On a Spiritual Expedition, we travel to sacred places on the planet with the intent to yield to the Earth's energies for personal transformation. We stalk the truth of our own journey, surrounded by the Mother's pulse, in order to gain spiritual lessons of how to live in the moment and participate in life fully.

Every Spiritual Expedition is unique, even when visiting the same sacred space for the twentieth time. The journey is about deep respect for ourselves, the Mother, the local culture, and the land.

Spiritual Expeditions vary from three days to three weeks and include ceremonies with the spirits of that land.

Local expeditions are in the Pacific Northwest, including British Columbia. More extended travels include studying with shamans in Peru, learning with the spirits of beech trees in the Illuminated Forest of Poland, and playing and studying with the Masculine and Feminine energy fields (vortexes) in Sedona, Arizona.

These times are sacred and life-changing. Our longer, distant trips provide a carefully laid out, year-long curriculum that includes shamanic journeys, writings, ceremonies, and meetings. Expeditions to local sacred sites pay equal attention to spiritual preparation, surrender, and growth.

We encourage you to meditate and consult with us regarding the deep commitment the journeys require prior to signing up for a Spiritual Expedition.

Peru

Meeting the mother of all plants is not to be taken lightly. Neither are any of the other aboriginal ceremonies that are part of this experience. When traveling into the jungle of Peru to work with a shaman to meet our true nature, nothing can be taken for granted.

This Spiritual Expedition is a one-year program of preparation followed by 17 days in Peru in a jungle compound. The compound has a large temple, sleeping quarters, and meals that are prepared in a traditional Peruvian style.

We support your preparation for this journey by holding three pre-trip group meetings, including ceremony; reviewing and responding to monthly letters that you write to focus your intent for the trip; and guiding you in a private spiritual practice to help you gain awareness, knowledge, and connection to the spirits and animals of the region before we leave.

The expedition ends with a post-trip group meeting where everyone has a chance to debrief, integrate individual experiences, and close the circle.

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Poland

Spending three nights on forest ground whose soft bedding is years of accumulated leaves is like being held by the Mother. Spending time with the spirits of 100-foot beech trees and with the energies of burial sites and wild boars is unlike anything else in the world.

This experience will create the space needed within you to follow your truest nature. What is it you want to experience? And how will you get there?

This Spiritual Expedition is a one-year program that culminates in two weeks of ceremony in which we recreate the magical times of Celtic shamanism. Using a sweat lodge, visioning ceremonies, contemplative periods of silence, fire ceremonies, playing with fireflies, and time spent at old burial sites, you will be brought to the edge of your own mortality.

We support your preparation for this journey by holding two pre-trip group meetings, including ceremony; reviewing and responding to monthly letters that you write to focus your intent for the trip; and guiding you in a private spiritual practice to help you gain awareness, knowledge, and connection to the spirits and animals of the region before we leave.

After we return from Poland, we meet once more as a group to debrief, integrate individual experiences, and close out the circle.

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Sedona  

Playing with the energies of Gaia and her vortexes in Sedona can be a learning experience for anyone who wishes to advance life's truest purpose and essence and integrate the inner self into daily life.

In this one-week trip, we play with and harness our internal energy using various techniques, such as Tai Chi or Qigong, to tap into and release our natural power. Once this energy is harnessed, we spend four days in individual meditation and contemplation, playing in joy at what we can create while remaining open about our true nature.

This residential retreat is marked by a relaxing environment and healthy gourmet vegetarian meals, to help us detoxify from the busy, fast-moving world most of us live in.

Next Expedition 2009

To request information on a 2009 expedition