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December 2025:
Finding Stillness Amid the Holiday Hustle
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As the year’s final chapter unfolds among twinkling lights and festive cheer, the outer world hums with celebration. Yet within, a quieter call invites us to pause. Amid the swirling currents of year-end chaos, there is a sacred space where self-love can bloom like a gentle flame, steady and warm. This season, let us journey inward, honoring the whispers of our souls, embracing the stillness that nurtures healing and renewal. In the heart of the storm, may you find the grace to love yourself deeply, and the courage to step softly into the new year’s unfolding mystery.
No matter how, or whether, you celebrate, may this season bring you moments of peace, joy, and connection. Wishing you a happy holiday filled with gentle light and the warmth of self-compassion.
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VISION QUEST
DEATH VALLEY, CA
MARCH 26TH, 2026 -
APRIL 5TH, 2026
Immense, grand vistas, land of Gold Rush stories and geological oddities. Graveled washes in rocky canyons, sand dunes, silence, vast sky, sparse vegetation. Time stretches into the distance, stars brilliant in the wide sky overhead...the stillness punctuated by calls of coyote or raven...
Our group camp will take place in a lush oasis at the beginning and return from your solo quest in the vast, starkly beautiful panoramas of the desert called Death Valley. Clear mountain streams with the snow-capped Sierras towering overhead will bless our preparation and integration work...thermal pools offering their welcoming warmth a short distance away.
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VISION QUEST
ALDO LEOPOLD WILDERNESS, NM
MAY 19TH, 2026 -
MAY 29TH, 2026
Our preparation takes place in a campground with natural hot springs. When finished, we enter an area of great geological and biodiversity, where rugged mountains descend through dry grass and wildflower meadows to lush river-bottom land. Grand cottonwoods, oaks, and other deciduous trees line the rivers, while ponderosa pine forests and pinion-juniper cactus zones characteristic of high desert thrive close-by. Cliff dwellings and caves, pictographs, and shards of ancient pottery coexist with a wide range of wildlife. Hiking, moderate — doable by an average person.
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MYTHIC WARRIOR REUNION
HAWLEY, MA
JUNE 5TH, 2026 -
JUNE 7TH, 2026
We want to welcome all former Mythic Warriors back to celebrate all we’ve shared in the past and reconnect and update where we all are now. And while the theme of this weekend is reunion and a renewal of old friendships and bonds...we’ll also want to have time to make new connections and maybe “do a little work” together.
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VISION QUEST
GREEN MOUNTAIN FOREST, VT
SEPTEMBER 17TH, 2026 -
SEPTEMBER 27TH, 2026
Along the lake shore, swirls of mist lift from the water with the morning sun as islands emerge from the fog. Leaves are turning gold and crimson as geese splash down to rest on their southward journey. The forest offers a thousand treasures in miniature kingdoms of moss, fields of mushrooms sprouting from mossy logs, and water splashing through boulder-strewn streams… all amidst the brilliant palette of autumn leaves.
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WRITING | (Books, blogs and more). . . | |
The Man in the Mirror
Some Thoughts on Self-Love...
“If you want to make the world a better place, take a look at yourself and make a change.” ~ Michael Jackson
You’ve probably all heard a saying that goes something like, “You’ll never really be able to love someone unless you’ve learned to love yourself first.” Well, OK...that sounds great, but that doesn’t answer the question of exactly how one goes about doing that. Nice sentiment, but where’s the instruction manual?
It reminds me of a time in the early 90s when I was reading a book called Conscious Loving. Overall, it was a good book and I liked it, but I remember a part where the authors were talking about core beliefs and said, “If you’re constantly experiencing this...or continually repeating that, you might want to examine your belief systems and change them.”
Well, great, change my belief systems...no problem! Thanks a lot! You recommend a good magician? Or can you teach me some ritual where I light 12 candles, invoke a being from another dimension, and say, “Abracadabra” or “1-2-3 go!” Maybe a heartfelt “Dear Santa Claus, would you bring me some new belief systems for Christmas?” And then again, there’s always Jesus...
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IDEAS FOR LIFE || Forget Your Trauma, Part 1 | TOOLS AND TEACHINGS || Living in a Harsh and Exciting World | IDEAS FOR LIFE || Making Ourselves Strong | | | | |
INDIVIDUAL WORK
Alongside our many group offerings — including vision quests and workshop adventures — we also continue to work with individuals one-on-one. This personal work can take many different forms.
Traditional counseling often keeps us in the mind, asking questions like “How are you feeling?” about specific situations. Our approach is different. We believe that what people truly seek is experience — the experience of living fully, bringing their desires, longings, and values — their inner depths — into vibrant, meaningful engagement with the world. Our work is devoted to supporting that process.
We draw upon — and share — a rich toolkit of practices and methods developed through:
- Over thirty years of experience leading more than 175 small-group vision quests, and designing and facilitating classes and workshops exploring inner and outer nature, dreaming, shamanism, the soul’s journey, and more.
- Deep familiarity with psychodrama, guided imagery, dream incubation, breathwork, and related modalities.
- Extensive knowledge of ritual, ceremony, and shamanic traditions, including both traditional and Amazonian practices.
Here are the forms individual work can take:
Personal Intensives - Personal Intensives offer a deep and focused descent beneath the surface, where you can discover the passionate currents that lead you toward a heartfelt, authentic path.
Personal Counseling/Coaching - Personal Counseling and Coaching invite you to meet life’s challenges as gateways to deeper connection — with your soul and with the living web that holds us all.
Individual Medicine Walks - The Medicine Walk is a day spent in communion with the earth — a walk of balance, awareness, and listening, not a trial of endurance. Along the way, the land becomes a mirror, revealing the signs and stories of your inner path.
Post-Quest/Workshop Coaching - Post-Quest or Workshop Coaching guides you through the return journey — the art of bringing your experiences home. Rather than offering answers, the coach helps you attune to the quiet voice of your own inner knowing.
No matter what form you choose, individual work can be invaluable on your journey to a more passionate, purposeful life.
| | | | For 37 years Circles of Air and Stone has been creating processes and programs to bring people into profound encounters with the depths of their psyches, ushering them into primal realities more authentic and vital than the inherited and pre-packaged realities bequeathed by their cultures and personal history. The programs and resources listed below are designed to do just that, and we invite you to heed the call to explore and claim what's authentic and vitally alive!! ~ Sparrow Hart, Founder | | | | |
