Jul 8, 2021
Our nonprofit organization, Alliance for the Earth, is dedicated to bringing healing, protection and renewal to the Earth and supporting a global movement of collective awakening. If you are participating in any of our monthly or weekly meditations and are feeling grateful, we encourage you to show your generosity through making a one-time or recurring […]
Jul 8, 2021
The Mandala is the gathering place for our online community to connect with others around the world, get to know each other, share intentions and prayers, dreams and stories, insights, visions…and deepen participation in all of our group practices and offerings. Click here to join the Mandala
Jul 8, 2021
The birth of our new website GaiaMandala.net marks an exciting transition for us from a global healing project to a global healing community. Over the last 30 years, we have grown into a beautiful international family with all of you helping to breathe life into the global healing mandala of Earth Treasure Vase locations every full moon. Another way to […]
Jul 6, 2020
Inspired by a long-held spiritual connection to Tara and a yearning to form a more personal connection to Gaia as a source of refuge, Dharmacharya Cynthia Jurs will be teaching the practice of Tara Gaia that has come to her the weekend of July 25 & 26. This Vajrayana-style practice is truly a blessing that can serve as a spiritual […]
Jul 6, 2020
We are pleased to announce our new website: www.GaiaMandala.net!! 30 years ago, we did not know where the Earth Treasure Vase practice would take us. But as vases have been taken around the world into diverse cultures and communities, it has evolved from the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project into the Gaia Mandala Global Healing […]
Apr 16, 2020
Dear Friends, An opportunity for spiritual growth and transformation like never before is upon us. Gaia is calling us to understand our interconnectedness with each other in new ways, to reflect more deeply on our priorities and direction, and to align ourselves with the creative intelligence of life itself. David Nicol, author of Subtle Activism; The Inner […]
Apr 7, 2020
Cynthia Jurs, founder of the Earth Treasure Vase Global Healing Project and guiding teacher of the Gaia Mandala Sangha, was recently interviewed for the podcast, Buddha at the Gas Pump. This 2-hour (!) interview touched on many of the threads and themes most important to this work and these times. Enjoy!
Feb 7, 2020
Here is the recording of the Jan 25th free call Cynthia Jurs did with David Nicol on Tara Gaia. For those wanting to learn more, it’s a good introduction to what this new practice is all about.
Jan 21, 2020
I have worked privately with Tara Gaia for a long time and it is a big moment to come out with a teaching on a practice I have birthed that has never been shared publicly before! This practice is truly a blessing and can serve as a personal support to you too at this time […]
Jan 21, 2020
TreeSisters is a registered charity that exists to elicit collective responsibility for planetary restoration at the grassroots level with a focus on women and tropical reforestation. TreeSisters is growing a global network of women who donate to fund the acceleration of tropical reforestation as an expression of collective planetary care. Cynthia Jurs has been asked […]
Jan 4, 2020
Bringing an Ancient Practice of Sacred Activism Alive for Today A retreat within the sacred lands of the Tewa People in northern New Mexico at Ghost Ranch with Cynthia Jurs, Marian Naranjo & friends This course has been postponed until August/Sept or possibly October. Specific dates will be announced once they have been scheduled. Applications […]
Oct 21, 2019
A New and Ancient Story Podcast with Charles Eisenstein This conversation with my good friend Cynthia Jurs was originally recorded for my online course, Living in the Gift. It was a meditative, engaging experience with synchronicities that showed up to support the flow of our stories and connection with one another. Truly, it was a lived […]
Aug 6, 2019
This is the beginning of our Nepal Rebuilding Program appeal with more to come!
Mar 21, 2019
Dear Friends, if you are still considering joining our ETV pilgrimage to Crete you still can! Please see the brochure here. It promises to be an incredibly beautiful and richly fulfilling journey of a lifetime — and another powerful opportunity to practice sacred activism with and for Gaia. Registration closes on April 15th.
Mar 21, 2019
Registrations for Gaia Calling: Being a Holy Vessel for Global Healing & Collective Awakening — an 8-week online pilgrimage to go deeper into the Earth Treasure Vase practice beyond the full moon calls — is now open for registration here. During this course, we will strengthen our connection with the Earth as guide and teacher, align our individual purpose with the […]
Mar 21, 2019
For a recent Gaia Calling event, Cynthia shared a slide show of images from the many ETV pilgrimages over the years. This moving visual journey can now be seen on the ETV YouTube Channel here. It’s also posted on our Video Archive page. Enjoy!
