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Spring - Summer 2018

A Place to Bring Life Into BalanceA Place to Bring Life Into Balance

Retreat & Conference Center

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The Breitenbush Credo

Our Mission

We of the Breitenbush Community dedicate ourselves to living mindfully in the spirit of love,

unity, honesty and service.

We see ourselves as guardians of Breitenbush Hot Springs, safeguarding the Earth and healing waters, assuring

their continued availability to all beings who respect them. Our primary service is to provide a healing retreat

and conference center that promotes holistic health and spiritual growth and facilitates

the gathering of people in celebration of the experience of life.

Our community is supported by the services we provide.

We are committed to the health and well-being of ourselves and our families, to live, work, play and grow

together harmoniously. We mutually support and respect each person’s dignity, and awaken to the Spirit within

each of us that acknowledges we are all One.

The community is committed to a lifestyle conducive to holistic childrearing and personal growth.

Our precepts for self growth include personal accountability, honest communication, awareness of our

actions and the quality of their results, directing our energies to the positive, expressing appreciation for what

others do, correcting what is clearly not working for the community or for us as individuals, assuming the

responsibility for creating and sharing abundance, and choosing and re-choosing to be together.

We structure our lives such that we can experience daily the rewards of success, peacefulness and joy. It is

our hope that the thriving community we create will be an inspiration to others in their exploration

of lifestyle and community.

We also extend ourselves to the greater society in which we live, the world community, and commit ourselves

to being socially, spiritually, politically and environmentally responsible.

To provide a safe and potent environment

where people can renew and evolve

in ways they never imagined.

Photo credit: Peter Paul Rubens

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The SettingBreitenbush is a remote forest retreat of timeless natural beauty. Blessed with abundant hot springs, a glacier-fed river and surrounding mountains, Breitenbush offers an intimate connection with nature in any season.

Hot SpringsSoak in the Meadow Pools built with smooth river rocks, or the four Spiral Tubs of varying temperature. Enjoy the wet sauna, heated with steaming waters. A spirit of sanctuary and respect pervades the clothing-optional soaking pools.

Lodging Cozy, rustic cabins and summer campsites give you many options. Bathhouses serve the needs of campers and those in cabins without bathrooms.

HikingWander through ancient forests, along the pristine river or to mountain vistas on miles of beautiful hiking trails.

Organic Vegetarian MealsSavor sumptuous organic vegetarian meals served buffet style. Special Diet is offered which is egg, dairy and gluten–free options.

Off-the-Grid & DisconnectedHydro-electric power from the Breitenbush River and heat from underground waters keep you cozy and off the grid during your stay. There’s no cell service or internet.

Common FacilitiesThe historic lodge with a dining room, library, decks and large event space is your center of activity. You’ll retreat to the Sanctuary or Buddha’s Playhouse to reflect, meditate, practice yoga or just relax. You may attend a workshop in the Forest Shelter or River Yurt. The gift shop offers inspiring books and artisan-crafted gifts.

Daily Well-Being ProgramsMove, celebrate, reflect and connect in daily programs available at no cost. Offerings include yoga, meditation, EDGU, concerts, dances and more!

Healing Arts and MassageExperience deep relaxation and healing with one of our caring massage therapists. A variety of modalities are offered. Sessions are 90 minutes and can be reserved up to four weeks in advance.

WorkshopsAttend one of the 150 workshops, gatherings and conferences hosted annually in our healing environment. To schedule an event contact [email protected].

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The Breitenbush Newsletter is published twice a year by Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center, P.O. Box 578, Detroit, Oregon, 97342editor: Brinton Reedassistant editor: Gael Nagledesign & layout: Sage Waittscontributing Writers: Peter Moorecover Photo: Peter Paul Rubensback cover Photo: Breitenbush archiveinside Photos: Peter Paul Rubens, Melina Meza, Tom Robinson, Paul Westfall Clearfire

Breitenbush Hot Springs Retreat and Conference Center is a worker-owned cooperative

and intentional community.

