Tuesday, September 29, 2020

 Solar Flame Meditation by Jean Schweitzer & John Calvi

Above your head there is a ring of Light, your halo, your crown chakra

Outside the ring of Light over to one side there is a ring of fire

Take one flame out of the ring of fire and place it in the center of the ring of Light

Feel the flame burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame down into the center of your head 

Feel it burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame down into the center of your throat 

Feel it burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame down into the heart space behind the sternum 

Feel it burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame down into the solar plexus at the top of the belly 

Feel it burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame down into the low belly 

Feel the flame burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Bring the flame back into the sacrum at the base of the spine 

Feel it burning away the old energies, clearing the space making it larger

Now we are going to return the flame

Bring the flame from the sacrum to the low belly  Bring the flame from the low belly to the solar plexus

Bring the flame from the solar plexus to the heart  Bring the flame from the heart to the throat

Bring the flame from the throat to the center of the head 

Bring the flame from the head to the ring of Light above your head  

Bring the flame from the ring of Light back to the ring of fire

From way up high above you bring down a strand of bright gold energy

As the gold energy comes into the Ring of Light it liquefies and coats all the sides

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy down into the head  

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy down into the throat 

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy down in to the heart 

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy down into the solar plexus 

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy down into the low belly 

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

Bring the gold energy back to the sacrum at the base of the spine 

Feel the gold energy coating the sides, oiling and soothing, coating and clearing

The gold energy continues to come down from above into the ring of Light

Let the gold energy overflow inside your shoulders and come down through your arms

Let the gold energy overflow inside your hips and come down through your legs

Let the gold energy come out the palms of your hands and the soles of your feet

Take the gold energy in your hands and feet and wrap them in a braid in front of you

Send the braid of gold energy deep into the earth Wrap it around a crystal

Leave it wrapped around that crystal and bring it back up to wrap around your toes

Wrap the gold energy around the outsides of your toes and feet

Your ankles and legs, your thighs, hips Wrap the gold energy around your hands and wrists and arms

Wrap the gold energy around your torso and shoulders 

Wrap the gold energy around your face and head all the way up to the ring of Light  

Coming through the air to you now is a bright purple Amethyst from every person who has ever loved you 

Let the Amethysts form a cloak and wrap around you front sides and back   

Outside the cloak let there be a sphere of silver reflecting the purple Light back

Above the sphere of silver let there be the bright Light of the Divine

And from below let there be the good green of the earth

 

www.johncalvi.com   PO Box 301 Putney VT 05346   calvij@sover.net 802/387-4789

Friday, November 1, 2019

2019 Year End Letter

John Calvi’s 2019 Year End Letter 
Dear Friends,

It’s been a very busy year of travel work, home life, and publishing made possible by your kindness and support.  Thank you.  Along with teaching to 10 groups in 7 states, my second book, How Far Have You Traveled?, came out in June.  It focuses on knowing one’s own goodness, an important aspect of living a full life and the work of healing one’s self and others.  

My second book has been well received.  The idea of knowing your goodness is a subtle, yet pivotal aspect of many accomplishments: one’s health and well being, one’s work to help others, and staying clear of pain and confusion in the world.  My first book, The Dance Between Hope & Fear (2013), continues to be praised by professional caregivers and trauma survivors especially.  Book #3, in process, is a memoir of my own healing and path to becoming a Quaker healer.  Solitude is a necessary part of my staying balanced and continuing hard work, so this writing will be done in retreat.

On the home front, challenges have been substantial.  Marshall was seriously ill last year.  He is now recovered, thank goodness.  Then in March he lost his job, due primarily to the U.S. denying international student visas.  Both circumstances were fierce new realities to manage.  Resourcefulness in times of unexpected critical change are tests we are fully engaged in.

The Quaker Initiative to End Torture - QUIT! continues out of necessity.  As the founding convener, I teach about American torture and its policy, practice, and history.  No, it’s not over.  PLEASE be watching for The Report, a new movie due in November about the US Senate report on CIA torture and the fight to stop it.  Have you seen QUIT’s new website?   www.quit-torture-now.org

You have helped me along the way over these four decades.  It’s good to see you on my travels and to receive your notes of care and support.  In the current economic atmosphere, living on gifts is tough.  I hope you will consider my work worthy of your continued support.  Please consider sending a gift.  If you should care to give me a raise, that would be more than wonderful.  Thank you.

