This Wisdom Retreat invites us to meet this moment, personally and collectively, as an opportunity to become more rooted, awake, and responsive to what is being asked of us. In circumstances marked by uncertainty and transition, we are invited to move beyond habitual patterns and roles to discover a deeper seat of identity within the essential ground of our Being.

Through contemplative practice, embodied awareness, and shared inquiry, we will explore how this inner unfolding deepens, inviting us into a more grounded, integrated, and compassionate way of being. We begin to trust that what feels like disorientation may in fact be an organic process of becoming. As familiar structures break down and shift, we can recognize this not only as a crisis but as a transformation—the opening into a steadier presence for ourselves and the whole, allowing for a more conscious way of being together.


Event Details

Facilitator:

Heather Ruce is a skillful practitioner and gifted retreat facilitator and spiritual guide.  Her work is informed, in part, by Cynthia Bourgeault in the Christian Wisdom Tradition, as well as guides in other contemplative streams.  She offers teaching and guidance in various embodied Wisdom, contemplative and mindfulness practices including Centering Prayer, Christian meditation, sacred chanting, lectio divina, conscious work, and sacred gestures in service of waking up and putting on the Mind of Christ.  To learn more about Heather, visit her website at www.heatherruce.com

Date and Time: 

Friday, May 29 6:30pm-8:30pm
Saturday, May 30 9:30am-3:30pm,
Sunday, May 31 9:30am-12:30pm
Sunday event followed by a potluck lunch.


Location: 

1625 Huntley Rd, Bellingham, WA


Suggested Donation: 

$0…$150….$200  (Due to a change in the WA state tax law for non-profit organizations, we can only request a donation instead of a registration fee.  We greatly appreciate your generosity).