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A Coach’s Perspective: Place and Transformation

When I was about 12 years old my father discovered his interest in collecting rocks and began dragging our family all over the barren, desert and unpopulated areas of the western Untied States. Generally my attitude toward dad’s new hobby was somewhere between benign disinterest and embarrassment as no other dads did this. In an effort to improve my interest and enthusiasm, my parents bought a small motorcycle that I was only allowed to ride on rock hounding excursions. Riding out into the desert alone I began to experience the beauty and energy of the places we visited.

Utah’s Henry Mountains became a favorite site. I would ride far out, remove my cloths and sit naked on the red rock and look out at the seemingly endless horizon. Without all of the things that I felt that defined and/or confined my life, I could imagine myself differently. Naked on a rock I could create my own life.

Many years later, as a coach, I realize that place has an important role in bringing about change in our lives. Why?

Being away from home is useful for getting out of your rut – especially if you can’t see you are in one. Our default is to create lives that support us in maintaining the life we have not the life we desire. If you believe you are not in some kind of a rut. Look at how you schedule your life. What is your daily routine? How do you spend your weekends? What do you eat and how frequently? Replace eat with watch, listen to, read, and/or activities that occupy your free time and you may begin to see your “ruts”. Habits are useful to get you to exercise and accomplish other things in your life but they rarely support change as they are reinforcing of the status quo. Away from the familiar and comfortable you can be free of your ruts and free to question their existence and imagine or better still live your life differently.

The energy of place can inspire or support transformation. For centuries there have been pilgrimages to places with the reputation of having unique qualities for healing, insight, transformation and strength. One need not understand how or why these places influence our lives to be effected. There are places like Giza, Sedona, Machu Picchu, Stonehenge and others that feel different and can leave you with energy and connection to spirit. Some of these places were built or have become sacred sites through use, others are naturally occurring without man’s intervention.

One of my personal power spots has been the Big Island of Hawaii. Much of my growth and transformation has roots there. I allowed myself, including previously hidden parts of myself to be seen here in a way that was not occurring elsewhere. The vast ocean, gentle breezes and flowing lava called out to me to reveal my wholeness as no other place had. Other lesser known places that I hold sacred and powerful are Wildwood in Northern California and Easton Mountain in Upstate New York, Balin Garu near Graton NSW Australia and Shanti Bhavan near Nimbin NSW Australia .

More recently I have been influenced by Chichen Itza, near Cancun, Mexico. I do not understand a lot about the civilization that built this place. I do know the culture had an advanced knowledge of the natural world especially astronomy. Since my visit to Chichen Itza I have been more aware of and connected to the natural world than I usually am. My life and my work have both been influenced by the enhanced awareness of nature. This connection has invited me to explore a deeper connection with feminine energy. Spring for me has been like a courtship which began while in Mexico sitting on the beach under a full moon.

In short new begets new. Even if one is not willing to accept that places might have energy to affect the lives of people, place can still support change. When going to a new place or a place less frequented it is almost impossible not to have new or different experiences and make new connections. From these experiences and connection new perspectives emerge. It is from new perspective that change can emerges and flourish.

Place can invite change in a gentler way. Many equate change and transformation as work – hard work. An alternate view is that change and transformation can also be fun. Away from familiar surroundings and routine we more readily engage in play. Play is a potent way to access energy and inspiration for change. If the place invites play the imagination begins to fire. The play stimulated imagination allows one to see possibilities unseen in the work a day course of life at home.

Many years ago on weathered red rock, I believed that my life could be lived in the way that I desired. Whether it was the vastness, or the newness of the location or the energetic qualities of the place something informed me that my life could also have bigness. My experience is not unique. Myth, legend and sacred history are rich in the stories of insight and wisdom gained away from home. So get out of you corner and begin living the life you desire and deserve.

Dave Allen is a Life Coach that lives his dream coaching and facilitating workshops for men in the beautiful and powerful places. He works with men regardless of where they are located to find and live their dreams. He specializes in assisting men to build the bridges from existing lives to the lives they want. He invites all men to create a personal connection to source or spirit, to live in their bodies, and create authentic erotic lives as they live from their hearts with powerful and loving connections.

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