COST: $2200 US, including food and private lodging
CONTACT: Kim Rosen
(Open to all who have previously participated in a Mysterium Retreat with Kim and others by interview)
A true retreat is an interruption of the patterns of movement, thought and feeling that hold our conditioned sense of self in place. A great poem, a powerful piece of music, the crash of a wave or a depth of silence will disrupt our unconscious trance of thinking so we fall into a deeper knowing that the mind can hold: breath deepens, tears come, chills cascade through our bodies, and sudden awakenings well up spontaneously. In this retreat we weave poems, music, sounding, silence, movement and writing to create an alchemy that allows our deepest nature to emerge. When we consciously interrupt our lives and find ourselves in an unspeakably beautiful landscape, held in mists, wave song, and the resonance of the Bardic ancestors who have always walked the land of Ireland, miracles beyond the mind’s capacity to imagine occur.
In this retreat we immerse in “poetry dives”, dancing, nonverbal communion and deep conversation. There are sessions of breathwork. We enter silence together and alone. The passion of the waves, the mystery of the Labyrinth, the trails through the bog — all summon and support us. The retreat culminates in a “mysterium”: a three day exploration outside of time and beyond words that spans night and day, sound and silence, waking and sleeping, aloneness and communion…
"With a combination of music, poetry, silence and a deep respect for each personal interaction with each participant, Kim created a space where I let go of my armour and the walls I had built around my emotions. I felt them. First by recognizing them in the words of poems and reflected in the experiences shared by others. Then by giving them expression. I heard my own cry for the first time and my roar. I found the language to voice these emotions and I spoke them out loud. I felt seen and heard and utterly safe in being so. I experienced the transformation power of words."
“Kim creates an environment where your defenses fall effortlessly, feelings you didn’t know you could feel pour through you, and you hear the voice of your innermost self speaking through your body, your writing, your speaking and your very presence. This is not about poetry so much as it is an adventure in authenticity, transparency and precious vulnerability. This is about bringing your deepest self into every aspect of your life ~ inner and outer.”
