I ran across these photos the other day and they’ve sent me scurrying down memory lane. Right around 31 years ago, I was preparing to go to my first Sigafoose Gathering. I say preparing, but mostly I was freaking out. I’d heard Jim Sigafoose speak many times before at Parker Seminars, and he simultaneously inspired me and scared me schmootz-less.
Because of his stage persona and what he had achieved in practice, he seemed so lofty, so magical, so unreachable. And even after a few years of attending the Gathering four times a year, we only had occasional, brief and awkward conversations, and he only knew me as “Tahoe.”
It was my daughter, Ari, who finally broke the ice, and helped begin a friendship between us all that lasted another nearly 20 years, until his passing. These photos may very well mark the actual moment, and so they are incredibly special to me.
Thank you, Sig for being the most influential person in my life, other than Hillary. And thank you, Ari for being the most beautiful icebreaker and heart-melter I’ve ever known.
Who has been your mentor, your tour guide in the journey from head to heart?
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Stew and Hillary Bittman are published authors, international public speakers and workshop leaders, healers, spiritual leaders and peaceful warriors. Coming from an eclectic and extensive background of spiritual traditions, they have inspired people all over the world with their practical message of hope and healing.
For over 20 years, The Bittmans have had a mission to awaken the awareness of oneness between the spiritual and the physical. They operated Safe Haven Chiropractic, a healing center based on donations only, for 23 years. Thousands of individuals and families were given the opportunity to embrace their gifts, pursue their dreams and find the peace and wholeness that reside within all of us. Stew and Hillary have traveled the world teaching the principles of life and have participated in 6 chiropractic missions in Central America, bringing those principles to manifestation for literally hundreds of thousands of people.
Currently, the Bittmans are the co-Spiritual Leaders of Unity at the Lake, a positive, trans-denominational, spiritual community in South Lake Tahoe, CA. They are on the road to becoming ordained Unity Ministers.
I ran across these photos the other day and they’ve sent me scurrying down memory lane. Right around 31 years ago, I was preparing to go to my first Sigafoose Gathering. I say preparing, but mostly I was freaking out. I’d heard Jim Sigafoose speak many times before at Parker Seminars, and he simultaneously inspired me and scared me schmootz-less.