Breitenbush Hot Springs

P.O. Box 578 Detroit, OR

97342 503.854.3320

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Cover Artist

ContentsSchedule of Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

Faculty. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

News From Our Circle . . . . . . . . . . 28

Registration Information . . . . . . . . . 30

Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Join us. . .

Peter Paul Rubens is a cherished Breitenbush photographer and long-time guest. His beautiful photos have appeared in

many of our catalogs and we are honored to call him friend. He is a professional photographer in Portland, OR. Find more information at peterpaulrubens.com.

Photo credit: Tom Robinson

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Schedule of Events

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Apr 6 – 8 Flip BrownConscious Business Conversations

Apr 6 – 13 Melina Meza & Chiara Guerrieri • 8 Limbs Yoga Advanced Training

Apr 9 – 13 Noah LevineRefuge Recovery Retreat

April 13 – 16 Paula ByrneWild Grace™: Body-Song

Apr 15 – 18 Betsy TollBeloved Earth, Boundless Sky

Apr 19 – 22 Sarahjoy MarshAwakening into the Sacred: Yoga & Meditation

Apr 19 – 22UPRISING 2018

Apr 20 – 22 Amy Minato • A New Leaf: A Creative Writing Workshop

Apr 26 – 29Women Only Weekend*

Apr 26 – 29 Deborah DavisWomen’s Qigong for Health and Longevity*

Apr 26 – 29 Paulette Rees-Denis, Lynea Gillen, Jennifer Strait • Dance and Desire: TRANSITIONS*

Apr 29 – May 1 Sweethome Teacup The Journey Home

May 3 – 6 D’vorah SwarzmanThai Massage Playshop

May 6 – 11Spring Service Week

May 11 – 13 Frank CoppietersOregon School of Massage First Degree Reiki Class

May 13 – 16Beyond Mother’s Day: A Retreat for Moms

May 18 – 21Soak In The Love: A Course In Miracles Gathering

May 21 – 25 Russell DelmanThe Embodied Life™: Freedom Through Awareness

May 21 – 25 Bill St.Cyr & Sue Scavo Dream Mapping: Navigating Your Dream Landscape

May 25 – 28 Claude SteinThe Natural Singer: Finding Your True Voice

May 25 – 28 Kassy Daggett & Victor Rozek • Self Care: BreathWork Retreat for Compassion Fatigue

Jun 1 – 3 Heather & Benjy Wertheimer • Path of Kirtan: Open Your Voice, Open Your Heart

Jun 1 – 4 Lisa WellsThe Courage to Change: Yoga and the Twelve Steps

Jun 3 – 6 Ada Riley & Joanna Dunn Restoration Facilitation: Somatic Movement, Meditation and Yoga

Jun 6 – 10 Fred Sly & Liv Monroe NVC for Flowing Relationships

Jun 7 – 10 Winky Wheeler & Meshi Chavez • Imagination, Body and Nature

Jun 10 – 13 Glenda Goodrich & Ann Christensen • SoulCollage®: Solstice Soul Renewal

Jun 10 – 13 Sweethome TeacupMantra for Life: Establishing a Meaningful Practice

Jun 13 – 17 Grace Bell Question Your Thinking, Change Your World: The Work of Byron Katie

Jun 15 – 17 Mika Smith & Cassidy Geppert • An Introduction to SkyDancing® Tantra (for Couples)

Jun 15 – 17 Cader OliveMeditation, Forest Bathing and Nature Observation Skills

Jun 17 – 21 Jen Mitchell & Janell Hartman • Restorative Yoga Training Retreat - For Teachers and Students

Jun 21 – 2440th Annual Summer Solstice Healing Retreat

Jun 24 – 30 Ron Pevny & Susan Prince • Choosing Conscious Elderhood

Jun 24 – Jul 1 Shannon McCallSummer Camp for Yogis

Jun 28 – Jul 1 Calley O’Neill & Noa Eads • Full Body Elixir by Day, Lucid Dreaming by Night

