February Newsletter
An epic family adventure, Rage Club & celebrations. On fire. In the world. One step at a time.
—Welcome new subscribers to From The Ground Down and Up!
Dear reader,
I’ve been working with my hesitation to create, speak, tell stories and be in the world, mainly noticing the blockages and mechanisms that inhibit me from showing what I’m really up to.
I’m experimenting with noticing the line between creating and surviving. When I have access to following the natural impulses to create, and when I twist that impulse and use it to survive.
Life is not waiting for you. Before you know it, life has passed, your children are old, you are old, you have grown, and what has changed?
Are you living the life you want to live? Are you the hero you’ve been training yourself to be? Or are you settling for just being the fantasy of it?
They’re both fantasies, and still you have a choice.
At My Parents’ House
My 3 children and I spent 3 weeks at my parents’ house in Ottawa, Canada.
These weeks, I rejoiced in being present with my parents. The joy that there around, alive, and well, that they can tell me stories from their childhood and mine.
Hey. Life is happening here and now. Neutral Observation creates a field for infinite research possibilities and high-level fun, no matter where you are.
February Recap
Epic Family Adventure
At the beginning of February, I flew to Ontario with Melissa, our children and Nicole. We landed at the Toronto Pearson Airport after a 5-hour plane ride from Victoria.
We rented a car and drove to our next destination: Souls Path Retreat in Blackstock, ON. Here we spent one week, where Melissa and Nicole would deliver the first Rage Club in Ontario on February 7th.
We spent 6 days in this magical lodge. Outside was covered in at least a foot of snow, windstorms, and was minus 22 degrees Celsius.
At Souls Path, a land-based project with infrastructure to hold a small village, my fire for what is possible for human beings got reignited.
Visiting My Parents
Melissa and Nicole went to their Women of Earth 5-day immersive training in West Virginia, while I stayed with my parents in Ottawa.
Tech For Celebrating People
An old friend and client reached out to me about a project. We had a call and a few emails back and forth, and now we’re collaborating to create an amazing project about celebrating people.
We are creating a platform that encourages people to celebrate the relationships in their lives through telling true stories and videos that touch hearts.
If you want to stay in the loop, you may see Tony’s work and enter your email here: https://www.seemyclients.com/celebrator
New Article: The Patriarchy Within Me
I’m discovering new layers in me that block intimacy with myself, with others and the world. As a researcher of culture, I’m actively noticing what I want to create and what I’m actually creating, and sometimes there’s an abysmal difference. And when I fall asleep, my teammates are not too far to let me know.
I wrote an article sharing what I’m discovering about how I, and other men and women, covertly participate in the culture that is exterminating Life on Earth at the fastest rate possible.
I feel glad that I’m choosing to be part of a culture and teams that know about my darkest parts and that still choose to love me and be with me.
For March
I’m heading back to Vancouver Island on March 8th. Here is what’s unfolding in March:
Magic Waters Nature Immersion
We’re starting our weekly Nature Immersion program for children next week on Thursday, March 20th.
If you’re in the Sooke area and want your family to have this possibility, sign up here: https://www.magicwaters.org/nature-immersion-spring-2026
Men’s Circle: Earth’s Heart in Sooke
Every other Thursday, we gather in Sooke around the fire and the trees to let the heart speak, and be nourished by the kind of food that the heart brings.
What nourishes your heart? What doesn’t? How can we nourish our hearts together as men?
This space intends to be a space for researching this question.
Expand The Box Canada
Are you interested in bringing Expand The Box to Canada?
Expand The Box is a 5-day in-person training space for upgrading the ways you think that limit you from creating the results you want in your life.
In a world where Standard Human Intelligence Thoughtware (S.H.I.T.) no longer serves to live fully, this training exists as a way to liquify your box, tap into the intelligence of your heart and gain the skill of creating and holding space for the culture you want to see in this world.
Is this you? Learn more about it and sign up here: https://forms.gle/qZM7n9wtF6zdqLpu5
Emotional Healing Process Dojo
I want to invite everyone to this space.
This is a core essential piece for villaging and creating spaces that regenerate the planet and our energy.
Emotions that are uncared for drain the energy needed for anything else to become possible.
By healing your emotions, you reclaim your energy and clear space for creating something new.
EHP Dojo happens every Thursday from 8-9:30AM PDT.
You meet with a partner, and you take turns holding space for each other.
Learn more about the EHP Dojo here: https://ehpdojo.mystrikingly.com/
Join the EHP Dojo group on Telegram here: https://t.me/+2mPldi3oTbs3YmRh
With Love,
Jorge
P.S. If you are in Sooke and want to grab a coffee and talk about what you’re researching in your own life, hit reply. I’d love to hear what’s moving for you.
Also, if you’re online and want to talk with me, hit reply.