Ongoing Programs

We invite you to join us for these exciting programs on the Chinook land.

A Distinctive Year-Long Seasonal Leadership Retreat Cycle

Oct 11-13, 2012 | Jan 17-19, 2013 | April 11-13, 2013 | June 20-22, 2013

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In traditional societies, a village was often built around a “commons,” a public space in which the shared life of the community took
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A program focusing on service learning and sustainability education, Learning from the Land offers:

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Next Gatherings:

May 3 - 6, 2012
Tuition - $395

Spirited Work is an intergenerational learning-community-of-practice that welcomes newcomers to all gatherings. We meet seasonally to share our lives, enjoy time in nature and witness each other. We gather in circle, song, dance, important conversation, courageous exploration and play—all to a

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Meditation in the Sanctuary
The First Tuesday of Every Month
7:00pm - 8:30pm
with Howard Aposhyan
No cost, donations for the Sanctuary are appreciated.
 
Join for a peaceful evening in the Sanctuary for an introduction to the practices of Shamatha ("calm-abiding") and Vipashyana ("Insight") meditation.
 
Howard has been holding meditation
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You are invited to be part of a unique and inspiring Women’s Retreat on the Island of Iona in the Inner Hebrides of Scotland offering you the opportunity,

- to deepen your connection to your own true self, to Spirit, others, and the natural world
- to understand and experience the “Power of Place” and to know what it means to

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June 9 - 16, 2012, Iona, Scotland - Moved to next year...
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We invite you to join us on the Island of Iona in the western Hebrides of Scotland for a special renewal retreat for clergy---an opportunity to draw back from the demands and pressures of your work and invite the fresh inspiration of Spirit ... (more)
“Hope is definitely not the same thing as optimism. It is not the conviction that something will turn out well, but the certainty that something makes sense, regardless of how it turns out.”

   —Vaclav Havel