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What if you could give yourself the gift of a few hours to simply stop, refresh yourself and nourish your spirit?
What could that give you?
Whether you have an hour, a day or want an ongoing experience, our online and in-person Circle of Trust® retreats offer protected time and space to rest, reflect, and see the path forward.
Autumn's Paradox
A Saturday Circle of Trust
September 28
9:15 –11:45am EDT
Toronto & Online
“Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline.”
Parker Palmer
The September equinox offers a rare moment of balance between light and dark. No matter where you are on this planet, day and night are of equal length. In the northern hemisphere it marks the transition to the fall season and all that holds. The abundance of the harvest, the vibrance of the changing leaves, the perturbing cooler temperatures, and the bleakness of the now bare trees.
Autumn’s Paradox: A Saturday Circle of Trust® invites us to ponder the paradoxes in our lives and how we balance them. How do we hold the beauty and joy together with sadness and grief?
Images, texts and music will spark reflection and open fresh perspectives. There will be time for quiet reflection, small and large group conversation. Gentle, time-tested guidelines will support a calm, confidential and protected space. This is an opportunity for you to focus on what matters most in this season of your life.
Autumn’s Paradox is designed as a 2.5 hour hybrid retreat. Registrants can participate either in-person or online.
We’ll bring the online and in-person settings together in a balanced and purposeful way. In-person, we’ll gather at the Centre for Social Innovation (Spadina) in Toronto. Zoom will offer a gathering space for those attending online and allow for interactions among all participants. There will be private time away from the group and the screen for contemplation, reflection and movement.
You could join us.
Courage
An online Circle of Trust
Sunday, October 20
10:30 – 11:45 am ET
This 75-minute, online, micro-retreat invites us to step back from routines and duties, and consider what it means to live with courage, where courage lives in us and how to sustain our courage in the face of uncertainty.
We’ll pause for meditation, explore different perspectives on courage, spend time in quiet reflection, and listen to our own and each other’s wisdom. Gentle guidelines will support a calm, confidential and protected space.
“This is medicine for the heart and soul.”
AdiatRetreat Participant
Contact Us
retreats@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