Sound familiar?

  • The concept

    You’ve probably heard something similar with the idea called a “Rite of Passage.” Yep, lots of interesting folks have explored this concept (from one über-smart anthropologist, Arnold van Gennep, to that rad dude, Joseph Campbell, and now ... you) and most have come out the other side eternally changed and utterly inspired. We took this idea on the road and e>v was born.

Evolution Through Vacation brings this magic to travel––right here, right now:

  • Preparation

    The first leg of the e>v adventure is Preparation. (For you research hounds out there, van Gennep called this step Separation, the preliminary space where a seeker prepares to move from one place to another.) With e>v, Preparation is a bit of metaphysical planning and list-making. It’s taking stock of where you are with the knowledge that something new is coming ‘round the bend. It’s pondering what you are moving away from and what you are moving toward. It’s preparing to go, inside and out.

    Many spiritual guides (a mellow Wayne Dyer in particular) talk about the idea: “as you think, so shall you be.” Preparation asks thinking questions like: What will make this vacation different from every other vacation I have ever experienced? What could happen that would be BRILLIANT? What habits or reactions stand in the way of these dreams? What would this trip be like if I left those excuses behind?

    What do I want to create? Preparation helps you rally your thoughts and solidify your intentions––all to manifest something magnificent on the road.
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  • The Trip

    You’re off! And entering the luscious space without firm definition––the place ripe for exploration and evolution. Van Gennep called this stage Liminality (an incredible idea of “betwixt and between” further explored by another cool anthropologist named Victor Turner); we call it The Trip. When you are in The Trip—in the middle, in transition, on “vacation”—things are full of possibilities. From your intentions created in Preparation, The Trip now shows you countless options and you choose your perspectives and actions to bring your vision to life.

    Do you want to get closer with yourself or others in your midst? Do you want to step out of roles you’ve created and into others that energize you? Do you want to experience life in a way that, right now, you can only imagine? What actions will make it so? In The Trip, you come face to face with these answers and put them in action.
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  • Re-Entry

    Finally, this stage is akin to coming home. Van Gennep referred to this as Incorporation, where the seeker comes back to society; e>v calls it Re-Entry. This space recalls the insights and learning from your vacation and asks you what impact the trip will have on your daily existence. How are you different from having seen and experienced all that you did? How have you evolved? How will this transform things for you?

    Re-Entry is where you get to integrate The Trip into the rest of your life. This is where you take on a “warrior’s attitude to discomfort,” as Pema Chödrön says, and transform your life into a “path of awakening.” This is where vacation energy becomes everyday energy. Think it’s not possible? Right now, it might not appear to be. That’s OK. You haven’t taken the journey yet. In the meantime, start exploring. Start playing. You’ll surprise yourself and everyone around you. If you only choose.
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Exploration awaits! Download the e-Guide and start your adventure now!