Time of clarifying my direction with Trails of the Spirit web site
11/11/08 12:32
The last few months have been a time of accelerated
change, come to think of it when isn't lately.
Up to now my Trails of the Spirit web site was purely focused on eco Travel trips to the Amazon and Andes in Peru. More than that really it also took in an element of adventure and renewal through the possibility of Vision Quests or a time of introspection. A way to get away from it all in an amazing supportive environment along with like minded people.
Generally so far so good, but the niggle that kept coming up was I need to make sure my own daily life is completely aligned with what I'm offering on my Trails of the Spirit web site. I don't want my trips to Peru to be once off events, just travel for travels sake, as much as I really love going there.
So what to do about this? Well the main things I do every day here in Ireland is I live my life as a writer and artist and actively work at keeping my activities aligned with my core values, what nurtures me and those I come in contact with. To put it another way, I now live the Vision I returned with from the Amazon. I live what I know I'm called to do.
The work I did before during and after my return from the Amazon (and Andes) endures in my life and I'm so thankful for that.
So what is my clarification around Trails of the Spirit and the Journeys it offers?
Based on my daily work it's twofold.
ONE To offer artists or people who would like to learn the joys of expressing themselves through drawing and painting, the opportunity to do this in the form of an exciting and incredible adventure which is also part tuition and part getting out and about sketching and painting in some of the planets most amazing regions. To sum that very long sentence up: Art tuition + out and about sketching and painting + amazing vacation, all in a wonderful supportive environment.
TWO To offer an opportunity to call 'Time Out' to examine your life and discover and clarify how you want to live it and what form this will take. To return with your own Vision on how you will live your Calling, what nurtures you and those you come in contact with. I, and others, would call this a Vision Quest.
I realise there are those who would like one or the other and for some they would like both in their journey. So I've planned and setup my itineraries in Peru to allow anyone who wants to do both to do so by adding on the extra block of time required.
To finish this long entry, I expect to take a small group of people with me to the Amazon and Andes over Christmas 2009 and into the New Year 2010. One way or another group or no group, I'll be going out there again to the Amazon and Andes because it deeply renews my Spirit.
Perhaps it could do the same for you.
Barry
Up to now my Trails of the Spirit web site was purely focused on eco Travel trips to the Amazon and Andes in Peru. More than that really it also took in an element of adventure and renewal through the possibility of Vision Quests or a time of introspection. A way to get away from it all in an amazing supportive environment along with like minded people.
Generally so far so good, but the niggle that kept coming up was I need to make sure my own daily life is completely aligned with what I'm offering on my Trails of the Spirit web site. I don't want my trips to Peru to be once off events, just travel for travels sake, as much as I really love going there.
So what to do about this? Well the main things I do every day here in Ireland is I live my life as a writer and artist and actively work at keeping my activities aligned with my core values, what nurtures me and those I come in contact with. To put it another way, I now live the Vision I returned with from the Amazon. I live what I know I'm called to do.
The work I did before during and after my return from the Amazon (and Andes) endures in my life and I'm so thankful for that.
So what is my clarification around Trails of the Spirit and the Journeys it offers?
Based on my daily work it's twofold.
ONE To offer artists or people who would like to learn the joys of expressing themselves through drawing and painting, the opportunity to do this in the form of an exciting and incredible adventure which is also part tuition and part getting out and about sketching and painting in some of the planets most amazing regions. To sum that very long sentence up: Art tuition + out and about sketching and painting + amazing vacation, all in a wonderful supportive environment.
TWO To offer an opportunity to call 'Time Out' to examine your life and discover and clarify how you want to live it and what form this will take. To return with your own Vision on how you will live your Calling, what nurtures you and those you come in contact with. I, and others, would call this a Vision Quest.
I realise there are those who would like one or the other and for some they would like both in their journey. So I've planned and setup my itineraries in Peru to allow anyone who wants to do both to do so by adding on the extra block of time required.
To finish this long entry, I expect to take a small group of people with me to the Amazon and Andes over Christmas 2009 and into the New Year 2010. One way or another group or no group, I'll be going out there again to the Amazon and Andes because it deeply renews my Spirit.
Perhaps it could do the same for you.
Barry