WORLD WHEEL, GLOBAL PEACE THROUGH THE ARTS is an artistic forum for global understanding consisting of environmental stone sculptures, performance events, nature reserves, and wisdom centers circling the globe. By working through the arts with local artists, performers and community, founding director Vijali Hamilton addresses the local community’s personal, spiritual, social, and environmental concerns. The project works toward global peace by developing awareness of community and the notion of world family. You are invited to listen to a recent (2016) Vijali interview,  explaining the World Wheel Journey on a Santa Fe-based radio show, “Living Jucy,” hosted by Rhea Goodman. Interview with Rhea Goodman Â
World Wheel Retreat:
Cultivating Innate Wisdom with Vijali Hamilton
World Wheel Center for Wisdom, Art and Life
(near Santa Fe, New Mexico)
Spring and Fall
Vijali offers individual retreats at the World Wheel Retreat. Â These experiences flow into ceremony, music, sculpting, and art with the creativity that springs from intimate contact with Earth. Take time to cultivate our innate wisdom and beauty, and bring back the fruits of our retreat to our families, communities, and world.
For prices and dates, please contact Vijali@worldwheel.org
Your 3 to 5 day retreat will be personally structured to meet you where you are and guide you into the fulfillment of your deepest dreams. Vijali tailors all activities to suit your level of comfort in the wilderness. An art background is not required. Upon your return home you will carry the tools necessary for integrating your extra-ordinary experience and living your dream in your daily life.
Vijali Hamilton spent 10 years as nun in the Vedanta Society, a branch of Hinduism. She studied Dzogchen from Tibetan Buddhist Lamas, native wisdom from Shamans around the world, and spent 40 years as a teacher in spiritual enquiry, basing her guidance on her personal journey of unfolding wisdom.
Bring your special food requirements (Vijali will provide the rest), a towel, hiking shoes, flashlight, sunscreen and hat, swim-suit, journal and if you wish to sleep under the brilliant stars, a sleeping bag.
Call Vijali at 202 492 4899
Email: vijali@worldwheel.org
Webstie: www.worldwheel.org
Send a deposit of one half the amount to:
Vijali Hamilton
662 Alta Vista St. Apt. D-18
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505
World Wheel Newsletter — December 2025
Dear Friends and World Family,
A new year will soon begin with the global events tugging at my heart. A new World Wheel Project is emerging in my dreams, in order to support voices that may bring peace to our torn world. Sublime voices, which vibrate with clarity, hope and beauty in this present moment, come to my mind.
They include:
*The XIV Dalai Lama with his universal view of unity and kindness to all;
*Native wisdom carried through Chief Oren Lyons, the Onondaga Elder and spiritual spokesman of the Iroquois Confederacy;
*Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s initiative in universal education and honoring the indigenous peoples of her nation;
*Swami Sarvapryananda, head of the Vedanta Society Center in New York City, who brings the ancient wisdom of the Vedas, the interconnectedness of all life, into modern media;
 *Our own American Pope, Leo XIV, walking the line of truth in a tumultuous world.
I am sure that many more voices of clarity will emerge during the course of the project. What has come to me in meditation is to personally visit with these extraordinary individuals and video a short interview with each, in order to comprise the heart of a new film, entitled: “Voices for World Peace.”
In order to proceed with this dream, I need to sell my paintings to fund the creation of the film. Here are my website pages of the art, which you can review and purchase for a 25% off Christmas sale. Please go to https://vijali.org and click on “artworks.” And, for more information about the World Wheel Project, visit my website: https://worldwheel.org
With these words of continued hope, dear world family, I send to you this message of peace through the arts.
With all my heart,
May we live the interconnection of all life.
Dear World Family,
I am happy to say that my feature film of the World Wheel, which is just that journey of love, is now available on YouTube (see below). It is dedicated to all those who have contributed their time, creativity and support during these (almost) thirty years of global work.
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IMAGE NOTES AND CREDITS Top Banner ~~ Sculpture in Peguche, Andes of Ecuador, by Vijali and community Â
