Deep Travel Workshops

Deep Travel Workshops If we are lucky, our expectations are scrambled. We are reminded that there are larger forces at play. DeepTravel demands even more. Our tools? What did it mean?

"The passage of the mythological hero may be overground, incidentally; fundamentally it is inward—into the depths where obscure resistances are overcome, and long lost powers are revivified …"
—-Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces

In its simplest form, travel is physical movement from one place to another: a flight from Seattle to South Africa, the long drive through Nebraska, or came

l trek across the Sahara. Along the way we encounter new sights and smells, sounds and sensations: the taste of curry, the notes of a sitar, snow-peaked Andes, fresh mint mingling with dyed leather in the souks of Marrakech. Most travelogues stay safely on the surface, tracking like mile markers our horizontal movement through space. When infused with carefully collected details and vivid action, these stories can transport the reader. It asks us not just to recount what we saw, but to elicit that sensation we often have on return from our journeys that we are changed. Deep Travel is a three-session workshop that invites you to write about your vertical travels--the downward venture into the deepest strata of your experience and psyche. Like prospectors searching for a vein, we’ll dig through layers, starting with surface impressions and tracing them to their primal sources. Sharpened intuitive skills, an openness to risk, and creative revisioning techniques that pinpoint focus. Where a travelogue only requires us to write “Last summer I went to the Eiffel tower,” Deep Travel asks Why did I want to go there? Perhaps my expectations got shattered the moment I was ripped off by a con-artist who handed me a rose. Who was this rose seller? What is his story? Where does my romantic fantasy of Paris come from, and how does it collide with his reality? Deep Travel draws us into the molten core of our experience. Join award-winning writers Christina Ammon and Erin Byrne as we forge connections between our personal journeys—and the political, cultural, and mythical contexts in which they unfold—and the essence of our own selves.

Update from Prem…
08/31/2026

Update from Prem…

A GREAT place to send some relief funds to Nepal. It is run by Prem Kunwar, and I spent many seasons in Nepal seeing him...
08/29/2026

A GREAT place to send some relief funds to Nepal.

It is run by Prem Kunwar, and I spent many seasons in Nepal seeing him do relief work first hand.

He would lure us travelers away from the comfortable cafes and bakeries of Pokhara to help him deliver blankets, sweaters, school equipment etc to remote mountain villages.

His trucks would idle up to our hotels at 5 am for these missions. We would be bleary-eyed, but he would already be full of energy and smiling and ready to be of service.

Nothing stops him from offering help--there is no mountain road too steep, muddy or dangerous that can keep Prem away!

I hope you'll consider supporting this organizations efforts!

https://www.karmaflights.org

Deep Travel went to Nepal and spent some time with Prem who runs this amazing org. If you are concerned about Nepal, thi...
08/27/2026

Deep Travel went to Nepal and spent some time with Prem who runs this amazing org. If you are concerned about Nepal, this is an amazing place to send a donation for relief efforts!

We specialize in organizing adventure trips with purpose. All profits created from our treks are donated to local community and nature conservation projects we oversee in many regions of Nepal. The KarmaTreks guides act as your cultural liaison and will introduce you to local culture and life. We ha...

If you haven't been to a Muslim country before, the first pre-dawn call-to-prayer you hear is always a memorable experie...
08/22/2026

If you haven't been to a Muslim country before, the first pre-dawn call-to-prayer you hear is always a memorable experience.

It is the first of five prayer calls that happen throughout the day. If, in the darkness of your room on that first night, you didn't quite feel like you were in another country yet, you certainly will when the muezzin calls out his prayer summons. It literally translates into "prayer is better than sleep."

Your jet-lagged soul is likely not to agree!

Still, the call-to-prayer is pretty profound to hear--especially in the medinas where several ring out at once and echo off the heavy walls. They also vary so much, depending on the muezzin's voice. Some definitely have a better singing voice than others.

The last time I was in Moulay Idriss there were two very contrasting calls. One sounded elegiac and induced almost a transcendence. The other much more ordinary.

Come experience it for yourself with Deep Travel in Morocco next March!

www.deeptravelworkshops.com
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These trips are beginning to fill! If you've ever wanted to venture to Mexico or Morocco with Deep Travel, now might be ...
08/12/2026

These trips are beginning to fill!

If you've ever wanted to venture to Mexico or Morocco with Deep Travel, now might be a great time to start thinking about it!

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