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colleen bishop
Feb 16, 20222 min read
marking thresholds: rites of passage
Marking a threshold is considered a sanction of vitality + imagination that can enrich the individual + collective body, psyche, spirit
colleen bishop
Feb 16, 20225 min read
tributaries of attunement
The patterns tell the stories of the journeys of belonging
Admin
Oct 6, 20201 min read
songs birthed out on the 'range'...
i (tbird) walked in the door (returning from vision fast) , sat down after three weeks of not playing, and this fell out......
colleen bishop
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Storytelling...By Way of Sandstone & Water (as told by a vision fast initiate)
Ascending from the eastern ridge, the first, bright, and indescribable wedge of freedom appears, ushering flesh and spirit
Admin
Jun 29, 20202 min read
Viriditas: A Birthing Passage Bridging Flesh & Spirit
Spring 2020 Newsletter Dear, allies, We hope this message finds you well. We've been keeping presence during this transition--cohering as...
Admin
Apr 29, 20203 min read
Earthyear: COVID-19
Earthday 2020 My heart goes out to this beautiful planet, the brilliance of her colors and life. I begin in gratitude and appreciation...
colleen bishop
Apr 1, 20208 min read
distillation: the process of purifying and extracting the spirit, the essence
Winter to Spring Newsletter 2020 Dear, Allies, The transition from winter to spring is one of distillation. The structures, the stories...
colleen bishop
Mar 19, 20195 min read
em-bodied emergence
The empty, unsheltered, and alone body serves as an inner compass which communes subtle messages of the larger systems of Psyche + Earth
colleen bishop
Nov 29, 20187 min read
incorporation & nonconceptual awareness
Buddhist teachings refer to this type of awareness, not fixed to any concept or idea, as nonnconceptual awareness.
Admin
Sep 29, 20184 min read
a sacred union : a living ceremony
on 11 august 2018 on a ragged mountain high (above) collfeatherz & tbird committed to a sacred union & living ceremony and so began their...
Admin
Mar 22, 20183 min read
emergence. tenderness. death. rebirth. paradox
Dear Friends & Allies, Exquisite Vernal Equinox Blessings to you all! Yesterday the Sun came into alignment with the central axis of...
Admin
Mar 5, 20181 min read
warmed by the light
an opening _ june 29, 2017 thompson alexander bishop I let the light warm me an eastern plain, moving to begin as if all that was began...
Admin
Feb 25, 20181 min read
Stories from the Land
Rest arrived the sacred community of silence, of attending to the inner flow where song birds are heard through the silence Within a vast...
Admin
Feb 21, 20181 min read
Desert Birth Story
There is an undying well in the desert Pulsing to be birthed in Emptiness Will it find you? You must go now to die --- to the ignorance,...
Admin
Feb 21, 20184 min read
Touching the Clear Mirror of Radiant Presence
From AOP's February 2018 Newsletter “Anytime I pause, I am willing to stay in a more intimate engagement – to see through another’s eyes...
colleen bishop
Jan 4, 20182 min read
embodied ecological consciousness
There is an intimate reciprocity to the senses; as we touch the bark of a tree, we feel the tree touching us
colleen bishop
Dec 20, 20172 min read
solstice blessings *light* the way
The darkness of the winter solstice is a magical time, one of celebration and renewal.
Admin
Dec 18, 20172 min read
wisdom from a Mysore class
Aloha ❤ Today we are writing this post from Hawaii, where we are met and fed by the ocean’s dynamic pranic force. This week we had the...
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Nov 28, 20171 min read
first steps
the journey of a thousand miles begins with one step _ lau tzu. leaning in touching water holding time we begin more coming . stay tuned :)
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