Transitions, Connections & Journey Forward

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In these weeks, I’ve been able to observe and appreciate the emergence of my new healing practice space, a quiet intimate refuge in the NYU area. 

Also recently, my beloved friend Mary passed on, as did three others in my circle of friends & family. Each of these transitions was a reminder of the fragility of life and the importance of the moments we share.

As I was addressing these losses, I had a synchronistic delight on Facebook: my ex-sister-in-law Cathy contacted me, long- lost after her divorce from my brother and her move out of New York.  Like Mary, Cathy was another earth mother in my life. In 1983, when all evidence was contrary, she believed I could recover from two AIDS related cancers. It was through Cathy’s belief that I found a portal to survival that makes my today possible.  

Friday, August 21, I’m off to the 7-day Focusing Institute Summer School being held at the beautiful Garrison Institute situated in the historic Hudson Highlands overlooking the Hudson River. This sacred meeting place is dedicated to contemplation and education, transformational ecology, and transforming trauma. It occupies a large, newly renovated monastery surrounded by tranquil forests and fields. I look forward to learning and sharing with a community that has a long history of thinking and experiencing “the edge” of our human experience.

After this is a week’s vacation in the mountains where I will be integrating and centering into my core to develop a 10-week Focalizing course: Reinventing Ourselves Naturally starting September 24th. I write this enjoying the balmy Catskills summer with wonderful friends and family.

Wishing all wonder and joy, Michael