Simply Shenandoah  By Co-Founder Mike Marburg​  SIMPLY UPDATE - The Unfolding 2025 (1-Hr) for a recording of yesterday’s zoom session. An amazing ecosystem of co-creators and investors joined us to discuss how we are participating in the movement from META-CRISIS to META-MORPHOSIS.   PLAY VIDEO Highlights include Founder and Chairman of the Carson Group Omani Carson, who joined us from Momentis, a large family office supporting conscious leaders with world-changing ideas. ​ Highlights include Omani Carson, who joined us from Momentis, a large family office supporting conscious leaders with world-changing ideas. As the Founder and Chairman of the Carson Group, which serves more than 50,000 families and manages $40B in assets, Omani shared his life story and future vision, including his commitment to Simply -- "We will make sure this project happens—the timing, place, and partners are perfect." "Ritual as Method at Simply Shenandoah can become new social customs and normal protocols," said Sanctuary on the Trail Co-Founder Rene' Locklear White (Lumbee).

Co-Founder Mike Marburg and team created an amazing ecosystem of co-creators and investors joined us to discuss how we are participating in the movement from META-CRISIS to META-MORPHOSIS for Simply Update The Unfolding 2025 on May 20, 2025. We also announced Giulia Auricchio’s multi-million-dollar investment and her new role as Managing Partner at Wellmore. With ~$25M from Sponsors and Founding Partners, she is helping us finalize the remaining financing as we prepare to start construction later this year. Underlying her investment is our commitment to conscious capitalism, including the Endowed Scholarship program serving as a platform for the veterans and first responders programming being supported by other investors, like the Ford and Comora families. Additional highlights include McKenzie Wilhelm discussing land as a partner, not an asset; Rache Brande discussing the harmonics of healing and our planned Frequency Lab; Rene Locklear White discussing the keys to modernizing ancient wisdom traditions; and Allison Ballmer discussing the notion of “Heart as Power” for business leaders. We kicked off the meeting with Dr. Julie Krull's beautiful poem, found below. ​"When people leave Simply Amazing, they leave renewed and their transformation can shift their own community dynamics," she added.

Unfolding 2025 Opening Poem

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There is a question in the air right now—urgent, trembling, full of yearning:
What should we do?
Do we retreat into silence or rise into action?
Do we shield our peace or confront the pain?
Do we serve from the subtle or speak to the tangible?
The truth is not either/or.
The truth is not in the polarity,
but in the presence that can hold both.
We are not here to choose sides between action and stillness,
between politics and prayer,
between inner peace and outer response.
We are here to remember
that we are the field through which all things arise.
The world is not "out there."
It is not separate from our practice, our presence, our path.
The burning forests, the trembling democracies, the breaking hearts--
all of it moves through us.
But here is the paradox:
We cannot fight this fire with more fire.
We cannot meet chaos with a lack of coherence.
We cannot serve awakening by collapsing into the dream.
This is not a call to tune out.
Nor is it a call to armor up.
This is a call to become the frequency
of the world we long to see.
To embody the coherence of a future not yet visible
but already pulsing in our hearts.
To model a way of being that is rooted in love,
resonant with truth,
and grounded in action—not from fear, but from wholeness.
What is our responsibility?
To anchor, not argue.
To transmit, not preach.
To co-create, not react.
To be, not withdraw.
We do not move from separation.
We are moved by the Field.
The unitive field.
The One, the Sacred, the Divine, that breathes through us as presence,
and remembers that this world is not being destroyed--
It is being reborn.
And our coherence is midwifing it.
This is sacred activism.
We are not here to escape the world.
We are here to infuse it with something real.
Let us meet in the field of becoming…
Where our presence become the protest.
Our love becomes the legislation.
Our integrity becomes the invitation.
And, where we no longer ask, What should I do?
but instead whisper, What do I need to embody now,
that the world might remember its wholeness through me?

Unfolding 2025 - Ritual as Method

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​Dr. Carole Nash, a cultural anthropologist from James Madison University, is widely recognized for her pioneering work on Native Americans in Virginia. With a profound passion for preserving and amplifying indigenous histories, Dr. Nash has dedicated her research to shed light on the vibrant cultures and rich heritage of the Native American communities of Virginia. Through extensive fieldwork and collaborations with local tribes, Dr. Nash has unearthed invaluable insights into the Native American past and present. Her studies provide an in-depth understanding of their traditional practices, social structures, and belief systems, allowing for a more nuanced exploration of Virginia's indigenous history. Dr. Nash's work extends beyond academia, as she actively engages in community outreach programs and consultations with tribal leaders. With a focus on fostering cultural revitalization, she has actively contributed to efforts for language preservation, land conservation, and cultural heritage protection. Her scholarship serves as a bridge, connecting the academic realm with Native American communities, empowering them to reclaim their narratives and strengthen their cultural identity. Dr. Carole Nash's research not only enriches our understanding of Virginia's indigenous peoples but also promotes respect, appreciation, and collaboration between different cultures, fostering a more inclusive and diverse society.

Shenandoah National Park (SNP)  is the nation’s capitol’s national park. Spanning 200,000 acres across the spine of the Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah attracts 1.4 million visitors a year. The park includes lands from eight counties: Albemarle, Greene, Madison, Page, Warren, Rappahannock, Rockingham, and Augusta. GET INVOLVED

Shenandoah National Park Trust (SNPT. As the official philanthropic partner of Shenandoah National Park, the Trust provides strategic investments in programs and initiatives that help protect, enhance, and preserve the resources of Shenandoah National Park for all to enjoy- for this and future generations. DONATE

​​"As we have grown and evolved our understanding of Simply Shenandoah’s core values, we recognize these past and present efforts to eradicate Native American culture are the opposite of what we are trying to accomplish. Deeply engrained within our regenerative philosophy is a focus on practicing and sharing traditional approaches for sacred living that deeply respect Mother Earth and her various plant/animal/fungal kingdoms (including the entire human family).

"We appreciate how Indigenous cultures behave with a reverence for all living systems – considering both a decision’s current impact as well as how it will affect seven generations into the future. These practices have stood the test of time, and we find Native American teachings holistic and inspiring. As one example, these guiding principles and processes for building a sustainable and prosperous world are quite valuable."