Maui, Hawaii at a Glance

Hey Blog Readers,

Lucas here. I am so excited to share my first official Conscious Adventure Tours blog with you! It wasn't but a few weeks ago that Matty and I were manifesting this life-long dream of ours to help people uncover their higher selves, and in a medium of life that we ourselves are impassioned about; adventure! It's amazing what happens when your energy aligns and things seem to effortlessly fall into place. One moment we were picking up carpentry and construction jobs to carry us through, dreaming up CAT, and the next we had our flights booked and ready to set out for our first official adventure. Brand new bicycles in tow, it wasn't hard to say goodbye to the quiet beauty of a Colorado winter and hit the sands of Hawaii for the holidays.

Thus far it's been nothing short of incredible, start to finish. Upon landing we found ourselves at one of the more dubious Maui airports before shacking up at the Seaside Motel. Our taxi to the motel was an immediate practice of choice. We weren't quite paying attention initially to asking Maui for the more kind and easy personality types we prefer to hang out with. We ended up being shuttled by a seemingly easy-going and nice Danish woman who then turned out to be maybe not so nice, perhaps even angry; okay downright pissy. Matt and I were quick to dive into the tools of choice! Choose not to judge her, stay focused, just get to the motel and chalk it up to an experience. Then we were consciously asking for joyful and happy people to join us as we moved forward. And it wasn't long before they began to show up. Using some quick tools of expansion and question, we branched out and found ourselves back to the joy of the moment, asking ourselves "Okay, what blissful people can we meet, what possibilities are on the line, what qualities do we want to experience from this string of events, etc." We achieved our first clearing of any perceived negativity. Phew!

Once checked in, unloaded and good to go, I stepped out the motel door, eager to taste Maui in the light of day. It was simply gorgeous. Within moments I met my first friend Arlena where she invited Matt and I to take our first canoe excursion! The electricity of travel was already revealing its magic presence and introducing a plethora of possibilities.
After our incredible canoe excursion and swim, Matt and I rested in front of our Seaside Motel allowing the universe to reveal the next part of our trip. We then met our next friend, Doug. Doug is a local musician who lived on the Big Island. He invited us to tour southern Maui. Doug was my ideal idea of the warmth and generosity of the local culture. He took us on a journey that explored Hawaiian culture, looking into both its history and musical folklore. Then to be able to take in Hawaii through the lens of a Hawaiian native musician was colorful to say the least! We discussed extensively ongoing issues in Hawaii including gender, and the quote unquote definition of being an energy slut: receiving everything that shows up no matter what no matter how. BAM. At a certain point I was surprised and intrigued to hear Doug say that if he were a woman in Hawaii life would be easier. That night the three of us stayed at the motel again.

The next day Matt and I explored freely. We journeyed through Kihei, extending our rental car for next to nothing, showing us that it has "paid" off well just being here! We relaxed in a town full of beautiful homes, beaches, and people and dined on the most phenomenal fish tacos to be found on almost every corner. That night we slept on the beach. The next morning we awoke on Christmas to a not-so-friendly dog who quickly had us packing our things. We set off in search of coffee and surfboards and shared our day in the ocean on a 10 foot long board catching waves in Maui. 

What a glorious Maui Christmas.

Lucas

Conscious in Seattle

Sitting in the Seattle airport feeling all in the mood and inspired.

I find airports are one of the best places to collect your thoughts. The rush of people heading in every which direction becomes a pattern. It almost becomes melodic. You watch people from around the world, catching their flights to a brand new destination. It's exciting. And calming. What most people don't know is that just by stepping onto an airplane, they've activated their inner adventurer. 

This thought line lead to what Conscious Adventure Tours is today, a medium for adventure.

Heres what conscious adventure tours looks like: To activate or accelerate inner shift that gives way to greater space and the lightness you can be. We use the vehicle of travel as a method to explore this inner place. When we step out of the normal routine and set aside our normal distractions and then add a new landscape and a new language with new foods and new smells and a new culture we are left with a fantastic opportunity to see ourselves in a new light. One without barriers or judgments it is a chance to re-create you! To create a more joyous, energetic, sexual and excited being. A being that you have always been, a being the demands to create a life of ease and abundance!

Experience Conscious Adventure Tours and begin the transformation of a new you and a new world!

So, let's go.

Matt

Hiking the Pacific Crest Trail – More than a Walk

Long ago, in a much shorter time (18 years shorter), I took a five-week hike through Oregon. For at least 8 hours every day I lost my mind and fully engaged in and with my body. The machinery upstairs slowed down so much that one day, stopped at Horse Lake for a breather, I was able to experience something brand new. 

A group of deer visited the lake for a drink and I was able to be present and curious with them beyond anything I knew before. I threw an imaginary ball in front of them and the strangest thing happened… they all jumped.That’s when I started to wonder if “energy” stuff was real. I figured I might as well keep the game going so I tucked myself in the underbrush pinging energy left and right, right and left, and the deer kept responding. They were as present with me as I was with them. Getting out of the familiar, the regular, the box I was then calling my life was where I could access the command I had with energy.

Fast forward to a recent adventure in Australia… I biked Munda Biddi trail. It was a full-speed thrust into the Aussie outback -- 1000 km just me, my bike, and the earth. I don’t remember a lot because there was so much space for me to be me. The real changes happened when I got back to the Perth. As we were driving through a turnabout all the sudden the turnabout wasn’t there and I realized I had straightened out the road.

Sound crazy to you? There was a time in my life that stuff like this seemed way out of the realm of possibilities too. But change is actually easier than you might think. All it takes is space, curiosity and willingness. 

Conscious Adventure Tours (CAT) is a culmination of those energies. It’s about changing the solid realness people strive to have as their lives. It’s about helping people change and step into total fluidity.

Playfully Yours - Matt

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