In the Light,  John Calvi
PO Box 301 Putney 05346   johncalvi.com   paypal.me/JohnCalvi
John Calvi’s 2019 Complete Calendar
February 3 San Francisco Friends Meeting- afternoon workshop   San Francisco CA
March 2 Sacramento Friends Meeting- workshop   Sacramento CA
March 3 Redwood Friends Meeting- new book reading   Santa Rosa CA
May 17 – 19 Pendle Hill- weekend workshop   Wallingford PA
May 31 – June 2 Great Plains Yearly Meeting- plenary, workshops Wichita KS 
June 3 – 4 Seed House- workshops, individual sessions   Wichita KS
June 31 – July 6 Friends General Conference Summer Gathering   Grinnell IA
5 mornings of massage, energy work, Life Map, plus – QUIT & new book reading
July 25 – 28 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition Annual Retreat   Stowe VT
            Workshops and individual energy work sessions
August 3 – 8 New England Yearly Meeting- workshops   Castleton VT
Sept 29 Farmington Friends Meeting- Quakers and Healing   Farmington NY
2020 February 21 – 23 Powell House workshop massage, healing   Old Chatham NY
2020 June 28 – July 4 Friends General Conference Summer Gathering Radford VA 
Workshop 5 mornings of massage, energy work, meditation
2020 July 8 – 12 North Carolina Yearly Meeting Conservative keynote Greensboro NC
2020 July 23 – 26 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition retreat workshops Stowe VT
2020 August 1 – 6 New England Yearly Meeting workshops  Castleton VT

Celebrating the release of my 2nd book 
The Dance Between Hope & Fear (2013) AND How Far Have You Traveled? (2019)
available from - Quakerbooks.org and Amazon
JOHNCALVI.COM
My website has been redesigned with videos and new pictures.  

On YouTube
Undoing the Damage Done by Violence”  QuakerSpeak  4:19 min  Oct 2014  

On the Radio
My radio interview on healing and torture.  Listen free or purchase CD. 

The Quaker Initiative to End Torture- QUIT!      www.quit-torture-now.org
I continue as the founding convener of QUIT! Teaching about American torture history and present.

PLEASE SEND A GIFT TO MY ADDRESS BELOW OR  paypal.me/JohnCalvi   
Definitions- a donation carries the expectation of work for which I am taxed.  
A gift is given out of respect, affection, or charity such as : 
my birthday- May 14, my wedding anniversary- August 26, Christmas gift- December  25

P. O. Box 301  Putney VT 05346
Help me reduce paper use. Please send e-mail addressed to calvij@sover.net.
Thanks for all your help & support.  I’ve been on the road 37 years thanks to the care of many!

Friday, March 6, 2015

John Calvi May 29-31 2015 Pendle Hill



Maybe you've been saying I'm going to do a John Calvi workshop one of these days. Well, I've been teaching and touching as a Quaker healer for over three decades.  How much longer do you think you'll have the chance?  It's not like either of us are getting any younger!

Pendle Hill May 29-31 2015
An Oasis on the Journey
Relax your body, quiet your mind, and feel the stillness wash the noise of the world away. Come learn basic clothes-on massage and laying-on-of-hands energy work. Engage in a simple charting exercise that will bring you in touch with your own goodness. Take a rest from the journey, sort out where you've been, and prepare for what comes next.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

John Calvi's partial incomplete 2015 Calendar

My travel work calendar for 2015 is taking shape.  The phone rings and a new trip is created.  Working by invitation and living mainly on gifts is now going into 32 years!  Hope to see you!

John Calvi’s partial incomplete 2015 Calendar

February 14 New England Yearly Meeting Young Friends – high school retreat 
Good Touch, Respect in Our Hands, Safety workshop  Wellesley MA

March 6 Guilford College QUIT! Update with Quaker Leadership Scholars Program Greensboro NC

March 7 – 8 Durham Friends Meeting Energy Work for Tortured Refugees Durham NC

March 12 – 19 Shaping my Second book with editor extraordinaire Shelly Angel Richardson TX

March 26 – 27 Toronto Friends Meeting – QUIT! Update, Workshops Avoiding Burnout,
Deep Relaxation for Deeper Seeking  Toronto Ontario

May 29-31 Pendle Hill  Deep Rest, Deep Stillness – pendlehill.org  Wallingford PA
Weekend workshop - massage, energy work, meditation, major napping

July 5-11 Friends General Conference Gathering W Carolina Univ  Callowhee NC
Weeklong morning workshop of massage, energy work, meditation  FGC.org

