Meanwhile, meditation and mindfulness training have accumulated some impressive evidence, suggesting that the practices can change not only the structure and function of the brain, but also our behavior and moment-to-moment experience.
Sketching with Rhoda Draws at the Cemetery & The Mask Museum
With Rhoda Draws at the cemetery, el Jardin at night and The Mask Museum in SMA Mx. These are her sketches. I aspire to be like her when I grow up …
More Photos From San Miguel de Allende
Couple more days into Sketching Fast & Loose workshop in San Miguel de Allende. Lots of eclectic folk art and architecture. Beginning to move into people and gestures. Gonna need a private with Rhoda Draws on faces (no more faceless star people if I’ve got a bit of extra time). Catrina parade is tonight …… Read more »
Mexican “Fast and Loose” Sketching Retreat
I’m in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico accomplishing a multi-layered trip. First off, I’m attending the Day of The Dead festivities … which if you have been reading my posts of the last year you know I’m doing a deep dive on the theme of death thanks to Mother Ayahuasca. Secondly, I’m working on my… Read more »
Scoping Out San Miguel de Allende, Mx
Spending 2 Weeks in quirkily fabulous San Miguel de Allende. Paul Selig said in a reading I should check it out. He was right! Attending Rhoda Draws Fast & Loose Sketching workshop during Day of Dead festivities. Also a research trip for possibly offering my Graphic Recording / Graphic Facilitation training intensives here in winter season. Good idea?… Read more »
SHIFT-IT eCommunity Drop-In Webinar – October 20, 2018
Nice drop-in of participants for The SHIFT-IT eCommunity today – for grads of my Visual Coaching programs (SHIFT-IT, Practical Energy Work and Visual Coach Certification). Helped one member recognize the cues from her subconscious about a new dawn breaking in her life. Using a technique from my Practical Energy Work course called AlphaMind. Which allows… Read more »
View From My Office
Been travelling the last two weeks AND launching a few of my online courses too. In the background has been spectacular weather here on the West Coast of Canada. Bright sunshine and blue skies. Crisp air … the kind where you need sweater, boots and a fun scarf. I LOVE my work … so its… Read more »
My Waiting Room This Morning
Waiting and waiting. Beautiful morning in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where I live but apparently Seattle, Washington, USA is fogged in. So I’m waiting over on my side until the fog lifts over there. Its only a 30 minute flight. I’m headed over to to Seattle for part 2 of a Shamanic skills workshop I’m… Read more »
Shamanic Psychopomp Work
Just wrapped 4 day Shamanic Psychopomp course with Betsy Bergstrom in Seattle. This is a picture from her altar table. A whole bevy of psychopomp allies from many traditions from around the world. Betsy’s heritage is Icelandic I believe, so her Norse lineage understanding is a new one for me that I’ve finding very interesting.… Read more »
Great Quote For New Visual Practitioners
So good! I do take umbrage at the ‘nobody tells this to people who are beginners’ though. That’s not quite true as I say this in my own way to my Visual Skills students all the time … ‘the only out is through’ and ‘mileage, mileage, mileage’. And ‘it’s normal to mimic others for a… Read more »