Intro to the Elemental Body- Meet your cohort of Elemental Initiates and begin the initiation with an intro to the Elemental Module.

Nangaku will frame the Module ahead and ceremonially open the training. Next, on Sunday morning a deeper discussion will ensue and you will be given certain practices and assignments for the next steps on your journey – how to begin to work with the element in all the various intersecting points throughout the Module.

The Art of Council (Talking Circle) Training – After completing the training you are invited to participate every Wednesday evening from 6-9pm in our talking circle called Community Council.

Here is where you get to share in the liberating practice of sharing and thereby detaching your story. All communication is a process of sharing and receiving experiences and perspectives. Council training introduces you to effective communication tools which have been studied and perfected for thousands of years.

Upon completion of LEVEL II Training you are qualified to train others in the Art of Council.

You will receive training to meditate with the Element of the Module from 7-9pm. Practice a Taoist/Zen meditation technology where the Element at hand becomes the focus of your investigation learning how the Element’s energy constellates in your body, mind and spirit.

Thereafter you are encouraged to join the Mon–Fri morning zazen sessions (7-8am) and the Tue & Thu evening sessions (8-9pm).

Upon completion of LEVEL II Training you are qualified to teach Introduction to Zazen & Elemental Meditation Instruction.

Meet with BEZA community members and learn to listen and speak from the heart in these powerful community-building Talking Circles. A chosen theme related to the element being studied will guide the council. While Community Councils are optional they are recommended as a powerful integration practice for you to practice what you have learned in your daily life.

Once trained you are encouraged to join all or our morning online Zazen sessions which occur Monday – Friday from 7-8am; and our evening sessions which occur Tuesdays & Thursdays from 8-9pm)

Together with your cohort we review how each initiate is progressing with the assigned work, answer questions, and offer further instruction on the specific Element in preparation for the self-directed healing rituals you perform in alignment with the moon’s lunation phase.

Self-Directed Healing Rituals are ceremonies performed by you on and with Mother Earth, your ancestors and the Great Spirit. They are akin to sacred acupuncture sessions performed on our collective, universal body where you, by way of your ceremonial intent and practical gestures, perform a ritual marking a transformational crossing of a threshold on your spiritual journey.

Heart-Mentoring Sessions: As a LEVEL I Initiate you will receive 2 private on-line mentoring sessions per module. This is an important opportunity to work directly with Nangaku and co-facilitators to orient you and discuss progress on your spiritual journey.

Private Divination Session: You have the opportunity to have a divination during the module. Divination is a consultation with the Spirit World where invisible information is made visible to you in the form of a stone and bone reading. This is an auspicious meeting which results in deep healing, validating of what you already know, and bringing you into alignment and connection to the depths of your mind, body & spirit.

Zen Meditation Instruction – You will receive training in the initial practice of zen meditation (zazen) from 7-8pm. Thereafter you are encouraged to join the Mon–Fri morning zazen sessions (7-8am) and the Tue & Thu evening sessions (8-9pm).

Upon completion of LEVEL II Training you are qualified to teach Introduction to Zazen & Elemental Meditation Instruction.

At this Closing Circle we hear from our cohort about each person’s experience and journey and share closing remarks. A Closing Ceremony will be held which ends the Module’s Elemental Training. The following two weeks, before the next module begins, are used for integrating and practicing all you have learned.

Learn timeless practices passed down through generations from an initiated elder, Buddhist priest and shaman.

Reconnect with the essence, diversity of expression, and limitless wisdom of Mother Earth. Open the gates to the natural guidance of your innate wisdom.

Remember deep insights into the five elemental bodies of the Medicine Wheel, unlocking profound wisdom and understanding.

Through the Buddhist teachings of the 4 Noble Truths, Eightfold Path, Precepts and Zazen Meditation open to the infinite enormity of your particular originality and immediacy of presence.

Experience transformative and holistic shamanic practices through ritual, initiations, community council, practical spirituality, ancestral healing, and divination.

Learn to purify and balance your energy and the energy that surrounds you and become a Gatekeeper of these sacred teachings and their healing potential.

These are the specific times for you to commit to and connect with the online training:

The first Saturday from 3-5pm and the First Sunday from 10-12pm (4hrs).

After this introductory weekend you will have instructions to explore the Element throughout your day and week. How much time you can dedicate to this exploration is dependent on your capacity.

The Monday that follows from 7-9pm is Talking Circle Training (2hrs).

After this training you are free to attend as many Circles as you can which happen every Wednesday evening from 6-8pm.

The Tuesday that follows is Zen Meditation Training from 7-9pm (2hrs).

Thereafter you are welcome to attend any or all of the meditation sessions in the morning and evening.

We will collectively decide (according to every participant’s schedule) the best time for another Element Teaching (2hrs).

At this session you will be guided in ways to deepen your connection to the Element.

Schedule your own private mentoring sessions (x2) at a time that suites you (1hr each).

Schedule your own divination session at a time that suites you (2hrs).

Outside these time-slots you will have some homework to do. Work that is easily filtered into your day and weekend. The work is about integrating the awareness and study of the Element in your daily life.

There will be a personal ceremony/ritual for you to do in private, preferably in Nature. It could be anywhere from an hour to 6 hours depending on how or what you design for yourself.

Not at all. While there will be profound guidance transmitted to you via a presentation, the entire Month-long investigation is hands-on, practical and self-directed. Its important for you to have an embodied experience – direct contact with the nature of the Element. The entire training is designed this way – not to transmit information, but rather invite self-discovery through personal exploration of yourself in relation to the Element.

You get to ask any questions you like. About the element, how it functions in your life, how to work with it, how its manifesting in your life at present. The facilitator will use the context of the elemental training to guide you to work with the Element directly. The coaching session is there to open the gates for your personal journey into the Element’s medicine and earn how to use it in a practical way in your life.

Divination has been around as long as we humans have. We use divination to make the invisible world visible. The invisible world holds what is not yet known. Through divination we receive this wisdom – it is made available for you to integrate into your journey. Nangaku uses sacred talismans, bones, stones and other amulets which become the vocal chords of the Other World. He spreads them over an Elemental Medicine Wheel. Where and how they land in relation to other items and the mandala reveals profound information for you to ingest and metabolise.