Ka Ta See, "living in balance from the heart," is
an ancient tradition brought to this country by Chea and Domano
Hetaka, elders and shamans from South America. Following
their tribal prophecy, the Hetakas left their remote village to
share their tradition with our western industrialized
culture. As kala keh nah sehs, seers, healers and
weavers of webs of balance, the Hetakas shared the teachings of
Ka Ta See to offer empowering tools for creating healing and
balance in a world ruled by judgment and fear. JoAnne
Dodgson studies with Kay Cordell Whitaker
(The Reluctant Shaman and Sacred Link) who
apprenticed with the Hetakas for many years.
This unique
medicine storytelling tradition of the kala keh nah seh is
a path of awakening in which knowledge ~ true knowing ~ is
based on first-hand experience. Each person's path of learning
and awakening is understood to be unique, growing out
of her/his own explorations and discoveries. The
process of healing and growth is grounded in each
individual's particular choices, life purpose, passions
and gifts.
The quest for self ~ to know who
you really are ~ is at the heart of Ka Ta
See. Each and every person, all beings, have a unique essence
and energy which is poetically described in this tradition as
"Song." Awakening our Song is a powerful remembering, a
reconnection with our unique vibration. Song is a vast
and wondrous feeling of joy and aliveness, passion and
peace, curiosity, understanding and unconditional
love.
Knowing our Song is
about feeling and expressing the truths of who we are,
understanding our life purpose, following our passions, and living
with equity and connectedness with all beings in the vast web
of life. Living our Song is an extraordinary gift to ourselves which
resonates happiness, peace, balance and harmony in the
world.
The teachings of Ka Ta
See offer empowering tools for expanding awareness and removing the
blinders of "masks." With uncompromising honesty and diligent
examination of our beliefs about ourselves, others and the world, we
can uncover our masks ~ the judgments and fears, all the "shoulds"
and "supposed-to's," that we have learned and adopted from our
society, media, families, schools, religions and other sources
of social and cultural conditioning.
When we're blinded
by our masks and not resonating in our essence and truths,
it is fears, judgments and addictive patterns that control
the ways we think and feel and live. Masks generate stress,
numbness, confusion, hierarchies, and power struggles within us, in
our relationships, and in our world. When we learn
to identify, honor and let go of masks with gratitude and
compassion, we awaken our empowerment and discover
our freedom to live authentically, to thrive in
our passions and joy, and flourish in the expression of our
Song.
 
Healing and
growth is a spiral path ~ a perpetual unfolding of
exploration, discovery and movement toward the expansive center of
our being, which resonates with vast awareness, ancient knowing,
freedom, connectedness and unconditional love.
As sacred geometry, the
spiral offers a healing pathway which guides the process of
transformation and change. In our personal journeys of
self-discovery and healing, as we dance the path of the spiral,
we have the opportunity to connect with the medicines and
gifts of the Four Directions. Exploring the knowledge and
energies of these vast spiritual beings, we broaden our
understanding and awaken our awareness on all levels, freeing
ourselves to intentionally choose the direction of our
life path, healing and growth.
The Gift of the South is the invitation to radiate in
the vibration of our beingness, to feel our passionate aliveness and
joy, to be and express and share our Song. We can choose to
resonate in the empowerment and beauty of Song in each and every
moment, in any circumstance.
The Gift of the West is
the invitation to find inner stillness, to set aside the chatter in
our minds, to let go of distracting thoughts and feelings, to clear
away judgments and fears. In letting go of masks
with understanding and gratitude, we reclaim our freedom,
peace, vast awareness and clear vision. We learn to
befriend death and trust in the transformative power of
change.
The Gift of the North is
the invitation to connect with the vast rivers of life energy which
dance in and around us in all that exists, in all of
life. When we fill ourselves with life energy, we fuel our
Songs with a perpetual flow of nourishment, creativity and
connectedness. We connect with vast realms of information and
resonate with abundance, vitality and healing.
The Gift of the East is
the invitation to enter the dreamtime, to expand our awareness
and open our non-linear mind. Utilizing all of our
senses, we reach out with clear intent to connect with unseen
realms beyond the 3-D world. Lifting the veils between worlds,
we communicate with spirits and connect with the ancient
wisdoms and spiritual guidance that live within us and all
around.
Living and Being
Song (Gift of the South), Clearing Away Masks (Gift of the
West), Filling with Life Energy (Gift of the North), and Connecting
with the Non-linear Realms (Gift of the East) brings incredible
power to focus our attention, direct our energy, access boundless
knowing, and manifest our experiences with freedom,
clarity and choice. Moving into
the ever-unfolding center of the spiral, the vast heart-center
of the universe and our being, we are free to own and express
our joy, aliveness, curiosity, peace and connectedness with all that
is.
THIS IS THE WAY
OF KA TA SEE, LIVING IN BALANCE FROM THE HEART ~ A PASSIONATE, FLOWING, EXUBERANT DANCE WITH
THE MAGIC AND BEAUTY OF LIFE
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