Jade Sherer
Hi friends...here's a crazy pic of me fresh off my last solo time....yep, I'm the one that is sometimes known as Earth Echo, who was given this seed vision from the wild earth. During my last nine months of pausing from guiding and regular work, I was blessed time and again by fierce reflections, large perspectives and a kind of gentle mandate from the world asking me to show up as never before. What I now see is that in this unparalleled time, much energy is ready to meet us if we give ourselves over to our own passionate resolve. The time of going it alone is now waning and we are asked to gather in support of one another for the world.
I consider myself a young elder at this time after having the immense privilege of being a kind of consort for soul to many many seekers on the wild path of being a human, for so many years of my adult life. I have been guiding earth based programs for twenty years, and was lovingly mentored in a kind of biophilic life since I was born. I had the great blessing of having a father who loved trees and soil and earth avidly, and he raised me and my three sisters to love it as well. |
After first catapulting myself into nature-based guiding in a kind of self initiated launch, I found I was a natural here and I moved on to be trained as a vision quest guide at School of Lost Borders and Animas Valley Institute. I also attended Martin Prechtel's school; Bolad's Kitchen, which had significant and lasting impacts on me. I went on to guide for Animas Valley Institute for 15 years and was a Senior guide and trainer in the last years of my time with that important organization.
For the love of soul and the soul of love, I spend my days in constant reverence for the Holy in Earth and the brilliant soulful beauties I find upon the path...urging them forward and supporting them as they dance and spin with all the twists and turns of what it is to be a resident on this gorgeous planet at this cataclysmic time.
I am a student of Loving and meditation, and an artist, a mentor, a dancer, a gardener, a body worker , a visionary activist, and a deep listener to wild earth. I currently live amongst the bouldered high desert of Prescott, Arizona where I learn to thrive inside of a human community.
For the love of soul and the soul of love, I spend my days in constant reverence for the Holy in Earth and the brilliant soulful beauties I find upon the path...urging them forward and supporting them as they dance and spin with all the twists and turns of what it is to be a resident on this gorgeous planet at this cataclysmic time.
I am a student of Loving and meditation, and an artist, a mentor, a dancer, a gardener, a body worker , a visionary activist, and a deep listener to wild earth. I currently live amongst the bouldered high desert of Prescott, Arizona where I learn to thrive inside of a human community.
Hugh Grant
What a privilege and honor it is for me to assist Jade in this project, which is so close to my heart because of the way it offers support in the place where it is often needed most—in our day to day lives. I am passionate about being a guide to those who seek deeper wholeness and connectedness, and to those who yearn to manifest love and compassion for all of creation. I love to help create opportunities for life-changing transformation. I like to listen with an attentive ear,, witnessing and mirroring others as their paths unfold. I enter this garden with you, full of gratitude and expectancy.
My learning and experience comes primarily from three interwoven threads of study and exploration—as Episcopal priest, clinical social worker, and lover of the natural world. I am especially curious about the interplay between soul and spirit and the ways a human being embodies these, with each person living out a unique story that is bound inextricably to a larger, timeless story.
I live with my husband Berto Gándara on Orcas Island in Washington State, with our precious dog Ava.
My learning and experience comes primarily from three interwoven threads of study and exploration—as Episcopal priest, clinical social worker, and lover of the natural world. I am especially curious about the interplay between soul and spirit and the ways a human being embodies these, with each person living out a unique story that is bound inextricably to a larger, timeless story.
I live with my husband Berto Gándara on Orcas Island in Washington State, with our precious dog Ava.
Praise for the Gardeners ~
" How to describe fire or passion or water over stone, and yes, oh my, how to speak to the gift of Jade? I want to speak of how her loving of earth and creature and my own and other human hearts, how her way of being broke my heart open. Like pointing to the moon, I want to tell how she invited depth from the caverns of my embodied being; how, in her gentle way that seemed to rise from the wisdom of the stones of the ancients, she invited, she nudged, she said yes to the risings in me. She remained solid and flowing in echoing, mirroring… undauntingly… my own images, inviting my own body wisdom, loving my longing. In her rooted in earth way, how her presence asked for realness and bones, for heart and the touch of the fleshy earth. How I long to apprentice to her way of connecting and staying in touch with the heartbeat of earth and whole-hearted living, to her way of spinning webs from branch to bud to root to heart… and how I long for her seeds to find ever more fertile ground." ~ EarthSinger
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"I've been on a labyrinthine journey to find my soul's purpose in life and a greater sense of wholeness from which to live it. Jade's program guiding and personal mentoring have been foundation and instrumental in my emergence into my True Self and growing sense of place on this magnificent and wounded planet we call home. Her deep and sensitive intuition and grounding in the ways and rhythms of the earth have touched and transformed my life. Jade's mentoring and guiding are powerful medicine and I'm deeply grateful for her!" ~ Todd Minturn
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"Jade as been an essential guide for me as I traversed the murky waters of my soul rebirth during one of her recent year long programs. Now she continues to guide me as I begin the process of bringing my soul gifts more solidly into the visible realm with her uncanny ability to plant the perfect seeds in my psyche. I find I am often unaware of the vastness of what was offered until it germinates - guiding me along my path in often profound, unexpected and multi-layered ways. Its rather magical, her ability to listen deeply and discern what thread needs to be tugged or revealed and I have learned to trust her gentle nudges.
