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The Rowe Institute for Vibrant Relationships Coming in Fall 2018 We are excited to launch a six-month, low-residency training program for couples seeking to deepen the four dimensions of intimacy: physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual. Under the direction of Dr. Gina Ogden and Dr. Lindsay Jernigan, with its own faculty and a curriculum designed especially for participants, this program is intended for people of all ages, genders, and sexual orientation. It will address creative ways to thrive in a committed relationship with another person. To receive more information when it becomes available, please write us at: [email protected]. Let us know who you are, and what aspects of relationships you want to focus on.
Spiritual Guidance Open enrollment for new cohort! Still a few places left! This unique two-year program helps you develop the foundational skills and worldview that allows you to facilitate the spiritual journey of others. You learn to generate and hold the kind of space that invites others into deep reflection on questions of significance, while broadening your spiritual literacy, expanding your awareness of spiritual practices, and helping you to identify the shadow aspects of spirituality. See page 8.
Earth Activist Training unplug, unwind & understand Coming May 27-June 10, Earth Activist Training will teach permaculture-based, practical Earth-healing with just a touch of magic. Through ritual and nature awareness, lots of hands-on practice, and plenty of time to laugh, your two weeks at EAT will also teach you to integrate mind and heart. This program includes the basic, internationally recognized 72-hour curriculum required for a Permaculture Design Certificate (PDC), www.rowecenter.org with additional focus on social permaculture, organizing tools, and spirit.
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Fia Alexander...... 28 Trebbe Johnson ...... 23 Eclipse Neilson...... 28
Nancy Slonim Aronie . 25; 39 Robin Wall Kimmerer . . . . 20 Marytha Paffrath ...... 41
Carolyn Baker...... 34 Deborah Koff-Chapin . . . . 19 Paul Rezendes...... 22
Suzy Becker ...... 31 George Leoniak...... 22 Kristen Radtke...... 43
Kevin Behan...... 23 Barbara Mainguy...... 36 Susan Robbins...... 41
Antra Borofsky...... 33 Eric Maisel...... 40 Kim Rosen...... 34
Richard Borofsky ...... 33 Chris Martenson ...... 21 Ruby Sales...... 27
Unplug, Unwind & Understand Ken Cohen...... 35 Becca Martenson...... 21 Steven M . Shick...... 20 he ro w e c e n t e r is an unusual and magical place to connect people to the ineffable; on relationships Phyllis Curott...... 42 Lewis Mehl-Madrona . . . . 36 Benjamin Seaman . . . . . 33 T cherished by thousands of people who come and communication to connect people to each other; here each year for relaxation, education, community, on politics and ideas to support people in creating a Paul D’Alessio...... 28 Willa Miller...... 12 Anne Symens-Bucher. . . . . 18 spiritual nurturance, and lots of fun. Here they find a better world; and on self-improvement, creativity, and spirit of honesty, creativity, respect, and love. the arts to help people flourish. With program rates Daniel Foor...... 16 Tori Morrill...... 28 Kenny Werner...... 32
Community is one source of Rowe’s magic; being a on a sliding scale, we go out of our way to make it Major Jackson...... 37 Bob Morrison ...... 12 Michael Wojtech...... 24 valued member of a real community is a profound and possible for people to come here to learn, to rest, or just lasting experience. Many people who come to Rowe to enjoy a break from their lives. Rowe is a place to turn Stephen Jenkinson. . . . . 25 Nan Moss ...... 26; 38 feel as though they’re returning home—even if they’re off your cell phone so you can be truly present, tune arriving for the first time. They feel a sense of familiarity, up your soul so you can be truly yourself, and drop comfort, and belonging. Traditions that we’ve built into community so that you can be more fully human. over the years have created our vibrant culture, and Our Center is folded into the slope of gentle our openness to new ideas has kept Rowe growing and mountains at the edge of an old New England village. evolving. The wonder of the ordinary miraculous is everywhere. Our summer camps have inspired and delighted It’s just around the corner, down the wooded path, in kids since 1924. Our adult camps have developed over the radiant eyes of the person across from you at lunch, several decades into self-sustaining communities ready in the aha! moment of a sudden insight that you can to welcome new members. Our weekend workshops take with you back into the world. have been providing a place to learn and grow in a small, We invite you to come and find out about Rowe’s intimate forum since 1974. Many of our outstanding magic for yourself. It is enduring, endearing, evident, teachers return again and again. Each year we also and undeniable. You will feel it too, and you’ll be glad invite new, innovative teachers, keeping the energy of you made the journey. Welcome home to Rowe. Rowe contemporary and fresh. Rowe’s philosophy arises from a deep faith in the The Rowe Center fundamental goodness of human beings, the abiding 22 Kings Highway, Rowe, MA 01367 miracle of life on earth, and the soul-sustaining beauty of 413-339-4954 creation. We offer workshops on nature and spirituality
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Date Title Leader Page Sept . 7-10 Meditation, Wilderness & Wonder Willa Miller & Bob Morrison 12 Sept . 8-10 Waking Your Sleeping Giant Jean Houston 12 Sept . 29-Oct . 1 Discovering Ancestral Lineage Healing Daniel Foor 16 Oct . 20-27 The Theory and Practice of the Work that Reconnects Anne Symens-Bucher 18 Nov . 3-5 Drawing Out Your Soul Deborah Koff-Chapin 19 Nov . 10-12 Mindful Tracking: Inner and Outer Landscapes Paul Rezendes & George Leoniak 22 Nov . 17-19 Beauty for Broken Places Trebbe Johnson 23 Dec . 1-3 Die Wise: Living Deeply, Dying Well Stephen Jenkinson 25 Dec . 8-10 Advanced Shamanic Training in Creativity Nan Moss 26 Dec . 15-17 Winter Solstice Retreat for Women and Men Eclipse Neilson et . al . 28 Feb . 16-19 Living into Death, Dying into Life Kim Rosen 34 Feb . 23-25 The Hidden Wisdom of Shadow Healing Carolyn Baker 34 Mar . 2-4 Qigong: Lying, Sitting, Standing, Walking Ken Cohen 35 Mar . 4-9 Primordial Qigong Intensive Ken Cohen 35 Mar . 9-11 The Power of Cherokee Hands-on Healing L . Mehl-Madrona & B . Mainguy 36 Mar . 16-18 The Way of the Shaman Nan Moss 38 Mar . 30-April 1 The Magic of Living in a Sacred World Phyllis Curott 42 Spiritual Guidance Training Program Wakefield, Racht, Ruhl, Taylor 8 SOCIAL CHANGE
Date Title Leader Page NATURE & HEALTH Sept . 22-24 Community Building Skills for Challenging Times Starhawk 14 Date Title Leader Page Oct . 20-27 The Theory and Practice of the Work that Reconnects Anne Symens-Bucher 18 Oct . 22-24 Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times Kim Klein 19 Sept . 7-10 Meditation, Wilderness & Wonder Willa Miller & Bob Morrison 12 Nov . 9-12 Peak Prosperity Advanced Course Chris & Becca Martenson 21 Sept . 22-24 The Wilds of Poetry David Hinton 14 Nov . 17-19 Beauty for Broken Places Trebbe Johnson 23 Oct . 13-15 Recovery from Lyme Disease Katina Makris & Jodie Dashore 17 Dec . 8-10 Overcoming the Pain of White Supremacy Ruby Sales 27 Oct . 20-27 The Theory and Practice of the Work that Reconnects Anne Symens-Bucher 18 Feb . 23-25 The Hidden Wisdom of Shadow Healing Carolyn Baker 34 Nov . 3-5 The Gifts of Plants Robin Wall Kimmerer 20 Nov . 10-12 Mindful Tracking: Inner and Outer Landscapes Paul Rezendes & George Leoniak 22 Nov . 17-19 In Touch with Your Dog Kevin Behan 23 Nov . 24-26 Know Your Trees: A Thanksgiving Retreat Michael Wojtech 24 ARTS Mar . 2-4 Qigong: Lying, Sitting, Standing, Walking Ken Cohen 35 Mar . 4-9 Primordia Qigong Intensive Ken Cohen 35 Date Title Leader Page Mar . 9-11 The Power of Cherokee Hands-on Healing L . Mehl-Madrona & B . Mainguy 36 Sept . 22-24 The Wilds of Poetry David Hinton 14 Mar . 30-April 1 The Magic of Living in a Sacred World Phyllis Curott 42 Oct . 6-9 Building a Vocal Community ® Ysaye Barnwell 16 Nov . 3-5 Drawing Out Your Soul Deborah Koff-Chapin 19 Dec . 1-3 Jump-Start Your Memoir Nancy Slonim Aronie 25 Dec . 8-10 Advanced Shamanic Training in Creativity Nan Moss 26 PERSONAL GROWTH Jan . 5-7 Write and/or Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! Suzy Becker 31 Jan . 19-21 Liberating the Creative Genius Within Kenny Werner 32 Date Title Leader Page Mar . 9-11 Naked Poetry: Finding the Courage to See Ourselves Major Jackson 37 Sept . 1-4 Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men A . Plummer & C . Kukuk 11 Mar . 16-18 Jump-Start Your Memoir: The Next Step Nancy Slonim Aronie 39 Sept . 8-10 Waking Your Sleeping Giant Jean Houston 12 Mar . 23-25 Reigniting Your Creative Spark Eric Maisel 40 Sept . 29-Oct .1 Couples on the Path to Wholeness Joyce & Barry Vissell 15 Mar . 23-25 Singing Ourselves Home: Musical Retreat for Women Susan Robbins & Marytha Paffrath 41 Sept . 29-Oct . 1 Discovering Ancestral Lineage Healing Daniel Foor 16 Mar . 30-April 1 Drawing Stories: Crafting Graphic Narratives Kirsten Radtke 43 Oct 13-15 The Gift of Desire: for Women Gina Ogden 17 Nov . 5-7 Speaking By Heart: Public Speaking Without a Manuscript Steven M . Shick 20 Nov . 9-12 Peak Prosperity Advanced Course Chris & Becca Martenson 21 COMMUNITY RETREATS Nov . 10-12 Mindful Tracking: Inner and Outer Landscapes Paul Rezendes & George Leoniak 22 Nov . 17-19 In Touch with Your Dog Kevin Behan 23 Date Title Leader Page Nov . 17-19 Beauty for Broken Places Trebbe Johnson 23 Sept . 1-4 Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men A . Plummer & C . Kukuk 11 Dec . 1-3 Die Wise: Living Deeply, Dying Well Stephen Jenkinson 25 Sept . 15-17 Members and Friends Vacation Retreat 13 Dec . 8-10 Advanced Shamanic Training in Creativity Nan Moss 26 Sept . 24-28 Autumn Work Week 15 Dec . 8-10 Overcoming the Pain of White Supremacy Ruby Sales 27 Dec . 15-17 Winter Solstice Retreat for Women and Men Eclipse Neilson et . al . 28 Jan . 19-21 Liberating the Creative Genius Within Kenny Werner 32 Feb . 2-4 The Wonderful Gay Men’s Retreat Benjamin Seaman 33 Feb . 2-4 The Wonderful Gay Men’s Retreat Benjamin Seaman 33 Mar . 23-25 Singing Ourselves Home: Musical Retreat for Women Susan Robbins & Marytha Paffrath 41 Feb . 9-11 Loving Deeply:Valentine’s Retreat for Couples Antra and Richard Borofsky 33 Feb . 16-19 Living into Death, Dying into Life Kim Rosen 34 Feb . 23-25 The Hidden Wisdom of Shadow Healing Carolyn Baker 34 Mar . 2-4 Qigong: Lying, Sitting, Standing, Walking Ken Cohen 35 TRAINING PROGRAMS Mar . 4-9 Primordial Qigong Intensive Ken Cohen 35 Date Title Leader Page Mar . 9-11 The Power of Cherokee Hands-on Healing L . Mehl-Madrona & B . Mainguy 36 Mar . 23-25 Reigniting Your Creative Spark Eric Maisel 40 2017-2019 Spiritual Guidance Certificate Training Program Wakefield, Racht, Ruhl, Taylor 8
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Dec. 8-10 Overcoming the Pain of White Supremacy RUBY SALES...... 27
Dec. 15-17 Winter Solstice Retreat for Women and Men ECLIPSE NEILSON & ET. AL...... 28 CERTIFICATE TRAINING PROGRAMS Jan. 5-7 Write and/or Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! SUZY BECKER...... 31 Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance C.WAKEFIELD, L. RACHT, S. K. RUHL, J. TAYLOR. 8 Jan. 19-21 Liberating the Creative Genius Within KENNY WERNER...... 32
Feb. 2-4 The Wonderful Gay Men’s Retreat BENJAMIN SEAMAN...... 33 COMMUNITY RETREATS Feb. 9-11 Loving Deeply:Valentine’s Retreat for Couples ANTRA & RICHARD BOROFSKY...... 33 Sept. 1-4 Retreat for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men A. PLUMMER & C. KUKUK ...... 11 Feb. 16-19 Living into Death, Dying into Life KIM ROSEN...... 34 Sept. 15-17 Members and Friends Vacation Retreat 13 Feb. 23-25 The Hidden Wisdom of Shadow Healing CAROLYN BAKER ...... 34 Sept. 24-28 Autumn Work Week 15 Mar. 2-4 Qigong: Lying, Sitting, Standing, Walking KEN COHEN...... 35 Dec. 15-17 Winter Solstice Retreat for Women and Men ECLIPSE NEILSON ET. AL...... 28 Mar. 4-9 Primordial Qigong Intensive KEN COHEN...... 35 Feb. 2-4 The Wonderful Gay Men’s Retreat BENJAMIN SEAMAN...... 33 Mar. 9-11 The Power of Cherokee Hands-on Healing LEWIS MEHL-MADRONA & BARBARA MAINGUY . 36 Mar. 23-25 Musical Retreat for Women SUSAN ROBBINS & MARYTHA PAFFRATH . . 41 Mar. 9-11 Naked Poetry MAJOR JACKSON...... 37
Mar. 16-18 The Way of the Shaman NAN MOSS...... 38 WORKSHOPS Mar. 16-18 Jump-Start Your Memoir: The Next Step NANCY SLONIM ARONIE ...... 39 Sept. 7-10 Meditation, Wilderness & Wonder WILLA MILLER & BOB MORRISON. . . . . 12 Mar. 23-25 Reigniting Your Creative Spark ERIC MAISEL ...... 40 Sept. 8-10 Waking Your Sleeping Giant JEAN HOUSTON...... 12 Mar. 23-25 Musical Retreat for Women SUSAN ROBBINS & MARYTHA PAFFRATH . . 41 Sept. 22-24 Community Building Skills STARHAWK...... 14 Mar. 30-April 1 The Magic of Living in a Sacred World PHYLLIS CUROTT...... 42 Sept. 22-24 The Wilds of Poetry DAVID HINTON...... 14 Mar. 30-April 1 Drawing Stories: Crafting Graphic Narratives. KRISTEN RADTKE...... 43 Sept. 24-28 Autumn Work Week 15
Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Couples on the Path to Wholeness JOYCE & BARRY VISSELL...... 15 INFORMATION Sept. 29-Oct. 1 Discovering Ancestral Lineage Healing DANIEL FOOR...... 16 Weddings at Rowe...... 10 Oct. 6-9 Building a Vocal Community® YSAYE BARNWELL ...... 16 Volunteering at Rowe...... 30 Oct. 13-15 The Gift of Desire: for Women GINA OGDEN...... 17 Personal Retreats and Group Rentals ...... 42 Oct. 13-15 Recovery from Lyme Disease KATINA MAKRIS & JODIE DASHORE. . . . .17 Become a Member, Contact Rowe...... 44 Oct. 20-27 Theory and Practice of the Work that Reconnects ANNE SYMENS-BUCHER...... 18 Food, Accommodations, Directions & Arrivals...... 45 Oct. 22-24 Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times KIM KLEIN ...... 19 Cost & Registration...... 46-47 Nov. 3-5 Touch Drawing DEBORAH KOFF-CHAPIN ...... 19
Nov. 3-5 The Gifts of Plants ROBIN WALL KIMMERER...... 20
Nov. 5-7 The Art of Public Speaking Without a Manuscript STEPHEN M. SHICK ...... 20
Nov. 9-12 Peak Prosperity Advanced Course CHRIS & BECCA MARTENSON...... 21
Nov. 10-12 Mindful Tracking: Inner and Outer Landscapes PAUL REZENDES & GEORGE LEONIAK. . . .22
Nov. 17-19 Beauty for Broken Places TREBBE JOHNSON...... 23
Nov. 17-19 In Touch with Your Dog KEVIN BEHAN ...... 23
Nov. 24-26 Know Your Trees: A Thanksgiving Retreat MICHAEL WOJTECH...... 24
Dec. 1-3 Die Wise: Living Deeply, Dying Well STEPHEN JENKINSON ...... 25
Dec. 1-3 Jump-Start Your Memoir NANCY SLONIM ARONIE ...... 25
Dec. 8-10 Advanced Shamanic Training in Creativity NAN MOSS...... 26