Jul 1 – 6 Stewart CubleyAwakening the Creative: The Painting Experience

Jul 6 – 8 Mika Smith & Cassidy Geppert • Ecstatic Touch: An Introduction to Tantra (for Couples)

July 6 – 8 Sarahjoy Marsh & Jay Gregory • Yoga and Love: Living Luminously Not Restlessly

Jul 6 – 8 Deborah S. Mayer and Dorothy M. Wilkins • With Wings I Soar: A Deaf Coaching Retreat

Jul 8 – 13 Jeffrey WilliamsEDGU Training: Empower Your Spine and Brain

Jul 8 – 13 Melina Meza & Chiara Guerrieri • Breitenbush Summer Immersion Retreat

Jul 8 – 13 Andrew Millison & Jessi Bloom • Permaculture Plant Magic

Jul 13 – 16 Pacific Northwest School of Massage – Massage Therapists’ Retreat

Jul 16 – 22 Sierra Club with Robert Lowe • Hot Springs, Cold Creeks & Snowy Mountains

Jul 18 – 20 Emily LightRed Tent Yoga Retreat for Women*

Jul 20 – 22 Dr. Tracey AdamsThrive with Emotional Intelligence*

Jul 22 – 27 Barry & Joyce VissellSummer Renewal

Jul 27 – 29Quiet Weekend

Jul 27 – 29 Susan AndersonAbandonment to Healing: Overcome Self Sabotage

Jul 27 – 29 Frank CoppietersOregon School of Massage: First Degree Reiki Class


Our Faculty

April thru

September

2018Women Only

Apr 26 - 29 Sep 13 - 16 (Quiet)

Quiet Time

Jul 27 - 29

Service Weeks

May 6 - 11

Sep 16 - 21

Closed/Reserved

These are times when our entire facility is closed or reserved exclusively for the participants in an event. There is no day use during these times. Our reservations office is open. These periods begin at 3pm on the first day and end at 3pm on the last day.

Apr 22 - 26 ClosedMay 28 - Jun 1 ClosedJun 21 - 24 Reserved SolsticeJul 13 - 16 Reserved PNWMTAug 12 - 15 Reserved Food RevAug 15 - 19 Reserved Private Aug 23 - 26 Reserved WITWSep 7 - 9 Reserved HerbalSep 30 - Oct 5 Closed


Tracey Adams . .. . . .. . . .. 19M. Ali .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 21Susan Anderson . . . .. . . .. 20Anthony Arendt . . .. . . .. 27Robert Beatty . .. . . .. . . .. 20Grace Bell .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 14Jessi Bloom .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 18Flip Brown. .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 6Paula Byrne . . . .. . . .. . . .. 6Meshi Chavez . .. . . .. . . .. 13Ann Christensen . . .. . . .. 13Frank Coppieters . . .. . . .. 10, 20Jeff Creswell . . .. . . .. . . .. 27Stewart Cubley .. . . .. . . .. 16Kassy Daggett . .. . . .. . . .. 12, 26Deborah Davis .. . . .. . . .. 8Russell Delman .. . . .. . . .. 11Joanna Dunn . . .. . . .. . . .. 13Noa Eads . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 16Jeannie Edwards . . . .. . . .. 26Cassidy Geppert . . . .. . . .. 14, 17Marta Getty . . .. . . .. . . .. 22Lynea Gillen . . .. . . .. . . .. 8Glenda Goodrich . . .. . . .. 13Jay Gregory .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 17Chiara Guerrieri . . . .. . . .. 6, 18

