RIO SAWHILL

Rio Sawhill

Rio is following the thread of his life; journeying through holy places in Jordan and Israel, Southeast Asia and island nations of the Pacific Ocean. In all these places and here at home in the Appalachian Mountains of North Carolina, he finds Spirit and strives to listen to the whispers. The natural world calls him out of the comforts of buildings and bed to walk forest trails and mountain passes towards rivers and waterfalls in the lowlands and to the summits and cliff edges in the clouds. The year 2011 marked the beginning of his conscious awareness of nature’s therapeutic role in the healing of humans; he stepped into wilderness therapy for youth and almost simultaneously began work with The Joshua Project mentoring boys as they move towards manhood. The thread so often brings him into the company of teachers and mentors who are connected, and for the past two years he has studied and worked with Rites of Passage Council.