All the wisdom teachings of the world tell us, through one story or another, that the key to life lies in the manner in which we meet death within and around us. This 6 part online series is an opportunity to welcome all that emerges as we turn towards our own death, the deaths of our loved ones, and the losses, changes and “everyday dying” that abound in a life fully lived.

For over 30 years now, Kim has gathered circles of kindred hearts in some of the most beautiful and fierce landscapes on the planet. In this retreat she is joined by musical alchemist, Jami Sieber. Magic is created by Jami’s cello in oceanic resonance with the poems, songs and silence emerging from the circle and the chant of wind, rock, and the cries of the dove.

Kim has been drawn to the mystery of death since she wrote her first poem about it at the age of seven. Since then she has held friends and family members in her arms as they took their last breath, and has practiced and taught the art of turning toward the many daily deaths that abound in a life fully lived. For four and a half decades she has been designing immersive environments that support deep and embodied self inquiry. “Feast of Losses” is a culmination and convergence of all the threads of her previous work.

Kim has been drawn to the mystery of death since she wrote her first poem about it at the age of seven. Since then she has held friends and family members in her arms as they took their last breath, and has practiced and taught the art of turning toward the many daily deaths that abound in a life fully lived. For four and a half decades she has been designing immersive environments that support deep and embodied self inquiry. “Feast of Losses” is a culmination and convergence of all the threads of her previous work.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

In this five session course, we will navigate the anatomy of the soul, each session through a different portal: What is the Soul?; The False Self; The Beast and the Beauty; The Essential Self; and The Unnamable Vastness of Being.

Poetry, music, presence, and the wisdom in our own bodies/feelings/knowings, as well as readings and videos from many sources ignite and waken us. This is an invitation to radical self-honesty, realness, curiosity and community that will at least disrupt who you think you are, and possibly leave you, as Mary Oliver writes, "a bride married to amazement."

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

An opportunity to step out of time for 24 hours and discover who you are. In solidarity with a community of kindred spirits and simultaneously in the solitude of your own home, you are invited into an immersion in poetry, doing nothing, writing if you choose, silence. We give up watches, technology, pre-ordained structure, plans. We follow the arisings of the moment. We Do Nothing. We open to what is.

All the wisdom teachings of the world tell us, through one story or another, that the key to life lies in the manner in which we meet death within and around us. These offerings are opportunities to welcome all that emerges as we turn towards our own death, the deaths of our loved ones, and the “everyday opportunities to die” that abound in a life fully lived.

All the wisdom teachings of the world tell us, through one story or another, that the key to life lies in the manner in which we meet death within and around us. These offerings are opportunities to welcome all that emerges as we turn towards our own death, the deaths of our loved ones, and the “everyday opportunities to die” that abound in a life fully lived.

(Open to members of Bard Circle 1)

This will be a 5 day retreat on “The Courage to Stop”. My intention is to have us inquire into and experience what it means to turn from the body-mind’s hardwiring to stay busy and vigilant, and, as Rumi says, “move into the emptiness” and through it into the truth of who we are. It is my intention to spend time both in practices that delve into and unravel our resistance to stopping, and stopping itself. There will be at least 24 hours of Mysterium, possibly 36, as well as poetry dives, soul-inquiry, breath work…