Janell Hartman .. . . .. . . .. 15Monicka Koneski . . .. . . .. 26Richard Lang . . .. . . .. . . .. 23Noah Levine . . .. . . .. . . .. 6Rick Levine . . . .. . . .. . . .. 21Emily Light .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 19Robert Lowe . . .. . . .. . . .. 18Sarahjoy Marsh .. . . .. . . .. 7, 17, 22Deborah S. Mayer . .. . . .. 17Shannon McCall . . .. . . .. 16Melina Meza . . .. . . .. . . .. 6, 18Andrew Millison . . .. . . .. 18Amy Minato . . .. . . .. . . .. 8, 27Jen Mitchell . . .. . . .. . . .. 15Liv Monroe . . . .. . . .. . . .. 13Cader Olive . . . .. . . .. . . .. 14Calley O’Neill . .. . . .. . . .. 16Ron Pevny .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 15Susan Prince . . .. . . .. . . .. 15Paulette Rees-Denis .. . . .. 8Ada Riley . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 13John Robbins . . .. . . .. . . .. 23Ocean Robbins .. . . .. . . .. 23Victor Rozek . . .. . . .. . . .. 12Bill St.Cyr . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 11Sue Scavo . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 11

Shanti Schenker-Skye . . .. 24Subhan Schenker . . .. . . .. 24Barbara Secrest .. . . .. . . .. 25Fred Sly . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 13Mika Smith . . . .. . . .. . . .. 14, 17Jeannie Songer .. . . .. . . .. 26Sequoia Star . . .. . . .. . . .. 23Claude Stein . . .. . . .. . . .. 11, 27Jennifer Strait . .. . . .. . . .. 8D’vorah Swarzman . .. . . .. 9Sweethome Teacup .. . . .. 9, 14Betsy Toll . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 7Barry Vissell . . . .. . . .. . . .. 19Joyce Vissell . . . .. . . .. . . .. 19Judith Waldman . . . .. . . .. 22Lisa Wells . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. 12, 25Benjy Wertheimer . .. . . .. 12Heather Wertheimer . . . .. 12Hank Wesselman . . .. . . .. 21, 22Dorothy M. Wilkins .. . . .. 17Jeffrey Williams .. . . .. . . .. 17Winky Wheeler .. . . .. . . .. 13Jeannie Zandi . .. . . .. . . .. 27

Jul 27 – 29 or Aug 1 Robert Beatty Buddhist Path to Love and Happiness: Mindfulness Meditation

Jul 29 – Aug 2 Rick LevineThinking Cosmically While Acting Locally

Aug 2 – 5 M. AliExploring Consciousness

Aug 3 – 5 Hank WesselmanSpiritwalker: Power, Knowledge and Spiritual Healing

Aug 5 – 8 Sarahjoy MarshAwakening into the Sacred: Yoga and Meditation Retreat

Aug 5 – 8 Judith WaldmanWomen’s Wisdom Journey: For Women of All Ages*

Aug 5 – 10 Hank WesselmanVisionseeker Level 2: Spirit Medicine

Aug 8 – 10 Northwest Reiki Gathering Master Time (Masters Only)

Aug 10 – 12 34th Annual Northwest Reiki Gathering: Footprints in our Reiki Evolution!!

Aug 12 – 15 John & Ocean Robbins • The Human Side of the Food Revolution

Aug 19 – 23 Richard Lang & Sequoia Star • The Headless Way: Seeing Who You Really Are

Aug 20 – 22 Lila: Yoga & The Divine Play of Parenting

Aug 23 – 26Women in the Woods*

Aug 26 – 28 Amy MinatoClose to Nature

Aug 31 – Sep 3BREEMA®: The Art of Being Present

Aug 31 – Sep 3 Shanti Schenker-Skye & Subhan SchenkerAn Osho Meditation Retreat!

