must say everyone michel granbury here welcome to another episode of positive energy bringing enlightening television for your evolving soul sharon silverstein and deva vidia are passionate about creating sacred space for women they offer spiritual retreats concerts hear talk on and community gatherings that show women how to stand in their power and reach their fullest potential prepare to be inspired by these two powerful women as positive energy starts right we are so excited to be back here with you michel always a pleasure it's always fun yeah i think we always have fun together yes i love that you're here to talk about what's up what's next with you guys so what is the of the sacred way the sacred is a teaching and performance group so it's consists of sharon myself and then we have guest musicians that also join us and we bring in the message of bringing back the ways of the sacred so tradition ceremony retreats workshops form and musical performances yes as well as  teaching so it's sort of the latest fusion of you guys bringing your gifts together and doing service in the world with those and sacredness where my you go if you bring in chance from all over the world so we do some beautiful songs from africa and from cuba of native americans and then we've also been writing songs together in that in that genre and in that that that that energy and that message so do you find that more and more people are looking for what you're offering and that there's a calling for it i tend to see that people are really seeking more sacred experiences more spiritual experiences so what do you recommend for people who sort of just starting out they're not familiar with what you do what do you what do you recommend for people what's the best way to start actually writing a book about that it's actually called the secret go figure yeah so i'm actually writing a whole book about that and trying to help people who are just starting on the path for the first time to bring them in on to this this path and i would say that when you first come to the path this is it is tricky because there's so many books and there's so many teachers out there being so many ways to go it is the fusing but you know your book is laying out a path and steps to take and one of them i remember that you were writing about was creating a sacred altar yes that's a great place to start in as a little bit about that really putting yourself into what what you find is the secret that holds that that feeling of the connection with divide energy so it can be anything it could just be taking beautiful you know pine cones and rocks and and elements from nature and putting them be a place for your sacred objects and for your prayer however that looks for you you know people use meditation you know the actual you know speaking some people stay and you know silence some people saying whatever it is but just doesn't needing a sacred space in your home for these sacred objects that to me are triggers positive triggers so you can connect into your own divinity within yourself and then connect to divinity in the sorts you know outside just brings like like sharon said it triggers it just invokes that energy of connecting immediately with the divine yeah it's about creating creating tension it's almost like you're leaving the world behind in a way and sort of entering into that space that coon that you've created yes and it does hold energy in the mornings i am in the world but not of the right you know this yeah and then you know using like a sacred object like mallaby you know the rules same thing you know that every time you say that same prayer into that mallaby the rosary beads the energy of that prayer enters into that sacred objects so when you just pick it up and touch it you automatically enter into that reverence and into that energy of a beautiful yeah i did with you saying that that's probably the easiest place for people to start and if that seems a little out there for you then maybe just go a meditation class take out a yoga studio or pick up a book on like dave is going to write read about it this can really so there is retreats that we do are right now presently just for women but we're moving towards you know opening these retreats up for men as well but it creates a sacred container  for people it shows them how to how to partake in ceremony if they've never done that before in their lives so you know we may call in the four directions you know with prayer and honor each direction and all the animals a new direction all the elements in each direction and it creates a secure container for us and then the star doing some deep eeling work yes we teach them some beautiful secret ceremony that is for healing around the sacred fire that we just call the directions for and they also learn how to be supported by big group the circle that we create this container that we create they learn to start to create the community and that they can really feel supported with and supported by and and to give support and love yeah that's one of the most transformative parts of it is the collective group in the group energy and being with like minded souls and like minded energy and then you know we actually wind up leaving the retreat and really holding onto those relationships i'm sure as it's beautiful thing really is yeah i think our rites of passage also are clued in that you know we in our american culture have some rites of passage well a lot of them have disappeared from you know our way of living so i feel that the retreat and the workshops give people an opportunity to partake in in a rite passage of yes into adulthood  into mother role motherhood the main role or the crone role and now we even have the queen will i have this beautiful ceremony that my friends my beautiful sisters created for me bring in the clean energy into my life and in this this that i am so this is a beautiful way of bringing in this new transitions in your life in a in a gentle and loving and sacred way so this is what we're doing and helping people to love it to navigate that i love it i love it i