Reflections

“Beneath these days was a blend of deep and peaceful meditation and silent times, close, often wordless companionship, long walks in solitude, rich conversation about what it all meant for our own lives, and an abiding sense of awe in being so close to, so much a part of Wildness–a feeling so subtle, so deep that it is almost not a feeling at all but rather a kind of resonance that is working at some elemental level beneath any naming. I will never be the same again.”
Here is a letter from Larry Parks Daloz, written to his children the day after completing a trip with Inside Passages in August of 1998.
Larry Parks Daloz – Whidbey Island, WA

Our week with Inside Passages was incredibly deep and rich for us, both individually and together. It seems impossible to thank you for conceiving and bringing into being such a project. The choice of the place itself, the plan of our days with their ordered rhythm of silence and shared conversation, activity and rest, of looking outward with sharpened attention and looking inward with searching contemplation – everything combined to create a sense of consecrated time, time set apart for an encounter with the holy, in whatever form that might take for each one of us.
Rita Rouner – Boston, MA

“I wanted to write to tell you how very much I did enjoy the trip in Alaska. “Enjoy” is not an adequate word as I found it very moving. I found it affirmed and deepened the work I’m doing with regard to the New Universe Story. It was a rare privilege, a unique occasion to do it under leadership familiar with both the wilderness area and with an appropriate spirituality.”
Mary Coelho – The Bronx, NY

“I am honored and very grateful to you for having produced that incredible week in the Alaskan wilderness with seven strangers who became as one. It was an experience I will never forget. The beautiful setting, with the birds and wildlife and unspoiled nature was worth the entire effort alone. But the addition of the camping experience, the kayaking, the interaction with new and diverse personalities, all made for one beautiful, very rewarding and memorable experience.”
Ann Capozza – San Diego, CA

“Thanks so much for your generous sharing of yourself and your ‘place’. It was, truly, an experience of a lifetime for me.”
Jane Zappone – Woodinville, WA

“Our trip together far exceeded my expectations. I am still really jazzed about our “journey” and Southeast Alaska”
Andy Steele – Camptonville, CA