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What are the Dragonfly Practices?
The Dragonfly Practices are inspired by ancient spiritual traditions from all other the world and especialy by the Toltec tradition.
Their goal is to help human beings access more of their potential in terms of consciousness, well being and perception.
Those practices include movements, breathwork, awareness of the body, the review of one’s life in order to bring more understanding about and release of patterns of behavior, the cultivation of deep states of inner silence, ancient symbolic languages…
Humans, in an indigenous and oral context, experience their own consciousness as simply one form of awareness among many others. The traditional magician cultivates an ability to shift out of his or her common state of consciousness precisely in order to make contact with the other organic forms of sensitivity and awareness with which human existence is entwined. Only by temporarily shedding the accepted perceptual logic of his culture can the sorcerer hope to enter into relation with other species on their own terms; only by altering the common organization of his senses will he be able to enter into a rapport with the multiple nonhuman sensibilities that animate the local landscape.
It is this, we might say, that defines a shaman: the ability to readily slip out of the perceptual boundaries that demarcate his or her particular culture—boundaries reinforced by social customs, taboos, and most importantly, the common speech or language—in order to make contact with, and learn from, the other powers in the land. His magic is precisely this heightened receptivity to the meaningful solicitations—songs, cries, gestures—of the larger, more-than-human field. Magic, then, in its perhaps most primordial sense, is the experience of existing in a world made up of multiple intelligences, the intuition that every form one perceives—from the swallow swooping overhead to the fly on a blade of grass, and indeed the blade of grass itself—is an experiencing form, an entity with its own predilections and sensations, albeit sensations that are very different from our own.
Abram, David. The Spell of the Sensuous
Guilhem Morera aka Jim Morris is the founder of the Dragonfly Practices. Guilhem was trained in the modern form of an ancient Toltec tradition in Los Angeles with the apprentices of Carlos Castaneda during 10 years. Back to France, he organized and guided Tensegrity® events all over Europe for Cleargreen Inc, the organization founded by Carlos Castaneda to spread his teachings. Since 2019, he founded the Dragonfly Practices and started to develop his own work, bridging the practical tools of the Toltec tradition with the esoteric knowledge of the Western world. In addition to his Tensegrity® training, Guilhem was also trained and certified in the old science of the cards by author and astrologer Robert Lee Camp. Guilhem is the author of two books about the science of the cards, one of them in collaboration with author and specialist of the megaliths Howard Crowhurst. In the last years, with a team of colleagues and the association Dragonfly Cayla, Guilhem opened a Center in South of France, in the Aveyron region, to host spiritual events and retreats. In addition to presential workshops, Guilhem is also offering online series of classes and private sessions where he uses his knowledge of the cards and astrology to help people answer questions they may have about their lives.
Dragonflies insects are a symbol of lightness, so they come and go unoticed, merge with their environement and bridge the dream world – the world of images – with the everyday world. They are a symbol of metamorphosis: the symbol of leaving behind the old stories that we endlessly repeat to ourselves, the stories embeded in our bodies on the form of emotions and pain, to step into a new, more luminous way of looking at the mysteries of life.
Body work
The practice of specific series of movements and breaths in order to get back energy and vitality and to reawaken the intelligence of the body, to be present here and now.
Review of one’s life
In order to bring some light to our patterns of behaviors. Going back to our “stories” and sharing them as a way to release them. Quieting the waters of our emotions and the winds of our mind.
Symbolic languages
The old symbolic languages that help human beings understand themseves better and better navigate their lives.
CONNECTION TO THE EARTH
To reestablish a connection with the Earth and all the sentient beings. Learning from the plants, the mineral, the animal kingdoms…
The Dragonfly Practices entice a mood of humility, of willingness to look at ourselves and at the impact of our words, actions and thoughts on ourselves and others, a mood of awe and respect for all expression of life and all traditions.
We beleive that humanity is at a turning point and need more than ever the help and wisdom of the old traditions. We are intending to create a space for the expression of those traditions in our modern times.