A Spring Circle of Trust®
A Saturday Circle We are really looking forward to our next in person offering: A Spring Circle of Trust®: Transition & Change, It’ll be two hours on Saturday morning, April 13, in Toronto. It’s inspired by a Saturday circle we attended five years ago. Our Inspiration At the time, a Saturday Circle of Trust was new […]
Our approach: Courage & Renewal®
Time and space for you to hear your own truth. It seems that everyone in the marketing world is trying to “help” us solve problems. Stains on your kid’s clothes? We have a solution for that! Need a car that will take you to the top of a mountain or down a gully? We have […]
The Spirit of Reciprocity
“I think that the most we can ever do, really, is to walk partway across the bridge toward another person and feel humbled that we get to be there at all.” ~Michelle Obama, The Light We Carry. Reciprocity is an important principle for the Inside Outside Retreat Centre. We understand that at its core reciprocity is […]
Silence
one day, silence will be seen as medicine. Kind of takes my breath away. You? Read it again. Silence as medicine. Right? Makes me pause. Which makes composing a blog a little tricky. Why fill up a page with words, noise really, even in praise of silence? The […]
Pyjamas & Cheetos
I don’t know about you, but it feels like everywhere I turn right now there are admonishments, encouragements and gentle suggestions to start fresh, set some goals, resolve to do better, be better. Gosh, some of what falls on my path is very inviting, very do-able. Like this piece in The Guardian 100 tiny changes to transform your […]
Why Solitude
A lone rock in a field. A sax blowing once and letting the silence move in. ~Stephen Nachmanovitch, The Art of Is. p 177 Why solitude? A strange question, perhaps. But since we’re getting ready for a 75 minute retreat on December 3rd to explore solitude, it’s one that bears asking. First off, we […]
Embracing Uncertainty
November 4, 2023 Our hearts are heavy. So many troubles in the world. Grief. Confusion. Uncertainty. Whether we are directly impacted by current events or not, holding on to hope right now seems hard, very hard. Even talking about hope can feel frivolous, as if we are denying the realities spilling around us. […]
A change in season
The shift from one season to next is definitely underway here in Toronto. The mornings and evenings are cool (so good for sleeping) and the daytime sun warms the shoulders in such a comforting way. This change in season invites us to think about what lies ahead and how we’d like meet it. We’re happy […]
17,000 Steps
There has been a great deal of turmoil and busy-ness in my life these past few weeks. I was craving connection to the ground beneath my feet, a good walk. My longing was for shady trails in the forest, open fields of late-summer harvest, skies without skyscrapers – but these busy days have prevented me […]
Perhaps you were wondering …
What’s the purpose of a retreat? Retreats offer the opportunity to pause and refresh ourselves. For the time we are in retreat we set aside daily concerns and obligations so we can engage more fully with our hopes, our values, our purpose. A retreat is never a backing away from our lives, but rather a […]