🌀Fall Equinox Prayer: A Time of Transformation
Tai Guey Itainos!
Bo Matum to Miguel Sagué Jr., and to the entire Taíno Woods Sanctuary family.
Hahom to our sponsors whose generosity made it possible for folks to travel and join the circle. May those blessings return to you tenfold.
We prayed, played, and shared story by the fire — a beautiful equinox gathering in balance.
This sanctuary is a living altar co-created with you. If you are called to lead or co-host ceremony, bring your vision forward.
💚 Supporting Our Sanctuary: Membership and Donations
🌿 Becoming a member of Taíno Woods Sanctuary is more than a $10 subscription — it’s a way to support sacred work and keep this land as a space for healing, connection, and cultural preservation.
Membership offers access to gatherings, apprenticeship, song circle, online workshops during winter months, our knowledge library, private Taíno Social network, and time on the land with your family. Ask us how?
Your generosity sustains the sanctuary. Whether through membership, donations, or volunteering, every gift keeps the fire alive.🔥 ✨
🙌 Come Celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Celebration Love🫶
📅 Saturday, October 4th | 🕛 Noon–10 PM | 🏕 Overnight available
A day to honor our land stewards, board, apprentices, and volunteers with joy, song, and dance.
🎤 Open Mic & Spoken Word
🔥 Fire Circle & Drum
🍲 Shared Meal & Potluck
🕺🏽 Dance, laughter & good medicine
Want to share on the mic? Email events@tainowoods.com
Han Han Katu. Seneko Kakona.
You are the rhythm of this sanctuary.
Spaces are limited, so register today to secure your place in these transformative gatherings! Visit our Gatherings Page to learn more and sign up.
🫶 Roots & Radiance: A Children’s Nature Retreat
📅 Saturday, October 18th | 9:00 AM–7:30 PM | Ages 7–12
A one-day retreat to connect with Atabeyra (Mother Earth) through nature walks, mindfulness, yoga, storytelling, art, nourishing meals, and songs by the fire.
📧 Register by 10/18/2025. Parents welcome at closing campfire & s’mores.
Spaces are limited, so register today to secure your place in these transformative gatherings! Visit our Gatherings Page to learn more and sign up.
🪓 Volunteer Weekend: Preparing for Winter
📅 Friday, October 24th – 25th
📅 Friday, November 14th – 16th
Help us close camp, put away tents, put away supplies, kitchen, and split firewood for the winter & spring lodge ceremonies. Your hands keep the ceremonies alive through the cold and all months.
🍂✨ Fall Invitation – To Sit with Sacred Teachers
📅 Friday, October 31st
This season calls us to release what no longer serves. We gather with the Sacred Teachers — Los Niños — for alignment, renewal, and presence.
Steps to walk with us and register for this prayer:
- Become a paid member
- Join Taino Social → Plant Medicine Group
- Introduce yourself
🙌🏾 Reminder
The Sacred Teachers are our Religious Belief and Sacrament. We approach them with prayer, humility, and gratitude.
📧 Questions: events@tainowoods.com
🗓️ Last day to register: 10/28
Your membership not only supports Taino Woods Sanctuary, but also ensures that we can keep offering accessible healing ceremonies, cultural workshops, and transformative gatherings for all.
Spaces are limited, so register today to secure your place in these transformative gatherings! Visit our Gatherings Page to learn more and sign up.
🌀 Día de los Muertos Purification Lodge
📅 Saturday, November 1st, 2025
🕘 9:00 AM arrival | 10:00 AM fire lighting
As the veil thins, we enter the lodge to honor ancestors, release grief, and call in guidance. Through steam, sweat, song, and silence, we walk with them in prayer.
Bring:
- Modest ceremonial clothing (per Guanara Lodge Protocol)
- Two towels + change of clothes
- Water & altar offering (photo, flower, stone, fruit, candle)
- Dish for potluck
- Optional gifts for ceremony leaders (tobacco, sage, cedar, copal)
💚 Sliding scale donation for religious belief and sacrament teachings and to sustain the space: $50–$100. If you need sponsorship email: Events@tainowoods.com no one is turned away. 🙏🏽
Spaces are limited, so register today to secure your place in these transformative gatherings! Visit our Gatherings Page to learn more and sign up.
✨ Community Reminder
Would you share this letter with one friend, one neighbor, one relative?
Healing grows through kinship, not algorithms.
🌿 Community is wellness. Thank you for walking with us.
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Welcome! Sign up at tainowoods.com for one newsletter a month.
Until we meet again — walk gently, keep your word like a sacred bundle, and know we are praying with you.
With all relations,
🌿 Taíno Woods Sanctuary
Home of fire, song, and rooted community
🍂🌞 Fall Equinox Blessings 🌞🍂
Bo Matum to Miguel Sagué Jr. and to all who gathered with us in prayer, play, and story.
Hahom to our generous sponsors — your love opened the way for others to walk this path. 🙌
✨ What’s Next at Taíno Woods Sanctuary ✨
Register today! to secure your place in these transformative gatherings! Visit our Gatherings Page to learn more and sign up.
🔥 Oct 4 – Volunteer Appreciation (open mic, fire circle, potluck & dance)
A day to honor our land stewards, board, apprentices, and volunteers with joy, song, and dance!
🌿 Oct 18 – Roots & Radiance Children’s Retreat
A one-day retreat to connect with Atabeyra (Mother Earth) through nature walks, mindfulness, yoga, storytelling, art, nourishing meals, and songs by the fire.
🪓 Oct 24 – 26th – Volunteer Day: Preparing for Winter
Help us close camp, put away tents, put away supplies, kitchen, and split firewood for the winter & spring lodge ceremonies. Your hands keep the ceremonies alive through the cold and all months.
🍂 Oct 31 – Fall Ceremony with Sacred Teachers
This season calls us to release what no longer serves. We gather with the Sacred Teachers — Los Niños — for alignment, renewal, and presence.
💀 Nov 1 – Día de los Muertos Purification Lodge
As the veil thins, we enter the lodge to honor ancestors, release grief, and call in guidance. Through steam, sweat, song, and silence, we walk with them in prayer.
🪓 Nov 14th – 16th – Volunteer Day: Preparing for Winter
Join us on the land, in prayer, and online at tainowoods.com
Community is wellness. Together we keep the fire alive. 🔥🫶