Life is filled with moments of joy and sorrow. Appreciating the imperfect, impermanent and incomplete nature of this life can be challenging. Each moment we find ourselves standing at the edge of the next moment.
How do we want to spend it?
How is my relationship to time bringing me alive or wearing me down?
At what speed am I living my life?
At what speed do I want to live my life?
In this Circle of Trust® retreat, we will explore these questions, along with what author Caryl Casbon calls “deep time”. Through individual and small group reflective practices and creative expression, we’ll venture out onto the edges and thresholds of our life, to discover and befriend the paradoxes of standing at the edge of time.
Exploring the concept of time among the ancient cliffs of the Piedra Lumbre seems quite fitting! Ghost Ranch, made famous by painter Georgia O’Keefe, encompasses 21,000 acres of towering rock walls, vivid colors and vast skies. Our retreat will be held at Casa De Sol, an adobe home nestled among the cliffs of Ghost Ranch. We will have exclusive use of this home that surrounds an open courtyard.
Standing at the Edge is rooted in the Soul of Aging program, written by Caryl Casbon and Georgia Noble, is a small-group program based on the work of Dr. Parker J. Palmer and The Center for Courage & Renewal. Wint and Kirstin have been leading these retreats since 2019, both online and onsite. As one previous participant wrote,
“This retreat experience was a most refreshing, encouraging, imagination-sparking experience; it helped me to uncover a story line that has shaped my identity, vocation and relationships from the beginning of my life that I had not fully realized before.”
*Wint and Kirstin have designed 4 separate retreats, drawing from the Soul of Aging program, Parker Palmer’s book, On the Brink of Everything, other materials, and their own lives. You can read about other iterations below (under ‘other retreats’ headline)
The Center for Courage & Renewal and its facilitators do not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender expression, age, height, weight, physical or mental ability, veteran status, military obligations, and marital status.
