Morning Offerings
Below are the morning offerings we had in 2023 - we will update for 2024 closer to the start of the retreat.
Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings will be comprised of two segments.
9:00 - 10:00 am central time- Optional Explorations - enrichment meetings to assist awakening. Of course, the 9:00 - 10:00 am central time explorations are completely optional. You may prefer to use this time for rest.
10:30 am -12:30 pm - large groups themed sittings
Optional Explorations - enrichment meetings to assist awakening
Friday, Saturday and Sunday mornings you are welcome to attend any of these optional meetings
These meetings last from 9:00 am - 10:00 am
Friday early morning option
Your Retreat Invocation
Jeffrey and Cielle Backstrom
Oct 6
9:00 am-10:00 am central time
Indigenous cultures practiced models of healing and transformation. Though much of this Knowledge is gone, in a few areas, the indigenous wisdom has survived.
Using forms we've learned from the native teachers in the Andes and the Amazon basin, we will call forth the living forces of nature to help you begin a new phase of clearing, healing and moving forward into the person you are becoming. We ask that before coming, you spend some time deeply feeling your intention for this retreat.
Saturday early morning option
Writing to Realize
Sharon Gilbert
Oct 7
9:00 am-10:00 am central time
Free-writing is a playful way to see what comes into awareness--an image or idea of any of the facets of our nature might show up. Whatever arises is welcomed with gentle acceptance. During our hour together, two simple free-writing explorations will call up imagery and language at the edge of awareness that may reveal a deeper knowing.
Sunday early morning option
Consciousness Clarification
Fax Gilbert
Oct 8
9:00 am-10:00 am central time
A simple, guided, self-inquiry toward deepening in the recognition of yourself as consciousness. A powerful way to bring forward the Being that registers and embodies everything else we are. Followed by discussion.
Large Group Themed Sittings - late morning
10:30 am -12:30 pm central time
Friday, Oct 6, 10:30 am -12:30 pm central time
Fax and Sharon Gilbert
Distilling the Essence of Love
A look at how the different facets and frequencies of love show up for us. We’ll consider together the flavors of love in our impersonal, personal, interpersonal, and non-human relationships.
“Non-human” refers to our relationships with animals, nature, and higher vibrational places and expressions.
Saturday, Oct 7, 10:30 am -12:30 pm central time
Sandra Glickman
Sandra writes. “I have been feeling that our “whole being” perception as it is articulated and sometimes lived seems to omit acknowledgment of specific moments or events of subtle, and powerful perceptions which have carried me beyond the usual. This evening is to share and give words—if words or symbols can be found—for these perceptions. Ordered conversations."
Sunday, Oct 8, 10:30 am -12:30 pm central time
Jeffrey Backstrom and Denise Gallagher
Your Soul's Journey
Where am I now, along my soul’s journey? Given what has gone before, what is arising?
Our lives can seem filled with everyday tasks and the myriad events that befall us.
But what is it adding up to? What am I learning? What do I want to be learning? What is nurturing … or impeding? Have I really taken the path that leads to fulfillment, to the unique being that I am?
Sometimes images can give us more than words. Using imagery as a tool of discovery, we’ll roll up our sleeves and take a serious look at the soul’s journey.