Big Heart Circle

Caring For Carl

Posted by in Carl Big Heart, Community Updates, Family, November 2014

Carl’s recent surgery has not only challenged our community by keeping Carl from joining us at the lodge sites in ceremony this fall, his surgery has also challenged our ability to support him in the ways we usually do. Conversations have been occurring on both sides of the Atlantic about how we as a family can best support Carl in his time of need. In North America, Ruth, Billy Turtle Warrior, Natalie Little Crow, Dominik and myself have been having ongoing dialogues about the best ways to do this. How…read more

Updates from Ireland

Posted by in Community Updates, Family, Ireland, Memories, November 2014

Thanks to Stefan and everybody else who has contributed to initiating the Big Heart Newsletter. This is a great idea and a really valuable service to our community. It provides a great opportunity for all of us in the various countries to get to know each other and provides a window (espeically with the photos) into what the lodge communities and camps are like in each country. The newsletter is especially welcome for the majority of people who have not had the opportunity to travel and meet personally our brothers…read more

2014 Thanksgiving Sweat Lodge, Feast, & Talking Circle

Posted by in Community Updates, Thanksgiving Lodge Weekend

Dearest Friends and Family, This weekend we gather again for our annual Thanksgiving Lodge: and oh, how much we have to be thankful for! This year has provided so much movement, grace and beauty in all of our lives and within the Circle. Please join us in person, or in your heart, as we once again circle up to support one other and give back to the Hoop.  Each of us sits in a critical spot in our lives and as we gather, we strengthen and let go of what is…read more

Big Heart at Antropia

Posted by in Community Updates, Holland, Memories, October 2014

Menno is one of the community members of the circle over in Holland. Recently the circle there has been displaced from the property (Antropia) where they have been gathering and doing sweats on for years. Menno remembers to us his early experiences of meeting Carl, the circle, and growing fond of the land at Antropia:   The first time Carl Big Heart came to Holland, the sweatlodge ceremony was held within the organisation of a festival.  Several years the ceremonies were held every weekend at a different place of the country. So…read more