Thank you for sharing that, Eagle Heart. What a profound experience the 4-week session must have been. Perhaps it was, indeed a God-sent catharsis to help you coax out things that needed to be aired. One wonders if you hadn't had the intense Pecos experience how, when or whether those things would have been given voice.

I visited the monastery website. The focused simplicity of the program struck me, as did the stark, powerful simplicity of the desert landscape it takes place in. Seems a fitting venue.

And you were blessed with a friend for life. That's a true gift.