ENGLISH LAKE DISTRICT TOUR
2009 dates will be posted autumn 2008

COMPASS POINTS:
SETTING DIRECTION FOR A FUTURE LIFE

PHOTO SLIDESHOW

Join David Whyte and Leslie Cotter in a small intimate group of twenty-four for a week long sojourn in an ancient village just outside the rugged beauties of the English Lake District. The tour takes place on two beautiful properties - a manor house and a group of cottages nestled in the foothills of the North Pennines, one of 40 classified areas of outstanding natural beauty in England and Wales. This will be a time to deepen your commitment to the direction your professional or artistic life is taking, or loose it toward a new direction. For further inspiration we will spend every afternoon amid the mountains and lakes that surround us, walking the hills and arriving at small pubs and hostelries for the evening meal. David will lead the morning sessions, bringing poetry to bear on the insights he has gained through twenty years of examining the necessities of work, career and relationship. Leslie brings her unique perspective as a life coach and physician and will be available for informal individual coaching sessions at the manor house and on the walks.

When the dates are confirmed for 2009, links will appear below for downloadable pdf files of the brochure, applicaiton and health & fitness form.

Cost: $3300. (2009 cost may be higher)

EASTER MORNING IN WALES

A garden inside me, unknown, secret,

neglected for years,

the layers of its soil deep and thick.

Trees in the corners with branching arms

and the tangled briars like broken nets.

Sunrise through the misted orchard,

morning sun turns silver on the pointed twigs.

I have woken from the sleep of ages

and I am not sure

if I am really seeing, or dreaming,

or simply astonished

walking toward sunrise

to have sumbled into the garden

where the stone was rolled from

the tomb of longing.

 - from "Where Many Rivers Meet"