What happens when intention, community, and sacred space converge? In this reflection, longtime Spirit Tours travelers Christine Volkmer and Sherry Wood share how a quiet “someday” dream became a lived spiritual practice for her and her spouse, Sherry Wood. Discover how a community of conscious travelers can, in turn, transform “Someday” into Sacred Reality.
For years, we carried a quiet dream—one shaped by a longing for deeper, more meaningful spiritual travel experiences. We believed, the way you believe in something before you have any evidence for it, that someday we would travel the world. We would stand in ancient places, walk sacred ground, and let the wider world open us in ways our daily lives could not. But “someday” felt distant. The practical realities of life had a way of keeping that dream politely on the shelf.
What changed was not a lottery win or a sudden shift in circumstances. It was a shift in consciousness. Rooted in the principles of Science of Mind, we began to understand that prosperity is not something that happens to you. Instead, it is something you cultivate from the inside out. We grew our prosperity consciousness and set specific intentions. One by one, the trips we had only whispered about became real: Bali, France, Ireland, Italy, South Africa, and New England. Each one arrived not as a stroke of luck, but as a demonstration of what becomes possible when consciousness aligns with your deepest desires.
What made these journeys more than extraordinary travel, though, was not just the destinations themselves. In fact, It was our companions and the understanding of Spirit we each carried with us.
The Invisible Architecture of Shared Intention
When a group of spiritually minded travelers sets out together, something intangible—but utterly real—emerges: shared intention. For example, a group arriving in Ireland with genuine curiosity about the Celts’ reverent relationship with nature travels differently. The same is true in France, where travelers stand in the presence of the Black Madonna and the mystical geometry of Chartres. And in Bali, where the sacred and the everyday are inseparable, that same openness creates an entirely different experience. As a result, doors open that ordinary tourists never find.
Spirit Tours curates sacred journeys around sites that invite spiritual inquiry, allowing the itinerary itself to become a kind of prayer. Every stop asks a question. Every conversation at dinner deepens the answer. Ultimately, the people you travel with become mirrors, reflecting insights you might not have reached alone.
Ireland: Where the Veil Is Thin
Ireland is one of those places where the spiritual dimension of life seems barely concealed behind the visible world. Indeed, the Irish have a phrase for it—the Celtic concept of “thin places,” locations where the boundary between the sacred and the ordinary becomes permeable. Casting our vision off the Cliffs of Moher, blessing our lives at the holy wells scattered across the countryside, and immersing ourselves in an off-the-beaten-path pub where local musicians shared the soul of Irish music in a session—these memories still shape our lives today.
For us, Ireland was more than a bucket list destination. In fact, it was soul deepening. We returned home more rooted in ourselves, more trusting of the invisible support that carried us there, and more aligned with the oneness of Life.
France: The Mystical Heart of the West
France holds layers of spiritual tradition that reward exactly the kind of curious, open-minded travel that Spirit Tours facilitates. Chartres Cathedral is not merely a Gothic masterpiece. Its labyrinth, sacred geometry, and choir of light through ancient stained glass constitute a teaching in stone about the nature of consciousness and divine order. Likewise, the Cathar country of the Languedoc carries the memory of a spiritual tradition centered on inner knowing, on direct experience of the divine rather than doctrinal compliance. St. Marie de la Mer received the holy vessel of Mary Magdalene, whose presence surrounds pilgrims with love deeper than the sea.
What struck us most in France, however, was not any single site. Rather, it was the cumulative effect of moving through sacred space with people who were exploring the same questions we were. In the end, the whole became radically greater than the sum of its parts.
Italy and Damanhur: Where Mystery Becomes Architecture
Of all our journeys, perhaps none was more astonishing than visiting the Damanhur School of Mystery in northern Italy. Damanhur is a spiritual community that has spent decades carving an extraordinary network of underground temples by hand — a secret cathedral of mosaic, glass, and sacred art hidden inside a mountain. It is a living demonstration that when human beings organize around spiritual principle and creative vision, the impossible becomes real.
Meditation and sound baths in the temple of humankind, in the music of the forest, and during the full moon rising ritual on summer solstice provided powerful experiences that shifted everything within mind, body and soul.
Standing inside those temples, surrounded by fellow travelers from our Science of Mind community, the connection was unmistakable: this is what we teach. Consciousness creates. Vision made physical. The inner world of this lifetime and messages from our past lives made manifest in the outer. Damanhur was not just a wonder to behold — it was a mirror held up to what is possible when we take our spiritual understanding seriously and act on it with courage.
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Bali and New England: Spirit in Living Color
Bali reminded us that the sacred lives beyond ancient ruins and stone cathedrals. It is a culture where daily life is inseparable from spiritual practice. Daily offerings appear at doorsteps at dawn. Dance becomes devotion. People understand their relationship to the holy web of life.
Traveling with our Spirit Tours community in Bali, we were not observers of someone else’s spiritual life. Instead, we were participants in a living reminder of our own. In turn, the beauty and sacredness of ordinary life were reawakened in us.
New England brought its own profound gifts amid autumn’s colorful display. We explored the historical roots of New Thought leaders, including Ernest Holmes, Emma Curtis Hopkins, Mary Baker Eddy, Ralph Waldo Emerson, and Henry David Thoreau.
Likewise, each destination offered a new angle of light on the movement that brought ancient truth and metaphysical practice into our own backyards. And, of course, we savored lobster and clam chowders in the most charming restaurants.
Held in Grace: The Gift of Traveling Together
Across every one of these spiritual travel experiences, we felt something difficult to fully put into words. In many ways, we were held in grace and supported in both practical and invisible ways. Each trip deepened our lives. As a result, our understanding of spiritual principles became embodied rather than merely intellectual—because we had lived them.
Traveling together is an opportunity to practice spirituality in an intimate and wonderfully challenging way. Along the way, you discover new dimensions of people you thought you knew. Over time, shared meals, shared epiphanies, and shared moments of beauty become the fabric of a richer relational life that continues long after you return home.
“Someday” Is a Decision Away
If there is one thing our years of Spirit Tours travel have confirmed, it is this: “someday” is not a time on the calendar. It is a state of readiness that is cultivated, not waited for.
When you board a plane with your community for a Spirit Tour, spiritual travel experiences become more than a vacation—you are not simply going somewhere. You are becoming someone—together. And that, ultimately, is what every spiritual tradition has always pointed toward.
And so, the journey awaits. We know that these destinations will be available for your sacred YES in 2027 and 2028. Your “someday” is ready to become your now.
About the Authors
Christine Volkmer, RScP, and her spouse, Sherry Wood, RScP, are the creators of OneLife Coaching. Together, they support individuals in personal growth, spiritual alignment, and intentional living.
Christine is a Licensed Spiritual Coach, Certified Freedom Coach, EFT practitioner, and Safe Conversations facilitator. She has more than 16 years of experience through the Centers for Spiritual Living. She helps clients move from limitation into clarity and confidence through spiritual grounding, practical coaching tools, and deep compassion. Her belief in the power of intentional living and spiritual travel experiences shapes both her work and her writing.
Sherry is a Licensed Spiritual Coach of 18 years experience. She is also a certified EFT facilitator, Safe Conversations facilitator, and retreat leader. She guides individuals toward greater self-awareness, conscious communication, prosperity consciousness, and meaningful transformation through heart-centered spiritual practice.
Learn more at OneLife Coaching: www.onelife-coaching.org
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