6 www.rowecenter.org 413.339.4954 7 The Rowe Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance Core Faculty Director: Chelsea Wakefield, Ph.D., Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, M.Div. L.C.S.W. is a depth psychotherapist, is an ordained Zen Buddhist minister, lay “soul worker,” couples’ therapist, writer, dharma teacher in the Zen tradition, writer international teacher, and retreat leader. She and poet, and staff member at The Rowe graduated from The Haden Institute Dream Center. His ministry offers spiritual guidance “This is a program I am so excited about because it provides not Leader Training and has been on the faculty of and deep pastoral care for individuals, as well only the skill sets I am looking to further develop, but also a the Haden Institute since 2000, where she teaches in both the as meaningful life-passage ceremonies. He received a B.A. in community of people I feel I can share all of me with, in a safe Spiritual Direction and Dream Work training programs. She Religious Studies with high honors from Penn State University, and respectful way. Wow, wow, and WOW!” is the author of Negotiating the Inner Peace Treaty: Becoming the focused on world religions, and in 2008 he received his Master Person You Were Born to Be, a Jungian-oriented method of inner of Divinity degree from Harvard University. He is employed as a —Joy Christi Przestwor, graduate of 2015-2017 Cohort work that helps people identify their unique Soul Print, engage Buddhist Advisor at Yale University and as a meditation instructor in dream work and shadow work, develop a core of inner “Well planned, amazing content… so much covered and at Deerfield Academy. He also has been a Dharma Holder peace, and empower a life of integration and purpose. Her and Preceptor at Green River Zen Center. Reverend Kanji is a experienced in our time together.” recent book, In Search of Aphrodite: Women, Archetypes, and Sex contributing author to the book The Arts of Contemplative Care: —Jean Tennyson, graduate of 2015-2017 Cohort Therapy, explores women’s sexual journeys from an archetypal Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work. perspective. She is also the creator of the Luminous Woman® “One of the key learnings for me is the power of deep, Weekend, which provides a safe space for women to explore Adjunct Faculty compassionate listening.” feminine archetypes and wisdom in an experiential way. Ellen Dionna, M.S.W., L.C.S.W. is a spiritual director, —Jim Totin, graduate of 2015-2017 Cohort Layne Racht, M.A., L.P.C. is a licensed psychotherapist, and shamanic practitioner. She has been in private practice for 30 years and a facilitator of workshops “The insights I gain chart a new direction for questing in the professional counselor who has worked for over 30 years specializing in faith issues. Her and seminars in the human potential field for 40 years. She service of wisdom.” fascination with the interface of psychology received her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts and her —Frances Sink, graduate of 2015-2017 Cohort and spirituality led her to become a M.S.W. from Simmons College. She completed the two-year certified Spiritual Director/Guide. Layne program, The Art of Spiritual Guidance, from Silver Dove has mentored and provided supervision for Institute for Spiritual Development in Burlington, VT. She is developing spiritual guidance practitioners for many years. She the author of Spiritual Sampler: Illuminating Inner Wisdom. is on the faculty of the Haden Institute, which trains Spiritual Kirstin Edelglass, M.A. facilitates Joanna Macy’s Work he Rowe Center’s Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance tools and skills for guiding others in the discovery of their “keys T Directors to practice from a Jungian and Mystical Christian That Reconnects in a variety of settings, including as Joanna’s is designed to meet a growing need for authentic, well-prepared to the inner treasure,” in ways that are right and fitting for each approach. Layne has developed a widely respected model for assistant. She is also a wilderness guide, ecological educator, individual seeker. individuals who offer support on the spiritual path, embody group spiritual direction, and serves many faith communities and psychosynthesis counselor who uses contemplative wisdom and compassion, and are spiritually literate and trans- In coming to The Rowe Center, you will enter a liminal, sacred as a consultant and workshop leader on spiritual growth and practice, council process, and direct engagement with the denominational. space, away from the busy world. In our beautiful retreat setting formation, leadership, conflict resolution, and pastoral care. natural world to deepen self-awareness and enhance “a sense of If you feel newly called to a career in this rewarding and of forest, lake, orchard, and meadow, you will join with a group oneness” with all life. of committed peers and experienced staff to embark on this significant work, if you already are providing spiritual counsel Jeremy Taylor, D. Min., S.Th.D. (hon.) Reverend David Wallace is a dean and the senior teacher and would like further training and development, if you are a deep and important journey. The training includes residential is a Unitarian Universalist minister and for One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. A graduate clergy person wishing to expand your ministry, or someone in retreats at Rowe twice a year for two years; four personalized played a key role in the formation of of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM, and an ordained a helping profession wanting to integrate a spiritual dimension electives selected from the Rowe catalog; reading and reflection this program. He integrates dream work, interfaith minister, David is a regular guest lecturer at the into your work, we invite you to apply. assignments between residencies; and monthly streaming spirituality, and social conscience, all from Kripalu Institute and at the Interspiritueel Seminarie in the This unique, two-year program will help you develop the video-conferences. You will be grouped in small cohorts that a Jungian perspective. He is co-founder and Netherlands, and has taught at Integral Yoga in NYC the Esalen foundational skills and worldview that will allow you to facilitate support learning, collaboration, and a sense of community, and past president of the International Association for the Study of Institute, and other educational venues. the spiritual journey of others. You will learn to generate and you will have a staff “mentor” who will support and guide you Dreams, founder-director of the Marin Institute for Projective Thomas Yeomans, Ph.D. is the founder and director of the hold the kind of space that invites others into a deep reflection on in reaching your individual goals. Dream Work, board member of the Unitarian Universalist Concord Institute and co-founder, with Russian colleagues, of questions of significance, while broadening your spiritual literacy, For more information, please go to www rowecenter. . Society for Community Ministries, and founding faculty at the the International School, a post-graduate training institute in St. Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministry. He teaches expanding your awareness of spiritual practices, and helping org/spiritual-guidance Petersburg, Russia. Since 1970 he has worked internationally at Sofia University (the former Institute of Transpersonal you to identify the shadow aspects of spirituality. It will give you as a psychotherapist, teacher, and trainer of professionals in Psychology) and John F. Kennedy University. Dr. Taylor is the psychosynthesis and spiritual psychology. An author, painter, author of The Wisdom of Your Dreams: Using Dreams to Tap into and musician, his background includes study at Harvard, Applications for the 2017-2019 Cohort are now being accepted, with a rolling deadline. Your Unconscious and Transform Your Life; The Living Labyrinth; Oxford, and the University of California, and professional work Applications will be accepted until all slots are filled. A few spaces are still left.Apply at www.rowecenter.org/spiritual-guidance and other books. in the fields of literature, education, and psychology.
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S e p t e m b e r 1-4 (Friday-Monday) Andrew Plummer has led the Make Your Wedding Special! Rowe Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual, and Bisexual, and Questioning Men for 10 years and has been an active Questioning Men member of the Rowe community for 25 years. He is actively involved ow in its 32nd year as one of the nation’s longest-running gay men’s in the pagan community in New England and other parts of the he Rowe Center is a magical place and the perfect spot to host a weekend wedding Nevents, the Rowe Labor Day Retreat continues to harness the power of country. Additionally, he works for Tcelebration. Working with our experienced staff, create your dream day from start brotherhood and transformation for gay, bisexual, and questioning men. Blue Man Group in Boston and holds to finish. A wedding at Rowe is not for everyone, but if you are looking for less We are experienced in creating a weekend event that brings men together a degree in landscape design. formality and more charm, Rowe offers a rustic setting that is beautiful and enchanting. in unique and connective ways. The retreat continues to provide a welcoming, Craig Kukuk, L.C.M.S.W., has We’ll help you create a wedding that you and your guests will not forget. nourishing, and fulfilling experience for gay men and it opens the door to a been a therapist for nearly 30 more connected view of the gay community and the world. years. He has worked in hospital Wedding Packages include: use of all of the facilities; use of the chapel for the therapy and run out-patient groups wedding; a wedding banquet for 90 guests; a wedding cake; Champagne toast; a Rowe Labor Day weekend offers group activities, lectures, togetherness, self- in his private practice. Craig has brunch on Sunday morning. acceptance, renewal, reflection, and creativity, as well as plain love and laughter. developed a program called Creative Single/double occupancy rooms for up to 45 guests. Dorm space for 26 guests. We come together with caring and kindness. The retreat’s goal is to create a Insights, utilizing various art forms weekend of surprise, sharing, and self-nurturing, while building a long-lasting to help individuals gain insights Heated cabin bunkhouses for 20 guests. Unheated cabin bunkhouses and camping into their lives and provide healing. available during September and May. community between men. While living in Michigan, Craig was We can put you in contact with local businesses or provide the following services Workshops led by gifted teachers explore relationships and dating, meditation, active in the Detroit Men’s Wisdom for an additional fee: • Flowers • Bar Service • DJ • Catering for rehearsal dinner spirituality, and much more. There is ritual, dancing, singing, body-work, and Council. Currently, Craig is a pastor a renowned group talent show. There are large and small group activities, yet of a small Quaker Meeting. He lives The rates to close our center in order to hold a private wedding vary according to with his partner and their sheep on a the time of year: we suggest you contact us a year in advance if you are interested in plenty of opportunities for free time or getting to know others. small farm in upstate New York. renting the center for a weekend wedding. Come experience the passing of summer into autumn with us. Many lasting friends and long-term partners trace their initial meeting to Rowe. This nourishing For more information, write [email protected] or call 413-339-4954. experience offers a bridge to a more connected view of the gay community—and of the world—and has done so for the past 32 years! Come see why! Visit the retreat website at www.rowelaborday.com for more information and “I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am to you and the entire to sign up for our newsletters. The Labor Day weekend ends on Monday and staff for the most amazing weekend ever. I have heard over and over costs an additional $150 for the extra day. from the guests that everyone had an incredible time and how great the location was and how beautiful it all looked.” —Allison Cupples, September, 2014
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Lama Willa Miller, S e p t e m b e r 7-10 (Thursday-Sunday) S e p t e m b e r 15-17 Ph.D., a Buddhist Meditation, Wilderness, and Wonder: Members and Friends Vacation Retreat teacher and The Path of Innate Freedom scholar, is fter a long summer, we need this meeting at 2:30. The afternoon ends and child-care will be provided in the also the h lama willa miller & bob morrison kick-back-and-relax celebration, with hors d’oeuvres and schmoozing. mornings. This retreat is heartfelt, Founder A and Spiritual Find your path to innate freedom through a unique journey of where we thank and honor our The sauna is always open. warm, embracing, and inspiring. Director of Natural Dharma meditation, wilderness exploration, and wisdom work. members, visit with old friends, and On Saturday night, we’ll have Fellowship in Boston, Mass, and its welcome newcomers. a wonderful dinner, followed by retreat center Wonderwell Mountain iscover how the inner journey of meditation opens you to dimensions The schedule is relaxed. We’ll have entertainment, or those who prefer Refuge in Springfield, New Hampshire. Dof spontaneity, joy, and freedom that are a natural part of your heart and She is editor, author, or translator some festivities and introductions peace and quiet can chill in the mind, your wild within. Conversely, discover how the outer journey of walking of three books, including The Arts Friday night. On Saturday morning, farmhouse. On Sunday morning we’ll among Rowe’s forests, streams, lakes, open skies, and winding paths opens you to of Contemplative Care: Pioneering we’ll offer a selection of workshops. sleep in, have a leisurely breakfast, and Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and dimensions of wonder and delight that support and mirror your innate freedom. Then we’re off to beautiful Pelham gather for a service in Rowe’s chapel. Pastoral Work. In 2013, she received During this extended weekend retreat with Tibetan Buddhist teachers Willa and a doctorate from Harvard University Lake for a gourmet picnic of harvest To honor and thank our members, Bob, you’ll alternate seated and walking meditation with periods of noble silence, in Religion and is currently Visiting foods and an afternoon of sunning, you pay only our fee for room and discussion, interactive sharing, and fun and play. You’ll learn to find guidance for Lecturer in Buddhist Ministry at swimming, singing, socializing, and board, but there’s no discount. If Harvard Divinity School. the inner path through relationship with nature and the beauty of earth, animals, napping. Some choose to go off to you’re not a member, there is an trees, water, and plants. You’ll discover wonder as a profound spiritual resource. Bob the Clark Art Museum, MASS MoCA, additional $50 fee which also gives Morrison You’ll explore why liberation from suffering is not about transcending the human or open-ended exploring. You’re you a one-year membership. Children has studied condition—it’s about finding the inherent freedom within it. and practiced welcome to join us for our annual are welcome for half their parents’ cost, in the This retreat is open to people who have never meditated before, as well Dzogchen as experienced meditators. This workshop lasts an extra day and costs an tradition additional $150. of Tibetan Buddhism since 1994. As a meditation teacher with Natural Dharma S e p t e m b e r 8-10 Fellowship, he co-directs its Margha program, offering year-long trainings Waking Your Sleeping Giant h jean houston in natural meditation and bodhicitta practices. He is also a guiding Through wisdom of spiritual teachers, principles derived from teacher with Foundation for Active quantum physics, and Jean’s own lifetime of observations, discover Compassion. how to increase your power in every aspect of your life!
