Bet Alef Meditative Retreat
With Rabbi Olivier BenHaim
January 31 - February 2, 2020
The Chasidic masters of 18th century Eastern Europe called the practice of contemplative meditation Hitbonenut. Following in their steps, each participant in the Bet Alef Shabbaton Meditation Retreat will be given tools to discern for him/herself what is, at present, most calling for attention in their lives; and set for themselves a Kavanah, an Intention/Focus, for the retreat and beyond. They will then choose a sacred word or phrase commensurate to their Kavanah to use through this weekend of Hitbonenut, contemplative meditation practice. As an inclusive and open congregation, Bet Alef engages people from many spiritual and faith traditions. “The messages and teachings which the Bet Alef…
POL II
With Christie Lynk and Craig Fleck
February 6 - 8, 2020
POL II is an annual Powers of Leadership Alumni Retreat. Join Christie, Craig, Sharon and Larry in this 21st year of POL. We’d love for POL Alumni to join us as we once again gather to deepen our awareness of the leadership challenges we are holding and the good work we are sharing. As we gather from across sectors, we will draw upon and strengthen the immense capacity within the POL II collective to reassess and engage what is now needed in our wider commons. Come visit the land and walk with us in winter . . . though we can’t promise…
Transforming Racism Drop-In Support Group
February 11, 2020
Storyhouse
A recurring drop-in support group to strengthen awareness about racism, including the more subtle microaggressions that often go unnoticed. Awareness, reflection, and compassion will be at the heart of the group. Facilitated by a person of color, this group will offer a safe space for participants to give voice to their questions and observations of racism in their daily lives. The group will also offer a brave space for self-reflection on how racism might show up in oneself and ways to shape change towards a culture of anti-racism. Diana Sandoval is a Whidbey Island resident and a long time facilitator…
From Anxiety To Agency: Generative engagement with the challenges of our times
With Robert Gilman
February 17, 2020
Thomas Berry Hall
In the midst of the world’s upheavals, are you looking for a more positive and effective way forward – for yourself and for the world? Join us for this full-day immersion into skills and reframes that support you. Build your capacity to meaningfully contribute to positive change, in all spheres of life, while aligning your actions with the deep process of cultural change unfolding on the planet. The day combines science-based inner work, big-picture cultural understandings, and insights from living systems. It draws on the acclaimed Bright Future Now 7-week online course and will be of interest both to those…
Environmental Leadership Program (2 of 3)
February 20 - 23, 2020
The Environmental Leadership Program supports emerging environmental and social change practitioners eager to connect their specialized work to larger environmental and social concerns. ELP is committed to selecting Fellows that represents diversity of race and ethnicity, gender, sector, sexual orientation, education levels, professional background, values and traditions, and expertise. The Whidbey Institute is home to ELP's Pacific Northwest Regional Fellowship. To learn more, visit elpnet.org/pacific-northwest-regional-fellowship.
Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Teacher Training Intensive
February 29 - March 6, 2020
Presented by UC San Diego Center for Mindfulness: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) is an empirically-supported 8-week psycho-educational group intervention that teaches mindfulness meditation as a health intervention. Created by Jon Kabat-Zinn in 1979, MBSR offers participants the possibility to develop a different relationship to stress resulting from chronic physical and psychological illnesses. Research outcomes have demonstrated positive improvements in physical and psychological symptoms, as well as changes in health attitudes and behaviors. This 6-day teacher training intensive will provide health care professionals and educators the opportunity to study and experience the foundational underpinnings, mindfulness meditations and specific exercises that are the framework…
Transform Your Boundaries Immersion Weekend
With Sarri Gilman
March 6 - 8, 2020
You use your boundaries in every interaction, and in every relationship, for your entire life. In this retreat you will discover your boundary life lessons. You will tune in and listen to your inner boundary compass—when it is telling you “No” and when it is telling you “Yes.” This is a unique nurturing weekend immersion specifically designed to offer you generous healing and retreat space, with Whidbey Institute’s 100-acre woods and incredible meals, as we take a deep dive into developing a significant understanding of your boundaries. Through story-telling, writing, drawing, clay, and theater, you'll: Tune in to your inner compass …
Dare to Connect WE-LAB
With Placida Gallegos, Akasha Saunders, Steve Schapiro and Carol Wishcamper
March 7 - 11, 2020
Whidbey Institute
