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Vision Arrow
Programs
Vision Quests and Journeys
For thousands of years and in lands throughout the world,
people facing important turning points in their lives have left
their communities behind and ventured alone into the wilderness to
seek insight, clarity, and self-awareness.
All of us, no matter what our ancestry, training, or beliefs, can
find wisdom in Nature. On a Vision Arrow quest, sometimes called a
wilderness rite of passage, you rediscover this innate knowing and how it
can give you insights into where you are right now in your life.
In the process you recognize how all your life has been a heroic journey
you had to take, gain clarity on where you stand in the present, and bring
forth awareness, courage, support, and practical steps for the path ahead.
Our quests take place in small groups in wild and beautiful places.
The first part of the journey is devoted to getting clear about what
old habits and perceptions you need to let go of. The heart of the
journey is time you spend in solitude in the wilderness, varying in length
from one to three days. Most people choose to fast during this time, to quiet
the mind, expand the attention, and focus on what you’re really hungry for.
The final part of the program is devoted to becoming thoroughly grounded in
your experience and creating steps to bring it to life back home.
August 9-13, 2010
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Endless Mountains Vision Quest
This four-day program, held in a secluded 400-acre nature preserve,
is specially designed for those who seek a meaningful rite of
passage in a beautiful, yet accessible place. You explore many of
the same processes and practices as in the longer vision quest, but
with a focus on reading Nature’s lessons and discovering how they
apply to your own path in life. For the twenty-four-hour solo you
may choose from among diverse ecological niches: glacial pond,
meadow, wetlands, stream, or forest. Minimal backpacking.
Guides: Trebbe Johnson
Cost: $605, plus approximately $75-125 for one night’s lodging in a
local bed & breakfast
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September 10-17, 2010
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest,
Nantahala Forest, western North Carolina
What Now? You’ve Changed. Times Have Changed. Has Your Vision
Changed? (for people who have already participated in a vision
quest)
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a PDF flyer for this program
The time comes when every person who has quested for a vision
or in some other way worked to a bring a vision into the
world needs to re-explore what happened and how the insights
of that experience relate to your current life. How have you
lived your vision? Do you feel that you’ve let yourself or
your vision down because you have not done what you
intended? Does your original vision feel too big for you?
Too small?
During his week-long retreat, held in a protected
Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, where 400-year-old trees
tower above you, you’ll explore what still has heart and
meaning from your original vision quest… clarify where you
are right now and what you are called to contribute to your
community and your planet… and discover how you can reshape
your vision to satisfy your own great love and the world’s
great hunger. There will be a one-day solo in the beautiful
old-growth forest.
The program will be held in the forests of western North Carolina.
We’ll spend days in Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest, the protected
habitat of 400-hundred-year-old trees, and nights in the Nantahala
Campground just down the trail.
Guides: Trebbe Johnson and Eugene Hughes
Cost: $1050 (including 7 nights camping and most meals) |
January 1-15, 2011
Sahara Vision Quest and Camel Caravan
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Southern Algeria |
Following the steps of intrepid seekers throughout the ages who have
been drawn to the desert to fast and pray for guidance, we venture
into the greatest desert of all: the Sahara. Our guides are a group
of nomadic Tuareg, a matriarchal people known for their love of the
desert, poetry, camels, and beauty.
Our base camp in the black basalt wonderland of southern Algeria is
truly remote, reached after 1-2 days travel by Land Rover, followed
by 3-4 days in a camel caravan. To undertake this quest, you must
have an adventurous spirit and be prepared to sleep under the stars,
immerse yourself in the ways of another culture, experience hot days
and cold nights, live three weeks without a shower, and move
fearlessly into a life of meaning and fulfillment.
Guides : Sabina Wyss, Trebbe Johnson, Adem
Mellakh, and Tuareg hosts
Cost : $4,444 Swiss Francs, (approximately $4,250.00), including all meals, camping fees, riding camel, land
transportation in the desert, and air travel from a European city to Tamanrasset, Algeria
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“The
ways and practices that you’ve collected to help us get to
the bottom of ourselves had the ability to (without anguish)
get inside me to locate forgotten places. A magician’s work
I should say. I find myself more comfortable in my skin
after dropping (jumping? ) into those days.”
Paul Vautaux
Bellingham, WA
“Now when I struggle I think of the sunshine in that
abundant incredible meadow and of how, by exploring it, I
explored myself. So much has shifted, both simple and
significant. I sense the beckoning and excitement of my life
and my next steps have a certain ease.”
Karen Thompson,
Collegeville, Pennsylvania |
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