Harvesting Your Gifts for the World
A Four Day Retreat in the Work That Reconnects
Wednesday evening, Oct. 29 – Sunday 3pm, Nov. 2, 2014
River’s Bend Retreat Center, Mendocino County
With Molly Young Brown & Constance Washburn
& special guest teacher Joanna Macy
REGISTER AND PAY DEPOSIT ONLINE HERE
The Work That Reconnects helps us uncover and experience our innate connections with each other and the healing powers of the web of life, so we can discover our role in creating a life-sustaining civilization. Pioneered by root teacher Joanna Macy in the late 1970’s, this highly experiential and interactive work draws from systems thinking, deep ecology, and many spiritual traditions. The Spiral of the work moves through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes, and Going Forth.
- Raven Gray, Co-Founder of Transition USA
"Molly and Constance have spent many years with me learning and exploring the Work That Reconnects. Given their understanding and experience, as well as their vitality and smarts, I am delighted that they are bringing this life-changing work out into the world--and doing it together.” --Joanna Macy
We face many life-shattering crises today: climate change, income inequality, environmental destruction, institutionalized greed, to name a few. These crises are more than we can bear alone, so let us come together to share our despair, our dreams, and connect with our passions to participate in Great Turning.
As teachers, parents, grandparents, business leaders, counselors, activists,and community members we need to talk about what is happening on the planet in ways that inspire action, creativity, and hope. We need to inspire ourselves so we can build community cooperation and resiliency to navigate the bumpy road ahead.
Special Guest Teacher Joanna Macy will join the retreat for a day to share new insights and practices on the Work That Reconnects.
Co- Leader Molly Young Brown, M.A., M.Div, co-authored Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects with Joanna Macy. She brings ecopsychology, psychosynthesis, and systems thinking to her work teaching on-line courses, writing books and essays, phone coaching, talks and workshops. Other publications: Growing Whole: Self-realization for the Great Turning, Held in Love: Life Stories To Inspire Us Through Times of Change (co-editor Carolyn Treadway), and Lighting A Candle: Collected Reflections on a Spiritual Life. Web site: MollyYoungBrown.com.
Room & Board at River's Bend Retreat Center
Lodge and Vintage Cabins:
single occupancy: $549 (limited availability)
double occupancy: $508
triple occupancy: $475
Rustic Cabins (bring your own bedding--separate bathroom facilities)
double and triple occupancy: $434
Camping (bring your own tent or small camper)
$290
Commuter Rates
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner - $220
Lunch & Dinner - $180
Deposit: $200 deposit due at time of registration.
Registration Open until Oct 21th
Balance: Is due at time of registration
Tuition:
Teachings are offered on a donation or dana basis. ( Dana is the Pali word for generosity or giving from the heart.) At the retreat you will have the opportunity to offer what you can for the teachers and retreat coordination.
Scholarships:
We have limited scholarship funds but if you are unable to afford the lowest rate room please contact us about a possible scholarship.
REGISTER AND PAY DEPOSIT ONLINE HERE
Pay by Check:
Checks payable to Molly Brown
Mail to:
Molly Young Brown
722 Meadow Ave
Mt. Shasta CA 96067.
A Four Day Retreat in the Work That Reconnects
Wednesday evening, Oct. 29 – Sunday 3pm, Nov. 2, 2014
River’s Bend Retreat Center, Mendocino County
With Molly Young Brown & Constance Washburn
& special guest teacher Joanna Macy
REGISTER AND PAY DEPOSIT ONLINE HERE
The Work That Reconnects helps us uncover and experience our innate connections with each other and the healing powers of the web of life, so we can discover our role in creating a life-sustaining civilization. Pioneered by root teacher Joanna Macy in the late 1970’s, this highly experiential and interactive work draws from systems thinking, deep ecology, and many spiritual traditions. The Spiral of the work moves through Gratitude, Honoring Our Pain for the World, Seeing with New Eyes, and Going Forth.
- · Learn new stories and concepts to communicate and understand the challenges of our time.
- · Reconnect to the wonder and beauty of this earth.
- · Rediscover our joy, our creativity, and the gifts we bring to our communities.
- · Move through our grief and fear to our love and courage.
- · Find power in our interconnectedness with both the human and non-human world.
- · Shift our perception of what is possible.
- · Embrace this time on planet earth as a great adventure that is asking us to step up and be heroes.
- · Clarify our vision of how we can act for the healing of the world.
- Raven Gray, Co-Founder of Transition USA
"Molly and Constance have spent many years with me learning and exploring the Work That Reconnects. Given their understanding and experience, as well as their vitality and smarts, I am delighted that they are bringing this life-changing work out into the world--and doing it together.” --Joanna Macy
We face many life-shattering crises today: climate change, income inequality, environmental destruction, institutionalized greed, to name a few. These crises are more than we can bear alone, so let us come together to share our despair, our dreams, and connect with our passions to participate in Great Turning.
As teachers, parents, grandparents, business leaders, counselors, activists,and community members we need to talk about what is happening on the planet in ways that inspire action, creativity, and hope. We need to inspire ourselves so we can build community cooperation and resiliency to navigate the bumpy road ahead.
Special Guest Teacher Joanna Macy will join the retreat for a day to share new insights and practices on the Work That Reconnects.
Co- Leader Molly Young Brown, M.A., M.Div, co-authored Coming Back to Life: The Updated Guide to the Work That Reconnects with Joanna Macy. She brings ecopsychology, psychosynthesis, and systems thinking to her work teaching on-line courses, writing books and essays, phone coaching, talks and workshops. Other publications: Growing Whole: Self-realization for the Great Turning, Held in Love: Life Stories To Inspire Us Through Times of Change (co-editor Carolyn Treadway), and Lighting A Candle: Collected Reflections on a Spiritual Life. Web site: MollyYoungBrown.com.
Room & Board at River's Bend Retreat Center
Lodge and Vintage Cabins:
single occupancy: $549 (limited availability)
double occupancy: $508
triple occupancy: $475
Rustic Cabins (bring your own bedding--separate bathroom facilities)
double and triple occupancy: $434
Camping (bring your own tent or small camper)
$290
Commuter Rates
Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner - $220
Lunch & Dinner - $180
Deposit: $200 deposit due at time of registration.
Registration Open until Oct 21th
Balance: Is due at time of registration
Tuition:
Teachings are offered on a donation or dana basis. ( Dana is the Pali word for generosity or giving from the heart.) At the retreat you will have the opportunity to offer what you can for the teachers and retreat coordination.
Scholarships:
We have limited scholarship funds but if you are unable to afford the lowest rate room please contact us about a possible scholarship.
REGISTER AND PAY DEPOSIT ONLINE HERE
Pay by Check:
Checks payable to Molly Brown
Mail to:
Molly Young Brown
722 Meadow Ave
Mt. Shasta CA 96067.