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How can we reimagine the framing, tactics, and goals we employ in our journey to heal from ecological destruction?

Join renowned author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein who will discuss his new book, Climate: A New Story, in which he advocates for expanding our exclusive focus on carbon emissions to see the broader picture beyond our short-sighted and incomplete approach.

Eisenstein details how the quantification of the natural world leads to a lack of integration and our “fight” mentality. The rivers, forests, and creatures of the natural and material world are sacred and valuable in their own right, not simply for carbon credits or preventing the extinction of one species versus another.

After all, when you ask someone why they first became an environmentalist, they’re likely to point to the river they played in, the ocean they visited, the wild animals they observed, or the trees they climbed when they were a kid. This refocusing away from impending catastrophe and our inevitable doom cultivates meaningful emotional and psychological connections and provides real, actionable steps to caring for the earth.

Freeing ourselves from a war mentality and seeing the bigger picture of how everything from prison reform to having the whales can contribute to our planetary ecological health, we resist reflexive postures of solution and blame and reach toward the deep place where commitment lives.

Climate: A New Story will be available for sale, and Eisenstein will be signing books after the event.

PLEASE NOTE: Price is self-determined. Pay an amount that reflects your feeling of value, gratitude, and desire to support the work, consistent with your financial means. If that amount is zero, we welcome you too.

How can we reimagine the framing, tactics, and goals we employ in our journey to heal from ecological destruction?

Join renowned author and philosopher Charles Eisenstein who will discuss his new book, Climate: A New Story, in which he advocates for expanding our exclusive focus on carbon emissions to see the broader picture beyond our short-sighted and incomplete approach.

Eisenstein details how the quantification of the natural world leads to a lack of integration and our “fight” mentality. The rivers, forests, and creatures of the natural and material world are sacred and valuable in their own right, not simply for carbon credits or preventing the extinction of one species versus another.

After all, when you ask someone why they first became an environmentalist, they’re likely to point to the river they played in, the ocean they visited, the wild animals they observed, or the trees they climbed when they were a kid. This refocusing away from impending catastrophe and our inevitable doom cultivates meaningful emotional and psychological connections and provides real, actionable steps to caring for the earth.

Freeing ourselves from a war mentality and seeing the bigger picture of how everything from prison reform to having the whales can contribute to our planetary ecological health, we resist reflexive postures of solution and blame and reach toward the deep place where commitment lives.

Climate: A New Story will be available for sale, and Eisenstein will be signing books after the event.

PLEASE NOTE: Price is self-determined. Pay an amount that reflects your feeling of value, gratitude, and desire to support the work, consistent with your financial means. If that amount is zero, we welcome you too.

 

 

THIS EVENT IS WAIT-LIST ONLY: Contact Marie Goodwin, marie@sacred-economics.com to be placed on the waitlist.

 

Our hearts know it because we have seen it, experienced glimpses of what life and the world could be. Yet as individuals and a society, we carry habits and programs of the old and dying Story of Separation. We cannot easily know how to get from here to there; often, we doubt what we have seen.

This retreat is a deprogramming from the old story and an immersion in a new (and ancient) story. It crystallizes a next step toward the world we know is possible. It engages a great power within you, and it will inspire a hope that comprehends the full situation on this planet.

Many people sense that the multiple crises of today share a common root. All of them come from an invisible mythology: a Story of the Self and a Story of the People that holds us separate from each other and the world.  In this gathering, we will see clearly how this mythology generates the dominant institutions of our civilization, as well as the structures of our own lives. We will touch upon our innate knowledge that a more beautiful world is possible. We will see how to draw power from that knowledge. We will tap into a larger framework of cause and effect than the old story recognizes so that we can envision and accomplish what once seemed impossible. We will begin to clear the invisible habits of Separation that limit our power as healers and change agents. And we will experience the convergence of the worlds of spirituality and activism — a necessity when we understand that the roots of the present crisis go all the way to the bottom. Utilizing multiple modalities, this workshop will crystallize the “next step” in your transition into the New Story.

In The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible we will take a step back from our routines and social environment, and enter a liminal space. We will remove ourselves from the cultural and personal narratives that so powerfully constrain our choices and shape what is real, normal, practical, and possible. The empty space that results is the clearing in which a new story can crystallize, and a more beautiful world can appear.

In order to create a container of safety and trust, participation on this 5-­day retreat is limited to 30 people. The retreat takes place from March 10-15, 2019.

The cost of the retreat is self-­determined. You will pay for room and board at the gorgeous Esalen center, famous for its natural hot springs overlooking the ocean, and a $100 deposit to hold your place. At the conclusion of the event, you will choose the tuition that feels right to you — that feels clear, fair, and reflective of the value received, considering, of course, your own financial means.

 

Internationally renowned speakers and peace activists, Native American women and musicians, local food, nature, inspiration, education, drumming, dancing, connecting, protecting. loving, peace, community

These are all features of the first annual Earth Love festival at Amethyst Retreat Center.

Come and fall in love with the land, the region, and the earth. Our first event is an ode to the water that sustains us.