Feb 7, 2019
We recently added to our website by posting all the stories for the 2nd Generation Earth Treasure Vases that have been accomplished to date! Click on each location listed here to read its story and see photos. Enjoy! Gabarnmung, Australia Ottawa-Gatineau, Canada Findhorn, Scotland Great Stupa of Boudhnath, Kathmandu, Nepal Kansas, USA Silicon Valley-Santa Cruz […]
Celebrating in Liberia – Our 2nd ETV and 4th Peace Hut is Accomplished! Story and Pictures by Harper M. Karmon The Liberian Peace Hut is a round shaped structure set aside as a traditional place where people meet in the local areas of the Country. In the past, the Peace Huts provided a place for communities to […]
South Coast Australia Aboriginal Dreamtime Earth Treasure Vase Pilgrimage with Ben Manbulloo Emery March 16 – 24, 2018 ETV burial on the Equinox If you were ever interested in experiencing Aboriginal Culture and learning directly from the Elders this trip is your chance. Benjamin Manbulloo is opening doors for us and bridging worlds. Through him […]
To begin at the beginning, the first Full Moon Meditation I was able to join was the one in which Dahr Jamail told of his journey to bring an Earth Treasure Vase to Utqia?vik, Alaska. It was wonderful to hear about what he saw and experienced and why he decided to place a vase there. […]
Jul 14, 2018
For her course on Wild Goddesses and Mystics of Mercy, Mirabai Starr interviewed Cynthia Jurs on her relationship with Gaia and the practice of the Earth Treasure Vases. For more transformational content, please go to https://theshiftnetwork.com
Nepal Pilgrimage; Coming Home to Gaia We arrived in Kathmandu just in time for the full moon and the festivities celebrating the birth of Buddha, known as Buddha Jayanti. The Great Stupa of Bodhanath was specially decorated and people came from all over to make prayers and offerings during these holy days – which continued […]
Feb 20, 2018
“The larger your beloved community, the more you can accomplish in the world.” Thich Nhat Hanh Beloved Community, your support is needed. Ginny McGinn, our friend and colleague has an opportunity to join a life-changing, healing pilgrimage to Nepal in May. Please take a moment to read about how you can help, what this […]
Hanford ETV is Accomplished For two years, Laura Feldman has diligently stewarded an ETV dedicated to healing the Hanford Nuclear site. On Oct 28th this vase was finally buried along the shores of the Colombia River in close proximity to the B Reactor. In 2015 our friend Laura Feldman, requested an ETV for the Hanford Nuclear […]
ETV steward, Dahr Jamail, an investigative journalist and author whose forthcoming book, “The End of Ice”, is a personal, visceral report from the front lines of some of the places where abrupt climate change is happening the fastest, is taking the ETV to Barrow, Alaska, is a place known as “ground zero” for scientists studying climate […]
The Kimberley ETV is one of four 2nd generation Earth Treasure Vases that were given to Jeremy Ball and the Australian ETV Mob after the burial of the last of the original ETVs on the ancestral lands of Aunty Margaret Katherine in Jawyon Country, Northern Territory, Australia, in 2013. Magi and Eva participated in that pilgrimage, then […]
From Leslie Meehan: Leslie Meehan with the Santa Cruz Mountain ETV and friends. The Santa Cruz Mountains / Silicon Valley Earth Treasure Vase was planted in the Earth on October’s full moon during a powerful rainstorm. California is suffering from a drought, yet an unseasonal rain began to fall as we gathered for the closing […]
In June, Gaiafield Project co-founders, David Nicol and Leslie Meehan came to Santa Fe to initiate the Wise USA ETV with Cynthia. Following a beautiful ceremony at Open Way Sangha, the vase was driven across country to Wichita, Kansas, where we were hosted by Pam Bjork and her wonderful community. Here is the story: From […]
During my three months in retreat, the answer to some deeply held prayers was realized when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity presented itself to place one of our ETVs inside the Great Stupa at Boudnath!! The great Stupa is a powerful repository of blessings for the world and due to earthquake damage is currently “open” for […]
Buried October 27, 2015, on the Full Moon at Sundown Once upon a time, Cynthia Jurs traveled to East Asia with a question: How can I contribute to healing the Earth? She was given an unusual answer by a Tibetan lama, literally an elder living in a cave á la the fairy tales. He said: […]
