A letter from Stacy & David:

Dear Friends,
Join us as we share our experiences walking & listening within the landscapes of North America and Western Europe, including our home base in the Beartooth Mountains of Montana,** and in a developing base within Southern France.*** We invite you to join us as we explore outer and inner landscapes, and engage in transformational 'conversations' of meaning and soul. ​​​

We walk this path with deep respect for our indigenous sisters and brothers and their unceded homelands of North America, and for the wisdom shared with us over the years. We walk with respect for the unfolding knowledge of our own ancient indigenous wisdom (from European ancestral lineages). Weaving these lessons with our own experiences, we continue to learn and grow.

Welcome. May our written journeys, recordings, and images rekindle awe and wonder, and inspire healing & wellbeing. 
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                                                                           With love and gratitude,
                                                                        Stacy & David
                                                                        Cathedral Mountain Ranch,
                                                                        Nye, Montana  

** Our home base in the Nye area of the Beartooth Mountains lies within the unceded ancestral homelands of the Apsaalooké (Crow) Tribe.
***Countless ancient tribes lived in Southern France, including pre-Roman Celts. (Uncovering our ancestral relationship with the land and cultural   
      heritage; & healing ancestral trauma).
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​Stacy Montaigne AuCoin, MSW

Stacy's Blog

 
​    Stacy is an author, poet, mentor, & facilitator of retreats. She earned her MSW from Smith College in 1995. As therapist and presenter, she has worked with countless people and organizations throughout the country, and within a variety of settings. 

     Having retired from counseling in 2023, Stacy has turned her focus to multiple writing projects, and international travel (primarily within North America & Europe). Areas of interest and attention include:

• Meditation (sound, rhythm, imagery, nature). Experiment with recordings.
• Attunement with Nature.
• Creativity as grounding, healing, & transformational.
• Subtle faculties of perception. Intuition. Consciousness. Spiritual wisdom.
• Exploring her own indigeneity. (Unearthing ancestral wisdom & stories, healing and transmuting ancestral trauma).
• Cultural stories & myth. Symbols. Archetypes.

Stacy & David periodically offer retreats, and occasionally Stacy meets with mentoring clients.

     For over a decade, Stacy has explored the use of sound in meditation and healing. This exploration has led to the recording of meditation CDs, performances with symphony musicians, and a deepening intuitive understanding of healing and well-being. She thrives in her creative journeys through writing, watercolor painting, recording sound and rhythms in nature, and photography. ​Stacy was awarded the Eleanor Clark thesis prize for excellence in research in 1997, from Smith College School For Social Work.  

     Stacy and David live in Nye, Montana, at the foothills of the Beartooth Mountains, and they are developing a base in Southern France. Nature, the Montana mountains, and international travel continually inspire Stacy's writing and creative projects, as well as her own personal development and growth. 

Publications:

• Temenos. Our online newsletter exploring matters of meaning and soul since 2021.

• Communication Styles and Therapy with Wind River Native Americans, Lambert Academic Publishing, July 2017. ​(Purchase through Lambert Academic Publishing directly, or AMAZON.COM). Read the preface.
• ​Communication Styles (Nov. 1997) Smith College: Studies in Social Work journal.​

Other Creations:

• Singing bowl meditation CD, "Ripples of Transformation." (For purchase, website store.)

• Meditation videos, paintings, and artworks within nature. (View on page, 'Inspiration').

​David Nutter Summerfield

David's Blog

 
​     David earned his B.A. in Philosophy/ Religion from Principia College, in Elsah, IL.  His graduate studies in French were at the University of Colorado and Middlebury College.  His graduate degree is in 18th Century French Literature, from the University of Lausanne, Switzerland.

     He taught French at the University of Colorado, Principia College, and Whatcom Community College.  He was also the Cross-Country/Track coach at Principia College, an NCAA Division III school. He was instructor for the National Outdoor Leadership School's (NOLS) Summer Wilderness and Winter Mountaineering courses, in Lander, Wyoming.  He started the mountaineering program for Adventure Unlimited youth camps in Buena Vista, CO.

     David has conducted educational and personal development tours in France, Switzerland, and the Soviet Union.

     For 25 years, David directed the Bridger Ridge Run where many people work through the rugged, demanding course as a way to work through challenges, fear, and loss in their personal lives. He has lead countless mountain journeys for people where they come away with a greater sense of personal empowerment and confidence.

Publications:

• Monthly column, Mature Runner, Big Sky Wind Drinker running club's newsletter, since the 1990s.
• Monthly articles for Temenos, online newsletter, since 2021
• Article, Distinctly Montana magazine, 2019.

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