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The Work that Reconnects

A Shambhala Warrior Retreat in preparation for the 7th Annual Eco Summit

"The central purpose of the Work That Reconnects is to help people uncover and experience their innate connections with each other and with the systemic, self-healing powers in the web of life, so that they may be enlivened and motivated to play their part in creating a sustainable civilization."

- Joanna Macy

Presented in cooperation with the Terra Foundation, this optional all day workshop on Saturday is designed to help prepare participants for Eco Summit, and to make a deeper connection between their work as an environmental advocate and their personal values.

About the Workshop
The Work that Reconnects is an experiential workshop that allows time and space for us to voice both our gratitude and our fears about being alive on Earth at this time. The facilitators will lead participants through various group and individual exercises that are designed to help us hear our own voices and to listen carefully and deeply to others. Click here to read about the Shambhala Warrior Prophecy and learn more about the workshop.

Cost
This optional Saturday workshop costs an extra $100 to attend (includes meals and overnight accomodations at Camp Ocean Pines). Scholarships are available.

What to Bring

  • Layered clothes
  • Warm sleeping gear and pillow
  • Flashlight
  • Journal/notebook
  • Flapjack or throw pillows for option of sitting on the floor
  • Any food you would like to bring to supplement the menu
  • One object for the inside altar – a personal object that holds special significance for you as something that inspires, sustains, or comforts you in your work/efforts on behalf of our community and the world. You will take this object home with you after the retreat.
  • One object for the creation of a Medicine Wheel – a natural object or artifact from our County that inspires or sustains you and your work. This object will be placed outside and remain part of the Medicine Wheel at Camp Ocean Pines when we leave - a Medicine Wheel which time, winds and rains will absorb.

More Information
For more information about this workshop, please email lindaseeley@charter.net.

About the Facilitators

  • Linda Seeley, CNM, is a midwife to people and the earth. She has worked directly with Joanna Macy, creator of "The Work that Reconnects," for the past eight years.  She is the president of the Terra Foundation.

  • Mary Fullwood, Ph.D., MFA, is an ecologically creative warrior with training in art and imaginal psychology and is presently writing a book on trickster mythology and shenanigans.  She is the vice president of the Terra Foundation.