Workshop (includes morning Snack, Lunch and Materials) $150

CharlesEtta Sutton, MSW, LCSW

Healers and Caretakers recreate and restore balance and harmony in people’s lives. They encourage others to “retreat” and take breaks. This workshop-retreat cultivates an appreciation for the contributions you provide in the healing of others. The experiential course enhances the skills of practitioners and other caretakers in a position to facilitate positive coping strategies and building resilience. Participants explore how their own beliefs and styles of coping may influence their work. Participants also recognize, develop and expand skills and strategies to enhance their capacity to work with clients

Turtle is not handling registration for this retreat. 
To register click on the below link.

REGISTRATION THROUGH THE MULTICULTURAL FAMILY INSTITUTE

multiculturalfamily.org

6 CEU’s are available for Social Workers visit www.multiculturalfamily.org for information

 

The Dancing Healers

the dancing healers: an intensive – NEW DATES PENDING

At the C.O.D. Ranch & Retreat, Oracle, AZ

C.O.D. Ranch and Retreat

(Click above to visit C.O.D. Ranch & Retreat )

Carl Hammerschlag, MD, and Bradford Keeney, PhD
with CharlesEtta Sutton, LCSW as facilitator  

Expect the Extraordinary at this INTENSIVE. Dr. Keeney will demonstrate and teach Shaking Medicine, spirited ecstasy, “a natural way of turning and resetting the whole being…, the key to opening the original mysteries of spirit”. Dr. Hammerschlag will illuminate those areas of the brain that experience mystical states and how to use those stated to expand your healing power.

This experiential workshop is for healthcare professionals and others interested in healing. It is designed to expand ones concepts and practice with regard to healing. The doctors will share lessons derived from the traditions of the Kalahari Bushman and Native American cultures. 

Be inspired with storytelling, trance, dance, drumming, song, transformative talk and other events.

This intensive accommodates up to 50 participants. 
Reserve your space TODAY!

 

To Register with a Credit Card and PayPal Options:

We accept Visa and MasterCard and can register you over the phone or via PayPal. E-mail us (Click here to Email Us) and we'll contact you for your credit card information.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

PayPal

 
N/A

PROMOTIONAL Registration
CLOSED


Dancing Healers - An Intensive - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$675.00
REGISTRATION
CLOSED


Dancing Healers - An Intensive - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$750.00

REGISTRATION
CLOSED


Dancing Healers - An Intensive - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$300.00
DEPOSIT
CLOSED


Dancing Healers - An Intensive - 2009 DATES TBA
       
       

To Register with a Deposit or Pay in Full by Mail or Fax:

To register for a project with a DEPOSIT ONLY or to PAY BY MAIL or FAX -- (Click here to Email Us) for a form. Please complete and return your registration form by fax or mail at least 10 working days prior to the first day of the activity. Late registrations are considered only if slots are still available one week before the event is scheduled to begin.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

 

Healing

Relationships, Race and Reconciliation: The ceremony of healing
2009 DATES TBA, amado, az

All Inclusive Retreat

Friday, 4pm until Sunday, 4pm

Carl Hammerschlag, MD, CharlesEtta Sutton, LCSW, Mona Polacca, MSW
and Other Relatives

At the Rex Ranch Resort and Spa, Amado, AZ

Rex Ranch Resort

(Click above to visit Rex Ranch Website)

Designed for adults 23 and up.

We are as a culture, routinely exposed to the traumas of violence.  From sectarian wars and random acts of violence, to the themes of movies, or song lyrics, we are deluged by images that intensify fear and anxiety. We walk around unconscious to our trauma, avoiding and suppressing its pain. The result of such continual bombardment desensitizes and hardens us.

In this retreat, using our own experiences, including our traumas, we will create new endings to old stories.  Using ritual and ceremonies we will explore the disorders of privilege and oppression and explore ways to move beyond our preconceptions and fears. 

Throughout the weekend we will participate in Talking Circles, a Vision Walk, Sweat Lodge Ceremony, and the rituals of dance and mask-making.

Arrive early. Take advantage of the activities and Cielo spa services offered at the REX RANCH.

To Register with a Credit Card and PayPal Options:

We accept Visa and MasterCard and can register you over the phone or via PayPal. E-mail us (Click here to Email Us) and we'll contact you for your credit card information.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

 
$525.00

PROMOTIONAL Registration –
CLOSED


Race, Relationships and Reconciliation: Ceremony of Healing - Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$550.00
EARLY BIRD Registration –
CLOSED


Race, Relationships and Reconciliation: Ceremony of Healing - Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$650.00
STANDARD Registration –
CLOSED


Race, Relationships and Reconciliation: Ceremony of Healing - Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
       
$225.00

Non-Refundable Deposit –
Holds Early Bird Registration
CLOSED

Race, Relationships and Reconciliation: Ceremony of Healing - Weekend Retreat - 2009 DATES TBA
       

To Register with a Deposit or Pay in Full by Mail or Fax:

To register for a project with a DEPOSIT ONLY or to PAY BY MAIL or FAX -- (Click here to Email Us) for a form. Please complete and return your registration form by fax or mail at least 10 working days prior to the first day of the activity. Late registrations are considered only if slots are still available one week before the event is scheduled to begin.

I understand that $100.00 of the registration fee for a TIP event is non-refundable and non-transferable. (Please read the TIP Policy before submitting.)

 

Mother and Child Reunion

MOTHER AND CHILD REUNION — BY SPECIAL REQUEST ONLY

Weekend Retreat (includes Lodging, Meals, Snacks and Materials)

Mona Polacca, MSW, PhD candidate, CharlesEtta Sutton, LCSW,
and Other Relatives

YOUR TOWN, YOUR COUNTRY

Designed for mothers and their children 8-18 years-of-age.

Explore ways of opening the boundaries between mothers and their children and provide opportunities to reflect on and build upon their inner strengths and seek new possibilities and dreams.

Utilizing rituals and ceremonies including talking circle, sweat lodges, and vision walks, join in the vision that connects you with your child in mind, body and spirit.

REGISTRATION FEES: This customized retreat for groups and organizations with some Turtle Island Project Facilitators.

Call or email us with your proposal.

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Drums

Rituals and Ceremonies


East Coast/West Coast — 2009 Dates TBA

Turtle Faculty

Separate yourself from ordinary time and space to explore connections between mind, body, and spirit. Learn to remove your doubts, fears, and dysfunctional programming to illuminate the healthful connections between what we do and what we feel. This coed weekend intensive utilizes talking circle, drumming, mask making, the vision quest, sweatlodge, and other events.

 

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Consultation and Personalized Paths of Study

We provide consultation and research services to individuals, groups, organizations and conferences. We invite your call or email with your proposal.

 

 

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