The Rowe Center 22 Kings Highway, P. O. Box 273 SPRING / SUMMER Rowe, MA 01367 2020 The Rowe Center WORKSHOPS • RETREATS • SUMMER CAMPS Unplug, Unwind & Understand Spiritual Guidance “The Spiritual Guidance Program opened up new fields for me, both through the people who are part of it, and all of those who contribute. If you are interested, don’t hesitate!” —Patricia Larkin, graduate of 2015-2017 Cohort • A two-year low-residential training program meeting the need for well-prepared individuals who can offer guidance to people on their spiritual journeys. • Multifaith approach. Outstanding faculty. Warm, caring community. Online and also in residential intensives amid the beauty of the Berkshire foothills. • Learning rooted in lively class sessions, group discussions and participatory exercises, focused individual study, spiritual practices, and supportive mentorship. Now Accepting Applications for the 2020-2022 Cohort For more information about the program, including tuition fees, and for an application form, please go to: UNPLUG, UNWIND & UNDERSTAND www.rowecenter.org/spiritual-guidance www.rowecenter.org Come work in the beautiful Berkshires this summer. See our website for opportunities. Click onthen Calendar click workshop to go to titleworkshop to register! page, CALENDAR MAY WORKSHOPS WORKSHOPS April 3-5 Drawing Out Your Soul: Touch Drawing ... DEBORAH KOFF-CHAPIN .................. 4 Oct. 9-12 Freeing Our Children to Learn and Grow .. PETER GRAY, ET AL. ...................... 26 April 3-5 African-American Stick Pounding ........ MELANIE DEMORE ....................... 4 Oct. 16-18 Couples on the Path to Wholeness ....... JOYCE & BARRY VISSELL ................... 27 April 9-12 Tongues of Flame: An Easter Retreat ...... NEIL DOUGLAS-KLOTZ ......................... 5 Oct. 16-18 Healing the Body’s Racial Trauma . RESMAA MENAKEM ........................... 27 April 9-12 Jewish Ancestral Healing for Passover ..... TAYA SHERE & DORI MIDNIGHT ............. 5 Oct. 23-25 Jumpstart Your Poetry Engine ........... JERICHO BROWN ........................ 28 April 17-19 Writing for Insight, Resilience & Courage .. MARK MATOUSEK ........................ 6 Oct. 23-25 Nature Escape: Drawing & Exploration .... CLARE WALKER LESLIE .................... 28 April 17-19 Song of the Soul: Songwriting for Everyone . CRIS WILLIAMSON ....................... 6 Oct. 30-Nov. 1 Holy Trouble: Teresa of Avila ........... MIRABAI STARR ......................... 29 April 24-26 The Lost Foundation of Western Spirituality . SHARON BLACKIE. 7 Oct. 30-Nov.1 Healing Through Dreamwork ........... RODGER KAMENETZ & KEZIA VIDA ........... 29 April 24-26 What’s in a Name? Knowing Spring Trees .. MICHAEL WOJTECH ...................... 8 April 26-29 Language of Astrology, Tarot, & Alchemy .. SHARON BLACKIE. 7 YOUTH CAMPS & ADULT COMMUNITY RETREATS May 1-3 Freedom from Religious Trauma ........ LINDA KAY KLEIN ........................ 9 June 14-19 Skill Set: A Retreat for Young Adults 20-30 ....................................... 19 May 1-3 Saint Francis, Dogen, and Rumi .......... STEVE KANJI RUHL ...................... 9 June 28-July 18 Junior High Camp (Ages 13-15) ............................................... 18 May 8-10 Springtime Retreat for Writers of All Kinds . ELLEN BASS ........................... 10 July 19-25 Young People’s Camp 1 (Ages 8-10) ............................................ 18 May 8-10 Functional Medicine Meets Kundalini Yoga .. DANA G. COHEN & BHAJAN AKAL SINGH ...... 10 July 19-25 Young People’s Camp 3 (Ages 11-13) 1 week ...................................... 18 May 10-14 Spring Work Week ................... 11 July 19-Aug. 1 Young People’s Camp 3 (Ages 11-13) 2 weeks ..................................... 18 May 15-17 At the Edge: Life’s Seven Major Passages ... E.H. RICK JAROW ........................ 11 July 26-Aug. 1 Young People’s Camp 2 (Ages 9-11) 1 week ....................................... 18 May 15-17 Joanna Macy: Celebrating Her Life’s Work .. STEPHANIE KAZA WITH GUESTS ............ 12 Aug. 2-22 Senior High Camp (Ages 16-19) ............................................... 18 May 22-25 Family Arts Camp ................... W. CUDNOHUFSKY & R. GIBSON ............. 13 Aug. 23-28 Kindred Spirits: A Community Supporting Healing & Self-Discovery ................... 19 May 22-25 Exploring the Language of Birds ......... JON YOUNG, ET AL. ...................... 13 Aug.29-Sept. 3 Creativity Camp .......................................................... 19 May 29-31 Ecstatic TouchTM Level 1 ............... SARA & THOMAS STOUT .................. 15 Aug.29-Sept. 3 WomenCircles: A Celebration of Women ........................................ 19 May 29-June 1 Way of the Horse: Equine Archetypes ..... LINDA KOHANOV ........................ 