BC Wilderness Visions – renewal and revisioning

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

With the possibility of selling Monkey Valley later this year, I have been revisioning the way I will offer vision fasts retreats. I have a retreat planned for August 8 - 14, 2010. If Monkey Valley is no longer mine, the retreat will take place in the wilderness south of ...

Mirroring for intention: putting it all together

Sunday, December 20th, 2009

I've been telling you the story of how Ruth and Larry mirrored my intention for my day walk, also known as a medicine walk or contemplative walk. Mirroring for intention is an important part of the vision fast ceremony. This process usually begins months before a participant's fast, with a ...

Q: Does a bear poop in the woods?

Sunday, September 13th, 2009

A: Yes, and so can you! Okay, you're probably thinking I've totally flipped out, if you didn't already think this after some of my previous entries about mouse turds, including "The mystery of the dead animal in my living room," and the moving song "Blue turd on my window sill." But the ...

Drumming for the vision fast

Sunday, June 21st, 2009

I was interviewed this week on Vancouver's Co-op Radio (CFRO 102.7 FM) about the vision fast. The interview was for a radio show called Conscious Living. Listen to the interview to find out more about this thing called a vision fast. The interview concludes with a song for calling in ...

Safety and the vision fast

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Next vision fast: July 5 - 11, 2009 at Monkey Valley This week I had the great pleasure of giving a presentation on the vision fast to the Vancouver chapter of the Society for Technical Communication. Our March STC program was a Pecha Kucha event, in which speakers each discuss 20 slides for ...

Cougars: spirit guides on the vision fast

Sunday, November 16th, 2008

When you are on a vision fast or medicine walk, you enter into a mystical realm where all events and encounters take on a significance that is bigger than what most of us experience in ordinary waking life. During this time, an encounter with an animal is not just a ...