Sound & Silence 2016

Embodying prayer through the sacred rhythms of drumming, movement, nature and silence
August 19-21, 2016
5:00 pm Friday - 3:00 pm Sunday
Still Point Mountain Retreat near Harpers Ferry WV

“After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
— Aldous Huxley

"Do we know, each one of us, that we are bearers of the sacred beat of life? Do we know that we can honor that beat in one another and in all things? And do we know that it is this combination - of knowing that we are bearers of Presence and choosing to honor Presence in one another - that holds the key to transformation in our lives and world?"
— John Philip Newell

Music & Movement ... Drumming & Dance ... Listening & Silence .... embodiments of prayer allowing us to experience the sacred beat of life connecting us to ourselves, to one another, and to God.

Arts to the Ridge 2016

A creative spirit retreat for girls ages 10-16
June 26-July 1, 2016
supper potluck 3 pm Sunday June 26 - lunch Friday, July 1
Still Point Mountain Retreat near Harpers Ferry WV

Retreat to the Ridge and bring your art with you. If you draw, dance, sing, write, play a musical instrument, sculpt, sew, or otherwise create—this retreat is for you! Practice in an inspiring mountain setting; share creative experiences with one another; explore the connection between silence, spirit, and creativity; try something new in sampler sessions with guest artists. Parents and younger sibs welcome.

Retreat fee is $425. Register and pay by April 15 for $400. Scholarships are available, as well as family/sibling discounts, and discounts for girls of parent staff/artists.

Features:

Children of the Earth

Rolling Ridge annual retreat for children ages 4-8 and their families
May 6-7, 2016 Mother's Day Weekend
Friday, May 6th – Saturday, May 7th, 2016
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat

In our grasshopper and salamander days, who among us didn't ask why the grasshopper could jump so far -- or why the salamander had black dots on its orange body... We lived by wonder, for by wondering we were able to multiply a growing consciousness of being alive.
Richard Lewis, Living by Wonder

This retreat is designed as an inter-generational experience of nature, including:

Every Body's Prayer

Expressing Faith through Movement with Lindsay McLaughlin and Patricia Campbell Carlson
Monday May 2 - Friday May 27, 2016
An online e-course available 24/7

If you have ever lifted your arms in wonder, spun around to greet someone you love, skipped across a lawn, or even lit up with a smile, you know the thrill of movement and more: You know the joy of dancing your prayers. Your body is a vehicle for expressing all manner of spiritual practices, from wonder to peace, grace to reverence, play to beauty, yearning to loving. This is true no matter what the abilities of your body and no matter what you have been led to believe about your limitations.

Restorying the Heroine's Journey 2016: Sacred Circles and Wild Wanders

With Lisa Bardack, Julie Gabrielli, Katy Gaughan, and Lindsay McLaughlin
April 29 - May 1, 2016
Friday dinner 6:00 pm - Sunday lunch
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat and Still Point Mountain Retreat

"Women must begin to forge alliances that will add strength to their individual voices. Women must rediscover and share their wisdom to ensure the healing of the entire planet and humanity by tapping into the vast reservoir of energy that runs beneath our common ground and is creating a new wave of women's power."
--Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers

Three Centered Knowing: A Wisdom and Sacred Movement School

With Cynthia Bourgeault and Deborah Rose Longo
April 18-23, 2016
Monday dinner - Saturday lunch
Claymont Society for Continuous Education in Charles Town, WV

A special 5-day Wisdom and Sacred Movement School geared particularly to students of the Christian Wisdom tradition as taught by Cynthia Bourgeault will take place April 18-23, 2016 at Claymont Society for Continuous Education, 667 Huyett Rd., Charles Town, WV 25414.

The enneagram of transformation that Gurdjieff brought into Western culture was taught by movement and music, not just lecture. We all seek to deepen the work of transformation and presence in our own lives. Cynthia has given a practical definition of presence as three-centered knowing -- intellectual center, emotional center, and movement center all active and working and cooperating together.

But how do we get to that three centered awareness? Many of us in the Western culture have an overuse of the intellectual and emotional centers and a neglect of the movement center. This kind of "Movements Wisdom School" is necessary corrective work for many of us.

Between the Body and the Breathing Earth

A ReStorying Retreat with David Abram and facilitated by Julie Gabrielli and Jim Hall
October 8-11, 2015
Thursday dinner - Sunday lunch
Still Point Mountain Retreat near Harpers Ferry WV

"A world made of story is an earth permeated by dreams, a terrain filled with imagination. Yet this is not so much our imagination, but rather the world's imagination, in which our own actions are participant. As players within an expansive, ever-unfolding story, our lives are embedded within a psyche that is not primarily ours, but is rather the earth's." --from Becoming Animal by David Abram

Grief, Longing, and Tending the Soul of the World

At the center of all my sorrows, I have felt a presence that was not mine alone -- Susan Griffin
September 18-20, 2015
Friday night supper 7 pm - Sunday lunch
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat

We humans were made for relationship, for intimate connection with mountain and meadow, with raven and ruby-throated hummingbird, with every part of the animate world.

In our time these relationships are breaking down, unraveling. As a result we are losing both the outer world, with its beauty and rich diversity, and the inner world of mystery and soul. We feel tired and empty, casting about for a happiness that ever eludes us, hardly aware of the deep grief that lies buried, unacknowledged, in our souls.

In this retreat ...

We will welcome
our ungrieved losses
and begin to take time to express and grieve them.

Sound & Silence

Embodying prayer through the sacred rhythms of drumming, movement, nature and silence
September 11-13, 2015
5:00 pm Friday - 3:00 pm Sunday
Still Point Mountain Retreat near Harpers Ferry WV

“After silence, that which comes closest to expressing the inexpressible is music.”
— Aldous Huxley

"Do we know, each one of us, that we are bearers of the sacred beat of life? Do we know that we can honor that beat in one another and in all things? And do we know that it is this combination - of knowing that we are bearers of Presence and choosing to honor Presence in one another - that holds the key to transformation in our lives and world?" — John Philip Newell

Music & Movement ... Drumming & Dance ... Listening & Silence .... embodiments of prayer allowing us to experience the sacred beat of life connecting us to ourselves, to one another, and to God.

Annual Labor Day Work Retreat

Saturday, September 6, 2015
10 am - 4 pm
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat

Still just as much fun and same community-building joyful work. Same laughter, delicious food, good companions ... now on Saturday, not Monday.

Every opportunity to renew friendships, share labors, break bread together, and nurture this land and all its beings is a precious gift. We invite you to join us at Rolling Ridge for a gathering of our community to work and play and socialize. What a delight to spend a day of furthering the common good in the midst of beloved company on this sacred ground!

Munchies and juice and coffee will be at the Retreat House by 9:30. Please bring work gloves and a hat and something to share for a potluck lunch. We will have wood ready to split, a garden ready for tending, and a Retreat House to clean.

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