July 17 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition – retreat, workshops  Stowe VT

August 1 – 6 New England Yearly Meeting workshops Castleston VT

October 23-25 Powell House Weekend workshop of restoration of calm & rest Old Chatham NY
Weekend workshop of massage, energy work, meditation  powellhouse.org


Monday, December 22, 2014

John Calvi's Year End Letter 2014

John Calvi’s Year End Letter 2014

Dear Friends,                                                                         

The firewood is stacked and we are ready for the first snows as I prepare for my final teaching trips this year.  It’s been a year of travel via wonderful invitations to touch and teach about healing from trauma, massage and energy work to release stress and illness, and teaching updates on American torture.  My life seems to be one of chosen extremes. 

My book, The Dance Between Hope & Fear, was released in June 2013.  It’s available from both quakerbooks.org and Amazon.  The notes from readers are clear—this book on healing trauma and stories about a life of service has been very welcome and deeply useful to seekers of all stripes.  Reviews from Friends Journal, FGC Books, and Quaker Theology are more than generous and point to a very successful rendering of tons of messy pages by my very fine editor, Shelly Angel, who created this book.

Shelly and I are hard at work on a second book.  This will also contain journal writings, speeches, stories on healing trauma, opening to a calling, and funny stories about being a gay Italian Quaker healer living in Vermont in the 21st century.  Hoping for release late Spring or early Summer.

Jon Watts, Quaker performer, interviewed me for Friends Journal in August while I was teaching at New England Yearly Meeting.  Jon did a great job of editing a heap of talk down to an essence so you could hear about my work with trauma survivors – tortured refugees, inmates, rape survivors, child abuse survivors, etc.  This 4 minute video can be seen here –   http://quakerspeak.com/undoing-the-damage-of-violence/

My radio interview on American torture can be heard here-

Here is my completed 2014 calendar and my incomplete partial and still forming 2015 calendar.  You can see along with individual work and writing, I am a busy well-used person working by invitation and living mainly on gifts as I have been doing since the first Beethoven letter in 1984.

I need your support to continue.  I’ve energy and experience to put to good use and many people to mentor in the work.  Please send a gift to me.  I promise it will further my reach to be of comfort and help to people in need.  Thank you for years of support.  Thirty years of living on gifts has made me very grateful for the work I’m given and the help from all of you.

In the Light, John Calvi


John Calvi’s Completed Calendar 2014


March 14 –16 Powell House Rest, Release, Repair, Restore  Old Chatham NY
powellhouse.org  weekend workshop massage, energy work, rest, cleanse 

April 17-20 South Central Yearly Meeting - Workshops & Book Reading & Signing  Bruceville TX

April 22 – 29  Second book work week with my editor Shelly Angel  Richardson TX

May 2-4 Atlanta Friends Meeting- QUIT Update, Meeting Retreat - Deep Relaxation for Deeper Spiritual Seeking, Book Reading and signing  Atlanta GA

May 30 –June 1 Pendle Hill GOODNESS Workshop Wallingford PA
pendlehill.org  weekend workshop of massage, rest, and gathering as sense of goodness

June 29 – July 5 Friends General Conference Abandon All Weariness  California PA   
fgc.org  5 mornings of massage, energy work, meditation for deep rest and healing

August 2 – 7 New England Yearly Meeting  workshops Castleton VT
NEYM.org  3 days of workshops – massage, energy work, avoiding burnout

November 19 Taft Institute Annual Seminar for American History Teachers

November 21-23 St Petersburg Friends Meeting  St Petersburg FL
QUIT Update, workshop, meeting for healing

Partial Incomplete Calendar for 2015

February 14 Young Friends New England Yearly Meeting - Good Touch Wellesley MA

March 26 - 27 Toronto Friends Mtg Healing Workshops Toronto Ont

May 29-31 Pendle Hill  Deep Rest, Deep Stillness – pendlehill.org  Wallingford, PA
Weekend workshop - massage, energy work, meditation, major napping

July 5-11 Friends General Conference Gathering, W Carolina Univ, Callowhee NC
Weeklong morning workshop of massage, energy work, meditation  FGC.org

July 17 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition 25th Retreat.  VTPWAC.org  Stowe VT
Workshops on stress reduction, deep relaxation, grief, and healing trauma

October 23-25 Powell House Weekend workshop of restoration of calm & rest, Old Chatham NY
Weekend workshop of massage, energy work, meditation  powellhouse.org

Please send a gift to my address below. THANKS!
Definitions- tax law says a donation carries the expectation of work for which I am taxed.  A gift is given out of respect, affection, or charity, such as –
my birthday- May 14, my wedding anniversary- August 26, or a Christmas gift.

