"When we quit thinking primarily about ourselves and our own self-preservation, we undergo a truly heroic transformation of consciousness. " ~Joseph Campbell
"What you are, the world is. And without your transformation, there can be no transformation of the world." ~ J. Krishnamurti
"If we are to teach real peace in this world, and if we are to carry on a real war against war, we shall have to begin with the children." ~Mahatma Gandhi
"Come forth into the light of things; let nature be your teacher." ~William Wordsworth
"I hold the most archaic values on earth: the fertility of the soul; the magic of the animals; the power-vision in solitude; the love and ecstasy of the dance; the common work of the tribe." ~Gary Snyder
Current Offerings
Listening to Earth: The Fertile Soil of Uncertainty
Saturday, JULY 11, 9 am – 9 pm and Sunday, JULY 12, 10 am-3 pm $200/person Spirit Hollow, Shaftsbury Vermont Register by June 30, 2020 Be earth now, and evensong. […]
Spirit Hollow Statement on Coronavirus
Information & Support During the Coronavirus Pandemic In these crazy pandemic days on Planet Earth, the challenge we are facing as a species is unprecedented. Fear, uncertainty and isolation are […]
Online Women’s Wisdom Council
Next session: April 19, 6 pm April 19 May 17 ONLINE CALL TO MONTHLY COUNCIL! To honor social distancing while allowing Women Healers, Leaders, Lovers, and Visionaries to continue to […]
Shamanic Teacher Training Course–NEW
Taught by Tracey Forest and Robert Patton What can we do in these perilous times to really assist the human and the more-than-human world? Staying engaged in purposeful work of […]
Wild Soul Weekend for Women
WILL BE RESCHEDULED for THE FALL April 24 at 7pm – April 26 at 3pm A weekend for women who are way-showers, leaders, change makers, visionaries, artists, mothers, healers, guides […]
Wild Mind Intensive
June 13-17, 2020 Spirit Hollow is delighted to again host the Animas Valley Institute Guides: Dustin Timmons and Doug Van Houten Based on Bill Plotkin’s book, Wild Mind: A Field Guide […]
The Shaman’s Journey: An Intro, June 6
Cancelled due to Covid-19. Look for online offering coming soon! Saturday, June 6, 2020; 9am – 5pm Join us for a day and see the world in a different light. […]
Camps for Kids and Teens 2020
NO CAMPS in 2020 DUE TO COVID-19 Sad Announcement regarding Spirit Hollow summer camps. Given that we’d have to follow strigent guidelines from the State of Vermont: practice social distancing, […]
Wild Women Vision Quest
August 4-12, 2020 Guides: Tracey Forest and Jonah Ruh Roberts APPLICATIONS ARE NOW CLOSED. WE HAVE A FULL CIRCLE AS OF JULY 15 Keep in touch about questing with us […]
Men’s Circles
You have made me known to friends whom I knew not. You have given me seats in homes not my own. You have brought the distant near and made a […]
Seeing with the Heart, starting Autumn 2019
An Apprenticeship in Core Shamanism An Apprenticeship in Core Shamanism Applications are now OPEN for Fall 2019 taught by Robert Patton and Tracey Forest assisted by Maggie Murphy “We need as […]
Transformational Soul Sessions with Tracey Forest
CURRENTLY ONLINE SESSIONS ONLY during the COVID 19 stay-at-home orders If you feel challenged by the shifting energies on the planet or feel “stuck,” or pulled out of your center, […]
Sweat Lodges
SWEATS ARE CANCELLED AT LEAST THROUGH JUNE 2020 DATES FOR 2020 4/19/20 6/17/20 Please email RSVP to Maggie Murphy (murphy.maggie@hotmail.com); if a lodge is canceled, an email will be sent […]
Spirit Hollow will be 20 years old in 2020!
Help us raise money for a new, bigger yurt!
Kind Words
IT’S SO VITAL AND IMPORTANT
Spirit Hollow to me means community and sisterhood and brotherhood, love for the Earth and for one another. It’s vital. It’s so vital and important. Particularly the camps for younger people. We come year after year and we connect with nature and with one another and then go back out into the world and share what we receive, make it a better place, because it’s TIME!
Deena Chappell, Spirit Quest Staff Member
PURE, GLORIOUS MAGICK
Mind expanding, soul enriching, community building, pure, glorious magick. I have been utterly transformed through this apprenticeship and I’ve found a place where I can share my whole self, connect with others and through it all be truly embraced, encouraged, challenged and awakened. Tracey and Robert are extraordinary teachers and Spirit Hollow is welcoming perfection.
Rachel Sachs Steele, Seeing With the Heart student
UPLIFTING AND INVITING
Amazing, uplifting, inviting, and most of all spiritually connected. Beautiful landscape and so warm…a simple “thank you” to all that you offer each and every person who is blessed enough to meet Tracey and just “be.”
Stacy Gentile, participant in Spirit Hollow events
MY LIFE HAS BEEN TRANSFORMED
As a third year Seeing With the Heart student, my life has been transformed. The hands-on training and practical experience in core shamanism, divination and healing can lean one (who is ready) to new worlds and limitless possibilities. I have seen (and performed!) miracles. This stuff is real and bless Spirit Hollow for spreading the magic all around and keeling the teachings alive.
Joanne Grisanti, Spirit Hollow Board Member
ALWAYS NEW, RICH PATHS TO FIND
At the Hollow, we have shared our love of the power and beauty of the land and water; there, we have learned countless lessons about how to better care for each other and ourselves. There are always rich new paths to find at Spirit Hollow and loving arms and outstretched hands of caring guides, teachers and friends to help you on your journey. The Earth would be a better place if more people had the experiences that both my daughter and I have had there.
ELISABETH SHAPIRO, Mother of Isabella, Spirit Quest camper
AN OASIS
An incredible oasis of healing energy and collection of beautiful and loving souls. I can’t think of anyone who wouldn’t benefit from time at SH. I love it and all the pilgrim travelers I have met there and am so grateful for Tracey’s dedication to bringing in the “light!”
Lisa Verschoor, Astrologer and Spirit Hollow friend