Active Hope – Nourishing Our Capacity to Act for Life on Earth Sat 26 September 2020 (7 Days) Margo van Greta and Jacqueline Buckingham Our times confront us with realities that can be difficult to take in and painful to live with. This week-long workshop aims to strengthen our capacity to respond with Active Hope. Developed […]
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Deep Ecology & Yoga Retreat
We find ourselves alive in an extraordinary time; a time of uncertainty and disconnection, but also a time of great possibility where cooperation, courageous action, and collective movement can cultivate the world we’re longing to live in. In these times of ecological, political, and social catastrophe looming on the horizon, it is essential that we […]
The Wilderness Within: The Subtle Activism of Engaged Buddhists
As we travel deeper into the 21st century we experience more and more acutely – if we are awake and aware – the unravelling of the interconnected cycles and systems which make up this miracle of life on this Earth which is our only home. We must know that we cannot survive independently from the […]
Compassionate Listening: Healing our World from the Inside Out
Become a More Powerful Peacemaker in Your Family, Community and Workplace 9:30 a.m. to 5:45 p.m. Deepen Your Exploration of the Five Core Practices of Compassionate Listening and learn the skills necessary to bring this powerful technique into your daily life. **Cultivating and Holding Compassion for Oneself and Others **Developing the Fair Witness, without Judgment […]
A Council of All Beings
Widening Circles Kitchissippi Valley presents from the work of Joanna Macy: The Work That Reconnects A Council of All Beings On November 10th 2019 from 9 am till 5 pm at 415 chemin Haut de la Chute, Rigaud Quebec, Kathryn and Pat invite you to take part in a Work That Reconnects Day. Our focus will […]
Finding Strength: inspiration in challenging times
Do you worry about the state of our world? Are you aware of the enormous challenges of the world, yet struggle to know how to respond? Kirsti Norris and Will Tooby will take you through the Work That Reconnects, to support you in building your strength and capacity to face the challenges of the world […]
Our Ancestral Call to Dance
As long as human beings have been on the planet, we have been singing and dancing and telling stories. Facilitated by artist facilitator, Elizabeth Glenn-Copeland w/ Beverly Glenn-Copeland on djembe, we’ll enter into a mindful space to dance the Spiral: Gratitude, Honouring our Pain, Seeing through New Eyes, and Going Forth, thus beginning the process […]
Resistance, Resilience, and Radical Gratitude
In this time of political and cultural strife, we are challenged to re-imagine our personal and collective capacities for hope, resilience, and work for justice. In recent years, the mass uncovering of layers of oppression – racism, xenophobia, climate chaos, corporatism, patriarchy- has left some folks shell-shocked and despairing, but galvanized as well to become […]
Gone? Facing an Uncertain Future, Together
Things are changing. And they’re changing rapidly. The harsh realities of climate change are reaching more of us, more frequently. Disruptions are happening much faster and more violently than previously anticipated. Indeed, temperatures are rising so quickly, and ice is melting so fast, that we seem to be “breaking” all our climate models. The underlying […]
Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Training Program
Applications are now open for the Buddhist Eco-Chaplaincy Training Program, hosted by the Sati Center for Buddhist Studies and facilitated by Gil Fronsdal, Susie Harrington and Kirsten Rudestam. The program will offer basic Buddhist training in the wisdom and skill needed to be a Buddhist Environmental Chaplain, i.e., those who work to establish people in […]
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