Regenerative Activism Retreat
Grief and Grace:
A World in Climate Transition
Nov 13-17th 2022
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
With jul bystrova & astrid montuclard
The Joshua Tree species is now becoming endangered by climate change... we come to honor the desert and all its amazing life knowing that it is now changing.
A World in Climate Transition
Nov 13-17th 2022
Joshua Tree National Park, CA
With jul bystrova & astrid montuclard
The Joshua Tree species is now becoming endangered by climate change... we come to honor the desert and all its amazing life knowing that it is now changing.
As you contemplate the accelerating loss of human and non-human lives like that of the Joshua Trees, are you feeling...
- Lost about what to do to help with your time, resources, and energy?
- Confused amidst polarized narratives?
- Lonely amidst others who do not seem to “get” your feelings?
- Eager to align your behavior with your values and ground in spiritual authenticity?
Join us for a special 4-day wilderness immersion to honor that which is dying in our world – including within ourselves – and let grief-tending transform our feelings and actions into more grace for meaningful change-making work.
This camping retreat will center around somatic, earth-based and consciousness-oriented practices and tools to ground, access and regenerate our hearts and bodies – and allow our souls to descend into our tender places where stories that have been asking to be heard will finally find a home.
Through the process of being shaped by soul descent into tender places, we will be held by contexts laid out in Choosing Earth from Duane Elgin as we deepen in relationship with ourselves, each other, the Wild, and the Sacred.
This camping retreat will center around somatic, earth-based and consciousness-oriented practices and tools to ground, access and regenerate our hearts and bodies – and allow our souls to descend into our tender places where stories that have been asking to be heard will finally find a home.
Through the process of being shaped by soul descent into tender places, we will be held by contexts laid out in Choosing Earth from Duane Elgin as we deepen in relationship with ourselves, each other, the Wild, and the Sacred.
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Questions that we will ask:
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Additions to your transformational toolbox that you’ll encounter through this retreat:
1- Regenerative somatic and earth-based practices to integrate into your daily life.
2- Consciousness-based practices heightening perception.
3- Opportunities to explore grounded communication with the wild away from business-as-usual.
4- Deep Connection practices with the desert wilderness.
5- Inter-relational practices with a community of practice, to be seen and heard in your experience.
6- 1-1 support time with facilitators for deeper dives and personalized inquiries.
1- Regenerative somatic and earth-based practices to integrate into your daily life.
2- Consciousness-based practices heightening perception.
3- Opportunities to explore grounded communication with the wild away from business-as-usual.
4- Deep Connection practices with the desert wilderness.
5- Inter-relational practices with a community of practice, to be seen and heard in your experience.
6- 1-1 support time with facilitators for deeper dives and personalized inquiries.
Schedule
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Day I – Landing & Orienting
1pm Arrive to set up 4pm Setting sacred space, sharing intentions and connections “Choosing earth” Dinner and fire circle Day II – Diving Down Morning meditation Guided somatic practice Solo time and nature practice for discovering our authentic self Touching the Tender Places Journaling and/or Alone Time Story sharing |
Day III – Being With
Morning meditation Guided somatic practice Discovering our Grief Self-empathy practices: Honoring the Tender Places Group practices: Holding each other Journaling and/or Alone Time Story sharing Day IV – Rising Up Morning meditation Guided somatic practice Deep listening for new insight Allowing Emergence Journaling and/or Alone Time Story sharing |
Logistics
COSTS
Registration: $350-$500 Sliding Scale. Feel free to inquire about work trades and scholarships. Group rates available.
Food and park entry fee: $30 (not included in registration fee).
Fee covers the program, camping fees and vegetarian dinners. Please bring your breakfasts, lunch and snacks!
ACCOMODATION
We will be camping outside for four nights - please bring your camping gear and everything you need to be comfortable doing deep work in the wilderness for the time of the retreat. Some extra camping equipment is available to reserve by request and by donation.
The weather will be dry, and temperatures throughout the day and night are anticipated to vary between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
LOCATION
We will be holding this retreat at the spectacular desert wilderness of Joshua Tree National Monument in Southern CA. The time of year we will be there is ideal for the desert. Our specific meeting point will be shared closer to program date.
TRANSPORTATION
Trains, Buses, and flights all go to Palm Springs, CA. Public transportation and carpools are encouraged. We will be offering specific pick-up times from transportation hubs for those coming into Palm Springs (by arrangement closer to event).
CONTACT FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER:
Please email [email protected] to register and/or fill up contact form below.
Please note: After you register, astrid will be in touch with you to schedule a 1-1 conversation before we gather and get to know you and your specific needs around the retreat.
Deadline: We will be accepting registrations no later than October 23rd, We have very limited space, so it may sell out before then.
