Friday, April 12, 2024 - Friday evening will close with an optional after dinner Song Circle led by Aaron starting at 7:00 pm. This circle is also open to the public not attending the day long workshop, so please invite your friends and community! The Song Circle is offered at no cost, but donations will be gladly accepted. If you’d like to attend the full 4-day Spring Gathering, please scroll down for a link to the program.
With Brian Thomas Swimme, Geneen Marie Haugen, Bill Plotkin, Marilyn Strong, Monica DeRaspe-Bolles and Clara Lindstrom
Open Dates
Saturday, July 6, 2024 - Join us for this inaugural, annual celebration of the New Cosmic Story with evolutionary cosmologists, Earth mystics, and soulcraft guides to the mysteries of nature and psyche. We’ll share insights, conversation, and experiential offerings that have roots in the wisdom of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Carl Jung. Weaving together mythopoetics, science, spirituality, and embodied practices, this event will further animate the creativity we all need to “reinvent the human at the species level,” as Thomas Berry advocated.
Pacific Integral's GTC is a 9 month program with 4 retreats at the Whidbey Institute, intersession work, individual and group prototypes and individual coaching. GTC graduates are extraordinary professionals of all ages, from diverse backgrounds and from many parts of the world. They share a common desire.... to transform themselves, their organizations, communities and our human consciousness, motivated by a vision of a more beautiful, equitable and sustainable future for all. The next cohort will begin October 2024!
Monthly Meditation Gatherings with Caverly Morgan will focus on direct experiences of who we truly are, integrating practice into our everyday lives, and embodying realization. Caverly combines meditation with a facilitated group discussion that is interactive and personal. Gatherings are designed both for newcomers and those who would like to deepen their practice.
With David Whyte, Gayle Karen Young and Craig Fleck
April 5 - 7, 2024
Whidbey Institute
Invitas: Come as you are and immerse yourself in the profound experience that makes Invitational Leadership stand apart from other programs, with an exceptional community of faculty and participants, poetry, music, and connection with the natural world.
With Marta Mulholland, Diana Sandoval, Aaron Johnson and Community
April 11 - 14, 2024
Resilience in Community Join us for our 2024 Spring Gathering and an opportunity to tap into our collective and personal resilience. Come together with us to nourish ourselves and our community with experiences that leave us feeling more harmonized, connected, and whole. Two options for attending: Attend the full 4-day retreat to immerse yourself in the land and in the community of the Gathering. The spacious schedule includes time for art and movement plus interactive plenaries and a chance to host, or participate in, open sessions. Evenings will close with optional activities including an outdoor fire, song circle, and open…
Now more than ever... We need compassion: for ourselves, for each other, for the world. Compassion can be tender, like offering kindness. But it can also be fierce, like holding healthy boundaries, saying no, and standing up for ourselves and others. Developing this essential quality takes time, intention, and practice — especially given that females are often rewarded for doing the opposite. Join us in cultivating both fierce and tender compassion with a warm community of women*. Be nourished by stepping away from your busy life, and by quiet, contemplation, and beauty. This retreat is held primarily in silence, and device-free.…
A six-day intensive that provides a deep immersion in the process of Touch Drawing. Facilitated by its originator Deborah Koff-Chapin, this event is oriented to people who feel called to share the process.
With Penny Livingston, Michael Pilarski, Pamela SeaMonster, Douglas Bullock, Dave Boehnlein, Brian Kerkvliet and Cassandra Posey
June 20 - July 4, 2024
Whidbey Institute
Book now and get $400.00 off tuition price. Offer valid until Apr 15, 2024.
Embark on a transformative journey into regenerative living with the Permaculture Design Certification Course offered at the Whidbey Institute in Clinton Washington. This comprehensive program is design for empower individuals with the knowledge and skills need to design and create regenerative, resilient systems.
Join Michelle C. Johnson and Rashid Hughes for an opportunity for to practice deep rest, restore our spirits, and remember our points and places of refuge. Engage in mindfulness and yogic practices such as meditation, yoga nidra, pranayama, and self-reflection to move into a place of peace, wakefulness, and harmony.