Dear Friends, I am turning 70 and celebrating 40 years in the work of helping people to heal from trauma. It’s humbling even to write this and even more humbling to know it’s all been possible due to your support. I am awash with gratitude. Thank you for this long ride together! My education began in the rape […]
John answers questions from viewers. Recorded by New England Quakers on August 9, 2021 (via Zoom)37:03
Dear all, My thanks to the very many people who have been in touch with good care and strong support during my illness. You have provided a tremendous foundation to encourage hope and wellness from all the circles of my life. Thank you. I am grateful & honored. And I am a little bit better. Along with all your […]
Dear All, I’m probably not dying. Not right away, not anytime soon. It may be years. But I’ve been disabled to the point where I can no longer teach or use my healing touch. My healing gift has become greatly diminished. There is no consensus among my doctors. It’s mainly fatigue and shortness of breath […]
January & February Writing retreat. Claremont, CA February 24 Friends in need Las Vegas NV March 27 NEYM Pastoral Care COVID-19 YouTube April 6 Pendle Hill Love in the Time of Coronavirus YouTube April 20 Pendle Hill Staying Centered Amidst Uncertainty online May 9 & 10 Cambridge Friends Mtg workshop Cambridge MA online June 28 […]
Dear Friends, Well, this has turned out to be a year of stunning revelations and struggles. I began with a writing retreat in Southern California that became a race across country as the pandemic set in. Home by end of March, Marshall and I quarantined and adjusted to the new norms – masked ventures to […]
by Jean Schweitzer & John Calvi Above your head there is a ring of Light, your halo, your crown chakra Outside the ring of Light over to one side there is a ring of fire Take one flame out of the ring of fire and place it in the center of the ring of Light […]
I am missing in person teaching. I’ve spent nearly four decades on the road teaching in most of the US. I miss the open road. Now I am home all the time with only short trips into town for groceries. A particular workshop scene plays in me, a refrain of many times in many places. I’ll begin teaching a […]
A hundred years ago, back in the 90’s, a client would call for comfort. She was a ritual abuse survivor, survived torture as a young child in a cult, and as a result had multiple personalities. She would call and we’d talk a bit, then she’d say- The little ones, the much younger personalities who didn’t […]
It was in Toronto sometime in the 1990’s. A refugee committee of several Catholics had brought together both the staff and the refugees who had been tortured for me to lay hands on. We were in the meeting room of the Toronto Quaker meetinghouse. It was a large group and we sat in silence a long time as […]