HIKING LESSONS at Browns Lake Trail, COMANCHE PEAK WILDERNESS AREA The hiking lesson begins. 5:00 AM alarm, not my house, darn, I forgot to get a glass of water. Bryan will be up in 15 so I better get to the bathroom. I really hate, yes a strong word but the right word, hate getting …
Who says what is good and what is bad? Our ego, the conscious mind? Others? Society? Or maybe the subconscious tells us so. Good and Bad is an example of dualistic thinking and when we subscribe to dualism, we have to, we must label…EVERYTHING. And, it is subconscious. I am Valerie the Hypnotic Hiker. As …
Does God speak to us directly, or through nature or through hypnosis? What I do know is that if we take our questions or our troubles out in nature, the natural world has a way of sparking an idea or unveiling an insight. We start on the trail with a heavy heart or a scrambled …
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 …