lectric shocks of change are jolting the world every day, challenging you Jean Houston Eto respond strategically in new ways. Jean is an internationally known is author of philosopher, behavioral scientist, and cultural historian who has transformed 30 books lives for more than 50 years. Buckminster Fuller said that her mind “should exploring be considered a national treasure.” Join her to learn how to look at the world aspects of the human around you with a radically fresh perspective. You’ll discover the larger potential story that’s sweeping through societies across the globe and the critically movement, important new ways of thinking and being that are now required. Through her which she helped to found. Her characteristic humor and keen insight, Jean will help you awaken the “sleeping most recent book is The Wizard of Us. She has trained leaders in human giant” that lies dormant within you. She’ll help you expand your understanding development and social change of your identity and the vast untapped persona that lies within, freeing you to for the UN and other international live at an exciting new level of personal purpose and collective action at this groups in 109 countries. transformative time in human history. This workshop costs an extra $30.
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Starhawk S e p t e m b e r 22-24 S e p t e m b e r 29-O c to b e r 1 * is author or coauthor Collaboration, Co-Creation, and Empowerment: Couples on the Path to Wholeness of 13 books on earth- Community-Building Skills for Challenging Times h j oy c e & b a r ry v i s s e ll based s ta r h aw k spirituality h Discover why Marianne Williamson says, “I can’t think of anything and Now more than ever, it’s crucial to know how to foster clear communication, more important to the healing of our society than a connection between activism, connection, and positive power in yourself and among members of your spirituality, relationship, and parenthood. Bravo to the Vissells for including community—when you agree with them and especially when you don’t! Joyce Vissell, R.N., M.S., is a helping us find the way.” the classic nurse/ therapist and Barry Vissell, The Spiral Dance, her visionary novel M.D., is a medical doctor and magine your relationship expressing the true depths of your love and The Fifth Sacred Thing and its long- o do big things in the world, you need both individual empowerment and psychiatrist.They have been deeply commitment. If you’re in love, this retreat is an opportunity to rise even awaited sequel City of Refuge, as Tskilled collaboration with others. How do you find the source of your true in love for more than 50 years, have I well as The Empowerment Manual: A creative and healing power? How can you overcome obstacles that keep you raised three children, have been higher in love. If you’re facing challenges, this retreat is an opportunity for Guide for Collaborative Groups. She from being effective and courageous? When you join with others who share teaching at Rowe for 26 years, and healing on a profound level. You’ll learn tools for deeper appreciation, healthy travels internationally, lecturing and “walk their talk.” Since 1972, they communication of feelings, the effects of using your partner as a mirror— teaching on earth-based spirituality, your ideals and visions, only to founder in conflict, how can you co-create have been counseling, healing, and working with positive as well as negative projections—understanding and the tools of ritual, and the skills of joyfully and effectively? Join Starhawk, a lifelong activist in peace and global- teaching internationally and have activism. justice movements and one of the most respected voices in modern earth-based written six books on relationship, respecting each other’s differences, resolving conflicts, apologizing (making spirituality, in a journey to explore your individual and collective sources of parenting, and personal growth: The amends), sharing sexual wellness and happiness, and developing a true inner Shared Heart, Models of Love, Risk to connection with your partner. You’ll learn a creative process to allow past hurts power. Discover ways for structuring groups to navigate conflict. Using tools be Healed, Light in the Mirror, Meant to heal, conflicts to be resolved, and trust to grow. There will be exercises and of magic, meditation, trance, and storytelling, and using ritual to raise and to Be, and A Mother’s Final Gift. focus group energy, you’ll learn to empower yourself while celebrating your They are co-founders and directors practices for couples to do with each other, and the weekend will be enhanced connection with resilient communities that can become joyful and effective of the non-profit Shared Heart with original music by Scott Kalechstein. Foundation. agents of change.
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The Wilds of Poetry: An Adventure in Mind f r i e nd s o f r ow e David Hinton teaches in Columbia Autumn Work Week h University’s graduate writing and Landscape h dav i d h i n to n program and is the first translator in Wonderful food, real and important work, the beauty of autumn, evening entertainment, outstanding company, and over a century to translate the four Immerse yourself in nature—and in the ancient poetic worldview that will a special kind of bonding are what we offer in exchange for your labor. We respect hard work and expect a lot from seminal masterworks of Chinese teach you to experience nature and yourself in new ways. ourselves and from those who join our productive and delightful work party. Re-experience what your body can philosophy. In his home near Hunger do; find the relaxation intrinsic to meaningful Mountain in Vermont, David has early 2,500 years after it dawned in China, the Taoist world view brought physical work; bring more beauty to this good taken these lessons to heart and Nnew direction and energy to the work of modern poets in America. Today, earth. Pay by the sweat of your brow. If you offered them to the modern world through modern ecopoetry and the concept of deep ecology, in which humans through his translations of Chinese have friends with skills and open hearts, invite “rivers and mountains” poems and once again are one strand of the tapestry of life rather than masters of it, the them along; we welcome anyone. Work Week his collections of essays: Hunger Taoist worldview remains vividly alive. Nobody knows the spiritual landscape is Rowe’s most intergenerational gathering. Mountain and Existence: A Story. of ancient China better than David—he’ll show you how he lives it and how Campers not long out of Rowe Camp see this His newest book is about ancient you can, too. With him as your guide, these concepts will spring alive for you as a cool chance to return to the place they Chinese and modern American love. Folks in mid-career, in transition, or ecopoetry: The Wilds of Poetry: An in the serenity of Rowe’s woodlands, streams, and ponds. As you share days of Adventure in Mind and Landscape. contemplation and conversation, you’ll discover viscerally how these ancient retired see this as a refreshing break and a great Among his many fellowships and ideas have influenced a significant movement in modern poetry and how place to meet new friends. Join this happy, awards, he recently was given a productive crew for a day or two or all five, but they can work for you in your daily life. You’ll also have the opportunity to lifetime achievement award by the be careful; it can be habit forming! Some of us experiment with composing poems in the way of ancient Chinese and modern American Academy of Arts and have been doing this for years. Letters. American masters.
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Daniel Foor, Ph.D., S e p t e m b e r 29-O c to b e r 1 O c to b e r 13-15 Gina Ogden, specializes Ph.D., in ancestral Meet Your Ancestors: Healing Ancestral Lineages The Gift of Desire: Daring to Know What You Want— L.M.F.T., is a and family master therapist g i n a o g d e n healing h da niel foor and Learning How to Get It h and shamanic through practitioner who Learn to relate directly with your recent and more ancient ancestors This weekend for women is about sexuality–and much more. bob
multiple has touched the masla for personal, family, and cultural healing. sources: lives of women ina’s pioneering 4-Dimensional Wheel has helped thousands of women guidance all over the from f you want to understand the complex relationship between the living and the Gclear old blocks and step into new experiences of self-esteem, pleasure, world through her retreats, trainings, teachers in Buddhism, Sufism, and Idead, if you want to learn healthy ways to maintain connection with beloved and loving relationship. Under her compassionate and caring guidance, you’ll and online courses. She is the founder of the 4-D Network for Body, Mind, earth-honoring traditions (e.g., family members after their deaths, join Daniel—author of the forthcoming book discover creative ways to open heart-to-heart communication. You’ll learn how European pagan paths, Native Heart, and Spirit, and the award- contemporary neuroscience can inform your potential for growth and change. American ways, Mongolian Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing—for this remarkable winning author of many books; her shamanism, and West African Ifá/ weekend of teaching, direct visioning and trance work, group dialogue, and other You’ll gain strategies to help you transcend dynamics of loneliness, guilt, shame, latest include: The ABCs of Love and Òrìs. à tradition); training as a doctor ancestor-focused rituals. Coming into direct relationship with your ancestors and conflicting messages that set performance pressures alongside “good-girls- Sex, Heart & Soul of Sex, The Return of Desire, Expanding the Practice of of psychology and clinical mental can help transform negative family patterns into blessings and encourages good don’t.” You’ll experience shamanic journeys to your inner Keeper of the Flame. health professional; and two decades Sex Therapy, and Exploring Desire and You’ll draw inspiration from women’s stories and from the magical ways of of implementing the teachings of health, self-esteem, clarity of purpose, and better relationships with the living. Intimacy: A Workbook for Creative ancestor reverence in his own life. It also can help you connect with supportive ancestral guides and partner with Isis, ancient Initiator into the Sexual Mysteries. The weekend is deep. The Clinicians. He has guided hundreds of ancestor them safely to assist the dead who are still in need of assistance. work is transformational. Our circle welcomes you in all your complexities trainings, rituals, and talks throughout There are no prerequisites; however, prior experience with inner work and and contradictions—from wounded waif to sensual goddess, at any age and the United States and helped many Katina Makris, sexual orientation, whether or not you have a partner. others to reconnect with their family personal healing, as well as relating with spirit guides and teachers, are helpful. C.C.H., C.I.H., ancestors through personal sessions. People new to ancestor work, adoptees, those with a healing-arts practice, and Health professionals who attend this program can earn 15 AASECT is the author of the His book Ancestral Medicine: Rituals those with tough experiences of family are warmly welcome. CEs and other CEUs . award-winning for Personal and Family Healing will international be published this year. bestsellers O c to b e r 6-9 (Friday-Monday) O c to b e r 13-15 Autoimmune Illness & Lyme Disease Recovery Guide: Mending Body, Mind ® Ysaye M. Building a Vocal Community : Singing in the Tick Action: Getting Serious About Recovery & Spirit and Out of The Woods: Healing Lyme Disease. Katina is a Barnwell African-American Tradition h y s ay e b a r n w e ll from Lyme Disease h katina makris & jodie dashore holds a homeopathic practitioner of 35 years. doctorate Reserve quickly: This workshop is a whole lot of fun and sells out early! If you or someone you know suffers from this terrible, debilitating Jodie Dashore, in speech illness, let two leading medical experts introduce you to an integrative M.D. (In., pathology ne of the most energetic and beloved workshop leaders ever to come approach toward recovery. Neurology), M.Sc. and a to Rowe, Ysaye will envelop you in the joy of community through the (Immunology), postdoctoral O yme disease is the fastest-spreading infectious illness in America, with more O.T.D., H.H.P., degree in public health. Starting in music of the African-American vocal tradition, including calls and chants, than 300,000 cases contracted annually and a mere 10 percent properly named Top Doctor 1979, she performed and recorded spirituals, ring shouts, hymns, gospels, songs of the Civil Rights Movement, L in Neurology and Natural Medicine with the internationally renowned and songs of contemporary struggle. Mostly you’ll sing, but she also will bring diagnosed or treated. Often mistaken for autoimmune illnesses, the chronic form 2016-2017 by the International a cappella quartet Sweet Honey her deep knowledge of the African-American tradition to discussions about of Lyme Disease requires a broad spectrum of integrative medicine modalities Physicians Association, is in private In the Rock and composed some of if you’re serious about healing. Join Dr. Dashore and Katina Makris—chronic practice in Marlboro, New Jersey. the group’s most popular songs. She the songs’ historical, social, and political contexts. She will introduce you to Lyme disease survivors themselves, master healers, and renowned international Classically trained in conventional retired from Sweet Honey in 2013. the values embedded in the music, the role of cultural and spiritual traditions medicine and also dedicated to and rituals, ways in which leadership emerges and can be shared, and the teachers—as they present a comprehensive program of traditional and holistic natural medicine, Dr. Dashore treats nature of cultural response to political struggle. medicine information. Supporting the detoxification pathways, restoring damage patients of all ages suffering from tick-borne diseases and coexisting On Saturday and Sunday evenings, we’ll have films, discussions, impromptu to bodily systems, killing off infectious organisms, and restoring emotional and spiritual health form the basis of their full-spectrum approach. complicated conditions like Biotoxin performances, or sing-a-longs led by some of our guests. illness and Methylation. She is able to No prior musical experience is necessary; the only requirements are a You’ll learn about minimizing Herxheimer reactions, reducing inflammation, correlate the best of both approaches, willingness to sing as fully as you can and to embrace joy. using homeopathic self-help remedies to supplement conventional medicine, the conventional and holistic, and designs intrinsic need for emotional empowerment, and much more. Specialized mind- customized genetic-based protocols This Columbus Day weekend workshop lasts an extra day and costs an for each patient. additional $150. body-spirit exercises will be taught, too.
