The Many Faces of Heroic Journeys….
The very first time I experienced this Holotropic-like breathwork, the music began, I started doing connected circular breathing, and I rapidly became very agitated. I was miserable… frustrated, angry and simultaneously hopeless, and shortly I was thrashing and rocking side to side. One of the sitters who considered himself adept at doing body work on people breathing came over and started pressing on my… 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 boldness there is genius…
There’s a lot written these days about soul and the need to descend to the underworld as opposed to looking up and seeking “higher awareness.” I have written about this for years, and the ideas are useful, but they’re relevant only because we’ve – personally and culturally – committed to ignore the body, live in our heads, and examine it from the ivory tower. Read more »
… and Transforming the World.
Joseph Campbell said (before the Internet) “It’s an absolute necessity to have a room, or a certain hour in a day, where you don’t know what was in the newspapers this morning, you don’t know who your friends are, you don’t know what you owe anybody, you don’t know what anybody owes you. This is a place where you can simply experience and bring forth… Read More »
Vision opens us to what was previously unknown, unacknowledged, or unrecognized. Vision could be a grand illumination reminiscent of Buddha in 500 B.C. – realizing an identity beyond all previous versions of yourself as human, separate, and embedded in social roles. Or vision might be more simple or practical — how to hunt, find food, or function in the world; how to be a good husband, wife, or partner; or… Read More »
