Vermilion Cliffs, Marble Canyon, Arizona, Utah, Lake Powell, Hopi and Navajo Indian Reservations, raft trip on Colorado River, canyon hikes, slot canyon, campfire circle, coyote howls, mythology, drumming, nature observation as creative stimulus for writing, drawing and sounds, medicine animals, mystical nature awareness, Native American inspiration.

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Vision Quest Retreat:
Canyon de Chelly, Hopi
Native American
Culture Journeys


Vermilion Cliffs, Marble Canyon,
Colorado River float trip through Glen Canyon
A remote area northeast of the Grand Canyon in the Arizona-Utah borderlands

Flow of Life Journey amid stunning Cliffs of Light
Colorful Arizona and Utah canyonlands inspirational settings
Nature awareness, free your creative self
Comradeship -- campfire circles with Hopi and Navajo people

with special:
slot canyon hike and Lake Powell vistas
circles on Hopi and Navajo lands

Sept. 28, 29 and 30, 2008

 

Settings:

Sedona red cliffs

Hopi villages in fall, the harvest time when the ladies bless all of Creation--white sandstone cliffs

Glen Canyon by raft (smooth water) from Page to Lee's Ferry:

Departing from the scenic town of Page, Arizona, your trip will begin with an exciting and exclusive ride down the two-mile long Glen Canyon Dam access tunnel. At river level, with the dam soaring 583 feet above you, you will board a comfortable, motorized pontoon raft for your journey downstream.

For the next fifteen miles, you will experience one of the most dramatic stretches of river in the western United States. Your experienced guide will tell the story of the area’s soaring sandstone cliffs, crystal blue-green waters, abundant wildlife, exploration by Major John Wesley Powell and others, and the river's modern role in the Southwest’s water and power delivery system.

A stop to view an impressive set of ancient petroglyphs will offer a you chance to stretch your legs while bearing witness to the area’s former inhabitance by ancient native cultures. If you choose, you may also refresh yourself by wading in the cold, clear river.

Marble Canyon:
~historic Lee's Ferry area where pioneers used to cross the Colorado River
~old Arizona lodge
~campfire circle under stars

Sandstone slot canyon with textured walls glowing at mid-day like a sand lantern (see border of this page)

Lake Powell vistas

 

 


Marble Canyon

 


rafting the Colorado in Glen Canyon

 


Vermilion Cliffs


Hopi Cliff Trail


 

Experiences:

Nature walks, river float trip--deep observing in stunning settings of cliff, canyon, river side

Bringing these primal vibrations into writing, drawing, dream time awareness, creating your song of nature in a flowing, natural way you will enjoy

Riverside art instruction by award-winning artist Cody Delong to inspire you to bring to life what you see-feel in the cliff, river, sky (or option to just photograph and enjoy our riverside vistas on this day long journey through Glen Canyon)

Visit Hopi villages and gardens, meet warm-hearted traditional peoples

Hopi and Navajo songs and blessings that flow from a living relationship to this land they know as Mother Earth

Campfire circles with mystical drum journeys, Native stories, songs, blessings--participatory drumming and rattling

Spirits of nature connection for personal inspiration--medicine animal connection, remembering our childhood mystic self

 

Cody DeLong paintings of areas we will visit with him on raft trip:

 


Vermilion Cliffs vista

I bring to you in this journey my passion for exploring wild nature and will guide you into ways of taking it in with all your senses and expressing this in creative ways. You may surprise yourself how spontaneously images and flowing words and even your own song of nature can spring forth as you relax into intuitive communion with your inner being and the primal vibrations of nature. For Hopi and Navajo peoples this is very natural--we will share songs, blessings and laughter with them. Out under the stars by the campfire, we will connect with animal helper spirits and ancient spirit of the land and evoke/remember our childhood mystical self and do some free form drumming and rattling. In my years of creating circles out on the land I have seen how people unwind, let a fresh wind blow through them, gain a new perspective on life.

slot canyon


You will get to walk out across the Navajo Bridge, the only car bridge over the Colorado River in Arizona


wild condors inhabit the area

 

$825 per person based on 4 - 6 participants
Includes van transportation, program, river trip, program, guides, entry fees, Hopi dinner, 2 nights lodging (double occupancy)

Trip begins and ends in Sedona or Flagstaff
Option Sept. 27: Sedona Explorer Sunset tour followed by Native American Campfire Circle

 

 

Primal Vibration of Nature Brings Us Home to Center article:
with excerpt from The Last Child in Nature,
Saving Our Children from Nature Attention Deficit Disorder

Nature, Soul and Vision article
"When your heart issues that call to pilgrimage and you answer and go to a place with great natural energy and power, you receive cellular level stimulation, awakening. Entering with a child-like sense of awe, heart wide open, in reverence and prayer opens the door. This is really a pilgrimage to your own heart-- an act of great love and courage to just be with you.

article...The Power of Sound to Heal,
to Create New Life
"The very air seems to shiver and vibrate as a multitude of harmonic tones reaches out into an infinite universe. The essence of your cells -- your very being -- reacts, reorganizes, and harmonizes. "

article: The Patterns in the Stars are Patterns in Us.
Here in the Colorado Plateau country, a magical region lifted to the sky, the stars are a constant, abiding presence. High altitudes, transparent atmosphere, wide spaces of crystalline rock bring the stars into our nightscape. Comforting, reassuring, tantalizing, felt as an essential part of our inner landscape. The patterns in the stars are patterns in us--ancient wisdom from this land whose meaning I have sought for years.

Native Healing Wisdom article


Our annual Summer Solstice: Earth Medicine Vision Quest Retreat

For those who prefer staying in a motel rather than camping (with one night out in the wilderness solo):
Sedona Vision Quest Retreat

 

Crossing Worlds Journeys and Retreats
P O Box 3288
Sedona, AZ 86340

1-800-350-2693 for quick info calls
Office:  928-203-0024
eMail: journeys@crossingworlds.com

see also:
Crossing Worlds Foundation, our 501 3(c)
cross-cultural education and Native American service projects arm