Long-Term Circle
Live, online meetings monthly.
Annual weekend retreat at Pastime Farm.
Established in 2017, this advanced-level circle gathered one Sunday per month at Pastime Farm. Three years later, in response to shelter-in-place, our meetings shifted online. Since that time, we’ve evolved into a hybrid format: monthly meetings (online) paired with an annual weekend retreat (on land). Our process varies by context. Monthly meetings include brief guided meditation, sacred sharing, extemporaneous teaching, dyad inquiry, and group discussion. The annual weekend retreat is intentionally spacious and relaxed – providing the space and place for reunion. Within the teaching periods, for example, emphasis is placed on seeing what spontaneously emerges within the group.
Enrollment
Fee: $3,560
Oct 2023 - Aug 2024
Annual Weekend Retreat
October 20-22, 2023
10 Online Meetings
2nd Sundays, 10a – 2p PT
We Skip March & September
Oct 8, Nov 12, Dec 10, 2023; Jan 14, Feb 11, Apr 14, *May 19, Jun 9, Jul 14, Aug 11, 2024
*May 12 was rescheduled to May 19.
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Your annual circle enrollment fee includes the online meetings and weekend retreat (registration and meals). If you’re participating in the retreat as a commuter, then there are no additional fees. If you’re sleeping on the property, then there’s an additional lodging fee.
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Lodging ranges from $50 (van hook-up) to $450 (private studio with kitchen) for the weekend. Options include van hook-up, private room, shared room, private bath, shared bath, and private studio with kitchen. Depending upon the season, camping may be available.
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A $300 fee reduction is available to qualifying school teachers, mental health workers (e.g., social workers, psychiatric aides and technicians), and mental health trainees (e.g., clinical interns, medical residents, postdoctoral fellows) if they would not otherwise be able to afford circle. If this applies to you, then please let me know.
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Enrollment is annual. Because space is limited to 9 participants, the cost of registration is for the 12-month period in its entirety regardless of attendance. Registration will not be pro-rated based on decision to exit early.
Jean Shinoda Bolen on Commitment within a Women’s Circle:
“When women come together and make a commitment to each other to be in a circle with a spiritual center, they are creating a vessel of healing and transformation for themselves, and vehicle for change in their world”