Netherlands, 4 day Full Spiral Spring Retreat May 12th-15th

Event Overview

Being weavers of the Web of Life by being where you are

Still a few places left for the residential 4 day workshop in Winterswijk. In this gathering you experience the full spiral of the Work That Reconnects. Facilitated by Manon Danker. Recent interview Featured Facilitator

“The biggest gift you can give is to be absolutely present, and when you’re worrying about whether you’re hopeful, or hopeless, or pessimistic, or optimistic, who cares? The main thing is that you’re showing up, that you’re here, and that you’re finding ever more capacity to love this world because it will not be healed without that.” 

Joanna Macy

In this residential we will focus on being of place, being where you are. Thich Nhat Hanh says it so beautifully: “To love is to be there”. We journey through the spiral of the Work that reconnects. A time of spaciousness, going through the spiral in 4 days. Supported by nature to go deeper within. You will work with the land and the spiral and you will experience a council of all beings.

All participants will have their own room and time will be set aside for visioning and inner process. So we will strengthen our capacity to be present, to listen and to hear our response, in our larger body, the web of life.

About the Work that Reconnects: this work offers us a place of support in times of great change. Humanity faces unprecedented challenges and our commitment to a livable future needs our deep understanding of the interconnectedness of all life. We will share practices that help us remember, experience and celebrate this wonderful belonging to the Web of Life. In doing so we can embrace the vitality that is present in this moment, also in these times when we see life hanging in the balance. How can we be human in a way that honors all beings? This is an invitation to explore this in the presence of our kin.

The spiral offers us a solid and profound framework to explore our deep belonging and care for the world. Starting from gratitude we feel the nourishment of this ancient practice of giving thanks. Creating a safe space lets us be fully present for all the feelings that live inside us and open for our pain for the world. Witnessing and supporting each other in this often lonely place is liberating, empowering. Seeing with new eyes shows us ways to tap into the wisdom of many traditions, our ancestors and kin, thus we strengthen our awareness beyond our species and widen our experience of time. Here we breathe deep time and deep ecology. And coming to the fourth step of the spiral we harvest our gifts and look deeply at what is needed from us in these times. We let our deep longing speak to fuel us, to be present for the changes we want to see in our daily lives, the world, in honor of all beings.

Location and times: We stay in a beautiful farmhouse in Winterswijk. We gather Monday afternoon for our first session at 4 pm. And we end around 2 pm on Thursday. We will also have evening sessions. It is possible to arrange pick ups from the train station Winterswijk.

Exchange:  € 485 standard, € 585 supporting, € 385 supported. Included in the investment are the course fee, three nights stay in single rooms and all home made vegetarian meals.

We try to make the course as accessible as possible. If the supported investment is not within your reach please contact me. Please be considerate of the investment you can make and whether you apply for support so it can be used to make this gathering accessible to a wider group of people. If you are living in abundance and want to make a donation to the supporting fund that is also possible and received with gratitude.

Registration and inquiries are made by contacting Manon Danker: inleven@greenmail.net

Note! This course also qualifies as a prerequisite for the 6 Month Facilitator Training, starting fall 2025.