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Category Archives: Rites of Passage

Initiation and Rites of Passage

Director's Blog, Rites of PassageBy Mike BodkinFebruary 7, 2008

Initiation and Rites of Passage   To begin, a brief working definition of a rite of passage:  a ceremony to mark or celebrate a change in life status.  Rites of passage can encompass the whole life cycle, from birth to death.  Rites of passage generally can be described as having 3 stages, which we call Severance, Threshold…

Journey to South Korea: part 2

Director's Blog, Rites of Passage, Wilderness QuestsBy Mike BodkinOctober 2, 2007

Journey to South Korea (Part 2)   After our 12-hour flight to Inchon, Linda and I drove the next morning to the Forest Retreat Center called Soop Chae Won, about 3 hours from Seoul. A day later, we began presenting a 10-day training program to 20 Korean staff members, age 21-65, about rites of passage in nature…

Journey to South Korea: part 1

Director's Blog, Rites of PassageBy Mike BodkinOctober 1, 2007

Journey to South Korea (Part 1)   On September 5, 2007, I flew to Seoul, where I met my co-guide Linda Sartor to begin two weeks of guiding a Vision Quest and providing staff training for a newly opened forest retreat center located in the countryside.  It was an exciting opportunity, and one that largely led…

Why This Work is Important To Me

Director's Blog, Rites of Passage, Staff VisionsBy Mike BodkinNovember 1, 2006

Why this Work is Important to Me   Let me introduce myself: I’m Mike Bodkin, the Executive Director of Rites of Passage. This is my first attempt at blogging, so forgive me if I stumble a bit.  For many years, I worked full-time as a youth and family counselor at a local non-profit, later adding…

Community and Rites of Passage

Director's Blog, Rites of PassageBy Mike BodkinAugust 1, 2006

Community and Rites of Passage   Our spiritual well being is balanced on a triangle.  In one corner sit our own needs.  In the second are the needs of our community and in the third is our environment. -Thomas Flanders, The Way of the Real People Community is the spirit, the guiding light of the…

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