Archive for November, 2009

Winter vacation getaway at Monkey Valley

Friday, November 27th, 2009

I've decide to share my beautiful Monkey Valley home with visitors from around the world who will be coming to BC for the Winter Olympics. Here is the posting on Craig's List: http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/van/vac/1484724729.html If you have any friends who will be visiting BC this winter, and who are interested in a unique winter ...

Rentals

Friday, November 27th, 2009

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 ...

Clarifying intention – caring for the hurt self

Friday, November 13th, 2009

I have been writing in the last few postings about my experience working with anger on a medicine walk in nature the last time I was in the desert. A friend from Ireland sent me an email about this topic, and he said something very pertinent about anger: "It really ...

Understanding the cycle of anger

Friday, November 6th, 2009

As I mentioned last time, when they mirrored my intention for my day walk, Ruth and Larry helped me clarify something about anger. I have long understood that when I have a very angry, charged response to a situation, it is usually because I am feeling hurt about something. The anger ...

A lifetime of anger – breaking the cycle

Sunday, November 1st, 2009

As I have written previously, the south is the place where we feel our emotions and act on them in an unmediated way. When we mature from childhood into adolescence, moving around the wheel from the south to the west (from summer to fall), we start to be aware of ...