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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 ® and Courage & Renewal ® retreats offer protected time and space to rest, reflect, and see the path forward.
Upcoming Retreats
Meditations for Mortals
a Reflective Book Club
POSTPONED
until OCTOBER
A six-week book group exploring Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman — with time for reflection and conversation.
“This is a book about how the world opens up once you realize you are never going to sort your life out.”
You could read Meditations for Mortals by Oliver Burkeman on your own (maybe you have?). It’s a quietly profound collection of reflections on time, meaning, and how to live, drawn from the strange and beautiful fact that, well, we don’t live forever. There’s a lot to discover and ponder in reading it alone — staying sane when the world’s a mess; the upside of unpredictability; the solace of doubt, for example.
Now think about reading this alongside others and hearing how these short meditations land in different lives and discovering what resonates more fully in conversation.
Over six weeks, we’ll follow the Courage & Renewal Approach® to create space for both individual contemplation and protected, meaningful conversations. After an introductory session we’ll follow the book’s structure moving through four weeks of meditations week by week. In our final session we’ll pause to reflect on what has been meaningful, and consider what insights or questions we want to carry forward.
Participants will need to bring their own copy of the book, which we’ll draw from throughout the series. No need to read the book in advance, unless you wish to.
Meditations for Mortals: Four Weeks to Embrace Your Limitations and Make Time for What Counts. by Oliver Burkeman (2024). Penguin Random House.
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Uncertainty: an Online Circle of Trust®
Sunday, August 24
10:30 - 11:45 am EDT
Pay What You Can
Exploring uncertainty with courage and compassion.
In this 75-minute online retreat, we’ll gently explore the experience of uncertainty — in our lives, in the world, and in the unknown path ahead. This Circle offers space for silent reflection, honest questions, and the wisdom of shared listening.
Together, we’ll wonder whether the discomfort of uncertainty might also offer an invitation — and a gift.
Emergence:
a six-week Circle of Reflection
7:00 – 9:00 pm EDT
September 17 - October 2
$100
Six weekly sessions to reflect on what is emerging in our lives–quiet stirrings, callings, and changes that ask for our attention.
As the season shifts and the pace of life changes again, we invite you to pause… and listen. What is stirring just beneath the surface? What new directions are quietly making themselves known? What might be ready to come forward?
Over six weeks in community, we’ll explore the theme of emergence — not as something to push or produce, but as something to welcome and wonder about. Through quiet, personal reflection, shared speaking and listening, we’ll create space to notice what is unfolding within and around us.
We’ll follow practices that support both personal reflection, respectful dialogue, and deep listening to our own and each other’s emerging thoughts and understanding.
Whether you are experiencing change, sensing a calling, or simply longing to reconnect with yourself, we invite you to join us and see what emerges.
“This is medicine for the heart and soul.”
Adiat
Retreat 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