I sense we have something in common: a deep desire to feel radiantly and ecstatically alive. And being the type of person who will settle for nothing less, no stone is left unturned in this family!

We go places the normies are afraid to go. These places can be physical, psychological or emotional. Highs and lows. Places within our creativity or imaginations.  Bright and dark.

We’ve tapped into vast wells of strength and will power many people may never have the pleasure or need to discover in themselves.

There have been cold and unforgiving mountains. Elaborate rites of passage into the very core of Underground spaces and communities. Memorable destinations within forbidden realms of s3xuality. Persistently loving a chaotic partner. Or maybe it’s a game of enough: how much is too much, how little is too little?

You know the place I’m talking about.

It’s the Pain Cave. (click the link for Courtney Dauwalter’s personal explanation)

The holy hall for runners and kinksters alike. Climbers and entrepreneurs. Artists, activists and addicts.

The supposed goal of anyone “hardcore” with a passion.

The problem is, we might really value our own drive and unstoppability, our friends and society glorify the results, but we are secretly horrified by a very real inability to GET OUT OF THE PAIN CAVE.

Instead of proudly Choosing Your Own Adventure you end up with one grim choice: keep going.

Yes, this is a scary feeling. It’s a lonely, out of control creeping-up-slowly feeling. It’s wondering how far you’ll have to go to keep feeling alive.

If all this exploration started out as “fun” those days are long over. 

💔The view might have been priceless, the physical depletion…much costlier than we imagined.

💔The love was as big as the cosmos herself, the loneliness after…a deathly black hole.

💔We got to know new parts of ourselves, but lost touch with our families along the way.

People you love may have put you on a pedestal you know was built on unsustainable “accomplishments.” Now you’re starting to sense more fear than awe when they ask you what you’ve been up to.

We all need breaks from the stress and doldrums of work and routine, and the Pain Cave is certainly a big break from boring and numb. But none of us should have to sacrifice our health or our relationships to be at ease with the day-to-day.

In other words, it actually isn’t nourishing or rewarding to run from Extreme to Extreme.

Through the study of initiatory traditions across time and space from the Naga Sadhus in India, to Ancient Greece, to indigenous rites of the British Isles, this class will help you:

🥝Demystify extreme questing

🥝Clarify and prioritize your true passions and purpose

🥝Explain to your friends, family and community just what you are doing with your life

🥝Experience more fun and meaning than ever with the help of your beautiful imagination

Empowering you to create adventures that…

🥝Ease the burden of being alive (instead of incurring greater and greater costs)

🥝Give you what you’re actually looking for (instead of just another high)

🥝You’re proud of (what you did, how you did it and what you got out of it)