Art Video
Winter Sleep
This short art video is about the Dreaming of a Mother Bear presented by My Bear Self!
It was made spontaneously while we were in Sweden in April and unexpectedly experienced a White Easter (rather than the White Christmas we had hoped for a few months earlier in the same location).
One of my long-standing dreams was to put on a bear costume, roam in the forest and hibernate in a cave – so I took the opportunity to do just that.
On another level this art video is about dissolving separation between humans – animals, self – other, ancestors – future generations, inner world – outside world, life -death and so forth.
In the final reckoning this short film is my living will as it communicates my wishes for my own death and beyond.
Imelda Almqvist
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About Imelda
Imelda Almqvist teaches shamanism, sacred art and internationally.
Her book “Natural Born Shamans: A Spiritual Toolkit For Life”, Using shamanism creatively with young people of all ages was published by Moon in August 2016.
http://www.shaman-healer-painter.co.uk/
https://imeldaalmqvist.wordpress.com/
Imelda is a presenter on Year of Ceremony with Sounds True
http://affiliate.soundstrue.com/aff_c?offer_id=124&aff_id=2260&url_id=86
And she will present on the Shamanism Global Summit with The Shift Network on July 25tth