“When I emerged from the direct experience of who I am (at the retreat) I started to laugh. All of my worries about the future and my resentments about past hurts seemed, in that moment, very small when compared to the vastness of which I was a part.
In that moment I knew that joy- real joy that does not deny what is hard in our lives- is a choice. Joy finds us when we feel the elation that comes when we know that we belong- to another, to ourselves, to the world, to the Mystery that is larger than ourselves."

Oriah Mountain Dreamer from THE INVITATION
© 1999 published by Harper San Francisco. All rights reserved. Presented with permission of the author

"The fragile process of being born back to your true self must absolutely be your own experience and not one bestowed upon you by someone else. With his gentle and consistent humour, quiet confidence, and utterly reliable presence, Russell takes his place among the greatest of the midwives of awakening"

Laura Mitchell - Ecologist
Port Colbourne, Ont