Art of Offerings
Walking the Beauty Way
🗓 Wednesday 29. August 2026
📍 Käferberg Zürich
(exact location will be shared after signup)
🕰 6:30 - 8:30 PM
Across many cultures and throughout history, people have recognized the living presence of the world around them. Trees, rivers, mountains, stones, animals, and the unseen forces of life have often been approached with reverence and gratitude.
The practice of making offerings is one of humanity's oldest spiritual expressions. Across continents and traditions, people have offered flowers, water, food, prayers, songs, incense, and sacred objects to honor Spirit, ancestors, the natural world, and the forces that sustain life.
Offerings remind us that we are part of a greater web of existence. They invite us into a relationship of reciprocity-where we not only receive from life, but also give back with intention, humility, and gratitude. Through this simple yet profound practice, we cultivate presence, beauty, and connection. The Navajo speak of walking the "Beauty Way" - a way of living in harmony with ourselves, one another, and the living world.
In this workshop, we will explore the universal language of offerings through stories, teachings, and hands-on practice, drawing inspiration from different wisdom traditions while honoring each within its own unique cultural context.
What we will do:
• Discover common threads between offering traditions across different cultures.
• Explore the Vedic understanding of yajña (sacred offering) through teachings from the Bhagavad Gītā.
• Learn about offering practices found among various Indigenous peoples of North America and the values that guide them.
• Reflect on what is known about offering traditions among our Celtic ancestors and reconnect with the wisdom of our own ancestral lineages.
• Create our own nature-based offerings with intention and prayer.
• Spend time in nature, sharing songs and simple rituals that deepen our relationship with the living Earth.
About Purnama
Purnama carries an intuitive understanding of ritual and ceremony in her blood. Descending from a long lineage of Balinese priests and temple keepers, she has witnessed the ancient Vedic rituals from a young age.
Through years of experience supporting traditional ceremonies with indigenous elders from different parts of the world, she has gained valuable insight into how various cultures work with prayer, song, and ritual.
Having spent many years of her life in the West, and as a former student at Zurich School of Management & Law, she has an ability to translate Balinese, Vedic & indigenous philosophy in ways that feel relatable. This combination of ancestral heritage and Swiss groundedness is what makes her approach unique.
Alongside her work as a cultural bridge, Purnama sings in kirtans, for example with the Hanuman Project, and shares ceremonies with communities around the world.