 


P. O. Box 301  Putney VT 05346

Saturday, November 16, 2013

John Calvi's Year End Letter 2013



John Calvi’s Year End Letter 2013

Dear Friends,

Thank you for all your good care and strong support over 2013.  It’s been a very full year.  I’ve been working with several people – helping some to live, helping some to die.  I’ve traveled the country and worked with groups in 10 states.  I’ve been teaching massage, energy work, healing from trauma, avoiding burnout, among other things.  This is my 31st year teaching all this, working by invitation, and living mainly on gifts.

The biggest news for me was the publication of my book in late June.  “The Dance Between Hope & Fear” is 225 pages of my journals, letters, speeches, and lectures.  The response has been beyond all I could hope for with many people saying it’s a long awaited gift to keep and use for all time.  Shelly Angel, my editor, has done a tremendous job of shaping stacks of old papers, scribbled journals, and ancient computer files into a cohesive whole.  It’s available from Friends General Conference Bookstore and from Amazon.  I hope you will enjoy it.  Work on a second book already began this summer.

My calendar shows a wide range of uses for a Quaker healer in his 6th decade.  All this has been possible because support has come even during difficult financial times.  I’ve never gotten use to the suspense of living on gifts really.  But every year I am made grateful and productive because your kindness and generosity continue and so much good work is done.

I need your help to do more.  Please.  I have more work to do as a Quaker healer and as a teacher.  I have more work to do as the founding convener of the Quaker Initiative to End Torture- QUIT!  I have more work to do as a writer and a seeker.  Please send a gift and help me continue.  Thank you for all your kindness these many years.

In the Light,

John Calvi

PO Box 301 Putney VT 05346   www.johncalvi.com  calvij@sover.net  802/387-4789




New engagement updates, photos, writings, and my book available at my website


John Calvi’s Completed Calendar 2013

February 27 – March 7  Final Edits with Editor  Richardson TX
March 9 Friends in Need   Atlanta GA
March 10 Friends in Need Candler NC
March 11 Friends in Need   Winston-Salem NC
April 20 Friends in need   Williston VT
May 14 – 18 Final Edits with Readers   Provincetown MA
May 31   Friends in need   Brookhaven PA
May 31 – June 1 Pendle Hill Weekend Workshop, Mon Lecture   Wallingford PA
June 2 Friends in need Newtown PA
June 18 – 21 Albuquerque Friends Meeting Healing w/Friends Albuquerque NM
June 22 Santa Fe Friends Meeting QUIT Update, Goodness Workshop   Santa Fe NM
June 30 – July 6 Friends General Conference   workshop, book release   Greeley CO
July 7 Boulder Friends Meeting   Ministry Among Friends   Boulder CO
July 26 Vermont People with AIDS Coalition workshops   Stowe VT
August 5 – 7 Workshops, book release & reading   Smithfield RI
August 16 Friends in need   Williston VT
September 18 Friends in need   Putney VT
October 14 QUIT Update OLLI Lectures    Dummerston VT
Dec 7 New England YM Jr Hi Retreat  GOOD TOUCH Woolman Hill Deerfield MA

John Calvi’s Incomplete Anticipated Calendar 2014
March 14 – 15 Powell House Rest, Release, Repair, Restore  Old Chatham NY
powellhouse.org  weekend workshop massage, energy work, rest, cleanse
May 30 –June 1 Pendle Hill Workshop GOODNESS Wallingford PA
pendlehill.org  weekend workshop of massage, rest, and feeling goodness
June 29 – July Friends General Conference Abandon All Weariness  California PA
fgc.org  5 mornings of massage, energy work, meditation
July 25 – Vermont People with AIDS Coalition workshops  Stowe VT
August 2 – 7 New England Yearly Meeting  workshops Castleton VT
NEYM.org  three days of workshops – massage, energy work, avoiding burnout

PLEASE SEND A GIFT TO MY ADDRESS BELOW. THANKS!
Definitions- tax law says a donation carries the expectation of work for which I am taxed.  gift is given out of respect, affection, or charity, such as – my birthday- May 14, my wedding anniversary- August 26, or a Christmas gift.

P. O. Box 301  Putney VT 05346

 



John Calvi
calvij@sover.net
www.johncalvi.com
802/387-4789
PO Box 301
Putney, VT 05346
www.quit-torture-now.org