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O c to b e r 20-22 (Friday-Sunday option 1) O c to b e r 22-24 (Sunday-Tuesday) Kim Klein has written O c to b e r 22-27 (Sunday-Friday option 2) Reliable Fundraising in Unreliable Times five books, O c to b e r 20-27 (Friday-Friday option 3) including k i m k l e i n h the classics World as Lover, World as Self: Joanna Macy’s Learn how to raise money for your nonprofit from the woman who Fundraising Theory and Practice of the Work that Reconnects literally wrote the book on the subject! for Social susan
Change and freundlich h a nn e s y m e n s - b uc h e r Reliable aising money is hard, but after this workshop you’ll have tools to with the Work that Reconnects Team Anne Symens-Bucher was first Fundraising introduced to the work of Joanna R overcome the obstacles. Join Kim, an expert on fundraising for in Unreliable “Anne worked with me closely for over 11 years and I have confidence in Macy in 1984 and has served as organizations that work for social justice, and discover what a systematic Times. She founded the Grassroots her and appreciation for the wisdom and skills she brings to sharing the her Executive Assistant for 11 and disciplined fundraising program looks like, how to create a message Fundraising Journal in 1981 and Work that Reconnects.” —Joanna Macy years. She is a seasoned facilitator published it for 25 years. She has that raises money, why people who have jobs are your best prospects and of the Work That Reconnects and trained and consulted in all 50 states which strategies reach them, the importance of segmenting your donors and oin Anne for the Work That new way of seeing the world as our has co-facilitated with Joanna for of the US and in 21 countries and has many years. Anne is the visionary how to work with each segment, and how to mobilize your board and other worked in all aspects of fundraising: Reconnects, known worldwide for larger living body, freeing us from the J founder of Canticle Farm community volunteers to raise money. You’ll learn why building a broad base of donors as staff, as a board member, and empowering activists in movements assumptions and attitudes that now in East Oakland, California, a as a volunteer. She teaches in the is crucial and how you can do that by creating a clear and compelling case, for global justice. This dynamic, threaten all life on Earth. Learn how community immersed in the Work School of Social Welfare at the identifying prospective donors, asking for money in person, and building a interactive body of work, generated by to turn despair and apathy in the face That Reconnects that has a particular University of California, Berkeley, focus on facing white privilege and team of people willing to ask. You’ll work with partners to practice phoning and is a principal at Klein and Roth Joanna Macy and colleagues over 38 of overwhelming social and ecological structural racism. to set up meetings, and you’ll work in twos and threes to practice asking for Consulting. She serves on the years, has been a consistently popular crises into constructive, collaborative boards of the California Association money in person. You’ll come out ready to fundraise like a pro. event at Rowe. Joanna, who taught action. of Nonprofits and the National here for over 30 years, is an exemplar There are three options . Option ticipants . Option 2 costs twice the Priorities Project. of the ideals and values that are at 1 is the weekend program, open to cost of Rowe’s regular weekend work- N ov e m b e r 3-5 the heart of The Rowe Center. The everyone . Option 2 is the weekday shops, so you get one day for free . We Work That Reconnects has inspired program for a deeper experience highly encourage you to select Option Drawing Out Your Soul: The Experience of Touch many thousands of people to engage and understanding of the Work and 3, which is to stay for both programs Drawing h debor ah koff-chapin wholeheartedly in The Great Turning is restricted to people with previous and receive a 10% discount . to a life-sustaining society, bringing a experience, including Option 1 par- Deborah Immerse yourself in the simple, empowering process of Touch Drawing Koff- and strengthen your alignment with your creative source! Chapin has been f you lack artistic confidence, Touch Drawing can spark your expressive developing potential. If you have experience with visual art, it deepens your source Touch Drawing since 1974, and has I been a teacher and presenter at of inspiration. If you’re a therapist, teacher, social worker, coach, or spiritual conferences and graduate programs guide or work in healthcare or hospice, you can develop your own way of using internationally. She is the creator it in your work. You simply roll paint onto a smooth board, place paper upon of SOULCARDS 1&2 and author it, and touch the page. The pressure of your fingertips leaves an impression on of Drawing Out Your Soul. Her artwork has appeared in numerous the underside. The image is a direct transmission of your being in the moment magazines and books. Deborah, who it was created. The speed and directness of Touch Drawing allows you to bring received her B.F.A. from Cooper forth a full series of drawings in a single session. Union, is an adjunct professor at Deborah holds a safe and sacred space while you draw, accompanied by gentle the California Institute for Integral Studies, has served on the board drumming, gemstone crystal bowls, and her soulful voice. Simple movement of the International Expressive Art and vocal toning practices will help you open your creative channels. Deep Therapy Association, and is founding inner time to draw and write will be balanced with circle and partner sharing. director of the Center for Touch There is a $50 materials fee for a full Touch Drawing kit that participants Drawing. can take home.
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Robin Wall ov e m b e r hursday unday N ov e m b e r 3-5 Chris N 9-12 (T -S ) Kimmerer, Martenson Ph.D., is The Gifts of Plants: An Experience of Indigenous earned Peak Prosperity Advanced Course: Developing a plant a Ph.D. Wisdom and Scientific Knowledge ecologist, Your Emotional and Social Capital from Duke writer, and h r o b i n wa ll k i m m e r e r University h c h r i s & b e c ca m a rt e n s o n Distinguished and a MBA Join Robin, bridging Western botanical science with Native American Teaching Professor at the State Discover how to remain grounded and clear during these times of global from Cornell. He worked in the world University of New York College of plant expertise, as you explore the late-autumn fields and forests of Rowe. of corporate finance and strategy distress, so that you can experience the fullness of today and contribute Environmental Science and Forestry. for 10 years and is an accomplished powerfully to a better tomorrow. She serves as the founding Director any indigenous cultures view plants as among our oldest teachers, carrying speaker and author who has presented of the Center for Native Peoples this material at the UN, at the UK he old world is falling apart. Your ability to live a full and joyful life in these lessons on how we might live. If plants are our teachers, what are they and the Environment. Of European M Parliament, in Las Vegas, and to teaching us? How might we become better students? Wandering outdoors among and Anishinaabe ancestry, Robin is Ttrying times depends on your ability to be with your emotions, learning corporations and audiences the world an enrolled member of the Citizen what they have to teach you about your deepest self. Chris and Becca’s “Peak trees and wild meadows with Robin, a distinguished professor of environmental over. Dr. Martenson spent six years Potawatomi Nation. Her essays sciences and forestry, member of the Citizen Potawatami Nation, and author of the researching and creating the video Prosperity: Thriving in Any Future” workshops, their “The Crash Course” appear in Whole Terrain, Adirondack version of The Crash Course, which has video series, and Chris’s and Adam Taggart’s book Prosper! address what you acclaimed book Braiding Sweetgrass, you’ll explore the many lessons and gifts that Life, Orion, and several anthologies. been viewed more than 2.5 million times. She is the author of Gathering can do to flourish amid the coming crises by building up eight different forms plants offer us: foods, medicine, fiber, materials, beauty, inspiration. How can we His Crash Course book was published in Moss, which was awarded the John of capital. This experiential workshop focuses on two of the most critically reciprocate the generous gifts of the plants? What gifts do we carry on their behalf? 2011 and Prosper! in 2016. Burroughs Medal for Nature Writing Braiding together indigenous and scientific knowledge, you’ll enjoy a weekend of important of these eight forms: emotional and social capital. Without these, in 2005. Her latest book, Braiding you could be rich in the other six but still unable to enjoy your life and manage plant encounters, from close observation of mosses to wide-ranging reflections on Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Becca Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings challenges the future may bring. In this extended weekend, offered for the first our cultural relationships with plants. The weekend includes natural-history walks, Martenson of Plants was awarded the Sigurd time, you’ll learn a transformational emotional-processing tool called Focusing, readings, writing, and samplings of wild plant teas to enhance your enjoyment of is an expert Olson Nature Writing Award. the stunningly beautiful woodlands of early November. at navigating receive advice for talking to reluctant partners about difficult material, and the emotional much more—including a deep dive into being. N ov e m b e r 5-7 (Sunday-Tuesday) and belief- (Note: This workshop is intended primarily for people who have attended a Rev. Stephen centered “Peak Prosperity: Thriving in Any Future” [PP] workshop within the last five years. M. Shick Speaking by Heart: The Art of Public Speaking challenges that impede positive change. has practiced She is a Certified Focusing Trainer It will be limited to 35 participants to offer a more personal experience. If you s t e p h e n m s h i c k speaking Without a Manuscript h . and Practitioner, teaches inter-faith would like to attend but haven’t been a participant in past PP workshops, please without a Are you ready to go paperless in your public speaking? This innovative approaches to earth-based spirituality, contact The Rowe Center. Chris and Becca will consider each case individually.) manuscript and has a private practice as a counselor, approach will liberate you to speak successfully to any group! Because this program continues for an extra day, there is a 50% surcharge on for more coach, and guide through the inner than 20 years. wilderness. both the program and accommodations fees. Stephen’s re you a pastor, an activist, or someone yearning to communicate with love of the spoken word began with greater effectiveness socially or in your business? Whether you’re a hosting a nationally syndicated radio A program for 12 years. As a principle seasoned speaker or you’re about to face your first audience, or even if you’re founder of Community Ministry and preparing to speak at a family gathering, do you have a feeling that you could the founding director of Unitarian be a better speaker—if only you knew how? Universalist Peace Network and If the prospect of public speaking terrifies you (as it does most people), this the Unitarian Universalist Service Committee’s US programs, Stephen workshop will give you the courage and confidence to try, and if you relish has used this style of preaching the prospect of speaking to groups, you’ll improve your skills. Stephen has nationally in keynote speeches, successfully taught hundreds of people from all walks of life. In a safe space, workshop presentations, and public you’ll learn a liberating and strikingly effective method of communicating with and congregational worship. He is a national CENTER Presenter on this an audience of any size. You’ll discover how to embody your ideas and your subject for the Unitarian Universalist passion and let your heart speak. You may come in a mumbler, but you’ll leave Ministers Association and the author with new tools to speak with presence, authenticity, and power. of two books, Be the Change and There will be reduction of $80 off the fee of this program, funded in part by a Consider the Lilies. grant from the Fund for Unitarian Universalism. Limited scholarships available.
