Nikki and Steve on Bell Rock, where they were married 21 years ago today!
I was hiking up Bell Rock with two dear friends, Michelle and Paul night before last. The sun was setting, and Bell Rock was stunning as always.
Seated on the stones was a couple enjoying the sunset and the energy of Bell Rock. Michelle went over and asked if they wanted their picture taken. They did, and the four of us began to talk.
Nikki and Steve have been married 21 years today!
And the big moment took place …
on Bell Rock!
Their story is truly delightful … with lots of extra bits.
Here are the runners up in the Audio/Video Category of our Sedona Storyfest Contest:
Birds of a Feather by Carl Bring
“Birds of a feather is an original song that I wrote while hiking around in the Red Rocks in Sedona on Marg’s Draw trail. I stopped to rest and take in the beautiful inspiring surroundings and noticed Ravens flying all around above me like they usually are here in Sedona. Well on this particular day they were extremely loud and insistent with there crowing or squawking, and I wondered what it must be like to sail on the wind like a crow or an eagle. The lyrics to this song came to me almost instantly! And within the last month I just finished recording it, which is amazing. What started as a lil’ melody in my head is now a beautiful piece of music for all to hear and take in just like I did on that day in the beautiful red rocks of Sedona under the spell of The Raven’s crowing.”
My Sedona Story by Margaret Emory
“Rain? Snow? Sedona? You don’t normally hear those words together. But on a weekend in February of this year, the participants of the Tao Meditation Tour in Sedona enjoyed a very different Sedona experience. We were reminded that the precipitation was good for the Earth. It was a blessing. After all, deserts get thirsty too. This was my first trip to Sedona, my first visit to Mago Garden. I sincerely hope you feel the beauty, majesty, warmth, peace and love of Mago through these images recorded with my trusted Kodak EasyShare. I stayed an extra day and the sun came out. It was indeed a blessing to connect to the Earth’s energy and soul.”
Leaping into the Unknown, Improvisational Poems by Elizabeth Martina Bishop
“The video describes a pilgrimage towards the soul. Poetic, improvisational vignettes are composed to galvanize the awakening of the heart. The harpist is the master coaxing the poet to have no fear and to reach a mystical vortex of romance, Sedona style.”
Thanks to the experiences they have had together, Terri and Lew have much to share with others. Terri has learned much from a brain injury, such as how we as humans have the power to heal ourselves. She learned that if we could take a moment and slow down, we could shake off our traumas and move forward with our lives. She would like to teach people about this recovery process, especially those with brain injuries. Lew has become a gentler person. He has learned a deeper level of satisfaction with life. He likes himself better and there are more smiles in this life. This lightness of being is what he offers his clients.
Both Lew and Terri are powerful advocates for Heart Centered Therapy. They have experienced profound healing that comes from working with the memory of tissue and the feelings that the tissue holds, rather than reliving traumatic experiences in the mind. With sensitivity and awareness, we can give our tissue what it needs in the moment, which can release the trauma held in the tissue. Terri and Lew have found that this healing process can uncover trauma that had been held in the body for many years.
Whatever path brought you here
There is a reason why you came,
Though you may not know it now.
So, please open your ears and listen.
Listen to the message
that Sedona has for you.
The old juniper standing tall
in the golden sunset
just might reveal it to you.
This time I have the opportunity to talk with 
January 1, 2012
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