Welcome to the Language of Spirit Conference! This has been our signature conference for the past eight years, and we feel it represents the spirit of SEED. Since it changes every year, we look forward with anticipation to an extraordinary and unique event.
EMBASSY SUITES HOTEL
We are pleased to offer accommodations at the brand new Embassy Suites Hotel, Albuquerque. Embassy offers all-suite accommodations, an included full breakfast and Happy Hour, its own full-service spa, coffee shop, and atrium-style architecture with beautiful natural light and fountain. The hotel is conveniently located near downtown Albuquerque, Nob Hill/UNM entertainment district, Old Town shopping, museums,and restaurants. We have negotiated a special discount rate of only $109 per night for conference attendees. Please call 1-800-EMBASSY or visit www.embassysuites.com (write SEE in the Group/Convention Code slot) to reserve a room under the SEED Room Block. If you would like to share a room, please submit your information to SEED's Room Share list here.
DIRECTIONS TO EMBASSY SUITES
From the Albuquerque International Airport take I-25 north toward Santa Fe. Take Lomas, Exit #225. Make a left on Lomas, going underneath the I-25 overpass. Make a right on Woodward Place. Hotel is located on the right hand side.
REGISTRATION/CHECK IN AT THE CONFERENCE
You may register for the conference from 9 am to 4 pm on Saturday, August 12th at Embassy Suites or at 8 am – 9:00 am Sunday morning August 13th. Please pick up your badge for the conference at registration and your lunch ticket (if applicable.)
OPENING RECEPTION AT SEED GRADUATE INSTITUTE
The opening reception will take place from 5:30- 7 pm on Saturday, August 12th, 2006 at SEED Graduate Institute. Directions: From Embassy Suites, go West on Lomas until it joins Central Ave. Continue on Central across the Old Town Bridge. Turn right at the 2nd signal after the bridge on Atrisco Drive. Go 1.7 miles to SEED, 1700 Atrisco Dr. NW. It will be on your right-hand side. Attire is dress casual. There will be refreshments and a jazz duo including Alfonso Montuori on saxophone.
OPENING NIGHT FILMS AT SEED GRADUATE INSTITUTE:
The Sodizin Ceremony: The Reunion of Mother Earth with her Children, 7-8 pm
A fascinating documentary film about a traditional healing ceremony for Mother Earth performed on Mount Taylor, near Grants, NM. The ceremony’s purpose was to "correct" the energy alignments of the earth with particular attention to the "imbalance" in the super volcanic caldera at Yellowstone in Wyoming. Starring Leon Secatero and Grandfather Martinez.
The Language of Spirituality, 8-9 pm
The opening evening will feature the documentary film by Tony Dellaflora, co-founder of the DigiFest Film Festival of Albuquerque. The is entitled The Language of Spirituality, and features many members of the dialogue conference, including Leroy Little Bear and the late Dan Moonhawk Alford. After the showing, the filmmaker will take questions from the audience, and, if times remains, a mini-dialogue will be held.
LUNCH ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY
If you haven't signed up for lunches at the conference, we encourage you to do so, as there won't be much of a break to get out an back during these times and it is a great way to get to know some of the people attending the conference. Please sign up for meals by August 5, 2006.
BOOKS FOR SALE
Books by our conference presenters and other writers on related themes will be available for purchase throughout the conference. Tapes and manuscripts from past Language of Spirit Conferences will also be available for sale. You can sign up to purchase CDs and/or transcripts at the conference; CDs will be available shortly after the conclusion of the conference. The transcript takes several months to a full year to prepare. We ask that you please make your purchase during break times.
CO-SPONSORS TABLE
This conference is co-sponsored by the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium, the Institute of Noetic Sciences, the California Institute of Integral Studies, Friends of the Indigenous Elders, New Dimensions World Broadcasting Network, the Indigenous Education Institute, Light of Consciousness Journal, Saybrook Graduate School and Research Center, Science & Spirit magazine, ReVision Journal, the Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice, La Montanita Coop, and The Message Company. Materials from the organizations will be available in the main conference area. Our sponsors are exceptional organizations and we encourage you to find out more about them. If you have materials from other worthy organizations you would like to display, please let us know well in advance.
CEU UNITS
The conference is approved for 20 CEU units for LPCC, LMHC, and LCSW in New Mexico. The pre-conference workshop is worth an additional 5 units. There will be a required sign-up forms and evaluation forms at the conference. We do not charge a fee for applying for CEU units. Out of state CEU units may or may not be transferable depending on reciprocation agreements between states. Please contact the appropriate board in your state with questions.
WEATHER CONDITIONS/TEMPERATURE
August is New Mexico’s rainy season, which means it can rain, not that it will rain. Every dawn typically begins with clear skies and temperatures in the 60’s and peaks in the low to mid-90’s. In the late afternoon, we will be treated to beautiful cumulus clouds and gathering thunderheads. It will rain somewhere in New Mexico nearly every day in August, but not necessarily where we are. The clouds and approaching twilight make for a beautiful light that has drawn artists to New Mexico for centuries. If it does rain, it can rain with sudden force, so be sure to take cover, and if driving, to avoid arroyos (washes.) The altitude is about one mile high in Albuquerque, about the same as Denver. The altitude in Santa Fe or Taos is 7000 ft, in the mountains about Santa Fe, 13,000 ft., and atop the Sandia (watermelon) Mountains by Albuquerque, 10,000 feet.
For information on things to do around Albuquerque, the Primer on Dialogue (recommended reading before attending the conference) and information about SEED Graduate Institute, please click on the links below:
About SEED Graduate Institute
Things to Do In and Around Albuquerque
Primer on Dialogue
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