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Paul Rezendes has authored N ov e m b e r 10-12 N ov e m b e r 17-19 several books, including the Mindful Tracking: Exploring the Outer and Inner Beauty for Broken Places h t r e b b e j o h n s o n highly acclaimed field guide Landscapes h pau l r e z e nd e s & g e o r g e l e o n i a k When the places we love are hurt, we hurt, too. Discover how to Tracking & the Art Learn to observe intimately the world around you by reading animal revitalize both yourself and the land with Trebbe, founder of Radical Joy of Seeing and The Wild Within, which tracks—and the world inside you by closely watching your mind and for Hard Times, and transform suffering into resilience and power. intimately explores the human condition tracking its pathways into your deepest self. and our connection with nature. He f you’ve seen your community and the wilderness areas you love become and his wife Paulette founded and operated a nature school for nearly 20 bserving the natural world carefully and attentively, noticing what you Ibroken, toxic, and endangered, you may feel tempted to respond to the years, helping people to connect their Omight not have seen otherwise, can prompt you to ask questions about Trebbe Johnson is the author of The hurt by turning your back on it—but when you become willing to attend to World Is a Waiting Lover and 101 Ways inner landscape of self with the outer your own place in the world. Those questions lead you inward, following the hurt places, in the land and in yourself, you can discover meaning, beauty, landscape of the natural world. Paul to Make Guerrilla Beauty. She guides and empowerment. This weekend you’ll have an opportunity to explore the continues to work full-time as a nature “tracks” through your inner landscape, where ultimately you see that distinctions vision quests, workshops, and other photographer, specializing in landscapes between physical and psychic landscapes begin to dissolve. Join Paul, nationally mythic journeys. In 2009, she founded ways in which the landscapes you care about are teachers and mirrors of your and seascapes of North America. Now renowned animal tracker, and George, founder of the Mindful Tracker School, Radical Joy for Hard Times, a non-profit deepest self. Working with inner dialogue, council, storytelling in partners, organization devoted to finding and “retired” from teaching tracking, this is and discover how looking for tracks and other signs of foxes or turkeys, fishers and much more, and walking through Rowe’s beautiful grounds alone or with a rare opportunity to work with one of making beauty in the earth’s wounded Trebbe and others, you’ll have a chance to praise and mourn what’s hurt, find Rowe’s favorite presenters. or deer in the late autumn woods of Rowe is a great way to hone your powers places, and she currently serves as of observation and develop intimacy with these beings—and with yourself. You executive director. She has camped wisdom and guidance, create ceremony for yourself, your neighbors, and for George can expect spontaneity and new discoveries as you explore the woodlands and alone in the Arctic, studied classical the land, and discover simple, creative tools for finding and making beauty Leoniak Indian dance, written about the Navajo every day for the hurt places within and without. conducts return to the cozy indoors to discuss what you came to see anew. By learning to and Hopi people, and slept in beautiful track and sign open your eyes, you’ll gain new understanding not only of the natural world, but wilderness areas—from her own back evaluations for also of your mind and spirit. yard to the Sahara Desert. the international Kevin organization Behan Cybertracker and runs his own tracking has been school, The Mindful Tracker, in southern N ov e m b e r 17-19 training Vermont. His academic background has dogs for 50 incorporated aspects of both research In Touch with Your Dog: How Getting Physical years. It is and education that utilize animal in his blood. k e v i n b e h a n tracking methods. He holds a M.S. in Helps Dogs Get Calm h His father conservation biology from Antioch Learn the “physics” of being physical with your dog, from a master founded University New England and a B.A. trainer who knows what your dog really needs in order to be a calm and trained from Marlboro College in biology and dogs in the companion. educational psychology. K-9 Corps in WWII n 50 years as a successful dog trainer, Kevin has closely observed dogs as and was the first American to train Iphysical and emotional beings. Like humans, he says, dogs can feel cut dogs for hospitals, police units, and off from their core physical being. The dog who snaps at his owner, chews retail stores. Kevin trained his first dog when he was 10 and started on everything in sight, or acts aggressively is reacting to an environment he his own kennel in 1981. Using perceives as standing between him and his vital physical being—his need to unique techniques, he has trained be in contact with things. On the other hand (or paw), when a dog learns to hundreds of police, protection, and make contact and gratify his need to be physical, the dog becomes a calm border-control dogs, as well as thousands of America’s pets, companion—and people do, too. Kevin’s exercises illuminate the physics of and is recognized as the how your dog makes contact, and they also help support the physical balance nation’s foremost expert of interactions between dogs and people. Your dog is likely to behave better on the rehabilitation of because he or she definitely willfeel better. We welcome you and your canine aggressive and problem dogs. He best friend to experience this very special weekend. wrote Natural Dog Training and Your Dog is Your Mirror.
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N ov e m b e r 24-26 D e c e m b e r 1-3 Know Your Trees: A Thanksgiving Retreat Die Wise: Living Deeply, Dying Well in the Woods h m i c h a e l wo j t e c h h s t e p h e n j e n k i n s o n “Michael is a wonderful guide in the woods, and also very patient, Dying can be—and must be—the fullest expression and incarnation of which translates into being a careful listener and educator. I highly what you’ve learned by living. Discover what death can be with Stephen, recommend him.” —Tom Wessels Stephen Jenkinson, M.T.S., M.S.W., is an activist, teacher, who is revolutionizing our experiences of grief and dying. Michael Wojtech, a freelance author of the award-winning book naturalist, writer, teacher, illustrator, alk off your Thanksgiving feast this weekend and learn how to see the Die Wise: A Manifesto for Sanity and or Stephen, how you die is the proving ground, the cradle, and the grave and photographer, is author of Bark: trees for the forest. Soul, and the subject of the feature- for every conviction you may have about justice and mercy, about the A Field Guide to Trees of the Northeast. W F length documentary Griefwalker. He But why do a tree I.D. program in late November, when boughs are leafless meaning of life, about what love should look like, and what it should do. Tom Wessels has said,“Michael is the has a master’s degree in theology and next year’s buds are still hunkered down? The answer is bark—the one expert when it comes to identifying from Harvard and a master’s degree Stephen has worked with dying people and their families, with nurses and trees by their bark, and his book Bark characteristic that’s visible year round. Learn the distinctive bark of a species, in social work from the University with caregivers, for two decades. Explore with him what he has learned about is a must for anyone interested in and you can pick it out from all the other trees in the forest, without the of Toronto. Formerly a program the skills of dying, skills that have to be learned in the course of living deeply natural history.” Michael co-authored, director at a major Canadian hospital fripperies of leaf and flower. Michael will show you how to detect subtle and well. Discover why dying is not the end of wisdom and why wisdom is with artist Julia Kuo, Drawing Trees and assistant professor at a medical differences; as your powers of observation sharpen, you’ll learn why bark on and Leaves. He earned his master’s school, he has consulted for palliative- not exhausted by dying. Learn why dying well is not only a spiritual obligation, degree in Conservation Biology from some species is smooth whereas on others it’s thick or broken or peels away care and hospice organizations and says Stephen, “but also a moral obligation. . . . If you love somebody, if you Antioch University New England, in curly strips You’ll look at trees in a range of scales, from cells to forest founded The Orphan Wisdom care about the world that’s to come after you, if you want somebody to be where he edited the journal Whole School in 2010. Terrain. ecosystems, and through expanses of time. When the weekend’s over, you’ll spared the lunacy of what you’ve seen, you’ve got to ‘die wise.’” be able to walk through a typical forest and actually know what you’re seeing.
D e c e m b e r 1-3 Jump Start Your Memoir: Writing from the Heart h n a n c y s l o n i m a r o n i e Don’t try to sound like a writer—BE one! Nancy Slonim his is a safe place for writers to write—and if you feel safe, you can do Aronie is the anything. You can take the risk of saying this is who I am, this is what T author terrifies me, this is what moves me, this is what makes me laugh. When you of take that risk, you dig deep. Here you’ll use your own language, find your Writing from the Heart: Tapping own rhythm, write your own story, and honor your instincts. Anyone who the Power of Your Inner Voice. She’s taught at Trinity College in Hartford, wants to write, has written, or wants to make a firm connection to the power Connecticut, and received the Derek source of creativity is welcome to this nurturing space. Give your inner critic Bok Teacher of the Year Award at a vacation—it could be permanent!—and celebrate who you are without Harvard for two consecutive years judgment or evaluation. You’ll laugh, you’ll cry, and you’ll become an alchemist as a teaching fellow for Robert Coles. She’s been a television performer in as you turn pain into gold. Write with renewed innocence and astounding the miniseries “Catch a Rainbow,” power. It is not unusual for a life transformation to take place in the sacred a magazine columnist at McCall’s, circle Nancy creates. You cannot be wrong. The truth is healing; writing the and a commentator for NPR’s “All truth is always right. Things Considered.” She created the Chilmark Writing Workshop in her home on Martha’s Vineyard.
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D e c e m b e r 8-10 Ruby Sales, D e c e m b e r 8-10 M.Div., has Advanced Shamanic Training in Creativity answered the Where Does it Hurt?: Overcoming the Pain of White call of social h n a n m o s s justice work Supremacy h r u b y s a l e s for more If you’ve taken the “Way of the Shaman” program based on Michael Join this civil rights legend and educator for soul-searching than 50 years. Harner’s shamanic work, this advanced training in accessing your The call first conversations on white supremacy and systematic oppression and come creative potential will lead you to the next level. came when away with a radical new spiritual perspective on the tasks before us. she was a reativity is ancient, fundamental, and complex, a driving force in our lives. teenager at Tuskegee Institute, where ith her characteristic fierce clarity, open-heartedness, and spiritual-activist CShamanism brings a fresh approach for cultivating your creative potential. she joined the Student Nonviolent Wapproach, Ruby brings fresh energy and hope to an issue that all too often Coordinating Committee (SNCC) In this advanced workshop based on Sandra Harner’s years of research, you’ll founders in rage, frustration, and despair. Like Martin Luther King, Jr and James and worked on voter registration have the opportunity to enhance your creativity through practicing shamanic in Lowndes County, Alabama. She Baldwin and other peaceful warriors before her, Ruby believes all Americans are participated at age 17 in the Selma to Nan Moss is a longstanding faculty methods. “Shamanic practice is a creative act that relies on the ability to hurt by a racist system that continues to oppress people of color. For this nation Montgomery marches of 1965 and member of the Foundation for transcend the bounds of ordinary reality and enter the shaman’s world with to survive, she says, we must forge new ways of honestly talking about how was arrested with other activists in Shamanic Studies, an international trust based on direct firsthand experience,” as Harner writes. She continues, this brutal reality affects whites as well as blacks. Join Ruby to explore with her Alabama for picketing a whites-only organization founded by Michael “As a creative psychospiritual process, shamanic journeying is a method store. Released after a terrifying how white supremacy is rooted in a spiritual crisis of white America, and how Harner that is a leader in the week in jail, she was threatened by a resurgence of Western shamanism. known through the ages all over the planet. By reviving shamanic journeying, the spiritual and psychological impact of its racist ideology inhibits our lives, special county deputy with a shotgun. She studied shamanism with contemporary Westerners have adopted a methodology for discovering and shatters our common connections, destroys trust, and leaves us in a state of Jonathan Daniels, a white Episcopal indigenous teachers of Brazil, Norway, rediscovering shamanic experience and content directly and for tapping constant anxiety. A new language is needed, she says, that incorporates not only seminarian and fellow activist, Siberia, China, and the western U.S. into their inherent creative potential.” Nan will help you realize that creative pushed her aside and took the shot our outrage at the harm that has been done, but also a vision of love through and has explored Celtic shamanistic meant for her, dying instantly. An all- traditions as well. She and Harner are potential, through historical and anthropological examples and a variety of which we could become a new people—the America still waiting to be born. We white jury acquitted Jonathan’s killer. the authors of Weather Shamanism: specific shamanic exercises that you can apply to your personal life. invite you to become a part of that change. Ruby later graduated from Episcopal Harmonizing Our Connection to the Note: This program is limited to those who have taken the “Way of the Theological School, which Jonathan Elements. Shaman” basic workshop taught by Nan at The Rowe Center or taught had attended. Ruby received a anywhere by a Foundation for Shamanic Studies faculty member. B.A. degree from Manhattanville College, attended graduate school at Princeton University, and received her Master of Divinity degree from the Episcopal Theological School. Ruby has received numerous awards and honors, including the national Martin Luther King, Jr. Peace Award from the Fellowship of Reconciliation, and was selected as one of 50 African-Americans from the Civil Rights Movement spotlighted in the new Smithsonian Museum of African-American History and Culture in Washington, DC. She is also a co-founder of SAGE Magazine: A Scholarly Journal on Black Women. She is the founder of the SpiritHouse Project in Atlanta, Georgia, a non- profit organization dedicated to the memory of Jonathan Daniels, using the arts, research, education, action, and spirituality to bring diverse peoples together.
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Eclipse Neilson is the director of What’s Rowe Like in the Snow? the Rowe Center program“Woman Soul.” She is a skilled priestess, owe in any season is a haven of beauty; in winter it is beauty’s pure and visionary artist, award- winning author, and founder of the Magaian R glistening heart. This year our January and February workshops will Way. She currently designs arts- be held in the cozy Gathering Room of our Farmhouse, so you’ll enjoy your based bully-prevention programs and workshop of learning and conversation lounging in front of our glowing hearth is excited about her new novel Stand with a cup of hot chocolate. Between workshop sessions, simply pull up a chair in My Heart, which shares her deep passion and commitment to the plight to find yourself at the peaceful center of a giant snow globe while the world of elephants in captivity. around you swirls on. Of course, you’ll be feasting, too, in the convivial warmth of our dining hall, chatting with new friends and savoring Rowe’s comfort food. Or you can go outside and watch for white-tailed doe or the shadowy shape of a fisher cat slipping between the birches. From chickadees to wild turkeys, the birds are out in force. You won’t have to worry about getting here—or returning—because our heroic facilities crew is out at dawn with shovels at the ready, and the town’s maintenance Tori Morrill, musician, songwriter, crews do an outstanding job of plowing and keeping the roads clear. percussionist, and vocalist, has over Give yourself a treat this winter. Leave your cares behind. Welcome home to 35 years of experience working in the music business. She studied music at Rowe. the University of Maine, with a focus on world drum traditions, and also studied with Layne Redmond. In 1989, D e c e m b e r 15-17 she formed the group Inanna, Sisters In Rhythm. Tori has released five The Gentle Spark That Heals: A Winter Solstice albums with Inanna.
