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Toltec Overnight Retreat – Spring Equinox Mitote

Feb 28, 2026 10:08PM ● By Jerome Bilaos

This Spring Equinox, March 21–22, Janet StraightArrow will guide an 18-hour Toltec Mitote ceremony inspired by the teachings of Don Miguel Ruiz, author of The Four Agreements. The overnight experience is designed to clear outdated patterns and stored emotional energy while expanding awareness through chanting, rest and dreamwork.

A Mitote is a sacred Toltec shamanic ceremony that moves through waking, sleeping and lucid dreaming states. Participants rotate in chanting rounds while others rest in a circle around an indoor fire, supporting energetic release and visionary insight.

StraightArrow began her shamanic path in 1992 and apprenticed with Doña Bernadette, training in Peru, Mexico and New Mexico. She now leads annual Mitote ceremonies for personal breakthrough and renewal.

The retreat begins Saturday at 3 p.m. with preparation and a light meal, followed by the midnight ceremony and sunrise reflection. Fee is $333. A brief call is required prior to registration.

Call 973-647-2500 or visit BeTheMedicine.com for details. See ad, page 9.
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Spring officially sprung on March 21. We have turned our clocks ahead. We are looking forward to warm winds, sunny skies and the smell of fresh cut grass. The daffodils and tulips have recently bloomed and we are just starting with the yard work that comes with the warmer weather.  Sadly, another season has started ramping up.  Tick season.

•             The best form of protection is prevention. Educating oneself about tick activity and how our behaviors overlap with tick habitats is the first step.

•             According to the NJ DOH, in 2022 Hunterdon County led the state with a Lyme disease incidence rate of 426 cases per 100,000 people. The fact is ticks spend approximately 90% of their lives not on a host but aggressively searching for one, molting to their next stage or over-wintering. This is why a tick remediation program should be implemented on school grounds where NJ DOH deems high risk for tick exposure and subsequent attachment to human hosts.

•             Governor Murphy has signed a bill that mandates tick education in NJ public schools. See this for the details.  Tick education must now be incorporated into K-12 school curriculum. See link:

https://www.nj.gov/education/broadcasts/2023/sept/27/TicksandTick-BorneIllnessEducation.pdf

•             May is a great month to remind the public that tick activity is in full swing. In New Jersey, there are many tickborne diseases that affect residents, including Anaplasmosis, Babesiosis, Ehrlichiosis, Lyme disease, Powassan, and Spotted Fever Group Rickettsiosis.

•             For years, the focus has mainly been about protecting ourselves from Lyme disease. But other tick-borne diseases are on the rise in Central Jersey. An increase of incidence of Babesia and Anaplasma are sidelining people too. These two pathogens are scary because they effect our blood cells. Babesia affects the red blood cells and Anaplasma effects the white blood cells.

•             Ticks can be infected with more than one pathogen. When you contract Lyme it is possible to contract more than just that one disease. This is called a co-infection. It is super important to pay attention to your symptoms. See link.

https://twp.freehold.nj.us/480/Disease-Co-Infection

A good resource from the State:

https://www.nj.gov/health/cd/topics/tickborne.shtml

 

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