Aravaipa Canyon Getaway A Practice of Listening
Friday July 31st – Sunday August 2nd
Enjoy a summer weekend in the gorgeous canyon. Our retreat will be an opportunity for slowing down, wandering through the creek, stargazing, rest, movement, and meditation. While the temperatures will be warm, the flowing water will be a respite, along with the pace of our time. Unplug from technology, connect to nature, oneself, and a community experience through presence, ritual, and intention.
The theme of this weekend is listening. To honor this skill, and practice, there will be time in quiet, social silence (please see retreat schedule linked below), group sharing, and with opportunity to hear the sounds of nature, poetry, and music. Our Practice of Listening programming will include meditation, dyad and group sharing, writing, ritual, and art making. While everything offered is always optional, the request is to come and participate in a collaborative experience. The invitation includes a request to remember that when you are in the space, you are part of a larger collective, a culture of care. To keep the domain a protected realm, there is a zero tolerance policy for homophobia, racism, transphobia, and xenophobia.
This weekend experience is for anyone who wants to be in space of contemplation, connection, sweetness, and the skill of listening on purpose. Sometimes listening happens on a physical level, and sometimes an energetic one, sometimes amidst the most simple of moments and sometimes in the realm of the profound. Our shared time will be in remembrance of a path that often exists beneath words, is always available and includes our bodies, and our nervous systems.
Space is limited to 13 participants.
Aravaipa Canyon Ranch is located about 1.5 hours from Tucson. The ranch house is large with 7 rooms for sleeping. We will be spread out but several rooms will be shared. There are two rooms that have a single occupancy, and the others will be two or three per large room. The house has four bathrooms to be shared as well. Please note this and check out the lodge details so you can have a sense of what to expect. You are welcome to request with whom you’d like to share a room if coming with anyone. There is AC in the house, and shade all around, and still it is summer in the desert.
Participants can arrive Friday between 2-5pm. Program will begin at 5pm and end Sunday at 12:30pm. Vegetarian meals are provided from Friday dinner through Sunday brunch, including morning coffee and tea. Please feel free to bring anything supplemental that you might need. There will be room in the refrigerator. Participants will be invited to sign up for one meal shift to assist in the prep and/or clean up. *Please note this is an alcohol/substance free weekend.
Please contact Michelle for registration, questions, more details. Upon registration you will be asked about food sensitivities, allergies, preferences, accessibility needs.