We often get questions about energy clearings and readings. What, exactly, are these? What do they do? Why are they important? Our energy readings and clearings are the foundation of our process around creating sacred spaces. The readings are a way to clear and re-balance old energy. We identify the particular energetic qualities [...]
The other day I left my busy life, my distracted mind and my comfortable home to walk in the mountains. Stepping off the path and onto the undisturbed, soft bed of fallen winter grass I felt the breathing of this beautiful earth. My wandering took me through the meadow and into the trees, where the [...]
A few days ago I learned of a dear friend’s passing. The waves of disbelief have been rolling over me accompanied by the soft freedom of her spirit and the hard knot of grief in my heart. Death always brings perspective to the ordinary. The sweetness of the spring wind wakes me up to the [...]
It is often said that our biggest obstacle in life is ourselves. This is true on so many levels. There are many instances when we limit ourselves with beliefs that constrict who we think we are. These beliefs dictate if we are capable or not of getting something done or done well, or the limits [...]
John took this photo sometime in 2010, during a month-long job in the mountains of Colorado. We were brought in to replace a series of retaining walls that had failed within a short time of being built. There we were, about a week into the job when we became aware of some conflicting information between [...]
There are as many ways to move through life as there are people. The range is quite extraordinary. Some people move through life as if on an inner tube floating on the ocean, allowing the currents and circumstances to shape who they are. Others act as if they are at the controls of a bulldozer, [...]
When I speak of listening in this context, I am referring to the act which brings you to the present moment, the awareness which allows the stone to simply be, and the understanding that your role as stone-worker is one of a facilitator. Listening and Stonework This type of listening relies on all of your [...]
Acknowledgment is an incredible gift that most of us practice on some level in our everyday lives. In the simplest of ways when you acknowledge someone for who they are or what they do, it allows their own energy to brighten. It creates a deeper connection between the two of you. We have all had [...]
For many of us, stone engenders a deep love within. There is a kinship, a sense of family, and a connection to the earth below that arises when we meet stone. Stone is a Mirror in the Present Moment. I always feel a deep sense of home when I work with stone. It commands my [...]
What makes a Temple? Is it the walls that contain a sacred space? Is it the energy that is infused into the structure? Or is it just as the individual defines it? The definition of temple that I work with is a place where one, or many, go to connect to their experience of divinity. [...]
