Michele Ballantyne Michele Ballantyne

Chapter 20 Practicing at the Veil on my Own — from my book Changes

Chapter 20 Practicing at the Veil on my Own.

There is something special about the medicine place in that each person is perfectly safe there.  If anything ever comes into someone’s medicine place that they don’t want to be there, or feel threatened by, they can zapp it with light.  If it is something bad it will leave, if it is something good it will thank us.

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Michele Ballantyne Michele Ballantyne

Chapter 11 Body Control - from my book Changes

I ran to my tent, put on my bathing suit and a cover up, and hurried to the swim area.

Excerpt from chapter 11 Body Control — from my book Changes

This is the path to the swim area in early autumn.

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Michele Ballantyne Michele Ballantyne

Chapter 8 Respect and Gratitude from my book Changes

Chapter 8 Respect and Gratitude from my book Changes. This chapter is about how we choose to be in the wilderness, and how our choices affect our experiences. The photo of of the primitive camp at dusk, in New Jersey at Tom Brown Jr’s Trackerschool.

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Michele Ballantyne Michele Ballantyne

Chapter 5 Getting to Trackerschool - from my book Changes

Getting to Trackerschool was intimidating to me, but once I met some fellow Trackerschool students on the bus, I felt safe. Here is a photo of the fire area near the kitchen in the primitive camp in the Pine Barrens in New Jersey.

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