[van-announce] Reconnecting to Life Retreat November 11 to 14

[Jackie Larkin]

Apologies for cross postings. Please note that scholarships are
available. 
 
RECONNECTING TO LIFE: A Residential Retreat
November 11-14, 2004
With Jackie Larkin & Maggie Ziegler
 
This popular annual residential retreat on the banks of the 
beautiful  Cheakamus River, north of Squamish, is an opportunity to find

refuge and renewal in our own hearts, in nature and in community.
 
RECONNECTING TO LIFE retreats welcome everyone who cares about our
planet 
and would like an opportunity to touch their true thoughts and feelings 
about our troubled world within a safe and transformative process that 
leads to connection, community and participation.
 
Solutions for the problems facing us will not be offered; rather, an 
environment is created in which we can draw on our collective experience
to 
find ways forward which are heart-felt, thoughtful and sustainable. We
will:
*  Welcome people whose fear or discouragement has keep them from 
engagement as well as  people working for change and perhaps struggling 
with exhaustion, numbness and  despair
*  Create an opportunity to move through our defenses and distractions
to 
witness together our deepest responses to the suffering and uncertain 
future of our shared planet.
*  Help us find our home in the interconnected and interdependent world,

deepen our awareness of ourselves as a part of nature, and access the 
powers inherent in this web.
*  Celebrate and support diversity and commonality.
*  Examine the relationship between social justice and environmental
concerns.
*  Reawaken our passion, joy and gratitude for life
*  Strengthen our desire to participate in protecting all life
 
Participants can expect:
*  A highly experiential workshop with an intensive and safe group
process 
that involves interactive exercises, creative processes, rituals, new
ideas 
and discussion.
*  Periods of silent reflection and opportunities to enjoy the beautiful

surroundings
*  A group limited to 22 participants
 
What other participants have said:
"This retreat was a time of nourishment and rejuvenation, a re-claiming
of personal power, a naming of my future direction, and an experiencing
of immense gratitude to all beings."
 
"This was a time to reflect on what it means to care deeply about our
earth and the pain we humans inflict on each other and on other species.
The process enabled me to transform pain and anger into energy and hope
and personal action. Thank you!"
 
FACILITATORS: Jackie Larkin and Maggie Ziegler are active in labour,
social 
justice and environmental movements. Currently Jackie is employed as an 
educator with the BC Nurses Union and Maggie as a psychotherapist 
specializing in trauma. Both have extensive facilitation experience and 
have partnered in recent years to co-facilitate RECONNECTING TO LIFE 
residential retreats and workshops. Their work, inspired by the writings

and mentoring of Joanna Macy - eco-philosopher, activist, and workshop 
guide - also integrates a wide range of diverse experiences and
influences.
 
DATES:  Begins Thursday, November 11
Registration 1pm-3pm. Group starts 3:30pm.
Ends Sunday, November 14 at 1pm, followed by lunch
 
LOCATION:  The North Vancouver Outdoor School is situated in 400 acres
of 
forested trails, on the banks of the Cheakamus River, north of Squamish.
 
ACCOMODATION: Simple accommodation includes private and shared rooms.
 
FOOD:  Vegetarian.
 
FEE: $335.00 covers food and accommodation. (Facilitators are donating
their 
time.) Any surplus will go to future scholarships.  Contributions will
be 
accepted for future scholarships.
 
SCHOLARSHIP SPACES: Previous retreatants who find this process valuable 
have donated enough money for a number of very highly subsidized 
scholarship spaces for individuals involved  in environmental and social

justice work who could not otherwise afford to attend. Please email
Maggie Ziegler for more information about how to apply for a
scholarship. 
 
REGISTRATION: Please send $150 deposit with the following information
to: Maggie Ziegler 971 Isabella Point Road Salt Spring Island, BC, V8K
1T7
 
Name:
Address:
Phone:                              
Email:
Special needs:
 Dietary                             
 Other
 
I can offer a ride: (state # of passengers)
I require a ride:
 
CANCELLATION POLICY:  Full refund minus $25 administration fee until
October 1. After October 1, fee will be refunded, minus $150 deposit.
 
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Jackie Larkin:
Ph: 604-433-2268, local 2106
Email: jlarkin at bcnu.org
 
Maggie Ziegler:
Ph: 250-653-9482        
Email: mziegler at saltspring.com
 
 
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KNOW.   WE KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO GET TOO MUCH EMAIL. AND PLEASE FORWARD
THEM IF YOU KNOW PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE INTERESTED. THANKS.
 
 
 
 
 
 


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