Resilience for Uncertain Times: Wild Earth, Steady Heart

Event Overview

In a time of unravelling, become a soulful weaver. Pause, gather in connection with an open heart, and learn to wind the strands of worry and overwhelm into your own unique tapestry of purpose, vitality, and joyful resolve. Nourish your inner world to sustain meaningful action in the outer world. Hold, as Francis Weller urges, “grief in one hand and gratitude in the other and be stretched large by them.”

Join experienced facilitators as we traverse the elements of Joanna Macy’s Work That Reconnects spiral: Grounding in Gratitude, Honoring our Pain for the World, Seeing with New & Ancient Eyes, and Going Forth. The spiral reminds us that we are deeply connected with the web of life. There, we find abundant resources to sustain our journey and care for the collective. 

Our journey through the spiral blends practices that enliven the body, imagination, and spirit. We integrate somatic awareness, experiential group processes, soulful rituals, guided meditations, solitude, connection with the more-than-human world, cultivating awe, resting in community, song, and play, Through our time together we will kindle vitality that buoys our determination to make the world a more loving place. 

Leave with bright eyes and bursting with ideas, practices, and micro-rituals, so that the deepening and expansion can sustain you in the long term. Re-enter the world with your cup brimming over with inspiration for a life-affirming future.

This retreat will be held at the Hollyhock Institute, on the wild and beautiful Cortes Island, BC. Hollyhock is a thoughtfully curated place – with nourishing food, a gorgeous natural setting overlooking the Salish Sea, simplicity, kind people, and a dedication to making the world a better place. We are grateful that Hollyhock offers a 10% early bird discount, as well as scholarship options. You can read more about Hollyhock here: https://hollyhock.ca/