As I went into the store, I saw him crumpled on the sidewalk in a corner of store windows. He had a hood pulled over his head and a small backpack. I wondered then if I could buy him some food. When I came out of the store, he was standing with his back to me. He turned to […]
Marshall and I began planning this writing retreat last summer. We sat looking over my calendar to see where and when my travel work might fit in some solitary time in the desert. We’ve been doing this a bit for the last few years and now we’ve extended the time. This is something I am most grateful for. […]
Dear Friends, Two more states this month and my work travels for 2018 are done. My calendar shows this has been a very busy year. There’s been lots of work and lots of Light- 18 trips in 11 states. I’ve been on the road for 36 years. There was a wide range of work also […]
Dear Friends, Thank you for all your help and support. This letter comes as I celebrate thirty-six years in the work. As you can see by my calendar, helping people to heal from trauma and mentoring healers has continued with many wonderful teaching opportunities. This is where most of my time and energy goes each […]
Did I ever tell you this story? I was just out of massage school in Boulder Colorado in the Spring of 1984. I was doing lots of massage with rape survivors and people with AIDS and not being paid for it. I got too tired with that work to keep washing muffins tins at a friends bakery during […]
Dear Friends, Another busy year is finishing up with a last work trip and a writing retreat. As you can see by my calendar this 35 th year in the work has been busy. Helping people to heal from trauma and mentoring healers has continued with wonderful teaching opportunities. While there are no prisons or […]
March 24-26 Powell House Rest & Restoration Old Chatham NY April 4 – 5 Kenyon College healing – Staff, students Gambier OH May 26-28 Pendle Hill annual workshop on healing Wallingford PA July 2 – 8 Friends General Conference workshops Niagra Univ Niagra NY August 5 – 10 New England Yearly Meeting workshop Castleton VT […]
Jan 30 Orlando Friend Meeting reading books 1 & 2 Orlando FL Feb 6 Gainesville Friends Meeting healing workshop Gainesville FL April 5 Community College of VT – Intercultural – Brattleboro VT April 10 Putney Friends Mtg – History of Released Friends Putney VT May 20-22 Pendle Hill GOODNESS workshop Wallingford PA July 3-9 […]
Dear Friends, This annual letter shares news of my work travels this past year. It’s also a reminder that I live primarily by gifts. Some of you have already been so kind to send a Fall gift and I am especially grateful for this. Working mainly by invitation and living mostly by gifts is a […]
Dear Friends, There is a burden to compassionate work and it is simply this – it will break your heart and we must let this happen. We must surrender and melt until all boundaries are gone and we come to know that we really and truly are all part of one another. The pain and […]