The Ecstasy of Dance

Oct 15, 2020 | Blog post

The Ecstasy of Dance      By Silas Rose Oct 13th, 2020       Every generation has a reason to rebel and every rebellion has a sound track. I grew up in the retirement hamlet of Qualicum Beach in the 1980s, the golden era of hip hop and punk.  I was too...

Friendship and right relationship

Aug 26, 2020 | Blog post

Friendship and Being in Right Relationship         By Silas Rose Aug 26, 2020       How and why people come together in friendship or as lovers is a mystery.  In the prime of youth the process of connecting and forming deep bonds seemed almost...

The Nature of Desire

Aug 5, 2020 | Blog post

The Nature of Desire    By Silas Rose Aug 5, 2020   Sex is confusing even at the best of times.  There seems to be no greater quagmire than the swamp of our conflicting emotions and amorous thoughts.  For this reason desire is often maligned as romantic folly or...

009 – Asserting Indigenous rights in the fight against eco racism with Ana Simeon

Jul 15, 2020 | Podcast, Blog post

LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE itunes I stitcher I iheart I spotify I RSS Asserting Indigenous rights in the fight against eco racism with Ana Simeon      By Silas Rose Jul 15, 2020   #009  In the wake of George Floyd’s murder at the hands of police in...

008 – Relational Tonglen – Creating space for hard conversations with Susan Gillis Chapman

Jul 10, 2020 | Podcast, Blog post

LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE itunes I stitcher I iheart I spotify I RSS Relational Tonglen: Creating space for hard conversations with Susan Gillis Chapman      By Silas Rose Jul 10, 2020   #008 After 3 months of Covid lockdown many people are confronting conflict...

Decolonizing the mind

Jul 1, 2020 | Blog post

Decolonizing the Mind      By Silas Rose Jul 1, 2020     Many years ago when I was in my early 20’s I found myself in the sweat lodge of a Hul’ qui’ num medicine man on Northern Vancouver Island.  I was there with a small group of well intentioned, but...