by Maria Cook | Aug 3, 2021 | empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, workshops
What does it take to create a transformative experience? On our kayak journeys we like to present the opportunity to paddle across Rich Passage and set up camp on Blake Island as a kind of rite of passage, something that will inform us of what we are truly capable...
by Maria Cook | Nov 14, 2019 | Belize, Curanderos, empowerment, Kayaking, learning, retreats, Rituals, Travel, workshops, Yoga
Why travel? Here are 11 good reasons: •Cultivate more mindfulness as new experiences bring you into the moment, very present and engaged with new things •Enjoy simplicity as you do a lot with just a few things and recognize how little you actually need •Relax deeply...
by Maria Cook | Aug 14, 2018 | acupuncture, empowerment, learning, Rituals, workshops
I recently listened to Martin Prechtel, Mayan shaman, talk about grief and praise, how they are interconnected. There are so many approaches to grief, so many ways to experience it and recover from it, so many stages of grief, so many individual expressions. Grief and...
by Maria Cook | May 14, 2018 | empowerment, learning, workshops
I recently flew to New York from Seattle to I join a seminar with Marie Kondo, the author of The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up. Along with people from 16 other countries, I’m now a KonMari Home Organizing Consultant in training! I’m completely sold on...
