Each month we gather for a few hours to get centered, collected, and inspired. We start with easy stretches and silent meditation, then engage with a guest speaker who tells us their story of earth stewardship and community activism. This month our guest is Linda Currie, Green Sangha board member and co-founder of Transition Berkeley. Linda will tell […]
Our spiritual life is the element that can bring about the energies of peace, calm, brotherhood, understanding, and compassion. Without that, our planet doesn't stand a chance. - Thich Nhat Hanh, The World We Have, p. 56 Somatic practices of self-care are not just feel-good add-ons, they are vital for your health and your success. We […]
Join us for a late afternoon renewal -- gentle yoga, meditation, conversation, and earth-friendly potluck snacks. Many people say that the refreshment and inspiration lasts through the week.
Celebrate the winter solstice with yoga, meditation, and a mindful discussion of earth-stewardship with Wendy Johnson, organic garden educator and author. Grace Severtson decks the halls of the Sienna Room at Edgehill Mansion with leaf-gatherings and candlelight. We bring earth-friendly potluck snacks. About our presenter: Wendy Johnson is founding instructor and mentor for the Indian Valley Organic […]
Join us for a late afternoon renewal — gentle yoga, meditation, conversation, and earth-friendly potluck snacks. This month we will discuss options for a new environmental action, ranging from participating in the Transition Streets program to joining the movement to protect the endangered white rhinoceros to renewing action in our highly successful Rethinking Plastics campaign. Your voice […]
Welcome the New Year with yoga, meditation, thoughtful conversation, and action planning for mother Earth. We'll be sharing upcoming events and actions. January is Nonviolence Month, and we will honor social justice leaders such as Kasturbai and Mahatma Gandhi, Coretta and Martin Luther King, Jr., Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt, and Henry Thoreau. Special guests: Jes Richardson, honoree of […]
Join us for a late afternoon renewal — gentle yoga, meditation, conversation, and earth-friendly potluck snacks. This month we will complete our discussion of a new environmental action, with options ranging from the Transition Streets program to protecting the endangered white rhinoceros to Rethinking Plastics. "The movement belongs to those who move." Join us as we turn […]
This month our Marin retreat is dedicated to the Mindful Leadership program developed by our training team with board president Stuart Moody. Movement, meditation, and a deep sense of oneness are at the heart of a healthy lifestyle and effective activism. When we carry inner peace and loving energy into our advocacy, we create the template of the future […]
Join us for a late afternoon renewal — gentle yoga, meditation, conversation, and earth-friendly potluck snacks. "What a gift to the mind, body, soul to take some time to get present and allow the real me, the softer me, to come forward." - Shawn Marshall, city councilwoman "This is a gift to yourself. Leaders feel […]
Each month we gather for a few hours to get centered, collected, and inspired. We start with easy yoga and silent meditation, then engage with a guest speaker who tells us their story of earth stewardship and community activism. Grace Severtson will update us on the Rethinking Plastics campaign, with reference to saving SB 270 (the single-use […]