Sep 3 – 6 Lisa WellsGentle Yoga for Real People

Sep 6 – 7 Pre-Conference IntensiveSep 7 – 9 The 36th Anniversary of the First Breitenbush Herbal Conference

Sep 13 – 16Women Only Quiet Weekend*

Sep 13 – 16 Barbara SecrestResting in the Sacred Feminine: A Meditation Retreat for Women*

Sep 16 – 21Fall Contact Dance Jam

Sep 16 – 21Fall Service Week

Sep 20 – 23 Jeannie Edwards & Kassy Daggett • Reflections: A Women’s Retreat*

Sep 21 – 23 Jeannie Songer & Monicka Koneski • An Entry Level Exploration into the Joy of Yoga

Sep 21 – 23 Amy MinatoTurning Over Stones: A Creative Writing Workshop

Sep 23 – 26 Claude SteinThe Natural Singer: Finding Your True Voice

Sep 23 – 30 Jeannie ZandiGrounded Open Heart: A Retreat for Women*

Sep 27 – 30 Jeff Creswell & Anthony Arendt • Male Journeys: A Men’s Courage & Renewal® Retreat*


*(See p. 31 for the Breitenbush policy on gender-specific events.)

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Apr 6 – 8 Flip Brown

Conscious Business Conversations

In the old model, we often entered our workplace each day and put on a compromised version of ourselves. In the new paradigm, we bring in our full being—our dreams, wisdom and experience—knowing that we must channel our energies in ways that balance our needs with that of the organization. We’ll explore the meaning of workplace culture, best practices for dealing with negativity (ours and others!) and methods for getting out of our own way. Join us in an interactive process where we “go deep” about what it means to do work, be at work, and experience stronger results, more meaning and greater fulfillment.

Flip Brown has worked with socially responsible organizations for over 15 years in Vermont and across North America. He has experience in international business, non-profit service, depth psychology, executive coaching, rock ‘n’ roll and organic gardening. He is the author of Balanced Effectiveness at Work: How to Enjoy the Fruits of Your Labor Without Driving Yourself Nuts. A copy will be provided to each participant.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Flip

802.658.4111 or [email protected] or

businesscultureconsultants.com BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $125 plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Apr 6 – 13 Melina Meza & Chiara Guerrieri

8 Limbs Yoga Advanced Training

Advance your yoga practice and teaching skill through this intensive workshop with several of Seattle’s most respected yoga teachers. Our goal is to broaden the understanding for participants while encouraging yoga practice as a means to discover and fulfill one’s dharma, or purpose. Open as training or as personal practice. This eight-day workshop will offer a range of subjects: Art of Teaching, Yoga Philosophy, Anatomy in Asana, Student Observation and Diagnosis, Ayurveda and Holistic Living as a Yoga Teacher.

Melina Meza (left) began teaching in 1996. Her main influences are Dr. Robert Svoboda, Scott Blossom and Sarah Powers.

Chiara Guerrieri, (right) LMP, has practiced yoga for over 30 years. She is inspired by Ana Forrest, Shari Friedrickson and Rod Stryker. REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: 206.325.8221

or [email protected] or 8limbsyoga.com

BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Fri lunch (7 days) COST:

$1050 ($890 if paid by 2/10) plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Apr 9 – 13 Noah Levine

Refuge Recovery Retreat

The Buddhist path to treating addiction is one of developing wisdom and compassion through meditation, renunciation and wise actions such as service, amends, forgiveness

and generosity. Buddhism offers a non-theistic spiritual path; Refuge Recovery follows the traditional Four Truths and Eight Fold Path of early Buddhism. Refuge Recovery is a program that can be worked in conjunction with, or as an alternative to, the 12-Step approach. During this retreat, there will be periods of meditation, talks on Buddhist recovery, group discussion and Refuge Recovery meetings.

Noah Levine is the founder of the Against the Stream Buddhist Meditation Society with centers in Los Angeles and San Francisco, and over 20 affiliated groups in North America and Europe. He teaches meditation groups, gives workshops and leads retreats internationally. Noah has created a process of addiction recovery based on the teachings of the Buddha called Refuge Recovery. He is the author of Dharma Punx, Against the Stream, Heart of the Revolution and Refuge Recovery.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO:

refugerecovery.com, dharmapunx.com or

againstthestream.org BEGINS: Mon dinner ENDS:

Fri lunch COST: $475 ($425 if registered by 3/10)

DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

April 13 – 16 Paula Byrne

Wild Grace™: Body-Song

“Music is what feelings sound like…”Come! Sing through the body and move

through the voice as we explore the healing power of whole-body improvisation. Join us in 4 days of connection, collaboration and celebration of the living work of art that is YOU!