Retreat for Women and Men h eclipse neilson, tori Paul D’Alessio is a singer and multi- morrill, fia alexander & paul d’alessio instrumentalist specializing in stringed instruments. He performs with Primo Take time for a pause to reflect on your year and to create a Cubano, playing Cuban Son music magical change in the coming one. on the traditional Cuban stringed instrument called Tres Cubano. He omen and men, dreamers and seekers, give yourselves and those you love plays fiddle with a band called the Wthe gift of celebrating Winter Solstice with a community of spirited and Holy Mackerals, guitar for a reggae band called the Dani Tribesmen, and caring souls. These have been hard times for many, and the world needs those who performs in a duo with Tori Morrill are willing to hold the light through the dark times. We all need a sense of calm called Tori and Paul. and community. Eclipse, director of Rowe’s summer community “Woman Soul,” has led Solstice gatherings for over three decades. Together with Fia, a magical Fia Alexander has many artist and forest wanderer; Tori, from the fabulous band Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm; years of ritual and Paul, a skilled multi-instrumentalist, she will bring you the healing light of experience with the Winter Solstice in a very down-to-earth and out-of-this-world way. Like the “Woman Soul” Ancients who knew how to prepare for the winter months, you will participate and with the feminist spiritual in ritual, meditation, song, dance, sound healing, feasting, and fun-filled arts and community in Portland, Maine. She crafts. You will learn to thrive in your own light at this dark time of the year. loves combining art with ritual to help Reclaim your glee—your spark—and enter a new era of extraordinary change and people create personally meaningful spiritual evolution. artwork.
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w i n t e r b r e a k vo l u n t e e r s J a n ua ry 5-7 Where the Wild Things are . . . Created: Write and/or Illustrate Your Own Picture Book! hy not spend your winter h s u z y b e c k e r Wbreak at Rowe? Volunteers wanted anytime December through Once upon a time, you had an idea (or you had an idea that you could January. Apply to be here for a few have an idea) for a children’s book—here’s your chance to make it linder
liz happen! days, a week, or a few weeks. If you Suzy Becker began her career were a Rowe camper, this is a time ive yourself a little weekend in the big woods to explore the world of as an award-winning advertising to give back to the place you love. picture books. You’ll retreat into your child-mind, open your marketing copywriter and then founded a If you never came to camp, come G successful greeting-card company. mind, and learn how to tame your critical mind as you craft your own anyway. Work 30 hours a week and She entered the world of books picture-book story from start to finish. Through a combination of exercises, with the international bestseller receive meals and housing and the personal coaching, and group discussion, you’ll cover all the basics—from All I Need to Know I Learned from chance to make a difference. When brainstorming and creating compelling characters, dialogue, pacing, and plots, My Cat. She has since written and you aren’t working, enjoy winter in illustrated 10 other books,including to the ins and outs of the publishing process—and you’ll go well beyond the the mountains. It’s a beautiful place four award-winning children’s books, basics. You’ll walk away with insider’s tips, tools, peer feedback, professional Kate the Great: Except When She’s to be. Giving yourself in service is a advice and a plan (not to mention that story you dreamed about once upon a Not, Manny’s Cows, Books are for generous act of kindness and we are time) that will keep you creating happily ever after. Reading, and Kids Make It Better, and very grateful. For more information two memoirs: I Had Brain Surgery, Writers who don’t illustrate, artists who don’t write, and confirmed writer/ contact [email protected] What’s Your Excuse? and One Good illustrators—whether beginning or experienced—all are welcome. Egg, both illustrated “in the tradition of James Thurber and Jules Feiffer” (Kirkus Reviews). Her most recent is Kate the Great: Winner Takes All. Suzy was a White House Fellow Rowe’s Community Service Internship Program during the Clinton administration.
hether you’re fresh out of college, going through a community with Wmid-life evaluation process, or newly retired, our the rest of our staff. internship program is a chance to take stock, explore new Living, working, and directions, meet wonderful people in a beautiful rustic playing with the same setting, engage in meaningful work, and be a part of a group of people is value‑based supportive community. full of complexities, Sabbatical is related to the word Sabbath: time outside challenges, and joy. normal time. Many have found our internship program Each person is invited to be a wondrous, enlightening respite from urban frenzy. to speak honestly and Others deepen their commitment to volunteerism, an openly, to find new opportunity for service. ways to deal with Interns are a part of the Rowe staff and work 33 hours a conflict, to take risks, week in exchange for room, board, and the opportunity to to enter the mysterious attend a weekend conference of your choice each month. realm of the inner life, and to be transformed by the whole Stay from six weeks to nine months, depending on your experience. If you believe in what Rowe is doing and have schedule. Work is arranged by matching Rowe’s needs with time to take a break in your life, please check out the your skills and preferences and includes housekeeping, program at www.rowecenter.org. maintenance, office work, or cooking. Call 413-339-4954 or send an email to: Interns live with each other and in a more loosely knit [email protected] for more information.
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J a n ua ry 19-21 F e b r ua ry 2-4 Benjamin Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Creative Genius The Wonderful Gay Men’s Retreat for Love, Seaman is a psychotherapist Within h k e nn y w e r n e r h benjamin seama n Introspection, and Courage in private practice Join renowned jazz pianist Kenny Werner in this master class that will Gay, bisexual, and questioning men! Mark your calendar for a in New York City inspire you to overcome anxiety and fear and lift your life into an restorative winter gathering that will delight and surprise you! with specialties adventure of spontaneity, fearlessness, and joy. in working with men and with same-sex and mixed- inter is a time for looking within. Make this your season to harness the Kenny Werner has been a world- sex couples. Ben has a long history of re you ready to discover the “master creator” who lives inside you? An class pianist and composer for over Wpower of brotherhood as you discover and bring forward a deeper self. facilitating men’s work at The Rowe 40 years and is the author of the Ainspired teacher as well as a gifted musician, Kenny offers down-to-earth Ben, a seasoned men’s-work facilitator, brings his creativity, community-building Center, Easton Mountain, and other landmark book Effortless Mastery: instruction and wisdom filled with eye-opening insights from his remarkable skills, and experience with group process to create a weekend with a happy mix places where gay men gather. He is a Liberating The Master Musician co-founder of the New York Center life of creativity and joy. Through intimate conversation and sparkling of caring and kindness, fun and renewal, sharing and self-nurturing, love and Within. His prolific compositions for Emotionally Focused Therapy demonstrations at the piano, he will show you how he learned to overcome and recordings have won National laughter, creative exercises and conversations (and a few surprises, too!). He was (EFT), is a Certified Emotionally Endowment for the Arts grants and feelings of inferiority by surrendering control and entering what he calls a long-time facilitator of Rowe’s renowned Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual, Focused Therapist, and supervises a Grammy Award nomination and “the space,” a realm of effortless thinking, inspiration, and freedom in which and Questioning Men, now in its 32nd year. If you’ve been to our Labor Day other EFT therapists. He is also resulted in a Guggenheim Fellowship. an adjunct lecturer at New York creativity and confidence arise and flow naturally. You’ll get a chance to learn Retreats, then you know the sanctuary of comfort and community that can be The New York Times has called him University, teaching Social Work it, too, when you join him at the piano—even if you’ve never played before— a “virtuoso,” the Boston Phoenix has experienced here, and if you’re a newbie, don’t be shy—this is your opening to a Practice and Diversity and the called him “an extraordinary gifted to experience a connection between sound and heart that moves you beyond new experience of yourself and a chance to forge a deeper connection to the gay recently created course “Relational artist,” and Quincy Jones has said limitations. You’ll experience in this workshop what Keyboard Magazine said community and to make lifelong friends. Minds” for therapists focusing on of Kenny, “Perfection. 360 degrees of his playing: “You never know where he’s going, but every place he takes you teaching and practicing relational and of soul and science in one human emotion-focused therapy. being. My kind of musician.” Kenny is a delight.” has created videos, lectured world- F e b r ua ry 9-11 wide, and authored many articles on how people can discover the “master Loving Deeply: A Valentine’s Celebration and Renewal creator” within. Retreat for Couples h a n t r a & r i c h bo r o f s k y You and your loved one are invited to join us to celebrate, renew, and deepen your love.
ove is the ultimate renewable resource, sustaining itself by continually Richard Borofsky, Ed.D., and deepening—becoming ever more mindful, trusting, resilient, playful, Antra Kalnins Borofsky, Ed.M., L are the founders and directors of the compassionate, and wise. This weekend you’ll learn several elegantly simple Center for the Study of Relationship practices to help you celebrate your love, connect under any conditions, in Cambridge, Mass, where they strengthen trust, open your hearts, and transform hurts, losses, and fears provide therapy and workshops for into a deeper loving. You’ll practice abiding together in the present moment, couples. Antra has been a marriage and family therapist, and Richard a meeting each other in truth and mutuality, and expanding your compassion to clinical psychologist, for more than include whatever is unloved in yourselves. 35 years. They are both longtime The Borofskys are master teachers of the art of loving, and have been Zen students and are contributing together as a couple for 45 years. They create a loving and safe environment, authors to Right Here With You: Bringing Mindful Awareness into ample enough to hold the whole human truth of who you both are—your Our Relationships; Joyful Wedding; strengths, your vulnerabilities, your fears, your faith, your doubts, and Wisdom and Compassion in your courage. This retreat includes humor and movement as well as talks, Psychotherapy; and On Intimate meditations, demonstrations, experiential exercises, and group sharing. Open Ground: A Gestalt Approach to Working with Couples. to all couples—straight or gay, young or old, married or unmarried—whether you have previously worked with the Borofskys or not.
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F e b r ua ry 16-19 (Friday-Monday) M a r c h 2-4 Undefended at the Threshold: Living into Death, Qigong: Mastering the Four Virtues of Lying, Sitting, Dying into Life h k i m r o s e n Standing, Walking h k e n co h e n Kim Rosen, Discover how facing death might be the most awe-inspiring M.F.A. Enjoy basic, easy-to-learn, yet powerful healing exercises and experience of your life.. is the meditations from ancient China. author of Saved by a Poem: The im inspires people worldwide with the transformative power of poetry, Transformative Power of Words. ith more than three million practitioners in the U.S., qigong is one Combining her devotion to speaking K and she has a gift for creating an exquisitely supportive sacred space—one of the most popular, enjoyable, and extensively researched methods poems by heart with her background W in which defenses melt, feelings flow, and communion with self and others is in spirituality and psychotherapy, of energy medicine. Join internationally acclaimed qigong grandmaster Ken fostered. Within that environment, the fear, grief, blessing, and revelation that she offers workshops, lectures and Cohen—who has been practicing qigong for more than 50 years and is known an international Mystery School, come with meeting the reality of death can be welcomed. Discover what all for his friendly and engaging teaching style—to discover how to lie down, sit, Ken Cohen (Gao Han), a world- as well as specialized work with the wisdom teachings of the world tell us: the key to life lies in how you meet stand, and walk as a whole human being, fully alive, centered, confident, and renowned Qigong Grandmaster, hospices, schools, and community death within and around you. Through interweaving mystical poems, music, is author of The Way of Qigong: service organizations. Kim also connected to the energies of the universe. These classical qigong practices The Art and Science of Chinese dancing, breath-work, guided inquiry, ceremony, free-writing, and sharing, founded the Safe House Education improve vitality, breathing, posture, and relaxation. They develop a storehouse Energy Healing and Honoring the Fund, providing college opportunities the unspeakable can be spoken, the unendurable met, and the miraculous of healing energy, making you more resilient during times of stress. You’ll Medicine: The Essential Guide to for Maasai girls rescued from encountered. You’ll look at questions such as, “What will be hardest for me leave the workshop with a wellness workout that can be added to yoga or Native American Healing, as well female genital mutilation (FGM) to let go of?” “How good am I at accepting help?” “Is there anyone I need to as numerous Sounds True audio/ and early marriages. Co-creator of any exercise routine. Although focused on practice, there also will be time to DVD courses and more than 200 forgive or ask forgiveness from?” As you befriend the inevitability of death— four CDs of poetry, she has been discuss qigong philosophy and the science behind qigong’s healing benefits. journal articles on spirituality a TEDx speaker, and her work has your own and others’—you’ll come to appreciate everyday opportunities for Open to beginners and all levels . and health in both English and been widely published, including letting go that abound in a life fully lived. Chinese. Ken speaks and reads the in O Magazine, The Sun, and The Take Ken’s weekend workshop and continue for his weeklong retreat and This weekend workshop lasts an extra day and costs an additional $150. Chinese language, and his academic Huffington Post. get a 10% discount on both! training includes graduate study Carolyn of Taoism and theology. He was F e b r ua ry 23-25 Baker, the first person to teach qigong in Ph.D., M a r c h 4-9 (Sunday to Friday) U.S. medical schools and won the is the co- Mining The Dark Gold: The Hidden Wisdom of Lifetime Achievement Award in author Shadow Healing h ca r o ly n b a k e r Primordial Qigong Intensive: Health, Longevity, Energy Medicine. with Andrew The Shadow knows! and Unity with the Tao h k e n co h e n Harvey Go deeper with Ken and tune body, breath, and mind so that they are in CREATE A LASTING LEGACY of Return To Joy, having herself ystical traditions and Jungian psychology agree: The greatest wisdom harmony, not only with each other, but also with the life force of the universe. written Dark Gold: The Human Let your spirit live on at Rowe. lies in the dark. The Shadow is that repressed, unconscious side of Shadow And The Global Crisis; Love M Remember The Rowe Center in your will. In The Age Of Ecological Apocalypse: yourself that you’d rather not face—but Shadow healing is essential if you are ractice the complete 12-movement system of Hunyuan (Primordial) The Relationships We Need To to claim your full humanity, understand the truth of our times, and develop P qigong, the legacy of Ken’s teacher, Madame Gao Fu, in direct lineage from Thrive; and Collapsing Consciously: the deep, skillful compassion you need for working with others. It isn’t easy, the founder of “medical qigong.” This revered and comprehensive system of Transformative Truths For Turbulent but the rewards are extraordinary. The treasures in the dark are wisdom and a ancient Chinese health and longevity exercises cleanses the body of stagnation Times. Her previous books are Navigating The Coming Chaos: A clear, deep compassion that are born when you know your own Shadow, the and recharges the body with fresh and clear energy (qi). As a break from the Handbook For Inner Transition and Shadow of others, and the way the Shadow works in the world. In this thought- exercises, enjoy qigong meditations for relaxation, clarity, and inner peace and Sacred Demise: Walking The Spiritual provoking and deeply personal workshop, you’ll explore your Shadow and listen to entertaining stories of the old masters. You’ll also learn about the healing Path of Industrial Civilization’s how it relates to the collective Shadow; how Shadow development serves as a benefits of qigong, how and why it works, and how to use qigong to improve Collapse. With Guy McPherson, Carolyn co-authored Extinction survival mechanism; how the Shadow is projected and how it protects you in other activities such as Tai Chi and sports performance. Dialogs: How to Live With Death in the short term but harms you in the long term; how to befriend the Shadow Open to beginners and all levels . Mind. She lives and writes in Boulder, with compassion; how energy and creativity become available when you do This workshop is five days long but only costs twice as much as our regular Colorado, and manages Carolyn deep Shadow healing; and how Shadow work facilitates forgiveness of yourself weekend programs. So you get one day for free! Do both programs and get a Baker Educational Services, LLC. and others, leading to wholeness and new self-knowledge. 10% discount on both.
