COME TOGETHER! A Festival of IntraConnectivity and Spirit | Locals OWN Accommodations

We live in times of high existential stress with both ever-increasing personal, societal, and global pressures and the constant pain of witnessing ecological crises and widespread social injustices. These challenges also create opportunities to reconsider our relationships to self, one another, and the planet — and to choose a life of peak purpose and interconnectedness. In this retreat, inspired by the land and its people, we will be guided by rituals reflecting both indigenous and contemporary wisdom. Together, we will learn deep lessons from a variety of modalities, including embodied mindfulness, interpersonal neurobiology, and the four directions of life from the aboriginal Esselen Tribe culture to establish, renew, and recharge our commitments to stewardship of our communities and the earth in these rapidly changing times. 

We will have small group listening, experiential activities, lectures, and discussions. We will incorporate ritual, meditation, nature immersion, and movement into each day. Guided by renowned author Diane Ackerman, we will have the opportunity to express ourselves through the written word. Led by contemplative mind-body teacher and musician Nichol Chase, we will become present through mindful movement practices. Supported by Cari Herthel, medicine woman of the Esselen Tribe, we will manifest healing energy circles that will be models to take back to our communities.

Join Tom Little Bear Nason, Rhonda Magee, Elissa Epel, and Dan Siegel as we create new pathways to sacred connection and explore, learn, laugh, love, and bring healing to ourselves and our world. All are welcome. We especially embrace people working on environmental justice issues and anyone needing restoration and rejuvenation.