Daryl Wood's Blog

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The Anishinaabe lived on the land where I now live. I’ve been curious and asked questions. The Teachings of the Seven Grandfathers dip into every corner of our lives and offer the opportunity to explore how we “be” in the world. Each day as I meditate – sometimes for a few moments and sometimes much longer – in the presence of my Seven Grandfathers carving, I feel the power of the teachings.

I am reminded that learning comes as much from sitting still and listening as it does from active study. In this place of sacred land and healing nature I wonder how people without a sanctuary survive. Perhaps they first need to find the internal retreat before they can create it in their world.

I’m at a loss for how to communicate the power of coming to this quiet setting to reflect and reconnect. I know that everyone who visits or joins one of my retreats is deeply moved by the experience. What I trust, is that those who are seeking will find their way here. And when they do, life becomes more real, more conscious, more alive, more fulfilling, more reverent. They live better, work better, love better, lead better.

And that … is why I keep doing what I do.

September 16 – 19, 2010 Women’s Wisdom Retreat