Most of us will depart Sunday afternoon after we close at 2 pm. Everyone is welcome to stay until Monday.
The full rundown, day by day.
We land, share a meal, and open the weekend with the question each of us brought.
Land here. Let what is true be spoken, and let the truth weave the circle that holds us through the weekend.
Settle into your room. Walk the grounds.
Cooked by Keith. No program, just the meal.
Welcome, agreements, a personal story, and our questions.
A guided deep rest, lying down, to close the first night. Bring your blanket. Then sleep, or join the evening spaces.
Welcome. A few words on why we're here and how the days move.
Agreements. We read the proposed agreements together, adjust anything that needs it, and each say yes.
A story. Jesse shares a personal story with the group.
Our questions. The talking piece goes around. Each person shares the question they brought and why it matters to them right now. We listen. We don't answer yet. The questions are written down and carried into ceremony.
The morning is slow. In the afternoon we enter ceremony together: we descend, we ascend, and we close in an integration circle.
Let the body settle first, so we can go deep without forcing it, and come back whole.
Cooked by Stephen. Light and simple. Our last food before ceremony.
We stop eating at least three hours before ceremony. Water and herbal tea are fine.
Each person shares his values and where they came from.
Stretch, walk, journal, or warm up in the sauna or hot tub. Set your intention.
We open with a set of simple tools to carry in, then begin together in the main space.
We go inward, carrying our questions and our values.
We come back up with what we found.
Still in ceremony, each person shares what they're bringing back.
From Dave. Something simple as we come back.
Cooked by Dave. Warm, grounding food.
A space for music and ongoing reflection, and a space for conversation. Choose your own adventure.
Bring your list of values from the pre-meditation. Each person shares all of his values, three to five, and where each one came from, often a moment from childhood. Then one or two people reflect back what they heard. No advice.
The values we name here come with us into ceremony.
The ceremony moves in three parts.
Descend. We go inward and down, toward whatever is waiting. Our questions and values come with us.
Ascend. We rise back up and bring what we found into the light.
Integration circle. Before the ceremony closes, the talking piece goes around. Each person shares what they're bringing back, in as few or as many words as they have.
Wear loose, warm layers. Bring your blanket, water bottle, journal, and the object you brought to share.
We close our integration together by 2 pm, then get out into nature.
Put words to what we found, make it specific, and let the land settle it in the body.
Cooked by Charlie.
One circle through the morning. It ends in lunch.
Cooked by Chris. Our last meal together as a circle.
The formal retreat ends.
A hike for those who want it, or rest outside. We'll see.
We go out to dinner together.
One circle carries us from breakfast to lunch. We'll share what is ready to be shared. There is no need to make sense of everything yet.
After 2 pm we get outside. Walk, hike, sit by water, lie in the grass. Let the body take in what the mind is still sorting out.
A quiet morning, breakfast, and travel home.
Leave the place better than we found it, and go home steady.
Self-guided. Help yourself when you're ready.
Many hands. Strip beds, pack the kitchen, check the rooms.
Safe travels.
Integration keeps going for weeks. Go gently.
Keep your values list somewhere you'll see it this month.
Two spaces stay open in the evening. Move between them, stay in one, or head to bed whenever you're ready.
Outside, the hot tub and sauna are open, and the dome is made for stargazing.
After ceremony on Saturday, wait until you feel fully clear before using the hot tub or sauna, drink water, and never go in alone.