Katja Esser presents at America’s Stonehenge

Winter Solstice, Sat. Dec. 19 at 5 pm, America’s Stonehenge, Salem NH (weather permitting, details will be posted closer to the event).

Katja Esser is an inspirational artist, mask and costume designer, ritualist, photographer and performer. She has exhibited her work in the Netherlands, New York and Boston. Katja has studied different forms of movement and voice. She has created sacred ceremonies for the seasons since 1992 for small and large groups of people of which the summer solstice at America’s Stonehenge is most well known. She is very involved in african based spirituality with Malidoma Some and the East Coast Village which has brought her to Africa a few times. She creates rituals and gives talks on colleges and universities. Katja has sung with Bonesong, an improvisational sacred singing quartet that sings in a cave. She performs with the Theater Behind The Mask in schools through Young Audiences and at First Night. She created a performance around ‘The Hidden Life of Trees’ with Ricardo Frota in which she appears in a full tree costume that took her a year and half to make. Katja has an extensive website www.ritualexpressions.com at which her work can be viewed.

Ann Sousa is a Shamanic Practitioner and Diviner, currently studying with Malidoma Somé, a West African Shaman and is in community with the East Coast Village. Ann is a Certified Fire Walk Instructor Ann utilizes the element of fire to connect to the ancestor world. She has visited and traveled with Peruvian Shamans. She is a Shamballa and Reiki Master. She holds a degree in Mental Health and Science. Ann has done extensive work in the process of death and dying for the past 25 years and is an intuitive healer, channeling EN+R+GY with the ancestors and the universe. She practices daily sacred ritual with the ancestors through the gateways of fire. Ann utilizes her deep and abiding connection with the depths of Water for reconciliation and healing. She loves to dance in the magic and mystery of Nature while traveling through the womb of the Earth Mother. Ann grounds in the ancient remembrance of who we are from within the Mineral of our bones and DNA. At Shamanic Pathways Healing Center, Ann’s goal is to assist you in bringing harmonic balance to all levels of your DNA being. Ann will track and reset patterns and behaviors from your own lineage as you release what no longer serve you. Being in alignment with the Ancestors, The Law of Attraction and the Elements can brings you to your inner joy. www.shamanicpathwayshealingcenter.com  

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