This week I came "home" from a remarkable journey through the seasons and into stronger wholeness and good energy. I'm writing this postcard from the new place (in my same beloved lifetime) so that you too will know about the chance to travel such a path.
It starts right down the road from where we live in West Marin -- at Commonweal Garden, where the Regenerative Design Institute has sprouted and born fruit. Soon Penny and James will take RDI with them to the greater Puget Sound bioregion, but the garden will continue to provide bounty here.
This September is another chance to embark on the Art of Vitality, a journey through the seasons, piloted by James Stark (wizard) and Anna O'Malley (healer). Their collaboration is remarkable, and the alchemy obtained within a group of willing souls over a span of 9 or 10 months -- powerful.
Here's a glimpse of what happened in "wisdom of the seasons 1" (the Art Of Vitality cycle that just concluded). A committed group of about 20 people met four times between September and July, each time for a 3-day residential retreat. Some of what occurred: circle gatherings in a yurt and around a fire; deep time in sit spots in a meadow; brilliant information shared about health from body-wisdom-science; foods prepared and shared, the most delicious medicine; a model for spiritual wholeness, first as a sketch on the whiteboard and then arising and resonating deep within our selves; the living Earth's embrace, reciprocated; the ever-present great love between people kindled and fed; dancing; reflecting; tears and laughter; the evolution of a village, an ecosystem.
From all this and more, we emerged devoted to this model for how to be humans now and into the future. Many experiential teachings are leading allies along such paths at present. Art of Vitality is one splendid one, and I recommend it to you wholeheartedly.
Gratitude and love.