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
The Elder’s Journey: The Four Shields of Elderhood for Women
Oct 9 - Oct 15, 2022 Catalina State Park - Tucson, Arizona Silvia Talavera, Cary Gaunt
Throughout the ages, elder women have enjoyed sitting in circle to weave the rich tapestries of their stories, stories that continued to warm and inspire people across time and culture. What ...
Open Desert, Open Mind
Oct 29 - Nov 6, 2022 Death Valley, California Scott Eberle, Silvia Talavera
Death Valley is a vast open space that stretches on for miles. Here the scale of desolate earth and expansive sky is something to behold. Jack Kornfield writes about the open mind in manner that ...
Rites of Incorporation: Embodying the Vision and Living the Dream
Jan 15 - Jan 22, 2023 Catalina State Park - Tucson, Arizona Silvia Talavera, Scot Deily
“Hold fast to dreams, for if dreams die life is a broken winged bird that cannot ...
The Four Directions of a Queer Man: Forgiveness, Apology & Reconciliation
Jun 3 - Jun 10, 2023 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 ...
Diamond in the Rough: Wilderness and the Diamond Approach
Jun 24 - Jul 1, 2023 Wild Mountain, Colorado John Davis, Marlena deCarion
Direct and intimate contact with the natural world is an ancient and profound doorway to being. Our ancestors knew this, and we are rediscovering it. Curiosity, experiential inquiry, mindfulness, ...
Transforming Ancestral Trauma through Nature, Ritual, and Community
Aug 23 - Aug 29, 2023 Wild Mountain, Colorado Nancy Jane, Bettina Straub
When we heal our roots, we open up new possibilities for our future. --Thomas Hubl This program provides an opportunity to consciously explore how the shadows of the past remain undigested in our ...
The Elder’s Journey: The Four Shields of Elderhood for Women
Oct 8 - Oct 15, 2023 Aravaipa Canyon Ranch and Retreat Center - Winkelman, Arizona (extra cost for accommodations apply) Silvia Talavera, Cary Gaunt
“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 Throughout the ages, elder women ...