In April, 2018 we were in Sedona, AZ as part of our pre-tour road trip for our work with Teyuna. Sixteen Elders wanted to come to North America to do pagamento, a service they were literally born to do whereby they communicate directly with Mother Nature to bring Earth into balance and harmony. North Americans, they said, had been treating Mother Nature badly and natural disasters were on the way. They could, they said, help to mitigate or lesson the damage our country was in store for. They wanted Paul and I to determine “the 4 corners” of the country and then four elders would go to each corner and then meet in the “middle”. So, Paul and I set out to see who would welcome the Teyuna in the “corners” of the country. We especially hoped to meet North American Elders.
We had some plans to go here and there, and tended to focus on places with good mountain biking that were beautiful. We were also on vacation. A magical synchronicity had sent us the Teyuna as we were in transition. Generally we disperse camped. More specifically for this moment, we had found Lawrence Crossing Campground and it was great splashing in the creek in that hot Arizona sun after another spectacular ride.
We met 2 regulars while we stayed. These guys each had a class C RV which certainly had an 8 track player as original equipment. They had a routine of where to go and timed as the year progressed. It sounded like the Butter Test, which is go north or higher elevation of the butter is too soft, and visa versa when appropriate. We all acknowledged it was pretty hot in Sedona and time to contemplate where next to go. They were indeed headed north while we talked about Prescott, family in Tucson, and then nothing definite after that. Then came the momentous words which changed our lives:
How about Crestone?
We’d never even heard of Crestone, but their description of the towering mountains, swift running creeks and the diverse spiritual practices which had taken residence moved us to add it to the list. Still, it was not our next stop and it wasn’t until Taos, NM when it was entered into the GPS following a series of calls with a wonderful woman who encouraged us to come to Crestone to attend a presentation Earth Law was giving. She thought they’d be a great fiscal sponsor for Teyuna and indeed they were!