I recently returned from New Mexico, having spent most of the month of October there leading a vision quest. Most of that time I was in wilderness without any connection to the Internet, so I haven’t posted in a while.
I was there over Columbus Day, recently relabeled and repackaged as Indigenous Peoples Day, and I want to address some of the assumptions — mostly incorrect — that people make… Read More »
A few weeks ago, we hosted the retreat in Vermont. Eight wonderful people showed up — a wonderful group — and several were therapists, some very well-known and successful in their fields. As people introduced themselves — their stories about who they were, their intentions and what they wanted to work on in this retreat… and as they responded to each other — there was a lot of talk on… Read More »
In 1968, Robert S. De Ropp Put out a book called the master game. It caused quite a stir at the time among those looking for spiritual literature, and it sold about 200,000 copies.
His fundamental premise was that everyone wanted or needed “a game worth playing,” and it was finding and playing an important game that brought meaning and satisfaction to life. In his book he listed 3 low… Read More »
Yesterday, joining an online class, the host wanted to begin with a meditation. She pulled a card labeled “The Vision” from a deck, read the description, and suggested we meditate on that.
As you know, I’m in the “vision business,” having led vision quests for 35 years, but as I followed the prompt I was surprised by where I was led. Most people, when thinking of “vision,” imagine a very… Read More »
The Shamanic Journeys workshop recently ended “here on the hill.” Filled with grief, gratitude, suffering, healing, heroism, connection and transformation… today I still swim in the wonder if at all. I’m drawn to share part of that wonder by addressing a few big themes that moved through our collective experience.
