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 cooperative venture that has worked well now for 32 years. It must be a record of some sort- the kindness of paying for compassionate work and a Nielson rating all in one!
It’s been a good year of travel work and some work at home. My calendar shows several states and various situations where I taught and got my hands on people. The range of need remains quite wide – parents who lost a child and needed lots of gentle hands on work, the ritual abuse survivor who cannot be touched and needs to face an open door. Yes, I can do the energy work from across the room without touching- this is an important tool. Sexual assault is too common a trauma in our culture and continues as the oldest form of torture, especially in war zones. Also common and in plentiful supply is the broken heart, betrayals, and loneliness. All these are addressed each year in workshops, individual sessions, and meeting for healing. It’s good to have a life’s work. I have been able to continue each year because of your support. Your pragmatic help means I’m ready to trundle off on another adventure of Light, the gift of healing shared.
Many of you have voiced deep appreciation for my first book, The Dance Between Hope & Fear, this came out in June 2013. And inquired after my second book, How Far Have You Traveled. It’s so unfortunate that I lost my excellent editor Shelly Angel part way through the shaping of this book. She did such a great job on the first book. I’ve made my way through half the manuscript of book two and hope to finish corrections this Fall and Winter before finding a new editor for polishing. On a long writing retreat last Winter, I began book three. Book one is on healing from trauma. Book two is on having a sense of your goodness. Book three will be the stories of my own healing and spiritual experiences becoming a Quaker healer. I don’t have a stay at home writers life, so please be patient as I balance travel healing work with writing.
I need your help to continue. Your financial support means I can help some who can’t pay, travel to where I’m needed, and return to a home of sanctuary for restoration. Please send a gift. And thank you for keeping me on the road.
In the Light,
John Calvi