This workshop with Solfire Consulting Group will provide a space to explore and support our capacity for a “we-space” that embraces our differences and maximizes our practice in connecting with each other across those differences with curiosity and love. Are you called to join with others to counter and heal the divisiveness and suffering you see in the world? Are you drawn to engaging with others across racial, generational, ethnic, gender, religious, and class differences? Do you desire to experience novel ways of being together in complex and divisive times? Are you ready to communicate across race in ways that…
Transforming Racism Drop-In Support Group
March 10, 2020
Storyhouse
A recurring drop-in support group to strengthen awareness about racism, including the more subtle microaggressions that often go unnoticed. Awareness, reflection, and compassion will be at the heart of the group. Facilitated by a person of color, this group will offer a safe space for participants to give voice to their questions and observations of racism in their daily lives. The group will also offer a brave space for self-reflection on how racism might show up in oneself and ways to shape change towards a culture of anti-racism. Diana Sandoval is a Whidbey Island resident and a long time facilitator…
Tender Wild Writing Retreat
March 13 - 15, 2020
Join us as we explore the wild parts of writing, the tender stories that must be told, and ways to engage yourself and others in writing practices that bring life back. Join Bethany Bylsma, Tyler Dunning, and fifteen of your newest soul-friends on this 3-day writing retreat exploring the therapeutic benefits of writing. Earlybird pricing: Registration Rate, solo lodging: $750 Registration Rate, shared lodging: $700 Registration Rate, commuting: $450 All photos by Rachel Morell. Click image to view gallery. [gallery columns="4" size="large" ids="564,565,566,567"] Join us for a journey into these ideas: Friday / Writing in the Wellness of Everyday There is a fallacy to creativity…
Daylong Mindfulness Retreat
With Sarah Manchester
March 14, 2020
Storyhouse
Take time and gift yourself a day of mindfulness with Sarah Manchester! Learn why it is important to meditate Learn mindfulness meditation or enhance your existing practice Take meditative walks on exquisite trails Enjoy a delicious meal (lunch provided) Write, collage, draw, and contemplate (art materials provided) Spend time in reflection and discussion Come for one day or build on your practice and come to all three days. Each daylong retreat will focus on a specific mindfulness meditation. See the brief descriptions below: March 14th: Mindfulness of Body. What is mindfulness of Body? With an emphasis on the posture of meditation, we…
Whidbey Island Intensive Retreat
With Wendy Palmer
March 30 - April 2, 2020
WAITLIST ONLY Join Wendy Palmer for a 4-day retreat. You must have completed a Level 1 and Level 2 before attending a retreat. All retreats are limited in size and include lodging and meals. Total cost is $1,025. This retreat is now fully booked. Please let Leadership Embodiment know if you wish to be added to a waitlist.
Powers of Leadership (3 of 4)
April 2 - 4, 2020
Whidbey Institute
The Powers of Leadership retreat series convenes a diverse cohort of people across strategic fields to gain perspective on the currents of change moving in these times.
Rewilding Retreat
With Mary DeJong
April 4, 2020
Storyhouse
Learn and Practice Seasonal Rhythms & Rituals for Sacred Guidance Through the Natural World to Grow an Earthen and Elemental Guidance How are your spiritual practices changing in the face of climate change? How does your faith flourish as our forests burn? How do you engage the wild edges of your life, not as a place of chaos, but as a place of profound creativity? How do our prayers hold the ecological grief that howls within our hearts? A response to these probing inquiries demands a return to a whole-relationship with creation and re-membering, or rewilding, ourselves to a profound…
Kindling Words West
With Karen Boss
April 5 - 12, 2020
Kindling Words is a retreat for published authors, illustrators and editors of children's books. For more information, go to KindlingWords.org.
Transforming Racism Drop-In Support Group
April 14, 2020
Storyhouse
A recurring drop-in support group to strengthen awareness about racism, including the more subtle microaggressions that often go unnoticed. Awareness, reflection, and compassion will be at the heart of the group. Facilitated by a person of color, this group will offer a safe space for participants to give voice to their questions and observations of racism in their daily lives. The group will also offer a brave space for self-reflection on how racism might show up in oneself and ways to shape change towards a culture of anti-racism. Diana Sandoval is a Whidbey Island resident and a long time facilitator…
Invitas Alumni Weekend
April 17 - 19, 2020
A weekend open to all alumni of the Invitas Foundations of Conversational Leadership program. This is an alumni-led retreat. Facilitation support will be offered by Jafer Patterson, Sue Fort White, David Cotson, and Gayle Karen Young Whyte.
