Living the Practices
Living the Practices integrates ceremonial perspectives into daily routines, life, and work. We offer these programs as ongoing support with incorporation and as a way to deepen a personal calling and to strengthen professional and personal skills. These programs are designed for those who want to dive further into various aspects of the work and specific subjects. These programs incorporate the following aspects of the School’s traditions: The Four Shields, Solo Time in Nature, Nature as Teacher, and Storytelling and Mirroring.
UPCOMING LIVING THE PRACTICES PROGRAMS
Open Desert, Open Mind
Oct 5 - Oct 13, 2024 Eureka Valley, California *ONE LAST SPOT LEFT* Scott Eberle, Silvia Talavera, Bettina Straub
The very transparent, unfixed, yet alive quality of consciousness is its nature, a bit like air around us. If you relax and allow this experience of unfixed knowing, you will discover what ...
Rites of Incorporation: Embodying the Vision and Living the Dream
Nov 5 - Nov 11, 2024 Catalina State Park - Tucson, Arizona Silvia Talavera, Kelly McClelland
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot ...
The Four Shields of Dreams and Dreamwork
Mar 10 - Mar 15, 2025 Death Valley, California Betsy Perluss, Kim Belair
Dreams do not happen in us as is thought of in Western psychology. Instead, we happen in the dream as the dream continues to dream us. This understanding infers that dreams are part of the sacred ...
The Four Directions of a Queer Man: Forgiveness, Apology & Reconciliation
Jun 7 - Jun 14, 2025 Inyo Mountains - Big Pine, California Scott Eberle, Collin Brown, Paul Browde
Queer people don’t grow up as ourselves, we grow up playing a version of ourselves that sacrifices authenticity to minimise humiliation & prejudice. The massive task of our adult lives is to ...
Healing Ancestral Trauma through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Aug 12 - Aug 18, 2025 Wild Mountain, Colorado Nancy Jane, Bettina Straub
When we heal our roots, we open up new possibilities for our future. --Thomas Hubl Ancestral Trauma Welcome to our investigation of ancestral trauma. We hold this as a sacred exploration of ...
The Elder’s Journey: The Four Shields of Elderhood for Women
Oct 20 - Oct 26, 2025 Aravaipa Canyon Ranch and Retreat Center, Winkelman Arizona Silvia Talavera, Trebbe Johnson
“We are the seeds of the tenacious plant, and it is in our ripeness and our fullness of heart that we are given to the wind and scattered.” Kahlil Gibran This will be celebrating ...