We live in a time of endings, among them the demise of a civilization derived from endless growth on a finite planet, the massive extinction of species, and the unraveling of Earth’s beautiful and sustaining web of life.
How shall we live well and thrive on this dark edge?
Join us to discover the possibilities.
Retreat leaders Jim Hall, Cheryl Hellner, and Lindsay McLaughlin are longtime members and associates of Rolling Ridge Study Retreat. They have apprenticed nature-based soul work through numerous programs for many years.
Join us to wander the wild land of Rolling Ridge:
- Return to intimate relationship with the more than human ones, the Sacred Others in rock and stream, tree and bush, with the winged ones and the four, six, eight-legged ones
- Engage in the soul work of grief, surrender, and empowerment.
Participate in ceremony and council
- Embody small rituals and gestures
- Share in circles of safety and grace
- Listen to poets and storytellers
- Dance in sacred circles
- Sing heart songs with and to the Earth
We are the body of Earth. Her loss is our loss. Yet Earth holds us, and our connection to her heals us. We can accept daily doses of awe, wonder, joy, and beauty…We can hold each other tightly in community, helping each other to bear grief and claim joy. Here on the edge, transformation is still possible.
~ Leah Rampy, EARTH & SOUL: RECONNECTING AMID CLIMATE CHAOS
Expect the end of the world. Laugh.
Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful
though you have considered all the facts…
Practice resurrection.
~ Wendell Berry, MANIFESTO: THE MAD FARMER LIBERATION FRONT
The future is an infinite succession of presents, and to live now as we think human beings
should live, in defiance of all that is bad around us, is itself a marvelous victory.
~ Brian McLaren in LIFE AFTER DOOM, quoting Howard Zinn
Considering attending this retreat?
The retreat can take up to 13 retreatants. It is for both men and women.