believe in the power of ritual and it really is because it's so directly experience expressing ourselves through the sacred actions these intentional actions yeah one of the things that you offer as well as a sweat lodge yes so tell us what a s is where did it originate what's the purpose of a sweat lodge you know when they're going to call your school she just wrote an article about it was what i did you can actually find it at way of the sacred dot com on the blog and there's a whole article there  it's a where to begin there's so much that you can say about it's a native american tradition and it's it was created for purification and healing and so if you or your one of your family members had something that we wanted to pray about the they tried to gather together in the in the sweat lodge and we would offer prayers for that specific thing or maybe it's just for the world or maybe it's just you know for the whole community but whatever it is we would go into this this dome shape they take saplings these very young trees and they bend them to create arcs and they create the arcs all around to create a dome and so in native american culture been near the turtle is actually fire is a little mound of dirt which becomes the altar and we place our sacred objects there and that becomes the head of the turtle and then when we go into the sacred space that we need in the joam in the sweat lodge that becomes the mother's earth's womb so we're actually going into the womb and purifying anything that is no longer needed that's not secret that is not and that's through the actual sweating in sweating and prayers and so he's been praised for it to be release they bring in these big beautiful glowing hot stones and place him in a in the pit in the center and then the water bearer will or water and bless the stones with some sacred herbs and then the steam rises and brings our prayers up to spirit and so the steam brings our present to spirit as we pray but it also cleanse like you say it cleans up our bodies are our physical body but also are all four bodies are our emotional body era mental body and there are spiritual body so that when we come out of that sweat lodge it's like we're being birthed it we're being we've we're coming through the the  canal and coming out a brand new being it's very few of you know full of the enemy and there's a receiving line of your sisters that were in that's what lived with you and those that were holding space outside the sweat lodge as well so even if you don't want to go in and do the actual sweating part we hold space outside the sweat lodge with with the participants and then there's a receiving line where we all are silent and we way of taking that ceremony into the water and releasing all the impurities all the things and a lot of service and coming back out of the water fresh and new for and so we do that in the waterfalls and then go in the jungle and on the beautiful pristine beaches of your life and mexico so that sounds incredible and so attractive it's very very beautiful mind if you really want to get out of the cold whether it's in the end of january so as getting better than this know that your music is a big part of what you do and a part of both your retreats and your workshops and your group gatherings so just say a little bit about your sacred music and a bit about the cure time you do and what role that plays and what you music in that way and when we started collaborating with holding these way of the sacred feminine retreat we were like gosh you know we could really is our own songs to teach people through on our retreat afterwards dave and i stayed for another week and we devoted that time to being creative yes so she was writing and i was you know writing as well music and then we were like ok well let's let's write our song about our retreats and so sacred sisterhood came up with what is sacred sisterhood mean to you you know so we wrote it down in one like one words like it means a connection yes so we were like ok well what are we going to call all of this these things that we're doing and it was like she said the way of the sacred and i said no just way of the sick or yes so way of the sacred is it let's make a song that's like what does it mean to be in way of the sacred well it means that you're listening to the stones and you're listening to the trees and you're answering the call to do deep work to enlighten yourself and have a symbiotic relationship with the earth and with yourself and so it was it's music that is tribal it could be music that is we i write in many differ and john rose so the vote helps like write a lot of the lyrics and then a people come to our retreat we always sing the same song to bless the food you know and so they get to know that song and when we eventually were before the end of the retreat we're all singing the same song at the dinner table and you're right that music opens people up oh yes so much beyond just talking about it music teaches it opens doors it makes people feel and has a frequency to it you know it is just one of the best tools that we have of course yeah and i think it really helps people to drop out of their mind and into their heart and then once we're there then we can express ourselves you know with each other what our needs are and how we want to be supported i hope people will check out your music and your calendar and all the wonderful things that you were doing doing and i hope to participate in some of those my style yeah be wonderful and i just really want to acknowledge you because you're such wonderful examples of people who are following their bliss and really really leaning into their purpose and really fulfilling that and you're doing so much wonderful work in the world and you're really blazing a trail for the rest of us  the way anything we're wrapping up another enlightening show i hope we've inspired you to stand in your power and follow your bliss remember you were born to actualize your highest potential i wish you peaceful blessings own shonky thank you for watching and join me next time on positive energy