The blog

Seeking retreat is one of the best ways to take care of yourself. It is an act of self-love. You are no good to anyone or your life path if you’re exhausted from working so hard to keep it all together; emotionally, mentally, physically and spiritually. It’s a win-win when you take care of yourself. … (more)

Where and how you relax after a long day or on vacation matters. I find myself most relaxed when I am in nature and near water. But true relaxation starts in the body. The body is the first location to consider when wanting to experience deep relaxation. The best way to experience deep relaxation in… (more)

I have tried every meditation method out there. None of them are as effortless, healing, and rejuvenating as the one I teach at the Indigo Meditation Retreat.  There are no requirements to sit a certain way, to push away your thoughts, to suppress your feelings or to endlessly pound a mantra. The basics of it… (more)

The semi-annual Indigo Meditation Retreat is nearly a month away and it is one of my favorite events to host. Teaching meditation is one of my passions. I grew up in a family that was dedicated to meditation and spiritual growth so I have been honored to pick up and carry the torch to teach others. The… (more)

The Men’s Core Level Awakening Summer Adventure Retreat is a week and a half away… We are slated to head up to a beautiful rustic cabin on the shores of the pristine waters of Crescent Lake nestled within the silence of the ponderosa pine forest which marks the beginning of the high desert plateau. I’ve… (more)

I, like most boys, grew up being told to, “Man up,” “Suck it up,” or “Stop being a crybaby.” Throughout my life, I played sports and it was acceptable even encouraged to be tough or macho. If you got hurt, you stood up, brushed it off and kept playing. There is value in that, but it doesn’t teach you… (more)

The world has changed. And the character that’s needed to address society’s issues has changed with it. Grinding through life head down with brute force is not well suited to meet such challenges. Allowing reactivity to take center stage accompanied by perpetual burnout is not the recipe for vitality and a unified world. A way of being… (more)

Core Level Awakening provides an environment to explore, awaken, heal and reintegrate aspects of you that have been turned off in order to survive. Your pain and suffering are harbingers of your soul longing for reintegration into your core, your deepest Heart. Life is too short and often too challenging to stay in the familiar depths… (more)

To grapple with yourself, to feel into and through the emotions that clang within your interior, to learn to discern the various textures, temperatures and flows of energy in the body, and know the highest way forward—this is the work. Awakening to your core level power is part of the journey, knowing how to skillfully bring… (more)

A 7 month immersion in the spirit of Sacred Activism at the heart of Core Level Awakening with an emphasis on building resilient, intuitively aware and intimate community. Learn to facilitate uncommonly deep integral healing work that penetrates into the core of unhealed wounding.Create a space and context for people to reclaim the parts of… (more)