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The International Hummingbird Society: Sedona Hummingbird Festival – Everything I Need to Know I Learned from Hummingbirds – Except Share
July 30, 2023 @ 2:45 pm - 3:30 pm
$50 – $150
Presented by Beth Kingsley Hawkins, M. A., Nature Photographer and Author
David Attenborough speaks of hummingbirds as the messengers of plants, carrying the pollen from flower to flower to help them thrive. Beth will address, in word and image, how they can also be messengers for us – modeling concepts such as: ‘Stand still and be fully present in the wonder of the moment’ ‘Search for the sweetest nectar’ and ‘Let a little joy into your life by bringing joy to others.’ She will also speak to the mystical, spiritual dimension, sharing meaningful stories of how hummingbirds can be messengers that connect us to our loved ones in Spirit to help us understand that love never dies. As Dorothy said to her dog, in the Wizard of Oz, “Toto, I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore. …we’re somewhere over the rainbow.”
Beth has written a definition of the hummingbird as she sees them through her eyes.
Hum·ming·bird / hŭm´ ĭng bŭrd (family Trochilidae)
n. an unusually small bird with wings that sing;
a winged messenger; a flutter of hope; a flurry of joy;
a glimmer of grace; a whisper of love; a delightful surprise;
a tiny miracle; a spark of the Divine.
Biography
As Executive Director of the non-profit International Hummingbird Society, Beth is continuing the vision of her late husband Ross Hawkins, who founded the Society in 1996, and is deeply dedicated to the Society’s mission of education and conservation. She is also sole-proprietor of her ‘for-profit’ Sedona Hummingbird Gallery from 2006 to the present, featuring her photography and everything hummingbird
Hummingbirds have been a source of inspiration for Beth who has traveled to experience and learn about them, to capture their essence through photographing them in their natural habitat, and to give talks and share stories about them. She is the author of two books, Anna’s in the Snow and Hummy, the Magnificent, how a hummingbird learned to read and is completing her third book, Hummingbird Messengers, a Dance with Spirit, designed around her definition of a hummingbird.
Beth has a background in the healing arts, with a master’s in music and music therapy for studies at the Orff Institute at the Mozarteum in Salzburg, Austria. She is a Reiki master and worked for eight years as a music therapist in hospice. She was a music therapy professor at Immaculata College in PA and worked as a music therapist in Geriatrics, with skilled care and Alzheimer’s patients. She has an ongoing private practice offering individual sessions in the Bonny method of Guided Imagery and Music and specializing in the Personal Totem Pole work, identifying the animal allies in each of the chakras of the body.
Part of the Sedona Hummingbird Festival
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