Archive for March, 2011

Rentals

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

Renting the Retreat Centre The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is pleased to create a rental arrangement customized to your needs, whether you are planning a private meditation retreat in nature or wish to bring a group of 30 for a yoga weekend. The remote location of the land is ideally suited ...

Life in the Wild

Saturday, March 19th, 2011

The Monkey Valley Retreat Centre is truly in the wilderness. Our nearest neighbours are about 30 kilometres away. Monkey Valley is surrounded by crown lands on all sides, affording an exceptional experience of privacy and feeling of being away from civilization. The retreat centre is off the grid, which means that ...

Severance phase: setting out on Decision Road

Thursday, March 10th, 2011

John Boyer, one of our guides for the upcoming vision fast in Wyoming, taught us some aspects of the Lakota people's vision quest ceremony. The first stage of the vision fast is called "Decision Road." This is part of the severance or preparation phase, in which we make the decision ...

Fasting for a vision: naming my intentions

Thursday, March 3rd, 2011

As I mentioned last time, writing a letter of intention was one of the preparation tasks in the severance phase of the vision fast. I wrote a 6-page letter and sent it to the two guides. Here I include the part where I focused on my hopes for the vision ...