I am taking Gary and Linda’s current online course, and enjoying it. I read Seat of the Soul years ago, and re-read it when starting the course; and I have a copy of Heart of the Soul, which I thought I had read, but when I went to re-read it, I realized I had never gotten around to it! So I am simultaneously learning from the books and the course, and the timing is perfect for me.

I live in northeast Arizona, on 40 acres, where I have built with alternative building methods (straw bale ). I am an artist, my main media are ceramics and fused glass, but I have been feeling singularly uninspired for close to a year and am taking a break. I have been struggling for years with health issues (chronic fatigue syndrome resulting from excess mercury & other heavy metals) and with financial issues resulting from the health issues, and am finally starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel in terms of getting out of feeling victim-y about the whole thing.