Course Type: In Person
Dates: February 28 - March 3
Time: 9:30 am (Pacific Time)
Fee: $315 (includes food, lodging, program), plus boat tickets ($43 each way), and parking ($9/night).
Facilitators: Erik Samuelson, Jeffrey Batstone, Kyle Petricek, and Howard Simon
Contact: convener@illumanofwa.org
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Theme–Integrating the Masculine: Welcoming Home the Loyal Soldier
What holds you back from living fully out of your own belovedness? What holds you back from loving the world in a bold and beautiful way?
We are often aware of our inner wounds and perhaps aware of the strategies we developed in childhood or young adulthood to prevent reopening the wound, or re-experiencing it. This part of us that enacts these strategies or voices them within us, has been called the “Loyal Soldier.” We can find comfort in shared stories with others who have similar experiences and wounding. As we mature though, we would like to begin to increase our awareness of these strategies, begin to engage with them, and uncover the gifts that were put into hiding in order to maintain that sense of protection.
During our three days together we’ll explore themes of masculinity through the lens of the Loyal Soldier with ritual, teaching, drumming, nature, poetry, time in council, and listening to the Spirit within and among us.
We can not do this work of awakening alone…as Maya Angelou says, “no one, but no one can make it out here alone.”
Bring your deep desire, your broken heart, your numbness…anyone and everything within you belongs.
This retreat is open to men on all parts of the continuum of gender identity and expression.
Travel Information
Holden Village is extremely remote and accessible only by boat (The Lady of the Lake) and Holden’s bus–which are only available on certain days. If you miss the Friday boat, the next boat up is Sunday morning, so be sure to allow plenty of time to arrive (especially in winter, when the roads can be icy and slow). The boat starts in Chelan at 9:30am and boards at Fields Point around 10am.
We recommend parking and catching the boat at Field’s Point Landing, located about 17 miles up the lake on the south shore (17100 S. Lakeshore, Chelan WA 98816). It is best to be there by 9:30am or earlier to unload luggage, get a parking pass, and park your car. You pay for parking at the office the morning of departure. On Monday, you will be back to your car around 3pm (4pm in Chelan).
More travel information can be found on this link. Email Erik Samuelson (convener@illumanofwa.org) with any specific questions or concerns.