Gratitude Retreat

So often, we focus on the gaps, emptiness, wounds, and unfulfilled aspects of our lives, but we forget or take for granted the simple, familiar gifts that are always with us. Retreat with us as our Elder and Weaver, Jared Adams, leads us in exploring and practicing gratitude. Small-group sharing and time in nature will offer unique opportunities to reveal gifts and insights within ourselves and our group.

For two days, we will set aside urgency and enter a quieter time, shaped by long walks, shared silence, and unhurried meals. This retreat is offered without doctrine, only space to notice what is usually overlooked: the patient teaching of trees, the rhythm of your breath, and the way light changes across an afternoon.

Through reflection, councils, ritual, and presence, we will lean into an invitation of awareness that life is constantly giving, even while it is also taking away. Gratitude is the practice of keeping one’s eyes open to what is still alive, still generous, and still worth tending.

Details:

When: May 2, 10 am - May 3, 11 am (OPTIONAL early start on May 1 at 6 pm EDT)

Where: The Art Center at The Holley Family Village, 1198 DeSales Drive, Brooklyn, MI 49230

Speaker: Jared Adams, Illuman Elder and Weaver

Price: $169.95 for 2 nights or $115 for Saturday night only (partial scholarships available)

Questions? Contact Tom Pawlak at tpawlak14@yahoo.com or (989) 525–6763.