Open yourself to your Spirit Team, welcoming their unique guidance, unwavering support and close companionship.
What if there was a way to
DEEPLY CONNECT TO THE SACRED
bringing purpose, joy, and beauty into your everyday life?
Just for a moment
IMAGINE...
✓ Being given an ancient road map that helps navigate life's many experiences with grace and confidence.
✓ Having an activated altar as a still point in an ever-changing world, offering guidance and support.
✓ Discovering a path that empowers you to create a life of purpose, beauty and belonging by embracing universal principles.
ENTER INTO THE MYSTERY
where you'll discover what it means
to walk a sacred path that reconnects you to the Beauty Way,
and welcomes all of you... Home.
BEGIN YOUR INITIATION
Welcome to...
Altar Work:
The Initiation.
Altar Work takes you on a deeply intentional journey through the Seven Directions- the Sacred Gateways of Life.
As above, so below; as within, so without.
Join us for this profound exploration of the keys to our creation; the primary codes of the human experience.
Learn to create exquisite altars to commune, connect and align with these timeless teachings.
TAKE ME TO THE ALTAR
The Initiation...
HERE, WE WILL UNLOCK
the teachings of each Direction, activating our inner artist by
creating physical altars to integrate these wisdom
teachings into our daily lives.
UNLOCK THE SACRED JOURNEY
Now Available for Self-Paced Study
Altar Work: The Initiation.
Designed as a 7-month Journey into the Sacred
Come along as we guide you through the Seven Directions where you can discover
a profound sense of peace, belonging,
and devotion.
BEGIN YOUR INITIATION JOURNEY
What we need now are
Blueprints for
Being...
Life invites us to embrace its full spectrum nature:
light and shadow, joy and sorrow,
life and death. Altar Work awakens
the remembrance of these
universal truths
beyond the veils of the
world.
"The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers."
~ Black Elk (Oglala Lakota)
What is an altar, really?
An altar is a focal point for devotion, a gateway that bridges the seen and unseen.
Since the dawn of time, altars have been created to commune with the Great Mystery in all its abundant forms and faces.
Once activated, the altar becomes a conversation with Source; the place where we come to offer and receive from the Subtle Realms.
THE 4 PILLARS OF ALTAR WORK →
"The treasure you seek is hidden in plain sight, but only the heart awakened to love can behold it."
~ Sufi Wisdom
These universal ways hold the teachings
that have guided us through every
era of existence, much like an
Ancestral Compass
That is why the Seven Sacred Directions
form the foundation of this path:
offering ways to embody this
ancient wisdom in your
daily life.
EMBODIMENT: THE 4 KEY PILLARS
As we walk this path, we’ll uncover four profound keys that will guide and shape your experience.
1. Build a SOLID foundation
Experience an unshakable core; strengthened by devotion, rooted in wisdom and anchored in the power of your altar.
2. Experience
PROFOUND belonging
Feel a true sense of belonging, as the web of life connects you to your essential place in the infinite dance of existence.
3. Know your
TRUE essence
Uncover your true essence through our work with the Elements, aligning you deeply to your own unique
superpowers.
4. Live with MORE beauty
Embrace the Beauty Way, allowing its presence in your daily life to breathe joy, inspiration and vitality into your being.
This is a transitory practice to explore;
this is a timeless, devotional blueprint of Creation and Life.
The space where matter
and Mystery
meet.
The map of creation...
Travel through
the Sacred Directions.
Our Seven Sacred Directions—East, South, West, North, Above, Below, and Within.
These living codices are bodies of universal wisdom, each carrying a unique set of teachings that shape an aspect of Creation.
Recognized by cultures across the Earth since time immemorial, this immersion invites us to return to the roots of this timeless wisdom and apply it meaningfully to our lives today.
AWAKEN THE SACRED DIRECTIONS IN YOUR LIFE
THE TEACHINGS
applied to your daily life...
So what does this mean: as above, so below?
Each Direction gives us an energetic/spiritual code that we then experience
on a physical level.
For example...
The teachings of
The Directions are infinite and eternal.
Recognized throughout the world’s ancient traditions, they reflect the
essential unchangeable laws of Creation.
That is why we have
created...
Altar Work: The Initiation.
Seven Modules to Deepen Your Practice.
Come along as we guide you through the Seven Directions where you will discover
a profound sense of peace, belonging
and devotion.
MODULE 1: DIRECTION OF THE EAST
MODULE 2: DIRECTION OF THE SOUTH
MODULE 3: DIRECTION OF THE WEST
MODULE 4: DIRECTION OF THE AIR
MODULE 5: DIRECTION OF THE ABOVE
MODULE 6: DIRECTION OF THE BELOW
MODULE 7: DIRECTION OF THE WITHIN
Why is this work needed now?
