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awareness is as small as one tiny bee, smaller, even. My little prayers for peace between all species,

the invisible thought forms that float up the hill to the bees, all this new practice keeps me a more

mindful participant in the joys and sorrows of our beautiful and troubled world.

There is a multi-­‐faceted healing power in the bee venom. It is my good fortune to have been treated by

an extremely potent and benevolent remedy from the colony of Appalachian bees to whom I offer this

grateful bow.

Alexandra Merrill has been living and working in Maine

since the 1980s. Her long-­‐term focus has been on creating

experiential education models to support the

development of women’s leadership. Along with these

replicable models, she has developed retreat models for

the internal work needed for leadership in our complex

world. Currently involved in linking her group dynamics

theory to specific practices and her program content to

healthy process, she is working on integrating this

information into a workbook for group leaders who are looking for a model inclusive of all our human

diversities, especially around our increasingly fluid understanding of gender.

www.alexandramerrill.com

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