Hiking is my outlet. And after 20 years of Texas’ 600 ft above sea level trails, I decided it was time to elevate my path.
So, I starting last year, I did Guadalupe Peak in Texas (8,751), attempted Red Cloud (14,035) near Lake City, CO (a mudslide spoiled it) and Venado Peak (12,734) in New Mexico.
This year (2020) My Bryan and I traveled to WY, SD and CO.
Just to clarify, we are not rock climbing. We are on foot, staying grounded while climb feels much more secure. And, we are not doing any extreme climbs, but rather some 7000-14000 foot elevations that are still challenging mentally and physically. BTW, I refer to him as My Bryan because that is what my grandson calls him and so it stuck.
Black Elk’s Peak in South Dakota
This short slideshow is from Black Elk’s Peak at Custer State Park in South Dakota. It was 3.3 miles to the peak, but my pedometer registered 5, so 3.3 that felt like 5 I guess. The meadow was the first visual that stopped me. A real meadow. Blue Bells, raspberries, Bergamot, and Black-Eyed Susan. Then as the elevation began to climb we hiked through a glitter field. Mica was all over the path. If you pick it up it is like a frail piece of simmering plastic.
Traveling past the meadow and mica field we were cooled off by the Ponderosa Pine. There were moss covered dump truck sized boulders. And then it seemed like we were just there and at 7,000 feet all I could see were other mountains and pines. I almost fell to my knees and I did feel a little tear roll down. It is a feeling like no other, to take in through all my senses only the natural world. The last several hundred feet were steep, a stairway to the top of the former Forest Service Lookout. How in the heck did those stone workers build such beautiful and solid structure up on that peak?
Hypnosis and Hiking / Hiking and Hypnosis, they are interchangeable.
I have been a hypnotist also for 20 years (as long as I have been hiking) and believe that your subconscious mind is OPEN and SUGGESTIBLE on the trail. Anytime you are focused you are in a trance and nature provides new perspectives and insights and parallels.
With this platform my aim is to encourage you to get outside to improve your circulation, take in some nourishing sunshine and step into a fresh perspective. But more importantly, find appreciation in the natural world…the rivers, the mountains, the rocks, the trees, the shrubs, the flowers, the animals, the insects, the spiders and the lichen.
Are you ready to ascent to new vistas?
Stay tuned here for information on how you can tap into your subconscious mind and make incredible transformations in nature.
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As a hypnotist and hiker for the past 19 years I have realized how much the two have in common for helping to shift perspective and gain insights.
Recently I have study the Beatitudes and realize Jesus was talking about the subconscious mind when he used Heart, Earth, Righteousness and other words that meant something entirely different 3000 + years ago then they mean now.
Come along with me as I Walk and Talk with Nature Connecting to the subconscious which is the heart mind, connects to the divine within, the source within the power to do all things greater than …… and teach you how to do the same.