COVID PRECAUTIONS AND UPDATES
We will be adhering to the current State mandate for Covid-19 precautions regarding gatherings. This event is all outdoors. All participants are encouraged to be particularly vigilant about potential exposure in the weeks leading up to the event.
Registration Form Below!
Registration: $350-$500 Sliding Scale. Feel free to inquire about work trades and scholarships. Group rates available.
Food and park entry fee: $30 (not included in registration fee).
Fee covers the program, camping fees and vegetarian dinners. Please bring your breakfasts, lunch and snacks!
ACCOMODATION
We will be camping outside for four nights - please bring your camping gear and everything you need to be comfortable doing deep work in the wilderness for the time of the retreat. Some extra camping equipment is available to reserve by request and by donation.
The weather will be dry, and temperatures throughout the day and night are anticipated to vary between 60 and 80 degrees Fahrenheit.
LOCATION
We will be holding this retreat at the spectacular desert wilderness of Joshua Tree National Monument in Southern CA. The time of year we will be there is ideal for the desert. Our specific meeting point will be shared closer to program date.
TRANSPORTATION
Trains, Buses, and flights all go to Palm Springs, CA. Public transportation and carpools are encouraged. We will be offering specific pick-up times from transportation hubs for those coming into Palm Springs (by arrangement closer to event).
CONTACT FOR MORE DETAILS AND TO REGISTER:
Please email [email protected] to register and/or fill up contact form below.
Please note: After you register, astrid will be in touch with you to schedule a 1-1 conversation before we gather and get to know you and your specific needs around the retreat.
Deadline: We will be accepting registrations no later than October 23rd, We have very limited space, so it may sell out before then.
COVID PRECAUTIONS AND UPDATES
We will be adhering to the current State mandate for Covid-19 precautions regarding gatherings. This event is all outdoors. All participants are encouraged to be particularly vigilant about potential exposure in the weeks leading up to the event.
Registration Form Below!
Facilitators |
jul bystrova is co-founder of the Inner Resilience Network and Director of the Era of Care project, which works with communities in crises. She has a 25 year history of community activism and a thriving private practice in trauma-informed mind-body healing work. She has served as an Interfaith Minister, an academic in Interdisciplinary research and a boots-on-the-ground activist. She is deeply passionate about cultural healing, interpersonal, psycho-spiritual topics and justice issues. She also serves on the Transition US Collaborative Design Council and the Transition Network's Inner Transition Circle. In 2018, She received the TUS Social Justice award for her support in raising awareness and diversity in the Transition community. She can be reached at [email protected]
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astrid montuclard (they/them) is a queer and gender-queer nonviolent climate justice activist training as a somatic therapist with the California Institute of Integral Studies. Rich with experiences as public health and mindfulness researcher with UC Davis and Zhejiang University (China), past core member & organizer with the East Point Peace Academy, and land-tender at the Possibility Alliance and Vine and Fig, astrid brings critical thinking to nature-based practices in support of individual and collective hero(ine)'s journeys amidst the climate-crisis-as-initiation. Trilingual, astrid translates works in eco-spirituality between French and English.
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Donate to the IRN Scholarship Fund
We encourage you to invite your community to support you or others that deserve some regenerating time. Your community can donate to you directly or use our scholarship fund if they prefer a tax-deduction. If your friends donate to the fund for your sake, make sure they mention your name.
All donations will be for hard working activists who would not be able to afford the program otherwise. If you are coming and can offer extra support for others, or if you believe in what we are doing and want to support even if you can’t come, thank you!!
Activists of color will have priority access to scholarship funds, but all are encouraged to apply. Please request a scholarship in your registration email to organizers.
All donations are tax-deductible.
To receive a receipt with our EIN for your records, please use the following link: Scholarship Donation Link
If you want to send a check, you will receive a receipt through the mail.
Mail to: ISI/Eo-Mega 101 Brookwood Ave, Suite 204, Santa Rosa CA 95404
Donate to the IRN Scholarship Fund
We encourage you to invite your community to support you or others that deserve some regenerating time. Your community can donate to you directly or use our scholarship fund if they prefer a tax-deduction. If your friends donate to the fund for your sake, make sure they mention your name.
All donations will be for hard working activists who would not be able to afford the program otherwise. If you are coming and can offer extra support for others, or if you believe in what we are doing and want to support even if you can’t come, thank you!!
Activists of color will have priority access to scholarship funds, but all are encouraged to apply. Please request a scholarship in your registration email to organizers.
All donations are tax-deductible.
To receive a receipt with our EIN for your records, please use the following link: Scholarship Donation Link
If you want to send a check, you will receive a receipt through the mail.
Mail to: ISI/Eo-Mega 101 Brookwood Ave, Suite 204, Santa Rosa CA 95404
