This is Animus Valley Institute's popular five-day experiential plunge into the wild depths of Soulcraft; a synergistic set of nature-based practices designed to evoke the life-shifting experience of soul encounter. Your soul is your true self, those qualities that most deeply define and express who you are and the unique gift that you were born to bring to the world, a world so much in need of the socially transforming contributions of initiated, actively engaged adults. To encounter the soul is to discover the mystical image you were born with, which reveals the path to your greatest personal fulfillment as well as the essence of your true service to society (the cross-cultural wisdom traditions say these are one and the same).
Exploring the Mysteries of Nature and Psyche with the Soulcraft Guides of the Animus Valley Institute
October 16-20, 2013
11 am Wednesday - 3 pm Sunday
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Center, Harpers Ferry WV
Cultivating personal, cultural, and planetary stories for a new era: with Julie Gabrielli and Jim Hall
September 27-29, 2013
6 pm Friday - Sunday Lunch
Still Point Mountain Retreat
It is all a question of story.
We are in trouble just now because we do not have a good one.
— Thomas Berry
We have always lived by stories that told us how we got here, why we are here, and what God and the Universe were up to. Today, the old stories have either been discarded or paint an incomplete or inaccurate picture of our world. The signs are everywhere as we struggle with economic havoc, social injustice, hunger, environmental degradation, violence, and depression.
This retreat is designed to help each of us move away from the infinite loop of what's not working and open to the new stories that want to emerge through us.
A Dance with God
September 6-8, 2013
7 pm Friday night Supper (optional 5pm gentle yoga) - 2 pm Lunch Sunday (optional extended stay)
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Center, Harpers Ferry WV
A Silent Yoga Retreat
September 6-8, 2013
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Community
Harpers Ferry, West Virginia
Cost $210 (sliding scale available)
Come away; take refuge, slow down to the rhythms of your own breath. We will pray through yoga, meditation, chant, mindful eating, and mindful walking in the beauty of the woods, hills, and streams surrounding the retreat center.
Can work together be a retreat?
September 2, 2013
10 am - 4 pm Monday
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Center, Harpers Ferry WV
We joyfully invite you to join with the Rolling Ridge Study Retreat staff community for our annual labor day work retreat.
Can work together be a retreat?
We think so. That's why we often end this day of shared work with more energy and joy than when we began. As we work through the day, we are restored with good conversations, reconnection with others who love this land, a simple shared meal from the Rolling Ridge garden, singing together in the Retreat House, and the delight of stretching and moving our bodies in new ways.
Join in a daily rhythm of sung prayer, silence, and common work
August 9-25, 2013
Dinner on Friday, August 9 - Lunch on Sunday, August 25
Still Point Mountain Retreat at Rolling Ridge
A Friends of Silence Retreat with Br. Stefan Waligur (Macushla)
Register by Email: PilgrimageofPeace2013@gmail.com
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For the past four years, people from across the nation and the world have come together each summer to experience the peace of daily song, chant, silence, reflection, rest and work on a forested hilltop overlooking the Shenandoah Valley. This gathering is called a Pilgrimage of Peace. You will be embraced by the natural beauty of the Blue Ridge foothills with access to Rolling Ridge, a 1400-acre wilderness preserve between the Shenandoah River and the Appalachian Trail.
A Creative Spirit Retreat for Girls Ages 10-16: Sponsored by Friends of Silence
June 23-28, 2013
3 pm Sunday June 23 - Friday June 28 after lunch
Still Point Mountain Retreat in 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 begins: June 23, 3:00 p.m. Sunday (Supper potluck)
Retreat ends: after lunch Friday, June 28
Retreat fee: $395
Scholarships available
Special family/sibling discounts
Free with parent as staff/artist
Features:
Annual retreat for children ages 6-12 and their parents, grandparents or mentors
May 10-11, 2013
7pm Friday - 7pm Saturday
Retreat House at 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
We warmly invite you to a special treat for Friday night and Saturday of Mother's Day weekend, May 10-11, 2013. The retreat begins with dinner at 7:00 p.m. on Friday and concludes with supper on Saturday and is designed especially for pairs of one adult and one child (ages 6-12).
The retreat includes:
Shadow work for initiated men on the Journey of Illumination
May 3-5, 2013
12 Noon Friday - 3 pm Sunday
Still Point Mountain Retreat in Harpers Ferry, WV
The Shadowland FIRMing is a three-day event designed for men who have experiened the Rites of Passage and who have participated in the follow-up process, Journey of Illumination. It is an intensive event containing solitude, ritual, and a 24-hour period of extended silence in the wilderness. It is intended for those who have already attended the MROP (Men's Rites of Passage) and have have engaged in an intentional journey of accountable connection with a Soul brother, working to develop spiritual disciplines in five areas: centering, gathering, connecting, releasing and serving. Belden Lane from St. Louis will be the weaver for this gathering, and Lou Flessner from Texas our ritual elder.
March 29, 2013 - April 1, 2013
5:00 pm Friday Night and Easter Sunrise on Sunday
Retreat House and Meditation Shelter at Rolling Ridge
You are invited to spend
Good Friday and Easter Sunrise
at Rolling Ridge
March 29, 2013 at 5 pm
April 1, 2013 for Easter Sunrise
in the Meditation Shelter
Knit and Felt with Vivian and Linda
January 25-27, 2013
7 pm Friday - Lunch Sunday
Rolling Ridge Study Retreat Center, Harpers Ferry WV
Give yourself the gift of time ...
- time to finish a project you've begun
- try some new stitches or learn how to felt a little bird
- share warm meals and cozy chats with friends
- wander the winter woods
- relax and reflect on the pattern of your life
Novices and experienced fiber lovers are welcome! We will be happy to share what we know, weaving a bit of knitting and felting in throughout the weekend. Bring your own knitting needles and yarn and we will supply wool and felting needles. If you are a spinner, we'd love to have you bring your spindle or wheel.
Soup and bread will be hot at 7 on Friday and we will enjoy each others' company through lunch on Sunday.
Cost of the Weekend for food, lodging, and supplies: $125