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In keeping with the overall rejuvenation of the Institute, learning
and care for the earth is now being lifted up as its own distinctive
program area..
Ayurveda Summer Salads
Cary Peterson is the coordinator for a wide variety of classes
with gifted teachers on and about the Chinook Lands. A blog has
been set up with a full listing of these classes. Please contact
her for more information about the classes, and ways to get involved
on the land at: http://learningfromtheland.wordpress.com.
A Healing Retreat
for Those With a Cancer Diagnosis
Facilitated by Cathy Whitmire and
Kate Stivers
Monday
September 15
9:00am - 4:30pm
A retreat day to honor and support the journey of
those who are living with a cancer diagnosis. This will be a day
to release, replenish, and renew through experiencing the beauty
and healing power of the natural world.
Fee: $45 Includes lunch
Garden Tour and Lunch
SATURDAY
JUNE 27
11:00 am-2:00 pm
Whidbey Institute Invites 200 Garden Tour ticket
holders to the Chinook land and gardens for a delicious $15 lunch
prepared by our chef, Brian Boyd. Reservations for lunch required.
(All welcome to visit the gardens and land, even if you're not
coming for lunch! ) Whidbey
Island Garden Tour
Mail
in Lunch ticket
First
Mondays at the Whidbey Institute at Chinook:
Seasons of the Spirit
With Cathy Whitmire, Rabbi Zari Weiss,
Annette Andrews-Lux and Dianne Shiner
First Monday of each Month (see calendar for theme
and details)
Join us on the Chinook Lands for quiet days of rest, reflection
and renewal.
8:30 AM-5:00 PM
Appointments for spiritual direction will be available
when you register. Lunch, art supplies, and a private room for
solitude and rest will be provided. You may also wish to stay
overnight Sunday and/or Monday on a freewill offering basis for
the room.
Space limited. $45 for the day.
Cathy Whitmire is a Quaker spiritual guide, an interfaith chaplain,
pastoral counselor and author of Plain Living and Practicing Peace.
Rabbi Zari Weiss serves as a rabbi, teacher and
a spiritual companion. As a spiritual companion, she guides people
in their efforts to explore and deepen their relationship with
G-d, their prayer life and their spiritual practice.
Annette Andrews-Lux offers spiritual guidance during
First Mondays. Her spiritual formation and training are rooted
in Catholic Christianity, enriched with significant learnings
from ecumenical and inter-faith experience and dialogue. She is
currently a lay pastoral associate at Trinity Lutheran Church
in Freeland, and a program assistant at the Whidbey Institute.
Dianne Shiner, Director of the Whidbey Institute and former director
of Holden Village, will offer sessions of Shibashi, a smooth,
flowing, meditative form of QiGong.
Forest Day Camp
Two 1-week camps for children ages 7-11
JULY 13-17 AND AUGUST 3-7
MON-FRI, 9:00 AM-3:00 PM
Leadership: KATHRYN O'BRIEN & ERIC CONN
CAMP 1: Adventure through our local forest eco-system!
Primitive fire making and cooking, shelter construction, survival
and wilderness skills, crafts, stories, games and more!
Fee: $215
CAMP 2: Specially tailored for children who have
attended Forest Day Camp I and are ready to expand their skills!
Fee: $200
Tribute to a Great Soul:
A Circle of Friends Come Together to
Share and Celebrate the Late Vi Hilbert
Tuesday
JULY 14
2:00-9:00 PM
A reverent and exciting, creative event featuring
story, music, art and sweet remembrances. Special guests will
be singer/musician Marilyn Strong, author/storyteller Laura Simms,
storyteller Rebecca Chamberlain, artist/author Jerry Wennstrom
and many others!
Grandparents & Children Nature Day Camp
for children ages 2-6
August 10-14
9:30 AM-12:30 PM
MULLY MULLALLY, founding director of the South Whidbey
Children's Center & DO KIRK, early childhood educator.
Bring a grandchild and experience the wonder and blessings of
place shared by two generations. Snacks provided. Sign up early!
Fee: $120 (for one elder and one child)
POWERS
OF LEADERSHIP
Meeting the Challenges of the New Commons
A Distinctive Seasonal Leadership Retreat Cycle led by
Craig Fleck and Stephanie Ryan
with Diana Gale, Kurt Hoelting, Larry Daloz & Sharon Parks
2009-2010 Cycle
October 15-17, 2009 January 7-9, 2010
March 25-27, 2010 June 3-5, 2010
All retreats are THURSDAY evening through SATURDAY
afternoon.
We welcome your interest in the next cycle. Contact us if you have
any questions or would like to apply.
Integral Spirit
A Journey of real Hope and Faith in these Demanding Times
With Fritz Hull, Whidbey Institute Founding Director
Story House in the forest at Whidbey Institute at Chinook
Four Saturday mornings:
October 3, 10, 17, 17, 24
9:00am to 12:30pm
This short course invites us to work with personal
spiritual life in the contest of the Universe/Earth story, the growing
interfaith movement and the environmental imperative.
Provocative and inspiring, the course includes presentation, reflective
discussion, integrative assignments
and always an affirming
spirit.
Fee: $100
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