It’s been going on for 800,000 years: human beings and our special relationship to fire. We’re the only beings on the planet who light fires, who cook our food over fire, who use fire to light our way. What’s the more…

What are the qualities of the Sacred Fire Community that keep people coming back for more? Even when we uncover our weaknesses and faults, encounter our attachments and expectations, and even face our fears about conflict, we keep jumping into more…

Could one of the foundations of deep community be that it’s grounded in the lifeways of the people? Sacred Fire Community Lifeways is bringing forth programs that initiate these ways for people of western culture whose lifeways are long lost. more…

Our experience of being born and welcomed shapes who we are and how we relate with life. Ancient people acknowledged the creation of new life, from conception and pregnancy to a healthy birth, as dependent on the grace of a deep more…

The vital and timeless ritual of initiation has been lost in our culture, leaving young people confused about their purpose and their relationship to the whole of life. This ritual is designed to address and foster a deeper connection to more…

The vital and timeless ritual of initiation has been lost in our culture, leaving young people confused about their purpose and their relationship to the whole of life. Without the guidance and support of ritual and community, the powerful drives more…

Experience what happens when you take down the walls separating human beings from the living world. Heal your life by relating deeply to nature, each other, yourself. We speak about being ‘connected,’ but do we experience that? In the experience more…

The divine feminine is the energy of creation. Only by restoring the knowledge and experience of the sacred feminine will a new way of being emerge for our people. The experiential learning of the Lifeways Women’s Retreat, Ukalai, will change more…

Embark on a pilgrimage to your soul. Strip away society’s baggage, and learn to balance action, compassion, feelings and achievements in daily life. Ukilái: (Uh-key-lá-ee) is a word in the Huichol indigenous language that means “a man who has reached a more…

Partnership is a domain of learning, like music or engineering. However, few people have had the benefit of teachers or elders to prepare them for it. Consequently, we haven’t learned how to turn falling in love into a life of more…

Engage with the deep purpose behind the transitions in your life by listening to the deep knowing of your heart. Learn practices and skills to reap the full benefits of change and growth in this two-day program. The Lifeways Transitions more…

Our culture has taught us that death is isolating, a suffering to be avoided at all costs. Our ancestors had a different view: death is a peaceful, nurturing transition, a step toward the next stage of existence as the cycle more…