Skinny Poem: Here
The window is dirty, still. Its busted blinds held in place by string wound around a nail. A more perfect future beckons with “Some day…” but Here is all we ever have.
Skinny Poem: At Home, At Last
My cells shimmer in delicious stillness, the inaudible hum of the universe courses through my tides, through this nylon folding chair, through the 80-year-old cedar in my yard. Skinless, I am embedded in the fabric of life itself, distinct, yet not separate in even the tiniest way. At home, at last.
Invitation
When you are ready, come. I will be waiting by the river’s purling hurry, slim or sleek with spring. We will walk there and your story– river in ice, river hurling — will quicken. Our two hearts nodding, knotted in knowing. When you are ready, I will be waiting. Green as daylight rich in wonder….
The Privilege to Rest in Being
It’s such a blessing to have a free day, a day in which the movement of Being is unfettered and flowing. Today has been just such a day, off from work, a morning unscheduled. I woke at 7:30 to the bright cold, laid and lit a fire, meditated, ate. I split wood and kindling, ate…
2017 We Space Summit Sandra Glickman
In this intimate and dynamic interview, a senior teacher of Trillium Awakening and recently retired psychotherapist of almost 30 years, Sandra Glickman shares her wisdom with Michael Brabant around collective intelligence and embodied awakening. She highlights the immense importance of “holding” as a spiritual competency to be present to intense experiences both individually and collectively….
Fairfield’s Annual Fall Retreat
Come enjoy Fairfield with its small town charm and high concentration of Trillium Awakening teachers, mentors, and participants. Why might you want to come to our Trillium Awakening Retreat? Consider these, among many other reasons: No matter where you are on your personal trajectory of awakenings, you will be supported and propelled forward by the transmission of…
We Space panel interview
click image to view video In this rich Trillium Awakening panel exploring the edges of spiritual embodiment and a more feminine approach to awakening, panel members shared gem and after gem around the facilitation of a We-Space. Sandra Glickman, Cielle Backstrom and Fax Gilbert discuss the nuances of facilitating We-Spaces, including balancing a feminine and…
2017 We Space Panel Interview
In this rich Trillium Awakening panel exploring the edges of spiritual embodiment and a more feminine approach to awakening, panel members shared gem and after gem around the facilitation of a We-Space. Sandra Glickman, Cielle Backstrom and Fax Gilbert discuss the nuances of facilitating We-Spaces, including balancing a feminine and masculine approach, honoring the personal…
Spiritual Diversity
Recorded at Trillium Awakening Teachers Retreat 2016
CREATE! Poetry
CREATE! is a depth creativity process that I have developed and teach. It enables anyone to access depth creativity, divine guidance and universal wisdom at will. Practitioners often use writing as the vehicle for discovering and accessing that guidance and wisdom. The following poems are examples of pieces written while in the integrated brain wave…
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September 18, 2015 – Northeast Deep Dive Retreat: Beholding the Supreme Divine Beloved Dharma Talk July 01, 2015 – Transfiguration Retreat sitting: How to Make Awakening/Awakened Life Yummier and Happier–Inherent Divine Love, Bliss, and Radiant Shakti Juice June 06, 2015 – Virtual Presentation: Orientation to the Supreme Heart Meditation and Transmission May 16, 2015 –…
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Heartful Healing Song Poignant Heart She Calls to Us Love-Bliss of the Heart
Tired of the Hamster Wheel
September 2, 2020 So much of our lives are spent trying to perfect ourselves, trying to prove to others – our parents, teachers, peers, bosses, spouses, tribe – that we are capable of living up to their expectations of who we ought to be, all the while foregoing our personnel needs, desires and urges to…
Interview with Fax for Trillium Awakening Newsletter
Elijah Petersen is currently the youngest Trillium Awakening teacher. He works as a PhD level environmental scientist in the Washington D.C. area where he lives with his wife. After exploring a range of spiritual paths for several years, it was the much-needed teaching and transmission of this work that allowed him to embody Being more fully…
My Story
Against a bland and uninspiring middle class background, with its unremarkable pleasures, pains, and suppressed emotions, I held a romantic ideal of the perfect love relationship which would lift me beyond my drabness into the Divine. Since this perfect lover never appeared, I necessarily relinquished him to the background and went on to the ordinary…
The Role of Trust in My Awakening Process
The Role of Trust in My Awakening Process “Why didn’t you just go ahead and bust the guy?” asked my trusted friend Junelle. We were all sitting at a birthday party–ten of us, friends and intimates of many years now. My birthday friend was commenting how both I and a companion had each in turn…
I am also you
from: Dancing in the Fire: Stories of Awakening within the Heart of Community, edited by Bob Valine I thought for a moment in silence. “I am dual, both limitless and limited.” Senior Waking Down Teacher, Sandra Glickman asked, “Who are you?” “Tell me more,” she prodded. To describe my unlimited nature was easy. I had…