I was fortunate to be able to go on Theodore’s shamanic retreat in September even though the minute I arrived at the facility and walked up to the campsite I found myself saying: Are you out of your mind? What are you doing here? The answers that occurred to these questions during the course of the week-end were varied and interesting and stayed with me long after I returned home.
I also experienced the following sensations: the food I ate satisfied my hunger and tasted wonderful, the flames in the fire were more colours than I normally notice and the sky was vast. I also became quickly aware that I could not run away when I started to feel uncomfortable and I was often uncomfortable. Theodore was a kind, disciplined and expansive guide who took us out on amazing adventures and always brought us safely back home. He knows what he is doing, that is very clear to me and his presence had a calming influence.
Once the retreat was over he did not disappear but sent follow-up information and was available for private consultation regarding the work we had done. I benefited from this experience in ways that surprised me.
Dawn D.
“Theodore is a gifted teacher, an excellent guide on such a vulnerable and dangerous journey”. …I cannot count how many precious moments in this retreat touched me so deeply. I was very consciously in these moments, understanding my connection to this earth, this living, breathing, life-giving earth. I felt the healing capabilities of this mother.
I have been on this healing path for some time now and my focus upon peace has not wavered. This healing is about peace for the entire earth. I entered this weekend healing journey with the light of love feeling my entire being. I left this weekend retreat with the light glowing more brightly, covering an even greater space.
I sat as a mountain in meditation and the streams of tears I left were tears of understanding.”
Robert J.
Bendley, ON
One of the pharmaceutical dosage forms is the long-acting bolus injection. It is meant to be injected as a depot, staying in the tissue site for a long time–say a month–to be absorbed by the body slowly. My experience with Theodore was like a depot injection: the meaning of the 3 days slowly percolates from the
memory every so often, flavouring the brain with insights and warmth, continually unfolding its contents over many months. It has been a year since the retreat and still the meaning has not fully been digested. It was so packed full of goodness and food for the emotions. There are teachers who like to work in silence.
Theodore works with sound. Non-stop encouragment can be daunting in a closed space. But the intention of Theodore’s sharing is on the one hand to make sure that nothing is left out, and also to spur the mind into stopping its own mechanical routine. Thus, Theodore’s goodness was shown in his caring for our meals, such love from the cook and seeming devotion to the group! And Theodore urged us on to create our own picture of the sacred womb by flooding us with sound to stop the mind and urge it forward. After all is said and done, he packed alot in to 3 days and learning all of it will take many months if not years. His intention is healthy and therefore there is no mistake if you were to attend the retreat. Be well and enjoy the journey. There were many serviceable insights!
Robert P. (Holistic Health Practitioner)
Toronto, ON
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