ABOUT PAGE — Sedona Red Rocks Blog

I'm not a shaman. Not a healer. Not certified in anything spiritual. I'm an entrepreneur who builds businesses — real estate, tech, digital marketing. Normal stuff. Practical stuff.

Then I went to Sedona.

My first trip was Good Friday 2025. I went alone. No tour guide, no itinerary from a wellness influencer. Just me, a pair of hiking shoes, and genuine curiosity about whether these vortex sites were actually something — or just a really good tourist trap.

What happened that weekend changed how I think about a lot of things.

It snowed. In the desert. In April. There was no snow in the forecast. I was standing at a vortex site watching it happen, and I realized pretty quickly that I wasn't just checking a box on a travel list. Something was different about this place.

I went back in May. Spent weeks there. Visited every major vortex site, some of them multiple times. I sat alone at Cathedral Rock at sunrise. I practiced Qi Gong at Bell Rock and felt a vibration start in my feet and move upward through my body. I hiked Boynton Canyon before the crowds showed up and understood why the Yavapai-Apache consider it sacred ground.

I didn't go looking for a spiritual experience. I went looking for the truth about these places. What I found was somewhere in between — real geological phenomena, measurable magnetic variations in the rock, and a personal experience I can't fully explain but also can't deny.

So I started writing it down.

This blog is where I document what I've learned. Not the mystical version. Not the sanitized tourist version. The version that comes from actually sitting at these sites alone, paying attention, and being honest about what happened.

I write about the vortex sites themselves — the trails, the energy types, what to expect. I write about the science — the iron oxide, the magnetic readings, the twisted juniper trees. And I write about the practical stuff — where to park, what to bring, how to plan a trip that actually means something instead of just producing Instagram content.

If you want the full deep-dive — interactive maps, GPS coordinates for every vortex site, trail guides, itineraries — I built a complete resource at Sedona Energy Vortexes. That's the companion to everything on this blog.

I'm still figuring a lot of this out. But I'd rather share what I know now than wait until I have all the answers. If any of this resonates with you, or if you've had your own experience at these sites, I'd like to hear about it.

— Steven