14 Sept. 4-7 Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Men ........................... 19 May 31-June 2 Ecstatic TouchTM for Couples Level 2 .. .... SARA & THOMAS STOUT .................. 15 Sept. 11-13 Members & Friends Vacation Retreat ........................................... 20 June 5-7 The Secrets of Conscious Coupling ...... CHELSEA WAKEFIELD ........................ 16 May 10-14 Spring Work Week ......................................................... 11 June 5-7 Callings: Finding Your Authentic Life ...... GREGG LEVOY .......................... 16 Sept. 27-Oct. 1 Autumn Work Week ........................................................ 23 June 12-14 Singing Our Stories .................. KATHY BULLOCK & SISTERS ................. 17 Sept. 11-13 Members & Friends Vacation Retreat ...... .20 INFORMATION Sept. 18-20 Mushrooms are Magical! ............... DAVID WILLIAM FISCHER ................ 20 Volunteering at Rowe ........................................................ 8 Sept. 18-20 Writing from Earth’s Landscapes ......... MARY REYNOLDS THOMPSON .............. 21 Personal Retreats and Group Rentals ........................................... 17 Sept. 18-20 Shamanic Divination Training ........... NAN MOSS ............................. 21 Cost & Registration ........................................................ 30 Sept. 25-27 The Thinning Veil: Autumn Plants ....... LIZ MIGLIORELLI ........................ 22 Become a Member, Contact Rowe .............................................. 31 Sept. 25-27 Coming Home to Your Heart ............ EDWARD ESPE BROWN .................... 22 Sept. 25-27 Creating a Home Funeral .............. HEIDI BOUCHER ......................... 23 Sept. 27-Oct. 1 Autumn Work Week ........................................................ 23 Oct. 2-4 Creating Mandala Art for Harvest Time .... KATHRYN COSTA ........................ 24 Oct. 2-4 Fundraising for Social Change .......... STEPHANIE ROTH ....................... 24 Oct. 5-7 Fundraising for Social Change .......... STEPHANIE ROTH ....................... 24 Oct. 9-12 Building a Vocal Community® ............. YSAYE BARNWELL ....................... 25 2 DESIGN www.rowecenter.org BY LISA KYLE CLARK 413.339.4954 413.339.4954 www.rowecenter.org 33 APRIL APRIL P R I L P R I L (T HU R S daY -S U ndaY ) A 3-5 A 9-12 Neil Douglas- Klotz, PhD, is a Drawing Out Your Soul: Opening to Creative Flow Tongues of Flame: An Easter Retreat renowned writer in the fields of through Touch Drawing h DEBORAH KOFF - CHAPIN h NEIL DOUGLAS - KLOTZ Middle Eastern Immerse yourself in the enlivening process of Touch Drawing—a Experience chant, movement, and contemplative prayer with spirituality simple yet powerful way to create drawings through the touch of your the Aramaic Jesus. and the Deborah Koff-Chapin has been fingertips on paper. translation and developing Touch Drawing since it fter Easter, Jesus’ students experienced a rebirth of love and light in the interpretation of Hebrew, Aramaic, and Arabic. He directs the Edinburgh came to her in an inspired moment he body, psyche, and spirit can speak directly through this process. As you celebration called Pentecost, which enabled them to understand each A Institute for Advanced Learning and in 1974. She teaches the process move your hands on paper in expression of inner sensations, impressions person at the heart level, beyond language. They felt empowered to go out and internationally. Deborah is creator T for many years was co-chair of the of SoulCards 1 & 2 and SoulTouch are made on the underside. In one sitting, you can bring forth a series of images, change their lives and the lives of others. How did they get to that place? The Mysticism Group of the American Coloring Journals. She is the author a record of your transformational process. This weekend will be a spacious time answers lie in Yeshua’s (Jesus’) native Aramaic language, which not only restores Academy of Religion. He is the author of Prayers of the Cosmos; The Hidden of Drawing Out Your Soul and The of deep inner exploration. Deborah holds a safe and sacred space while you the richness of meaning hidden there, but also reveals the actual spiritual Touch Drawing Facilitator Workbook. Gospel; Blessings of the Cosmos; and draw, using her gentle drumming, crystal bowls, and soulful voice. Interior time experiences and practices that he conveyed to them. In this Easter retreat led Deborah has been Interpretive Artist Original Meditation: The Aramaic Jesus at numerous conferences, including to draw and write will be balanced with sacred circle, vocal toning, movement, by Neil Douglas-Klotz, author of numerous books on Yeshua and the native and the Spirituality of Creation. The Parliament of the World’s and sharing.