Passages & Pathways............

Welcome to ​​​Passages & Pathways…  There is an art to well-being.  An art that the frenetic rhythm of our daily lives can stifle and overtake.  Through revitalizing retreats, counseling, and self-care workshops, we help you develop a self-care practice, find clarity, discover new meaning, awaken vitality, and a sense of greater purpose in your life.
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Stacy Montaigne AuCoin, LCSW  &  David N. Summerfield, co-facilitator

Announcing a new Mini-Retreat,
working with sound!

"Resonant Sound; Conscious Voice."
February 17th,
Saturday morning,  9:30am-12pm.
Holy Rosary church

(We are grateful to Father Leo and his staff for their generosity, letting us use this visually and acoustically inspiring space).


To sign-up, use Contact Form below.
This mini-retreat will be the first of periodic retreats working on Voice, the sound we create from within ourselves--our bodies, our minds, and our hearts.  The voice is our signature, and beautifully unique.  At the mini-retreat, we will co-create a supportive, inspiring space to explore its multi-faceted qualities--its resonances, its power, its tenderness.  We can become more conscious, alive and empowered in our embodied voices. Folks will read aloud personally inspiring passages or poems within this inspiring and acoustically alive space.

For more information, click onto Retreats. 
Questions or sign-up, email Stacy at Rivendellsal@gmail.com, or contact Stacy through the contact form at the bottom of this page.
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Our Singing Bowl Meditation gatherings go to NYC!

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Here is one of our Singing Bowl Meditation gatherings in New York city, at Opera America Center, this last week!  Singing bowl meditations helped to ease the stress during the December audition season! 

What a deeply moving experience with all of you who attended, both Thursday night and Sunday!  Thank you all!

A special thanks to Joseph Beutel and Sarah Larsen for the idea and getting the word out!  Also, thank you to Prairie Griffith, Denise Smith, and my brother Kelly AuCoin, and sister-in-law, Carolyn Hall for telling friends and family! And thank you to Opera America for taking good care of us in a beautiful space!
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"Singing Bowl Meditation as Self-care"

December 14th, 7:30pm-10pm &
December 17th, 10am -12pm

In the MacKay Studio
Opera America Center
330 7th Avenue
New York, NY

Crystal singing bowls carry you into deep stillness and clarity.  Join Stacy Montaigne AuCoin, LCSW, and David Summerfield as they host special gatherings of gentle, caring renewal.  Find resonance with the singing bowls.  Our Montana's big skies and mysteries of the SouthWest enter the room too. 
Donations requested; no particular fee. 
RSVP: Rivendellsal@gmail.com, or use the contact form below on this page.

Elements of the meditation gatherings:
  • Introduction
  • Singing Bowl meditation
  • Brief, silent mediation to integrate
  • Journaling (if time allows)
  • Closing discussion
Items recommended for your comfort and use:
  • Water bottle
  • pillow/ yoga matt
  • blanket or sweater
  • journal and pen
Come journey into stillness with the resonant singing bowls
Holding you in loving thought,
Stacy & David
*You are welcome to attend one or both gatherings

Stacy's book just came out!

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Communication Styles and Therapy with
Wind River Native Americans
by Stacy Montaigne AuCoin, LCSW

Just published by Lambert Academic Publishing, and can be purchased directly from the publisher's link: www.morebooks.de/store/gb/book/communication-styles-and-therapy-with-wind-river-native-americans/isbn/978-3-330-34237-8, or through AMAZON.COM


Read Preface: communication-styles-and-therapy-with-wind-river-native-americans.html
Upgrade Your Workplace, Conference, or Staff Retreat
   
Contact me, if you want to incorporate singing bowl meditation, wellness practices, and community building into your conference or staff retreat. When  relaxed, open, and appreciated, people feel happier, more creative, more productive, and healthier in life and at work.
     Some workplaces have incorporated meditation practice into the work week routine.  
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Our Meditation CDs

Our first singing bowl meditation CD, "Ripples of Transformation." For sale, contact us for more information.

We are recording a second meditation CD with singing bowls, cello, and clarinet.  Check out a rough cut from the first track on our meditation page.

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Testimonials:

"I feel I have some good resources in place.  This past year of working with you has been so enlivening to me.  And nurturing on a level I had never known.  I am so grateful that you have held this space for me."
"You helped me find my life again."
"I'm not anxious like I was."
"I know what I need to do now."
"You helped us fly!"
"You believed in me."
"You helped me feel my husband's presence."
"You loved me for who I am during a rocky time, and it made a difference more than you will ever know."
"transformative." "supporting." "illuminating." "energy experts." "so connected." "catalysts." "genuine." "creative." "caring."

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