Spring Retreat: Wild Rest
“Sometimes Silent” 4 day, 3 night Retreat
In Circle and In Silence
Thursday, May 2 - Sunday, May 5, 2023
Hope Springs Institute, Peebles OH
“I was in need of a great pilgrimage so I sat still for three days.”
Emergence is slow slow slow and then
like bud to bloom,
sometimes all at once. How we are always becoming becoming becoming,
the trees now leafing leafing leafing
we just get more who we really are¹
Spring takes hold:
Taurus Season! Earth Season! and
this is a season of softness.
Soft ground, soft hearts.
Softening toward ourselves and the care of what we love.
Spring Retreat: is a delight
Come as you are, in your human-ness, your human-mess.
Give yourself a break, a breath. Walk in kindness.
Space for joy space for grief
Space for whatever needs space.
This is embodied, permissive, liberatory practice in service of a life of connection.
Sometimes Silent:
Our retreat time will be held in the gentle structure of “Sometimes Silence”, a flow between quiet, spacious days (interspersed with circle) and evenings offering the pulsing opportunity for unscripted connection.
Another way to be together, this format offers a shift from the habitual: the ways we communicate, connect, find belonging. An invitation to come together with the intention of quietude but without rigidity, expanses of time without pretense, small talk, or expectation.
This sort of structure is profoundly permissive, and allows for our time to be a healing bridge between the personal experience and the communal one.
. circle & silence
. space for space
. laughter and connection
. heartfelt offerings, seasonal and elemental blessings
. a journey within, a refinement of meaning
. contemplative moments to stoke curiosity & inspiration
. creative play and craft
. sound ceremony & eco-therapy (with Stacey Pickering)
. tea ceremony (with Samantha Jones)
. rest and ritual, practices of deep restoration
. unscripted and explorative opportunities for connection and expression
. a sacred & intentionally held container for discovery
. endless nourishment in all the ways. surprise delights. sweet tokens.
all offerings are optional.
“Thank you, for creating room for the magic to emerge—something I find it often needs to show itself. ”
Register for Spring Retreat
Guaranteed Single : $1500
Sliding Scale Registration (shared) : $1300 / $1100 / $900
Payment Plans available.
Notes on Sliding Scale.
Read the FAQ before booking.
Additional financial support may be available through The Circle Way grant program.
The Kai Kyles Memorial Scholarship offers one full scholarship.
Are you financially able to contribute to the scholarship fund or support the sliding scale model? Let’s lift each other up. Send me an email or send over Paypal.