Posts by Lost Borders
Incorporation from the Great Ballcourt Fast
Good morning dear Friends, Oh, how you and Death Valley have been on my mind and in my heart. For days after returning home to Colorado, I would wake up in the night and look for the stars above my head and feel sad to find the blank stare of my ceiling or I would…
Read MoreVision Fasting As our World is Burning
Sitting on a mountain perch at 8000 feet, I have come to the Inyos to fast. Longing to see my brilliant, beloved Sierras to the west, today, they are not visible at all. The smoke from the relentless fires of the American West has totally obscured them.
Read MoreTransitions – A Letter from Petra Lentz-Snow
Dear Friends with Lost Borders, For a number of years I’ve been the voice behind many of the Lost Borders emails that you’ve received. But this is no longer so. On July 1, I retired from the administration, following my beloved, Joseph (Angelo) Lazenka, into the realm of “have-beens”. Looking back, it’s hard to believe…
Read MoreSong: My Time Is Now
Composed and performed by Sifo Sonwabise, Naomi Mwangi, & Rebecca Hartt
Read MoreMaking Fire
Fire Making at the 2018 California Month-Long Training
Read MoreThe Great Ballcourt Initiation – Spring Fast (Postponed until 2022)
The Ballcourt ceremony is considered an “advanced program” in the Practice of Living & Dying (PLD) and is the only one in the series that has a prerequisite. We ask that people have already completed a full-length PLD course, or that they have already done a 3-day or 4-day solo wilderness fast.
Read MoreDiamond in the Rough: Wilderness and the Diamond Approach
Intimate and direct contact with the natural world is an ancient, direct, and profound doorway to being. Our ancestors knew this, and we are rediscovering it. Curiosity, experiential inquiry, mindfulness, simple ceremony, and group council open the door wider and deepen this contact. This retreat is a chance to step outside your familiar life, be…
Read MoreMarlena deCarion
Marlena deCarion (she/her) is a Professional Certified Coach, Faculty at the Co-Active Training Institute and a teacher of Mindfulness. Marlena’s passion for wilderness began as a child while backpacking with her father in the Sierras. As a former Outward Bound instructor and experiential educator, Marlena loves to create transformational learning experiences that bring people closer to…
Read MoreCO Queer Quest
The program is divided into three sections; severance, threshold time, and incorporation. The first days are a time of ‘severance’ or separation from your daily life, leaving behind what no longer serves, while setting an intention for your solo. The ‘threshold time’ is your solo time of four days and nights out in a beautiful Colorado wilderness area. Finally, the days spent after the solo time are the first days of your year-long ‘incorporation’ experience. During our incorporation time together, you will learn to work with and take the gifts you carry back to your community.
Read MoreThe Great Ballcourt Initiation – Fall Fast
Death is the ultimate agent of transformation—be it a physical death or “the little deaths” encountered throughout life. Indigenous cultures developed rituals to aid and guide people through these stages of change and renewal, utilizing the power of death to enhance and intensify these experiences. For the Mayan people this ceremony was played out on…
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