Daylong Mindfulness Retreat
With Sarah Manchester
April 18, 2020
Storyhouse
Take time and gift yourself a day of mindfulness with Sarah Manchester! Learn why it is important to meditate Learn mindfulness meditation or enhance your existing practice Take meditative walks on exquisite trails Enjoy a delicious meal (lunch provided) Write, collage, draw, and contemplate (art materials provided) Spend time in reflection and discussion Come for one day or build on your practice and come to all three days. Each daylong retreat will focus on a specific mindfulness meditation. See the brief descriptions below: March 14th: Mindfulness of Body. What is mindfulness of Body? With an emphasis on the posture of meditation, we…
Awake and Alive: Mindful Living with Cancer Retreat
April 20 - 24, 2020
Erica Rayner-Horn will lead Awake & Alive: Mindful Living with Cancer Retreat. We warmly invite anyone ever diagnosed with cancer to our annual 5 day rejuvenating, healing retreat. Join us for this unique opportunity and leave refreshed, inspired and renewed. Imagine practicing the healing arts of mindfulness, meditation, self-compassion and Qigong, that help you calm fear and anxiety, boost immunity, build resilience and cope better with stress. Imagine the gift of spending five days in a warm and nurturing community of kindred spirits also impacted by cancer, sharing stories and insights in a safe, supportive circle. With time for self-reflection, journaling and…
VORTEXT: a women’s writing salon
April 30 - May 3, 2020
Use this form for lodging registration only. To register for Vortext, visit this link. VORTEXT is an extraordinary weekend salon at the famed Whidbey Institute, led by renowned women writers. The program, now in its ninth year, gives women writers the opportunity to connect in diverse and powerful small-group workshops. Writers also enjoy dynamic keynotes and discussions about opportunities and challenges for women who write, as well as several open mics over the course of the weekend. Join us to share meals, conversation and community in a stunningly beautiful setting. Hedgebrook is a global community of women writers and people who…
Daylong Mindfulness Retreat
With Sarah Manchester
May 9, 2020
Storyhouse
Take time and gift yourself a day of mindfulness with Sarah Manchester! Learn why it is important to meditate Learn mindfulness meditation or enhance your existing practice Take meditative walks on exquisite trails Enjoy a delicious meal (lunch provided) Write, collage, draw, and contemplate (art materials provided) Spend time in reflection and discussion Come for one day or build on your practice and come to all three days. Each daylong retreat will focus on a specific mindfulness meditation. See the brief descriptions below: March 14th: Mindfulness of Body. What is mindfulness of Body? With an emphasis on the posture of meditation, we…
Transforming Racism Drop-In Support Group
May 12, 2020
Storyhouse
A recurring drop-in support group to strengthen awareness about racism, including the more subtle microaggressions that often go unnoticed. Awareness, reflection, and compassion will be at the heart of the group. Facilitated by a person of color, this group will offer a safe space for participants to give voice to their questions and observations of racism in their daily lives. The group will also offer a brave space for self-reflection on how racism might show up in oneself and ways to shape change towards a culture of anti-racism. Diana Sandoval is a Whidbey Island resident and a long time facilitator…
Next Stage Collaboration
With Rebecca Colwell
May 21 - 24, 2020
This three day retreat teaches the essential integrative skills, frameworks and perspectives that ND leaders will rely on to shape a culture of collaboration. Register here for lodging and meals. Separate registration is required for the program. Learn more on the Ten Directions website.
Transforming Racism Drop-In Support Group
June 9, 2020
Storyhouse
A recurring drop-in support group to strengthen awareness about racism, including the more subtle microaggressions that often go unnoticed. Awareness, reflection, and compassion will be at the heart of the group. Facilitated by a person of color, this group will offer a safe space for participants to give voice to their questions and observations of racism in their daily lives. The group will also offer a brave space for self-reflection on how racism might show up in oneself and ways to shape change towards a culture of anti-racism. Diana Sandoval is a Whidbey Island resident and a long time facilitator…
Powers of Leadership (4 of 4)
June 11 - 13, 2020
Whidbey Institute
The Powers of Leadership retreat series convenes a diverse cohort of people across strategic fields to gain perspective on the currents of change moving in these times.
Unplug. Reconnect. Restore. A Digital Fast and Mindfulness Retreat
With Christina Malecka
June 12 - 14, 2020
Whidbey Institute
Looking for a one-of-a kind mindfulness retreat? Imagine yourself totally unplugged from technology and held in community at the Whidbey Institute for a weekend of meditation, rest, community building, self-discovery and empowerment. Put away your phone and deeply engage with yourself and others. Rediscover play to reclaim the joy and excitement of childhood. Leave with tools and practices to help you find tech/life balance in the real world. Treat yourself to this weekend of digital detox, deep self-care and mindfulness to: LEARN how mindfulness is the opposite of distraction - and the key to a healthier relationship with technology CONNECT…
Igniting Change: Cultivating Leaders Ready to Face Wicked Complexity
With Anthony Back and Larisa Benson
June 14 - 16, 2020
Accelerating the development of internal leadership capacity necessary to catalyze social change for a more sustainable human and global future.
Realization Process Retreat
With Judith Blackstone
June 17 - 21, 2020
Judith will teach all aspects of the Realization Process: nondual meditation, embodiment, relational attunement and the release of trauma-based constrictions from the body. This is a chance to do deep, intensive practice of the Realization Process in this beautiful natural setting. The Realization Process is a direct path to embodied nondual awakening. It is a series of powerful but gentle, precise attunement practices for realizing your own nature as fundamental consciousness– an undivided expanse of luminous transparency, pervading your body and environment as a unity. Pervading your body, fundamental consciousness is the basis of your sense of existing as an…