Be inspired:

Pat McCabe. A Dine’ (Navajo) mother, grandmother, activist, artist, writer, ceremonial leader, international speaker and voice for global peace. http://womanstandsshining.strikingly.com

Charles Eisenstein speaker and author of Ascent of Humanity, The More Beautiful World our Hearts Know is Possible, Sacred Economics and The Yoga of Eating.
https://charleseisenstein.org/ public

Michael Wann. A researcher and storyteller who shares the near-unbelievable story of how the Susquehanna River has been used to usher in the Age of Aquarius.
https://www.susquehannaalchemy.com/

Be moved:

Lyla June. A singer, songwriter, and musician who is also a poet, activist, educator event organizer and scholar.
https://navajotimes.com/ae/arts-ae/lyla-june-writer-poet-musician-healer-singer/

Indian Summer Jars. Creates a sound that is unique and upbeat, dynamic and bold and sure to stir your soul.
https://www.isjband.com/

Bumbada! Women’s Drum Group led by Tammi Hessen. Drummer, musician, teacher, and founder. A fire and drum circle will be led Saturday evening

C L A S S E S

Be nourished:

Dinner will be mindfully and lovingly prepared by Chef Karmen Kline using local and regional foods

Breakfast will feature seasonal fruit and accompaniments from our local farmers, bakers, and cheese makers.

Be blessed:

Bhante Soma of Blue Lotus Buddist Temple will hold a Sunday morning peace meditation.

Be touched:

A Healing Village with the area’s finest body workers and spirit guides will be available by donation

This may be the best local festival of the season!
Don’t miss out.

FESTIVAL Details:

Festival Admission, Meals and Optional Camping:
$75 Festival Admission per adult (18 and over)
$50 Festival Admission Student
$5 Festival Admission for kids (Under 18)
Optional Camping including Breakfast is FREE, However, you must email amethystretreatcenter@gmail.com to reserve your camping spot.
Meals included:
Dinner Saturday evening and breakfast Sunday Morning

What to bring:
A blanket, yoga mat or chair to sit on.
A refillable water bottle
A dinner plate and utensils; we are striving to create as little waste as possible.
Sunblock and insect repellent
If you plan to spend the night:
Camping supplies-tent, rain-cover, sleeping bag, flashlight.
A drum or other instrument.
Meals included:
Dinner Saturday evening and breakfast Sunday Morning

This event is SOLD OUT.

The purpose of this gathering is to generate a collective field of insight, clarity, and evolution in navigating “the space between stories,” that lies between an old and new story-of-self and story-of-the-world.

I have held retreats many times that I limited to 30 people. Honestly, I hesitated to expand it beyond that, because larger gatherings lack that special intimacy in which every ear hears every voice. However, the demand and long waiting lists have prompted me to offer this larger version of the Space Between Stories retreat. I believe that something of the power of the smaller gatherings will touch this event as well.

What is the Space Between Stories? It is that time when the old story that answered deep questions like “Who am I?” “What is important?” “How to live life?” “What is real?” “Why are we here?” “What is a self?” has fallen apart, and a new story has not yet crystallized. Whether through a crisis in health, relationship, or work, or through a gradual erosion, more and more people are in this phase or are fast approaching it. The same could be said for society as a whole. We are approaching a collective version of the space between stories.

This gathering is intended for people in that phase of the journey, or who can see it coming, or perhaps have recently gone through it into a new story that isn’t yet fully formed.

Format and Content

The gathering will consist of eight sessions, starting on Friday evening after dinner and ending after a session on Monday morning before lunch (both dinner on the first day and lunch on the last day is included.) Generally, they will consist of conceptual discourse and storytelling from me, accompanied by various experiential processes to communicate the information on other levels. Basically, the gathering is a deep immersion in the concepts I have spoken and written about in the last ten years.

With 250 people gathered over just a long weekend, this is NOT an occasion for deep grief work, cathartic trauma release, group therapy, etc. It is not a super-intense “transformational” workshop. I do expect and intend that it will, for many, serve as a powerful evolutionary quickening; that it will shed light on intractable questions; that it will resolve old paradoxes and open up new ones. It will bring to light hidden habits and perceptions that the Story of Separation has bequeathed us. It will offer opportunities to clear those habits and cultivate new ones animated by a new (and ancient) story. It will, I hope, crystallize the next step into a fuller habitation and embodiment of the Story of Interbeing – all in reference to the larger political, economic, and ecological issues that contain us.

Cost and Logistics

Date: June 22-25

Location: The gorgeous Garrison Institute

We offer this event on a you-choose-the-price basis. The tuition is up to you.

Registration and payment will be done in three steps:

• The first step: We collect some information about you and a $75 deposit to reserve your space.
• The second step: You complete your registration with The Garrison Institute for your lodging and meals. Your registration is not complete until you accomplish this step. (See prices below.)
• The third step:  At the end of the event, you decide how much you would like to pay, based on your financial means, your feeling of value and gratitude, and your desire to support the work. If this amount is less than $75, we will happily refund you the difference, without judgment. We trust you to know the right amount to give.

Prices for food & lodging at the Garrison Institute are:

$165 for a single room (per night)

$145 for a bed in a double room (per person/per night)

$130 for space in a triple/quad “dorm” room (per person/per night): THESE SPACES ARE SOLD OUT.

$75 commuter fee for hotel/camping/Airbnb stays (per person, per night). Camping is an option, but not on site because of insurance limitations. There are several New York State Parks and campsites in the area. If you choose to camp, you will still need to register with Garrison as a commuter to attend. Marie Goodwin will send you a list of local campsite options in the area after you register.

We also offer scholarships to bring in a diversity of ages and socioeconomic backgrounds. If the lowest “commuter” per diem fee to Garrison or the deposit is more than you can comfortably pay, we will subsidize you as best we can. We will also have some volunteer work for you to do at the event.

 

This event is closed to new registrations.