Windhorse Full Circle

I can remember being 8 years old and spending long snow-flecked hours riding and talking with a fuzzy, winter-coated pony. We had connection, affection, trust, respect all qualities in short supply at home. My severe asthma would abate and I would breathe deeply, body aligned and relaxed in rhythmic movement. I had a powerful listener, with an open... heart and caring presence. Throughout my life the horses were there with their wisdom, aliveness and companionship guardian angels of my soul. They had so much to teach me. Horses brought me closer to the natural world, linking earth and heaven in a matter-of-fact way so natural to them. They live in awakened serenity. Zen masters with muzzles and manes! Everyones life is a personal journey, and mine has covered a lot of territory. My undergraduate degree in Political Futuristics reflected my desire to look at creative solutions for making the world a better place. I studied and practiced Buddhism after growing up in the Catholic, Episcopalian and Lutheran faiths of my family. As a young adult I spent a decade in a gestalt-based commune, where we worked hard to help each other heal past psychic wounds. During that time I became vitally interested in organizations and families and the ways of our human herds. I furthered my studies at the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco, in Organization Development and Transformation. It was at CIIS that I was able to explore the worlds of Jungian myth and archetype, and somatic healing modalities. I was particularly influenced by William Bridges (Transitions), Joan Halifax (Death & Dying), Joanna Macy (Spiritual Ecology) and Angeles Arrien (Intuition, Cultural Anthropology). Those who have known me longest would probably describe me as an innovator with a big heart. As a social entrepreneur I have founded businesses that address the needs of people, like myself, who find themselves challenged by lifes biggest transitions. In 1989 I founded Natural Resources, a Pregnancy and Childbirth Center in San ...Read More