Upcoming Retreats

Sometimes Silent Retreats

“Sometimes Silent” Retreats are a vision from the heart and mind of Gwendolyn Ren, offered in different spaces, seasons, and contexts with the same core values at center: these retreats are held in the loving structure of “Sometimes Silence”, a flow between quiet, spacious days interspersed with circle practice and opportunities for intentional connection. The gatherings uplift our humanity, align us with purpose, and offer space for our grief and our joy, our stories and our songs, our dignity and our belonging, through contemplative practice and circle. Days of spaciousness, connection, creativity, and care, the folkwork of being together.

Without pretense, these retreats shift us from the habitual ways we communicate and find belonging. Profoundly permissive, our time is a healing bridge between the personal experience and the communal one. Not just a retreat but a practice ground,

This is embodied, permissive, liberatory practice in service of a life of connection.

Gwen draws from creative practice, somatic inquiry, meditation, contemplation, gentle movement and yoga, reiki, circle, sounding, connection to nature, community based storytelling and place making ritual. Designing retreats that take us through a personal & collective journey: from silence to story, breath to song, stillness to movement, rest to emergence, often collaborating with dear friends to offer diverse voices and practices that lead us home to ourselves and each other.

Individuals, groups, families, and organizations seeking restful connection are also invited to inquire about private retreats.

About Gwendolyn as a facilitator:

Gwendolyn has spent a lifetime as a vision keeper in heartfelt preparation for this work and since 2006 has been professionally designing, planning, producing, and executing complex events near and far, from the intimacy of a feeling to the landscape of an environment. Logistically and creatively, this chapter has evolved into her curation of intentional spaces that support her heart’s mission: to offer containers and practices that stoke healing connection (to self, each other, and greater nature). Facilitating retreat since 2018 she melds experience, skill, and intuition to inspire emergent gatherings.

Read more about Gwendolyn here.

Interested in a Private Retreat?

Individuals, groups, families, and organizations seeking restful connection are also invited to inquire about private retreats. Half day, full day, and multiple day options are available.