June 2025 – Trauma Mission to Israel
Usness
When you said that thing I didn’t like,I didn’t like you for saying it. “Bad person you! Bad!” For saying that poisonous thingthat means somethingsomething about me. And that “don’t-like-it” […]
Related practices that Cielle uses
Thanks for finding me. I am Cielle Backstrom, and I am deeply dedicated to supporting individuals on their journey toward awakening to their true and total nature. My path spans […]
Cielle’s involvement with Trillium Awakening
Cielle here: Thanks for your interest in my involvement in Trillium Awakening. Below, you will also read about the administrative roles I have held or still hold. Even during my […]
Surprising Grace
Sharon and I spend our winters in a small Mexican town along the Pacific ocean. The town is an amalgam of contrasts. Snow birds from Canada, America and Europe live […]
Who Knows?
It seems to be getting harder to count on established sources of truth, justice, and knowledge necessary to deliver the clarity, confidence, and safety needed to navigate life. Parental wisdom […]
Where Are We Now with Mutuality?
Edited Transcription of a presentation by Fax Gilbert followed by a Discussion of Trillium Teachers at our Teacher Retreat, June 14, 2017 Fax: In light of the events leading up to and […]
Character and Consciousness
Several middle school principals independently came to me in 2000 to see if I could use my performance skills to put together a program on character development to enhance their […]
The Simplest Gift We Have to Give
One of the countries most insightful social commentators once remarked that as a society we’ve all gotten away from the true meaning of Christmas — “the birth of Santa”. Homer […]
Challenge and Opportunity
I tremble like a flower in a storm.The strong winds push methis way and that-but around my rootsthe solid ground sustains meAnd tomorrow, when the new sun rises,my petals will […]
What’s in a Name?
Eight years ago Trillium Awakening was chosen as the new name for our organization, formerly known as Waking Down in Mutuality. After an intensive search, the name Trillium Awakening was […]
The Mathematics of Spiritual Awakening
My father went to M.I.T. and my uncle Frank taught math for over 50 years at the Boston Latin, a premier preparatory school. Unfortunately, I didn’t inherit their math genes […]
Artistic Expressions: Interview with Fax Gilbert
Restorative Interdependence
June 1, 2024 “I call this approach Non-violent Communication, using the term nonviolence as Gandhi used it — to refer to our natural state of compassion when violence has subsided from the […]
That Sense of Annihilation
May 2, 2024 Humans don’t realize the cost that self-awareness brings with it. In the wild, the animal brain has many functions that support their survival. The oldest region of […]
Layers of Reality
April 17, 2024 We grow up thinking that this physical world is all there is. Oh yeah, maybe there’s those places called Heaven and Hell that some of those religions […]
Sacred Is Intimacy With the Unknowable
The Source Is That Which Gives
Leaning into Aging
Using collage as an integrative tool of self-discovery. About ten years ago, I noticed increased worry connected to aging. Part of me was not willing to accept that it is […]
TRAUMA, MUTUALITY, AND TRILLIUM
Many of us have experienced trauma. I would venture to say, all of us have experienced it. We see it in the world every day. It often pains us. As […]