Through walking meditations, story-telling, singing, guided visualizations, fire ceremony, and more, we’ll weave ecopsychology, nature spirituality, personal healing and transformation into the history of sacred sites in the San Francisco Bay Area. On our pilgrimage, we’ll develop ways of communicating with the plant people, the stone people, trees, animals, birds, and the shape of the land.

Discover the unique properties, human and geological history, and lingering resonance of the past. Participate in healing the wounded land. Come into a sense of belonging, of your home and your relationship to the Bay Area. Learn how to look for places of power wherever we find ourselves on the planet.

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Cost: $35 per session, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. Our primary goal is to foster ecopsychology and ecological awareness throughout the Bay Area. 10% reduction if you commit and pre-register for the series.

Reservations: contact Ginny Anderson at 650-323-4494 or by clicking HERE

Circle the Bay in 2011:

In this incredible period of human history, we are emerging from the cocoons of former roles and assumptions about ourselves, our communities, and our nation. By walking the land, learning how to be in dialogue with the Earth, and with allies in the form of plants, animals, birds, and stones, we can explore new ways of thinking about ourselves and our connections with the Earth.

It’s a pivotal time of change in the culture, and ordinary transitions are giving way to the inevitability of a totally different way of being. In late March, we will begin a sequence of six visits to sacred sites in the Bay Area. Conversations will be facilitated with these newfound allies of stone, leaf, and feather, and with the “wisdom sitting in places.” The concept of your own identity, as well as your relationship to the place which is your home, may change profoundly as you experience the power of these sacred places.

Our primary goal is to enfold ourselves in the unique power the natural world of the Bay Area. Long known world-wide as a place of innovation, the power of sacred sites contributes to this role of planetary transformation in ways that are often overlooked.

A circle of powerful mountains that surround San Francisco Bay forms a container for our journeys. Each site has its own source of inspiration, and will guide our personal exploration. Following the lead offered by each of these six special places (see below), we’ll weave human filaments with those of the plants, animals, birds, and stones who inhabit the Earth at each site. In this way, we’ll receive a new kind of nourishment and belonging.

There will be time for silence, for listening and receiving new forms of communication; there will be opportunities to observe the unsung beauty of the natural world, and to tend places that still bear resonance from past events. Story-telling, guided visualizations, singing, journaling, and ceremony will all have their places during our time together.

Over five months of prime Bay Area weather, we’ll visit the six of the sacred sites described in my book, Circling San Francisco Bay: A Pilgrimage to Wild and Sacred Places. Read its reviews on Amazon.com. A finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year competition, the book also received Editor’s Choice and Publisher’s Choice awards.

April 16 - Kirby Cove
May 7 - Mt. Tamalpais
May 29 - Ring Mountain
June 19 - Mt. Diablo
July 2 - Mt. Hamilton
Sept 11 - San Bruno Mountain

It is not necessary to attend all six sessions - each stands on its own. Cost: $35 per session, but no one will be turned away for lack of funds. 10% reduction if you commit and pre-register for the series.

As a special FREE gift for those who participate in the entire series we will offer an additional event:

October 17 - Mt. Umunhum: We'll build a cairn at the site of an earthquake rift opened on Mt. Umunhum during the Loma Prieta Earthquake of 1989. If there's available space, those who haven't done the full circle may join us, at a cost of $35.

To apply for space in this program, please describe your motivation for taking part in Circling San Francisco Bay. Include your hiking experience and current outdoor activities, as well as special interests, involvement in movement, dance, art, etc. Let me know of any physical challenges or health issues. Ginny by clicking HERE or phone 650-323-4494