Life on earth is a wild journey...
Every single person gets their own set of challenges and blessings. One thing is clear: to be human is to experience.
What we need now, more than ever, are not just tools for fleeting moments, but a Way of Life that connects us to the Unchangable: one that inspires
trust, stability and belonging.
You are ready to heed the call and embrace this sacred way of living.
THE GIFTS OF ALTAR WORK
When you make the two into One, and when you make the inner like the outer
and the outer like the inner, then you will enter.
~ Gospel of Thomas
Unlock the Gifts of this Journey
Walking this path comes with many blessings.
Here are a few key qualities that are bound to take root
as you lean in...
1. Build a Solid
Foundation
Anchor yourself, align with Spirit and cultivate an unshakable foundation to steady you gracefully through every storm.
2. Bring Beauty into Your
Everyday
Nourish your spirit by weaving Beauty into every aspect of your life; letting it guide your thoughts, words and actions.
3. Connect with Your Cosmic Guidance
4. Get in Tune with the Natural Cycles
Reconnect to the cycles of nature and feel them guide you back to your original rhythm and innate, natural flow.
5. Activate your Inner Artist
Let your hands create the beauty that lives within you, unlocking an infinite wellspring of creativity and boundless expression.
6. Become the Creator of your own Life
Let your altar empower you to live your destined path, reconnecting you to your true essence and inspiring transformative growth.
Through reverence and reciprocity, your altar becomes a doorway to the infinite,
empowering you to embody spiritual self-reliance and sovereignty.
~Reggie Riverbear
About your Guide
Blessings, Beloved...
My name is Reggie Riverbear, and I am deeply grateful that you found your way here.
For over 25 years, Altar Work has been my intimate passion and guiding light. It is both my honor and my joy to share these Beauty Ways with you.
I was born into a family of creatives, explorers and storytellers. From a young age, the world of ceremony and sacred living was a vibrant part of our home; a deliciously eclectic place where a love for the natural world, creativity, and cultural appreciation were woven into the fabric of my being.
Now, carrying the treasures and teachings gifted to me by so many beings, seen and unseen, it is my turn to share...
EXPLORE WORKING WITH REGGIE RIVERBEAR
And so I invite you into this precious way of living...
found here at the Seventh Direction: Home of the Beauty Way. Where the altar becomes the classroom and life's everyday moments become the true ceremony.
So, in the name of all that is Good, and Sacred, and Holy:
May this wondrous adventure reveal the depth and diversity of Life, guide us to trust in the times, in the Earth, in the Universe, in one another and perhaps most importantly, in ourselves.
Welcome to the Beauty Way.
In Grace & Gratitude,
Reggie Riverbear
Community love
NIC Brown
This Altar Work course was so powerful, a sacred invitation and initiation to connect deeply with the 7 directions, my altar, and my heart. It truly has been an answer to my prayers.
NISHA Bhakoo
A one of a kind creative, enriching experience. Reggie is an expert in listening, reading the room, storytelling and putting people at ease.
One of the highlights of my year!
EMILY Gold
She is one of these humans where if there is an offering presented, I am signing up. I move other things out of the way, and I find a way to make it work because I know I will experience another quantum leap.
Self-Paced Study Now Available
ALTAR WORK: THE INITIATION
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Payment plans are not available during the FLASH SALE
Pay in Full
$1,333.00
With this investment, you receive:
🪔 A 7-Month Journey through the Seven Sacred Directions.
🪔 7 Directional Ceremonies – open each direction as you make your way across the medicine wheel
🪔 7 Elemental Ceremonies – each Direction has it's own practical ceremony for you to take with you into your own offerings and life.
🪔 Weekly Curriculum – including ancestral teachings with elders and wise ones, practical altar practices, and animal teachings.
🪔 Elemental Playlists – receive a rich collection of music with every Direction to accompany your journey
🪔 The Beloved Community – home of devotional, global creatives.
🪔 Lifetime Access to the Teachings – For you to revisit and deepen your practice and understanding over time.
Thank you for...
Supporting Guardians of the Earth.
10% of the proceeds will go toward supporting Semilla Ancestral.
Semilla Ancestral is a Mexico-based, grass-roots non-profit (501c3) that supports the indigenous people protect & preserve their land and native heirloom seeds.
Led by Kiauitl Quetzali, a Mexica Artist & Activist, this organization is reconnecting the Mayan communities of the Yucatan to one another to form an alliance that has the right tools for guarding their native treasures against big companies like Monsanto. Reggie Riverbear has been hands-on involved with this project since 2018.
Your support will be a gift to these humble, powerful Guardians of the Earth.