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M a r c h 9-11 Reading the Body: The Power of Cherokee Hands-on Healing h lewis mehl-madrona & barbara mainguy Thanks to his Cherokee grandparents, Lewis has been acquainted with Native American healing practices since he was a boy. Join Lewis and Barbara to explore hands-on methods of Cherokee medicine. “
raditional Cherokee people called their techniques of hands-on healing T“reading the body,” and in this seldom-offered workshop you’ll have a unique opportunity to learn it yourself. Lewis, a physician who also trained with Cherokee elders, and Barbara will help you discover how Cherokee people used various strategies for touching the body, including deep pressure, rocking, shaking, running energy meridians, mobilization, and breath work as a means Lewis Mehl-Madrona is the to restore spirit to all parts of the body, They’ll guide you through supervised author of Coyote Medicine, Coyote Healing, and Coyote Wisdom, practice with the methods of Cherokee bodywork and offer examples of focusing on what Native culture incorporating imagery and dialogue; the importance of ceremony, ritual, and has to offer the modern world. He intent; manipulative medicine as a means of dialogue with the body; Cherokee has also written Narrative Medicine; acupuncture and knowledge of energy meridians and energy medicine; Healing the Mind through the Power of Story: the Promise of Narrative understanding how this form of healing as mind-body-spirit integration takes Psychiatry; and his most recent book, place in community; and more. with Barbara Mainguy, Remapping The workshop is suitable for all levels—from experienced bodywork Your Mind: The Neuroscience of Self- practitioners to those who are merely curious. Transformation through Story. He M a r c h 9-11 graduated from Stanford University School of Medicine and completed Naked Poetry: Finding the Courage to See Ourselves Major his residencies in family medicine Jackson is and in psychiatry at the University of h major jackson the author Vermont College of Medicine. He He “makes poems that rumble and rock” —Dorianne Laux. of four has been on the faculties of several collections medical schools, most recently of poetry, as associate professor of family want to be the lightning rod for someone who wants to write and sing his “ including medicine at the University of New or her particular life,” says Major Jackson, a poet with a path like no other. I Roll Deep, England. As likely to reference Prince or Jane’s Addiction as Du Bois or Lucretius, which won the 2016 Vermont Barbara Mainguy studied Major’s poems cross back and forth like searchlights between worlds. He is Book Award. His other volumes psychology and philosophy at the as familiar with the gritty streets of the inner city, where he grew up, as with include Holding Company; Hoops; University of Toronto and received and Leaving Saturn, which won the the serene halls of Academe, where he teaches and serves as poetry editor of her master’s degree in Creative Cave Canem Poetry Prize and was Arts Psychotherapy at Concordia The Harvard Review. This generative workshop will highlight the unsayable a finalist for a National Book Critics University in Montreal. She has co- truths of our lives and pinpoint where in language to say them. You’ll learn Circle Award. He is the recipient written Remapping Your Mind: the and use techniques of writing poetry that tap the unconscious for the fears of a Whiting Writers’ Award, Neuroscience of Self-Transformation Guggenheim Fellowship, Pushcart and joys within, while also looking at form as a doorway into the mysteries through Story with Lewis Mehl- Prize, Pew Fellowships in the Arts, Madrona. Currently she is of our selves. Whether you are a seasoned poet, new writer, or devoted and National Endowment for the completing her MFA in documentary reader, you will emerge with a new window onto the vastness of your own Arts Fellowship, among others. He filmmaking at York University, life, a new understanding of the power of detail, and—quite possibly—a is the Richard A. Dennis Green & Toronto, and working with Lewis in Gold Professor at the University of poem or two. Orono, Maine. She is the Director of Vermont and serves as Poetry Editor Education for the Coyote Institute of The Harvard Review. in Orono.
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M a r c h 16-18 The Way of the Shaman: Exploring the Hidden Universe h n a n m o s s Originated by Michael Harner, this is the basic workshop of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is the pre-requisite for all other Foundation training.
ost shamanic techniques are unique to particular cultures, but some Mof the basic practices of core shamanism—methods a shaman uses to Nan Moss is a longstanding faculty enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving, well-being, and healing— member of the Foundation for Shamanic Studies, an international can be adapted to modern American life. One of those practices is shamanic organization founded by Michael journeying, a remarkable visionary technique used worldwide in traditional Harner that is a leader in the societies to explore a hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth resurgence of Western shamanism. and dream. You’ll experience how the journey can restore spiritual power She studied shamanism with indigenous teachers of Brazil, Norway, and health and how shamanism can be applied in contemporary life to help Siberia, China, and the western U.S. renew yourself, others, and the planet. Aided by drumming and movement and has explored Celtic shamanistic techniques, you’ll also learn methods for journeying into non-ordinary reality traditions as well. She is the author of to meet and study with your own individual teachers there, a classic step in Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing Our Connection to the Elements. shamanic practice.
M a r c h 16-18 Jump Start Your Memoir: The Next Step h n a n c y s l o n i m a r o n i e
Isn’t it time you took your gold seriously? Nancy Slonim f you have been writing and writing and journaling and journaling, then Aronie this is your chance to gather all your stories, write some more, go deeper, is the I author of Writing from the Heart: wider, and take even more chances than you ever have done before. Are you Tapping the Power of Your Inner ready to begin to put your writing life into a form that can be read by your Voice. She’s taught at Trinity College family, your grandchildren, your writing group, or by the people who make in Hartford, Connecticut, and books into best-sellers? Are you ready to shape and honor it? received the Derek Bok Teacher of the Year Award at Harvard for two Nancy has been creating nurturing space for writers of all abilities for 25 consecutive years as a teaching years and has been called the ultimate midwife for words that want to come fellow for Robert Coles. She’s out. You may be given the same prompts and may experience the same safety, been a television performer in the but where you go will be your journey, and you will have the same results: miniseries “Catch a Rainbow,” a magazine columnist at McCall’s, laughter, tears, and words, words, words. Whether your memoir becomes a and a commentator for NPR’s “All book or a blog, something that gets published by the big guys or self-published, Things Considered.” She created the this workshop is the next step in making sure your memoir or work is read by Chilmark Writing Workshop in her a larger audience. home on Martha’s Vineyard.
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M a r c h 23-25 M a r c h 23-25
Reigniting Your Creative Spark h e r i c m a i s e l Singing Ourselves Home: Learn strategies for rekindling passion and renewing devotion to your A Musical Retreat for Women artform with Eric, America’s foremost creativity coach. h s u s a n r o b b i n s & m a ry t h a pa f f r at h or young children, creating is pure pleasure. Then all sorts of demands Susan and Marytha are two of the dynamic forces behind Libana, Fbegin to creep in. Does your giraffe look like a giraffe? Is your grammar the women’s world music and dance ensemble acclaimed as “a wonder perfect? Are you singing on pitch? Over time, creating can feel like anything to behold” by The Boston Globe . This is one of our most beloved workshops, so sign up quickly! but pleasure. If you identify as a creative or performing artist, new demands creep in. Will what you create or perform be wanted? What about criticism, s thrilling as it is to listen to Susan and Marytha perform with Libana, rejection, and silence? What about all the competition? Do your efforts even Dr. Eric Maisel, has worked with it’s even more exciting to sing with them yourself! Making their annual matter? These many challenges can snuff your creative spark right out, but A thousands of artists worldwide. He pilgrimage to Rowe following a round of international concerts, Susan and has written more than 50 books, that spark can be rekindled! Whether you’ve only dreamed of a life in the arts Marytha invite you to join them for a special weekend to co-create a vibrant among them Fearless Creating, or logged thousands of hours in your chosen craft, join America’s foremost musical community of women, imbued with celebration, healing, playfulness, Coaching the Artist Within, Mastering creativity coach to learn how to overcome the challenges every artist faces Creative Anxiety, Creativity for Life, and song. You’ll experience the exquisite pulsation of chant, the elegant circular making art and making a living from it. Through lectures, exercises, and and The Van Gogh Blues. harmonies of rounds, and the exhilaration of collectively generating sound, discussions, you’ll learn how to keep the creative fires burning by identifying Susan Robbins, founder and rhythm, and vibration. Dance, laugh, and share song, community, and a sense of and managing the major emotional and practical challenges that come with a artistic director of Libana, knew wonder as you experience the joy of blending your voice with others. Bring an life in the arts. from an early age that singing was at the core of her spiritual path. Her open heart and the willingness to discover the singer that lives in each of us. You deep compassion, love of laughter, needn’t read music or be an experienced vocalist—seasoned singers and women and heartfelt belief in the healing new to the exploration of their voices are equally welcomed! power of music bring clarity, insight, and brilliance to her music and Libana is an ensemble that performs worldwide as “troubadours of peace”— teaching. most recently, in Bulgaria, India, and Morocco—and that has given expression to women’s experience for more than 35 years. The group has numerous CDs to its credit, including the most recent, “Instrument of Peace.” Need to Offer a Wonderful Gift?
Give a Rowe Experience!
Birthdays, graduations, weddings, holidays, and gift-giving occasions of all kinds call on us to come up with just the right present . Many Marytha Paffrath, Libana’s of us have more than enough stuff, principal drummer and percussionist, but we hunger for deep is an innovative teacher, singer, and meaningful experiences . composer, and writer who believes deeply in bringing the simplicity of song to the complexity of the A ROWE GIFT CERTIFICATE world. Together, Marytha and Susan IS PERFECT FOR bring lively, humor-filled, grounded EVERY OCCASION. guidance to workshops coast to coast.
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Phyllis M a r c h 30-A p r i l 1 M a r c h 30-A p r i l 1 Curott is one of The Magic of Living in a Sacred America’s Returning Home: Drawing Stories, Crafting Graphic first public World h p h y ll i s cu r ot t Narratives h k r i s t e n r a d t k e Wiccan Priestesses, Discover core shamanic Wiccan practices to reveal the realms of spirit Join a master of the graphic memoir for this hands-on workshop to an attorney that reside in the world of nature and to help you rediscover your discover how you, too, can make images and text come together to and natural, sacred self. tell stories and investigate ideas. Kristen Radtke is the author pioneering teacher of the Euro- of the graphic memoir Imagine indigenous revival. She’s an ave you ever wondered, “Why did I come to Earth?” It’s time to awaken to risten’s evocative graphic memoir, Imagine Only Wanting This, has been hailed Wanting Only This (Pantheon, outspoken advocate in the courts where you are, who you are, and why you are here. In this workshop with for its brilliance, beauty, and power: “One of the most haunting memoirs I 2017), which portrays her lifelong and media on behalf of Pagans H K fascination with ruins—both the and other religious minorities and Phyllis—renowned Wiccan priestess, attorney, and internationally bestselling have ever read” (Chicago Tribune). “A miracle and a masterpiece . . . . announces, emotional ruin of personal loss the author of Book of Shadows; author of Book of Shadows: A Modern Woman’s Journey into the Wisdom of Witchcraft like a siren in a sleeping city, the arrival of an unforgettable, undeniable talent” and the world’s literal ruins—and WitchCrafting: A Spiritual Guide to and The Magic of the Goddess and other books—you’ll explore techniques (Electric Literature). Her work proves that when words and pictures come together with people and places left behind. Making Magic and The Love Spell. for releasing extraordinary, life-transforming energy that heals the wounds of to tell a story, they create a scope and immediacy available through no other Newsweek raved, “Radtke’s Phyllis was Vice Chair of the 2015 memoir is an absolutely stunning Parliament of the World’s Religions, separation and reconnects you to the web of life and to divinity, an energy that will art form. Whether you’re an experienced illustrator or have never drawn before, look at what it is to recover from founded the Temple of Ara, and help you make magic with others and within yourself. You’ll learn the Creation working closely with Kristen, you’ll make your own storyboard, discovering how grief, and is so haunting you’ll be was inducted into the Martin Luther Principles, Mother Earth’s sacred wisdom teachings, and key practices that enable to convey emotion and arguments through images alone, and how to generate thinking about it for days after King Jr. Collegium of Clergy. Phyllis you to experience them as embodied reality rather than as abstract ideas. These compelling relationships with a dance of prose and visual art. As you cultivate reading it.” Kristen received an received her B.A. in philosophy MFA from the University of Iowa’s from Brown University and her Juris practices will include working with natural objects, elements, and spirits of place; an eye for different visual styles, you’ll begin to develop your own. Prepare to see Nonfiction Writing Program. She is Doctor from New York University grounding; circling; blessing; un-naming; listening; “breathing green”; and more. your story—real or imagined—unfurl before you! the managing editor of Sarabande School of Law. Mother Earth is calling. It’s time to return home. Books, and the film & video editor of TriQuarterly magazine.
