“Sometimes Silent” Retreats are a heartfelt vision, offered in different spaces, seasons, and contexts with the same core values at center: centering through emergent process, deep listening, connect to self to connect to each other, nature as teacher, feel to get free. These retreats are held in the loving structure of “Sometimes Silence”, a flow between quieter, reflective days interspersed with circle practice and opportunities for intentional togetherness. The gatherings uplift our humanity, align us with purpose, and offer space for our grief and our joy, our stories and our songs, our dignity and our belonging. Days of spaciousness, creativity, and care, the folkwork of being together.

Without pretense, these retreats are profoundly permissive, our time a healing bridge between the personal experience and the communal one. Not insular, not just a retreat but an embodied, experiential practice ground for collective flourishing.

Gwen draws from creative practice, somatic inquiry, meditation, contemplation, gentle movement and yoga, reiki, circle, sounding, connection to nature, community based storytelling and place making ritual. Designing retreats that take us on a pilgrimage: from silence to story, breath to song, stillness to movement, rest to emergence, often collaborating with dear friends to offer diverse voices and practices that lead us home to ourselves and each other.

Individuals, groups, families, and organizations seeking restful connection are also invited to inquire about private retreats.