newsletter_December07

Andrew Soliz of Sacred Ways leads Inipi ceremonies (sweat lodges)
every month in Ojai. Starting now, all the lodges we run from Ojai
will be Wopila Lodges (gratitude loges).
These have changed my life and those around me in a very
positive way.

Sweat Lodge Schedule for December & January

December 22nd - Community lodge
December 23rd- Men's Lodge
Janurary 26th - community Lodge
January 27th - Men's Lodge

Please email to sign up and to receive new location.

If you are interested in having an Inipi Ceremony (sweat lodge) for
your group, class or retreat, contact andrew@sacred-ways.org

Andrew Soliz also does wedding ceremonies, healing sessions,
funerals and rites of passage ceremonies. For more info email andrew@sacred-ways.org

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New Year's Purification and Celebration Retreat
with Hala Khouri and Andrew Soliz
Ojai Eco Sanctuary
Dec. 29th- Jan. 1st 2007

Please join us at the Ojai Eco- Sanctuary for 4 days of clearing, intention setting and celebration as we welcome the new year. Andrew Soliz from Sacred Ways, will be leading a sweat lodge ceremony and purification ritual, Tony Khalife will grace us with his music; and we have other special teachers, healers, and musicians offering their services and art. There will be two yoga classes daily, live music, hiking, ecstatic dance celebration, incredible food, sound healing, bodywork and lots of spontaneous fun and connection.

We will be staying in the magical, Sacred Valley of Ojai, California (1.5 hours away from Los Angeles) on a historical property situated on 55 acres of land surrounded by pristine mountain terrain. This sanctuary also features an Outdoor Yoga Deck, Indoor Yoga Yurt, Lavender Fields, Ceremonial Kiva, Sweatlodge and Fire Pit, Organic Vinyard and Winery, Organic Fruit and Vegetable Gardens, Observation Deck, Salt Water Pool and Chumash Indian Archeological Site. Hiking trails and wildlife are abundant in the area and in the surrounding national forest. This is a uniquely intimate, unspoiled experience of nature.

email hala@halakhouri.com or call 310.663.4644 for more information and to register.

ACCOMODATIONS AND RATES

*EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT AVAILABLE IF PAID BY November 15th. Deposit of $250 will hold your space (this is non-refundable)

*All prices are per person and include accommodations, food, and yoga classes (bodywork is extra) for 3 nights and 4 days. Sweatlodge is $35 extra.

MAIN HOUSE
Double Occupancy $680 ($720 after 11/15) ∗SOLD OUT∗
Double Occupancy Porch (shared bath) $620 ($660 after 11/15)
Group Occupancy* (3-4 per room) $595 ($635 after 11/15)
*you can sign up on your own for a group room, we will put the groups together.
Single Porch $600 ($640 after 11/15) ∗SOLD OUT∗

ARTIST STUDIO (private bath)
Double Occupancy $695 ($735 after 11/15)
Triple Occupancy $655 ($705 after 11/15)

COTTAGE: (one queen bed; use bathrooms in Main House) Double Occupancy: $640 ($680 after 11/15) Triple Occupancy: $600 ($640 after 11/15) ∗SOLD OUT∗

TEA HOUSE (Enclosed outdoor sleeping space built on stilts with two double beds; use bathroom in house. Amazing views. Electricity in the room.) ∗SOLD OUT∗

YURT (dorm style accommodations with shared bath)
Group occupancy: $560 flat rate

For more information email info@halakhouri.com

Happy Holidays !
Peace, Love and
blessings to you !