I just spent a week (March 7-14) with some amazing folks in Portland, Oregon.  I was sort-of sequestered with 31 other Sacred Fire Community Fire Keepers from across the  US as well as Mexico and Great Britain.  We were learning enhanced group facilitation skills with the fine folks at the Process Work Institute, flowing from Arnold Mindell's book, "Sitting in the Fire: Large Group Transformation Using Conflict and Diversity"

Vassiliki, Gary, Emetchi and Dawn are earthy, grounded process workers and facilitators that sat with us in our own 'personal' and group 'fire(s)' and opened their hearts and minds to us to help us bring our Fire Keeping  to a new depth.  We are most grateful to them, and know that the communities we serve as Fire Keepers will benefit greatly.

In the meantime,  on Sunday March 9th, I took a few hours to go to the Oregon coast with some fellow students...what a treat.  Overcast as usual, but Grandmother Ocean was welcoming and restful.

That's me in the foreground.  

That's Debra and Claire snuggling in their wild-women glasses.

We worked and played hard this week--the kind of play that is soulful and guided.  I'm in awe of the process of bringing our life-stories as wood to be transformed by the fire...

Thank you to my fellow Fire Keepers and the Process Workers assigned to help us grow!  Special thanks also to Jonathan and Jennifer, Fire Keepers in Portland, for their generous hosting of this rowdy bunch!

Beth

Virtual Tea House Host and Processed-Out Fire Keeper...

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