Welcome to Blue Space Wisdom

An idea dedicated to creating safe places both without and within for healing from trauma

My name is Das and I have spent the last 40 plus years observing, working, and being with trauma. I have studied and practiced through ontological dialogue in Boston, leading Ayurvedic healing retreats in the woods of Western Maine, and through 15 years of work with survivors in Portland, Oregon.

I am a survivor of sexual abuse and though I had spent years practicing inner awareness, I, like so many of you effectively stuffed my abuse. Finally, at age 49 the realities of my abuse dropped me to the deck of my sailboat with a panic attack. After the anxiety and tears subsided I started my healing, using all those tools I had developed over the previous 25 years. Now 17 years later I am calling the collection of those tools Introspective Awareness, a framework of contemplative practice, self discovery, and investigation that can more safely navigate the deep set realities of sexual abuse.

I believe being together creates the best, most appropriate method of healing from trauma. The work I am offering outside the groups I work with in Portland are held in nature, where being reflective becomes natural. Please look over the current offerings and if you are interested send me an email at das.chapin@gmail.com

Introspective Awareness is a form of mindfulness and meditation, as it relates to survivors of trauma. This work can help survivors gain insight into the self and create a reliable observer helping to uncover hidden behaviors and reevaluate why we are experiencing life the way we do.

With care,

Das