Sagebrush and Silence

Mindfulness has become a household word, with mindfulness practices widely employed in the worlds of therapy, neuroscience, personal development, and even utilized as performance enhancement for athletes and military personnel. The world of “nature-based practice” is similarly spreading, with plant medicine retreats and “shamanic-like" trainings increasingly popularized.

We believe this cultural shift towards inner work and earth connection is much-needed medicine in a time where great swathes of society are structured to unconsciously cause harm to nature and the human spirit. However, a level of depth and subtlety can be lost in the migration from years of traditional monastic training to 10-minute practices to enhance productivity; a decade-long jungle apprenticeship to a weekend certification. Conversely, a great thirst can be denied, a natural emergence stymied, when gateways to the realms of spirit and soul are restricted to paths well-trodden, traditions so long-practiced they’ve perhaps become rigid.

We are not gatekeepers of a particular way. We stand on the shoulders of the teachers and lineages that have guided our way. We ourselves are not teachers in the sense of knowing something that you don’t, but are guides and facilitators offering our experience to support our community’s development. We are dedicated to building a bridge from depth to surface, to acting as vessels in Earth’s service. We bow before the Sage of Earth and listen for Her whispers in the silence we seek to meet.