P e r s o n a l R e t r e at s a nd G r o u p R e n ta l s Relax, Relate, Reflect, Revitalize
reate your own private retreat. traditional room, $125 for a comfort C At Rowe, the soul-sustaining room, and $150 a night for a studio. beauty of nature abounds. Walk These rates apply only on nights when in our enchanted forest. Enjoy the there is no programming. If you need sights and sounds of the waterfall. a cost break, we will barter. Delight in tranquility by our old mill Chop wood; carry water. Spend pond. Fall, winter, and spring, our part of your day in working guestrooms offer quiet and solitude meditation. most weekdays. Take a break from On weekdays and sometimes your busy life and reconnect with on weekends, our guest rooms, your soul. Come alone, bring a friend, a community meal. Watch the sunset conference rooms, and wonderful or have a family reunion. from the porch swing and marvel at food are available for your group to Make your own schedule. Get up the awesome night sky. rent. Our new guest house is available at dawn or sleep in. Write, read, walk Weekday rates, including kitchen for summer group rentals. We can the labyrinth, or simply do nothing privileges, are $65 a night for a dorm host weddings as well. Call us for at all. Help yourself to breakfast and room, $75 for an economy room, rates. We’d be happy to send you our lunch and join the staff when we have $90 for a rustic room, $110 for a group rental packet.
42 www.rowecenter.org 413.339.4954 413.339.4954 www.rowecenter.org 43 B e c o m e a M e m b e r : Food When you become a member, you help support a warm, non- We offer fresh, healthy, hearty, home-cooked meals. Our chefs competitive environment in which people can experience consistently amaze everyone with their delicious culinary community, creativity, learning, and joy, as well as personal and artistry. We provide vegetarian, vegan, dairy-free, and gluten-free spiritual growth. options. Please let us know about your dietary needs when you register. If you have a special diet, let us know and we will work YEARLY MEMBERSHIP with you to meet your needs. Students: ...... $35 Individuals: ...... $50 A cc o m m o dat i o ns Families: ...... $75 The sooner you register, the greater the housing choices. Owl-Level: ...... $100 Dormstyle housing is in the Farmhouse. Winterized Pegasus-Level: ...... $250 bunkhouses are large, insulated, heated cabins and sleep up Angel-Level: ...... $500 to 10 people. Unheated summer camp bunkhouses are open seasonally. The bunkhouses share the nearby all-season Archangel-Level: ...... $1000 bathhouse. If you’re staying in a dorm or bunkhouse, please D i r e c t i o ns Seraphim-Level: ...... $2500 bring your own toiletries, towels, and bedding (sleeping bag or DIRECTIONS Visit www.rowecenter.org for directions. Or call MEMBER PRIVILEGES sheets and blankets). If you’re staying in a cabin bunkhouse, 413-339-4954 and we will send you a map. * $15 discount on Rowe events please bring a pillow as well. We will provide bedding for an LOOKING UP DIRECTIONS ONLINE? Our address is 22 * $5 a night off personal retreat fees additional $10 with advanced notice. Kings Highway, Rowe, MA 01367. GPS and online directions are * 10% discount at our bookstore not always reliable in our area and cell phones do not work at or * Members’ weekend in September near the Rowe Center. So please look at the directions on www. Our gratitude to Rowe’s members and donors is boundless. rowecenter.org also. All donations are tax deductible. Rowe is a 501c3. CARPOOLING: To foster both friendships and respect for the environment, Rowe encourages carpooling. If you’re interested, C o n tac t R ow e : let us know and we’ll help you connect with people in your area. REGISTRATION & PROGRAMS Call 413-339-4954 or BUSES: Peter Pan buses (800-343-9999) run from Albany, register online at www.rowecenter.org. New York City, and Boston to Charlemont, Greenfield, and Call if you have questions. We’re usually open from 9 to 6, Williamstown. Call in advance and we will pick you up during seven days a week, but sometimes we’re in meetings or at We have single and double occupancy private rooms, business hours (9-6). There is a $10 fee for a pick-up in lunch, so please leave a message. For phone registrations have most of which have shared bathrooms. Some of our rooms are Charlemont and a $35 fee for a one-way pick-up in Williamstown your Visa, Discover, or MasterCard ready. wheelchair accessible. Bedding, including towels, is provided or Greenfield. Alternately, ask our office for a list of people who EMERGENCIES (OUTSIDE BUSINESS HOURS) Call 413- in private rooms. might give you a ride. CALLING WORKSHOP GUESTS Cell service is not available 339-5567, 413-339-4826, 413-339-8498, or the home phones FLYING: The closest airport is Hartford, CT, about two hours here. To reach a conference guest, call 413-339-4954. We check of staff people. Please use them only in a real emergency, and away. With advance notice we can pick you up during business messages during business hours, 9 to 6. try the office first at 413-339-4954. hours (9-6) for a $65 fee (one way). Generally we are able to get you a ride back with another guest, or a staff person will do the return trip. Please contact the office before making flight arrangements. TRAIN: The Amtrak station in Greenfield connects with New York City, Washington, D. C., and other cities north and south. Please check the Amtrak schedules online. There is a $35 fee for a one-way pickup at the Greenfield station. There is a $50 fee for W h at to B r i n g pick-ups at the Northampton or Springfield stations. Bring casual clothes, personal toiletries, sturdy shoes or boots, ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: If you are an alarm clock, a water bottle and travel mug, an umbrella, and using public transportation and need wheelchair-accessible a flashlight. You might want to bring slippers or heavy socks to transportation to get to The Rowe Center, please contact the office wear in the shoe-free conference rooms. for a list of providers. There are fee-based services available in You may need to bring bedding and towels, deur this area for wheelchair transportation. Advance notice is needed. accommodations—see section above for details. Thanks for leaving pets, perfumes, and scented oils at home A r r i va ls & D e pa rt u r e s . You may arrive as early as 4 p.m. Please leave your luggage in Please Note: Our programs are spiritual and educational, not your vehicle and come to the Farmhouse to register. If you arrive a substitute for ongoing therapy. Occasionally people find our after dinner we will leave a note with your name on it on the programs to be psychologically or physically challenging, so Farmhouse front desk. please consult a physician or counselor if you have any doubt. We encourage you to stay until the program is over as our weekends are whole, unified experiences.
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Any amount paid over the minimum Under $20,000 ...... $260 deposit will be refunded, regardless of the date you cancel. $20-40,000 ...... $280 The $30 processing fee will be waived if you transfer your deposit to another program at the time of cancellation or if you $40-60,000 ...... $300 donate your deposit to Rowe as a tax deductible contribution. $60-80,000 ...... $320 Waiving the processing fee is limited to one program change only. $80-100,000 ...... $340 If you do not notify us of cancellation before a program, you will Above $100,000...... $360 forfeit your entire minimum deposit. Members receive a $15 discount (see p. 44) COUPLES, GROUPS, & FREQUENCY DISCOUNTS MEALS AND HOUSING COST Couples from the same household coming to the same conference1/2 page receive ad (and aad 10% slightly discount smaller based than 1/2 on page) total family income. Commuting (meals only) ...... $100 This summer we need $73,000 to help make campers dreams come true. We offer a 10% discount to groups of 4 or more coming to the Camping ...... $130 Since 1999 the Woodside Scholarship program has aimed to reflect the cultural and ethnic diversity same conference. With enough notice we’ll even give you your Unheated Bunkhouse ...... WE . ARE $140 A UUACCC recognizes and embraces the crucial importance of fostering connections of our country. We work to create a safe space where young people can PROUD MEMBER OFown cabin,among so Unitarian get your Universalists friends beyond or thegroup walls of to our join congregations. you. With Our vibrant groups Winterized Bunkhouse ...... $155 network of camps, retreats and conference centers offer experiences of growth, relate and connect, while learning to interact in caring, thoughtful ways that honor the principles of 5-7, theconnection, organizer spirituality, can and come community for throughouthalf price the andyear. Each for of larger these independent Farmhouse or Rec Hall Dorm ...... $175 groups, forcamps free. and centers If you identifies sign upwith forUnitarian four Universalist conferences (UU) values within and traditions. a of social justice. The Woodside Scholarship Fund provides full & partial scholarships. calendarUUACCC year, we’ll MEMBER send you CAMPS a gift certificate & CONFERENCE for a fifth CENTERS weekend Help Today: On-line at rowecenter.org, by phone 413-339-4954 PRIVATE ROOMS free. (listed in reverse alphabetical order) or email [email protected] (Please see our website for descriptions) Unirondack Camp The Rowe ACCEPTANCE& Conference Center Center Monthly Payment Plans Available Rules for acceptanceLowville, and NY participation are theRowe, same MA for everyone If double occupancy, please note two twin beds or one double/ unirondack.org rowecenter.org queen bed. Prices below show rates for single occupancy/double without regard Unicampto race, Camp color, religion, age,Murray gender Grove or genderRetreat occupancy per person: identity, disability,& Retreat national Center origin, or sexual orientation.& Renewal Center Honeywood, ON Lanoka Harbor, NJ unicampofontario.ca murraygrove.org BARTERING Registration Form for Workshops and Community Retreats Economy Single...... $255 UBarU Camp The Mountain Retreat Rustic...... $285/$215 pp & Retreat Center & Learning Center Please fill out completely and send with the appropriate deposit to: The Registrar, The Rowe Center, P.O. Box 273, Rowe, MA 01367-0273 We don’t want toMountain exclude Home, people TX with financialHighlands, constraints. NC If you Traditional...... $325/$240 pp are having difficultyubaru.org meeting our costs, pleasethemountainrlc.org call us at 413-339- NAME______PHONE (day) (_____) ______Fostering and promoting 4954 about work-exchangeStar Island Conference opportunities. All agreementsFerry Beach must be Comfort...... $385/$285the success, growth pp & Retreat Center Park Association ADDRESS ______PHONE (evening) (_____) ______and well-being of arranged in advance.Isles of Shoals,Special NH discounts don’t applySaco, ME to barter fees. Unitarian Universalist starisland.org ferrybeach.org CITY______STATE ______ZIP ______PHONE (cell) (_____) ______camps, retreat and Our Typical Weekend Shelter Neck Unitarian Camp conference centers. Universalist Camp de Benneville Pines E-MAIL ADDRESS______Burgaw, NC Angelus Oaks, CA Schedule: uuaccc.org shelterneckuucamp.org uucamp.org NAME & DATE OF PROGRAM ______Friday 4:00–6:00. .Arrival & Check-in Program Cost $ ______Please copy this form to register for more than one program. 6:00. . . . Hors d’oeuvres WE ARE A UUACCC recognizes and embraces the crucial importance of fostering connections Additional Costs (if applicable) + $______among Unitarian Universalists beyond the walls of our congregations. Our vibrant 7:00. . . . Dinner PROUD MEMBER OF network of camps, retreats and conference centers offer experiences of growth, Please let us know about any special meal, health, or housing connection, spirituality, and community throughout the year. Each of these indepen- Meals and Housing Cost + $ ______8:15. . . . First Session dent camps and centers identifies with Unitarian Universalist (UU) values and tradi- needs or wishes. Membership (see page 44) + $______Saturday UUACCC MEMBER CAMPS & CONFERENCE CENTERS (listed in reverse alphabetical order) Please check dorm housing preference: 8:00 . . . .Breakfast Tax-deductible Campership donation + $______Unirondack Camp The Rowe Women only Men only 9:15–12:15 . Morning Session & Conference Center Center Tax-deductible Building Fund donation + $______Lowville, NY Rowe, MA Coed No preference 12:30. . . .Lunch & Free Time unirondack.org rowecenter.org Membership Discount -$15–$______Total = $ ______3:15–6:15 . .Afternoon Session Unicamp Camp Murray Grove Retreat Please check here if you may be willing to share a ride. & Retreat Center & Renewal Center 6:30. . . . Dinner Honeywood, ON Lanoka Harbor, NJ Registration Deposit ($100 or more)–$ ______due on arrival $ ______unicampofontario.ca murraygrove.org 7:45. . . . Evening Session UBarU Camp The Mountain Retreat & Retreat Center & Learning Center You may charge $ ______to my: Sunday Mountain Home, TX Highlands, NC ubaru.org themountainrlc.org Card No. Exp. date______8:00. . . . Breakfast Star Island Conference Ferry Beach & Retreat Center Park Association 9:15–12:45 . Morning Session Fostering and promoting the Isles of Shoals, NH Saco, ME 3-digit Security Code______Signature______starisland.org ferrybeach.org 1:00. . . . Lunch, Check-out, . success, growth and well-being You can FAX or phone in your registration if you are using a credit card. of Unitarian Universalist camps, Shelter Neck Unitarian Camp & a Leisurely retreat and conference centers. Universalist Camp de Benneville Pines FAX us at 413-376-0417. Phone us at 413-339-4954. E-mail us at [email protected] Burgaw, NC Angelus Oaks, CA ...... Departure uuaccc.org shelterneckuucamp.org uucamp.org You can register online at www .rowecenter .org
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