Flow for the Weekend

The theme of the weekend is The Returning - a celebration of Spring's arrival, and the ancient human joy of welcoming her back. Throughout the weekend, we will explore what it means to emerge - from the darkness of winter and from the busyness of city life.

​

This is the anticipated schedule, but we are open to all suggestions!

​

Friday, May 8th - Arrival & Opening Ceremony

• 4:34 - 6:36 PM - Train ride from Grand Central to Dover Plains (transportation provided to take us to the retreat home)

• 7:00 - 8:00 PM - Opening meal

• 8:00 - 9:00 PM - Opening ceremony & storytelling

​

Saturday, May 9th 

• 7:30 AM - Flute wakeup 

• 7:30 - 8:00 AM - Morning practice (yoga, breathwork, movement)

• 8:00 - 9:00 AM – Breakfast

• Throughout the day we'll slow down and enter a world of:

  • Earth-based crafting - we'll design our own beaded necklaces with the help of Anna Roween, a jewelry designer

  • Nature games to awaken intuition, deep listening and joy​

  • Lunch

  • Drum journey to meet our spirit animals - and then make them out of clay

  • Fire-making, bonfire and story-telling

• 6:00 - 7:00 PM - Dinner

• 7:00 - 9:00 PM - Ecstatic dance party

​

Sunday, May 10th

• 8:00 AM - Flute wakeup 

• 8:00-8:30 AM - Morning practice (yoga, breathwork, movement)

• 8:30- 9:30 AM – Mother's Day Brunch

• Throughout the morning:

  • Nature games

  • Ancestral story work to honor all the mothers that came before us

  • Mother-daughter time

• 12:00 - 1:00 PM - Lunch​

• ​1:00 PM - Closing ceremony and reflection

• 2:23 - 4:43 PM - Train from Dover Plains to Grand Central​​