As the vibrant days of the 25th EUROTAS Global Transpersonal Conference in Oaxaca now recede into memory, a quiet reverence remains. The land, the people, and the ceremonies have imprinted their wisdom deeply — weaving together diverse voices and traditions into one living field of consciousness. The theme Xolotl – Innovations and Traditions in the Arts and Sciences of Being became a lived experience of weaving and being woven, where dialogue transformed into ceremony and the collective psyche met the pulse of the Earth.

The EUROTAS Global Network Lineage does not begin here — it has been woven through decades of visionary co-creation, collective resilience, and shared commitment to planetary transformation.

It is a privilege to stand within this lineage, in service to transcultural weavings of pluriversal epistemologies and relational ontologies, paving the way for new horizons of planetary consciousness.

In Oaxaca, threads speak. Patterns are not mere decoration but cosmology—each woven strand a story, a lineage, a relationship. As we gather for the 25th EUROTAS Conference and its Pre-Conference Retreat, co-created with @EUROTAS2025, this ancestral art of weaving becomes both a practice and a guiding metaphor: we are not only weaving; we are being woven.

The crises of our times—ecological devastation, cultural fragmentation, and spiritual amnesia—demand new forms of activism. While marches, protests, and resistance remain necessary, there is another path emerging at the heart of planetary transformation: ceremony as activism.

We are all born of the womb. Each of us carries the embodied memory of the umbilical cord — our first thread of nourishment, safety, and belonging. Before language, before thought, before separation, we lived in a state of pure relationality. The maternal womb was our first ecology, a sacred environment that held us in care and interdependence.

To advocate for ecoliteracy is to re-root education, spirituality, and culture in the recognition of these interwoven patterns. It is to teach that rivers, fungi, animals, ancestors, and stars are not objects but kin. It is to listen to the living world as a text of sacred pedagogy, where every being has voice and agency.

This is not a course. It is a sacred, individualized journey, co-created with you and guided by Dr. Regina U. Hess, Visionary Founder/Director of Birthing an Ancient Future – Multidisciplinary Council of Peace-Builders.

Over nine months—the time of a human pregnancy—you walk a path of metamorphosis. From caterpillar to butterfly. From fragmentation to wholeness. From searching to embodying.

It is a process that reaches into the depth of your soul’s dreams, awakening your original potential, and creating lasting, sustainable transformation from the inside out.

In these times of crisis and transformation, the call to gather in wisdom fields becomes ever more urgent. The 25th EUROTAS Conference in Oaxaca, Mexico (October 22–26, 2025) invites a transcultural circle of remembrance and becoming. Rooted in the fertile soils of ancestral Mexico, we will weave together pluriversal relational knowledges—Indigenous, transpersonal, ecological, artistic, and ceremonial—toward the regeneration of life.

The Sacred Hoop, the cherry tree, the interwoven tapestry—these are not metaphors alone but pathways of practice. They invite humanity to embody remembrance, to live as kin with all relations, and to celebrate the miracle of interdependence.

Mitakuye Oyasin – We are all related.

Birth and death are not opposites but thresholds within a living continuum. Each breath, heartbeat, and cell echoes the rhythms of Earth itself. To be born is to emerge from the womb of Earth, to embody her minerals, waters, and ancestral memories. To die is to return those borrowed elements, dissolving into the soil, air, and cosmos. Life is not owned; it is gifted by the Earth, held in reciprocity, and entrusted to human care.

There is an ancient knowing in the human heart: life flourishes only in relationship. Yet, the modern age has woven a dangerous illusion—an individualistic story of separation, of ME - an egocentric-human-centric hybris - apart from the great web of life. This story has fractured the sacred hoop of humanity and left the more-than-human world—our plant, animal, mineral, and elemental kin—wounded by our forgetfulness.

In this time of great transition, educators, facilitators, and cultural weavers are called to become gardeners of consciousness—tending to inner landscapes while cultivating outer worlds of peace. The Garden we carry is not a metaphor alone; it is a living curriculum rooted in Indigenous kinship, transpersonal inquiry, and Earth-honoring practice.

In a time where the world trembles with both rupture and renewal, the way we walk—metaphorically and literally—matters more than ever. To “walk your talk” is not merely a personal mantra; it is a sacred act of coherence, where words, values, and actions converge in embodied alignment. This is the path of integrity. A path where spiritual practice is not abstract but rooted in how we live, love, create, and serve.

This retreat is not simply personal—it is planetary. Each participant becomes a Peace-Builder in Action, cultivating ethical responsibility, reciprocal relationships, and a renewed capacity for sacred activism.

The Sacred Soul in Unity Retreat is one offering within a larger movement of educational, ceremonial, and planetary transformation led by the Birthing an Ancient Future – Multidisciplinary Council of Peace-Builders.

We live in a time of profound fragmentation and global transition—where many are searching not just for healing, but for wholeness. A wholeness that is not individualistic or isolated, but woven from the living threads of our ancestors, our bodies, the land, and the cosmos. This is the path of Intimate Interconnectedness—a sacred remembering of who we truly are in relationship with all that is.

This is a global call for Peace-Builders, Dream Weavers, Earth Stewards, and Bridge Walkers to step into ceremonial co-creation. Whether your lineage is rooted in Indigenous traditions or in the seeking heart of remembrance—you are needed now.

This is not just a movement—it is a memory reawakened, a future re-membered.

It is a sacred invitation to return to the Web of Life—and to become weavers of a new reality.

Sacred Pilgrimage of the Soul at Sacred Sites - as a Shamanic Journey through different time lines - for individual, collective and planetary Transformation

developed/choreographed/led by Dr. Regina U. Hess, Birthing an Ancient Future