Wonder.
It’s a way to come to life that opens up possibilities.
Wonder lets us see the beauty and wisdom in everyday objects and encounters. It helps us find fresh perspective and understanding in troubling situations.
It can renew our spirit.
During this retreat we’ll ponder:
We’ll pause for meditation and engage with short texts for inspiration. We’ll take time off-screen for quiet, individual reflection and join a partner to listen to our own and each other’s wisdom. We’ll work with the online setting in a balanced and purposeful way. Courage & Renewal Touchstones will provide guidelines to support a welcoming, protected and confidential space.
We invite you to join us for 75 minutes to slow down and hear the wisdom that emerges from your own heart.
Pay What You Can
“The beginning of wisdom is the same as its attainment: wonder.”
~Richard Wagamese, Embers: One Ojibway’s Meditations
Over the last three years our notion of what is normal has been disrupted.
Environmental emergenices, political disruption, and public health crises have fragmented our world.
It’s as though we’ve been living through lingering illness and landed in an unfamiliar, unkind territory.
We invite you to join us to explore these questions, in a 5-session, online retreat.
We’ll create a welcoming, trustworthy space for participants to reflect on personal and communal questions. We’ll practice deep listening and offer honest, open questions to support each other to find new perspectives, uncover personal wisdom and build courage.
We’ll work with the online setting in a balanced and purposeful way. Zoom will provide the gathering space for our interactions and a platform to share images, music, poetry and story. We’ll pause for meditation and take time off-screen for reflection and pondering, movement and rest.
Tuesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 pm EDT, March 28 – April 25.
Pay What You Can (donation)
Not sure if this retreat is for you? We invite you to attend the first session as our guest.
Photo by Greg Rakozy on Unsplash
Retreat Participant
winifred@insideoutsideretreatcentre.com
We are settlers on Treaty 13 Land, the traditional territories of many Indigenous Nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples from across Turtle Island. We are committed to honouring the history this land bears witness to, responding to the 94 Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, and walking lightly on the Earth. A portion of proceeds from all our offerings are sent to: The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and The Nii’kinaaganaa Foundation.
The Inside Outside Retreat Centre, Centre for Social Innovation (CSI), 720 Bathurst St., Toronto, ON, M5S2R4