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“A
vision without a task remains a dream..
A task with out a vision is just a job.
A task with a vision can change the world."
From a church wall in Sussex England
Vision Fasts foster a relationship with Earth, Spirit and Community that is based in gratitude and service. The individual's own spiritual journey is essential to the creation and nurturance of spiritual community that in turn supports the growth of the individual. This best occurs when the individual intention and gift meet the community need and future.
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Vermont Wilderness Rites
Supporting and celebrating life transitions through nature based ceremony
Rites of Passage, Vision Fasts, Retreats, Community and Personal Ceremony, Transition Coaching
The Mirror of Nature: September 9-11, 2011
Location:Breadloaf Wilderness, South Lincoln, Vermont
Guides: Fran Weinbaum and Nils Whittelsey
Program Fee: Program Fee: $100 - $175 Sliding Fee
Deposit: Deposit: $50 (Non refundable; Applies to Program Fee)
This weekend retreat can serve as an introduction to the vision fast or as renewal fast for adults who have previously enacted a vision fast and want to renew their intention and seek deeper levels of understanding.
What in your life is calling you?
All that dwells in Nature will hold a mirror for you when you bring yourself into a listening silence. Answers will emerge in bird song, dancing ferns, small tracks in the soft earth, and the stillness of stones.
On the first day, we will explore how the natural world serves as mirror, practice deep listening and each hear our own and others’ intentions within a Circle. On Saturday, participants will go out on solo with the option of staying overnight. Sunday morning we will all come back together to share the stories we have brought back from the land.
Participants are introduced to practices that support continued spiritual development through deep listening to self, dreams, stories, nature, and spirit.
The Program Fee covers all program related fees and expenses.
Participants provide their own camping gear, meals, and transportation to the base camp in South Lincoln.
For information contact Fran Weinbaum. 802-229-0940 or
visit here .
The Hope of Forgiveness: Healing Self, Healing Relationships Tuition: $250 - $400 Sliding Fee Meals and Accommodations can be arranged through Metta Earth Institute. Reincorporation Support
This retreat will be rescheduled as a shorter weekend program in the fall. Please contact us for more information.
Location:Metta Earth Institute, South Lincoln, Vermont
Guides: Fran Weinbaum
Deposit: Deposit: $100 (Non refundable; Applies to the Program Fee)
Please contact Gillian Kapteyn-Comstock at 802-453-8100 or gillian@mettaearth.org
Work exchange with Metta Earth Institute for meals and accommodations may be arranged.
Minimum Enrollment: 6 Maximum: 12Find Out More >>
The return to home, work and community often brings challenges. We get caught up in our daily routines. Life events test our resolve. We seem to forget what really happened on the mountain. Renewal Fasts are offered each year to return, to remember and to deepen commitments made during the solo fast. Renewal programs are shorter in duration, from 3-5 days. Councils are held throughout the year for anyone who has enacted a solo fast. At these gatherings we support each other’s unfolding spiritual journey. Mentoring and Coaching are offered for those who want individual support and guidance.
Day Walks offer a day in solitude, carrying a question or a yearning that is pressing in your life. Participants meet the evening before in a Council to clarify intention and receive instructions for the day walk including the option of fasting. The next day from dawn to dusk, people begin their walk in a natural setting, following the inclinations of their heart, the wanderings of their mind and the call of the land and its inhabitants. A story emerges in response to the question. A second Council is held either that evening or the next morning where the stories are heard and reflected back for meaning.
Upcoming Day Walks
October 14 – 15 The Women’s Well, Concord, Massachusetts - Details and Registration
Coaching:
Living and working from the still point
Individual coaching is offered to individual’s for professional development and personal growth. Through Stillpoint Coaching you can expect to:
• Develop stillness and authenticity, personally and professionally.
• Identify and reconcile that which stands in the way of living fully and working effectively.
• Bring intention and creativity to all that you do.
Consultation
and Facilitation: Action based in authentic leadership and action
Leadership is a process that is embodied in entire organizations. Stillpoint Consultation and Facilitation creatively guides selected teams and groups in the development of skills and practices that enhance organizational effectiveness, productivity and continuous improvement.
• Develop authentic presence, communication, and leadership within your organization
• Handle difficult conversations in a manner that builds relationship and furthers the work of your organization
• Conduct meetings that are based in clear intention and result in deliberate action
• Develop strategic plans that are grounded in vision and mission and maximize the resources available to your organization