CROSSINGS
COLLECTIVE
Centering Sacred Healing for a World Breaking Open
Nurturing Wounded Healers
trauma to transmutation
Fostering Spiritual Practice
fracture to grounding
Curating Initiatory Experiences
wandering to wayfinding
Creating Islands of Coherence
chaos to belonging
Crossings Collective
The religious, political, social, and economic institutions on which we've relied for coherence and belonging are collapsing before us. In the midst of that chaos, the ancient wisdom of spiritual lineages committed to contemplation in deep silence and daily devotion to the ineffable Ground of all Being, reminds us that home is ultimately in the sacred presence of peace.
Supporting "wounded healers" who have metabolized the traumas perpetrated by the very institutions now collapsing into sacred power to serve, through constant and consistent engagement with the body of practices given to us by wisdom lineages: Spiritual Mentorship, Study, Ritual, Chant, Meditation, Devotional Movement, Land Practices, and Plant Medicines. We will begin by exploring how Indigenous concepts of Two-Spiritedness can help queer people reclaim what historically they have been called to become: Spiritual Mentorship, Study, Ritual, Chant, Meditation, Devotional Movement, Land Practices, and Plant Medicines.
We will begin by exploring how Indigenous concepts of Two-Spiritedness can help queer people reclaim what historically they have been affirmed as being: Healers, Seers, Keepers of Beauty, Mediators and Counselors, Warriors and Protectors, Ceremonial Leaders and Priests. We are also developing a taxonomy of potential contemporary service roles inspired by these identities.
The Crossings Collective is a new not-for-profit effort committed to developing the capacity of leaders creating local "islands of coherent belonging" that--like contemplative monastic communities have done historically whenever civilizations collapse--steward beloved community, wisdom artifacts, and sacred practices, by:
3. Curating "initiatory experiences" that center the sacred and compress "spiritual technologies" for moments when life breaks/open, in beloved community and in respectful collaboration with the local Indigenous Communities who have stewarded these practices for centuries.
We will begin by working with Two Spirit elders from the Esselen and Coast Miwok communities and academic historians and anthropologists to translate and scale initiatory practices in ways that are relevant to broader audiences and remain in deep connection to and reverence for the origins and homes of these technologies.
2. Developing "healing journey cartographers", guides, senior teachers from various lineages able to help wounded healers identify pathways to and through these practices with a focus on their intentional sequencing, titration, and ongoing integration.
We will begin by working with a team of Bay Area therapists, chaplains, coaches, and spiritual directors in collaboration with local seminaries and colleges, to begin to define approaches to the work.
PROGRAMS
Participatory Launch
28 March 2026
HeartLab SF
GUIDES
Our guides are practitioners, wisdom keepers, elders, and facilitators whose lives are rooted in practice. Each brings depth in their own tradition or modality, offering steady guidance for those walking a path of healing, inquiry, and transformation. Together they represent the living pillars of a modern life of practice, accompanying others with care, integrity, and devotion.
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Tihikpas
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Swami D
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Dallas Bragg
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Janet Stone
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Robert Hopcke
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Sarah Hill
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Dorothy Hunt
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Fred Mitouer
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Court Vox
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Joy Williams
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Gary McGleary
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Keith Mitchell
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COMMUNITIES
WE SERVE
Queer / Two-Spirit-identified
Maladaptive Substance-use Recoverees
Survivors of Violence
Living with Chronic Illness