Jade holds such a beautiful authentic love and compassion/passion for the world and all her beings - it inspires me to try to show up in my true self as fully as I witness her doing. Anyone guided by this goddess woman is sure to be blessed by the relationship. " ~ Dena Watson-Krasts
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"I have been privileged to have had Jade as a mentor and dear friend for several years now. I have never met anyone with a more fierce dedication to being a living embodiment of truth, to bringing more beauty into the world, to assisting others in discovering their singular thread in the tapestry of the universe. The word approachable does not do justice to the breadth of her gentle receptivity... her profound willingness to listen deeply to the stories of others, human and otherwise, and share intimately from the wellspring of her own rich life experience. She is above all a human being enthusiastically embracing her unique gifts, and is thus a catalyst for change in the world at the most fundamental level." ~ Joe Italiano
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"I've been on a labyrinthine journey to find my soul's purpose in life and a greater sense of wholeness from which to live it. Jade's program guiding and personal mentoring have been foundation and instrumental in my emergence into my True Self and growing sense of place on this magnificent and wounded planet we call home. Her deep and sensitive intuition and grounding in the ways and rhythms of the earth have touched and transformed my life. Jade's mentoring and guiding are powerful medicine and I'm deeply grateful for her!" ~ Todd Minturn
*****
"Jade as been an essential guide for me as I traversed the murky waters of my soul rebirth during one of her recent year long programs. Now she continues to guide me as I begin the process of bringing my soul gifts more solidly into the visible realm with her uncanny ability to plant the perfect seeds in my psyche. I find I am often unaware of the vastness of what was offered until it germinates - guiding me along my path in often profound, unexpected and multi-layered ways. Its rather magical, her ability to listen deeply and discern what thread needs to be tugged or revealed and I have learned to trust her gentle nudges.
Jade holds such a beautiful authentic love and compassion/passion for the world and all her beings - it inspires me to try to show up in my true self as fully as I witness her doing. Anyone guided by this goddess woman is sure to be blessed by the relationship. " ~ Dena Watson-Krasts
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"I have been privileged to have had Jade as a mentor and dear friend for several years now. I have never met anyone with a more fierce dedication to being a living embodiment of truth, to bringing more beauty into the world, to assisting others in discovering their singular thread in the tapestry of the universe. The word approachable does not do justice to the breadth of her gentle receptivity... her profound willingness to listen deeply to the stories of others, human and otherwise, and share intimately from the wellspring of her own rich life experience. She is above all a human being enthusiastically embracing her unique gifts, and is thus a catalyst for change in the world at the most fundamental level." ~ Joe Italiano
"I have been touched by Hugh’s gift as a vision quest guide in a variety of settings: on the farm, in the desert and from the pulpit. When he shares his own journey of transformation he gives us all permission to acknowledge our own through a new lens. Hugh speaks a language of love that engenders a sense of safety and trust immediately. He can touch and inspire a diversity of seekers on a variety of paths. He is attentive to detail in his planning, his thinking and his listening. Hugh does not shy away from the truth; rather he finds a way to communicate with grace, playfulness, intelligence, directness and honesty. His passion for the journey is contagious and his sense of humor is a gift he shares at just the right time. It has truly been a joy to both witness Hugh and experience his leadership. " ~ Mimi Anderson
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What do I appreciate about Hugh as a guide? I have a tendency to come with everything that’s going on and, in my mind, it is somehow all of equal importance/priority/weight, which keeps me stuck — "What do I deal with first? How do I move from here to way, way over there where I want to be? What about this? What about that? Don’t forget this!'" Such is my mind.
Hugh has a wonderful talent for grabbing onto the thing that I really need to focus on right now and subtly (or not so subtly) guiding me to see how obviously that needs to be my focus. And he can hear/look at everything — from the utterly practical to the sublime of experiencing the mystery. Personally, I deeply appreciate this integrated approach because in my past, I lived my life in “silos; spirituality was there, money was here, relationship was there, etc. and I have been working for the past several years to let those divisions dissolve so I can live my life more holistically, more integrally." ~Terran Longacre
Can't wait to join us? Contact Us:
Jade Sherer ~ 801-300-0126 (c) [email protected]
also see Jade's Blog!
Hugh Grant ~ 646-330-0920 (c) [email protected]
also see Jade's Blog!
Hugh Grant ~ 646-330-0920 (c) [email protected]