In Body-Song, we will access our intuition and wisdom as we explore creative freedom when both voice and movement are engaged. For singers who want to move and dancers who want to free their voice … you are the


instrument. Simply bring your open body-heart-mind. Join catalyst Paula Byrne for a weekend uniting Soul and Spirit in sound and movement. All are welcome. No formal dance or voice experience required.

Paula Byrne is a professional jazz singer and voice teacher. Since 1996, she has facilitated conscious movement in Wild Grace™, DanceQuest ™, Soul Motion™, contact improv, authentic movement and trance dance. She teaches internationally and is Founder of SomaSpace in Portland, Oregon. REG & INFO: Paula 503.804.7660 or Living@

WildGrace.us or WildGrace.us BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Mon lunch COST: $325 to $375 sliding scale

($300 if registered by 3/13) plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Apr 15 – 18 Betsy Toll

Beloved Earth, Boundless Sky

In volatile times, it is easy to disconnect in myriad ways. Fusing the complicated aspects of living with the unbounded field of our deepest nature is easier said than done.

Weaving together form and spirit enables us to live skillfully in a complicated world. With our awareness grounded in both earth and sky, our human nature shines.

We’ll draw from timeless wisdom traditions using breath and meditation, prayer and devotion, interactive practices, and dialogue. These tools can reignite those connections, integrating the beauty and wonder of being alive with the practical challenges we face here and now.

Our sessions will be balanced by periods of silence and time to hike, rest, soak, connect and delight in beauty of Breitenbush.

Betsy Toll has engaged in spiritual development, social action and conscious service since working with Ram Dass in the mid-1980s. A volunteer hospital chaplain and founder of Living Earth in Portland, she offers workshops and community programs. Ram Dass, Roshi Joan Halifax and Joanna Macy are treasured teachers on her dharma trail. REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO:


LivingEarthOregon.org BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS:

Wed lunch COST: $175 ($145 if registered by 3/15)

plus lodging DEPOSIT: full amount

Apr 19 – 22 Sarahjoy Marsh

Awakening into the Sacred:

Yoga & Meditation

On the sacred land of Breitenbush, we immerse ourselves in the timelessness of nature’s wisdom. Yoga reveals this wisdom as our very nature. As we awaken our hearts and minds, renew our vitality and radiance, and rest deeply into the innate sacredness of life, we are returned to the vast intelligence and compassion that has held us all along. Join us in deep physical asana, profoundly restorative practices, and compelling conversation for living your yoga, as a very alive process—not a preconceived destination—both on and off your mat.

This retreat is for beginning and intermediate students enthusiastic about the beauty, intricacy, and power of yoga and Ayurveda as gateways to stillness, expansiveness and love.

Sarahjoy Marsh, MA, E-RYT 500 yoga teacher, yoga therapist and author, is a vibrant, compassionate catalyst for transformation. She is the founder of the DAYA Foundation, a non-profit yoga studio and therapy center in Portland, OR, and has taught yoga for more than 24 years. Her teaching is informed by Ayurveda, interpersonal neurobiology, and the philosophies, psychology and practice of yoga.REG & INFO: 503.552.YOGA(9642) or support@

sarahjoyyoga.com or sarahjoyyoga.com BEGINS:

Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $300 ($250 if reg

by 2/10) plus lodging DEPOSIT: $250 by 2/10; after

2/10, full amount

Apr 19 – 22

UPRISING 2018

This weekend-long workshop is presented by the collaborative leadership of Allies: People to People. In our time together we’ll review the fundamental principles and practices of our peer counseling method with a special focus on how we can reclaim the wholeness of our human nature.

We’ll work in pairs, small groups and all together, exchanging time and attention. We’ll practice being in two roles: the role of the growing, healing, vulnerable recipient of attention, and the role of the giving, thoughtful, supportive listener. Through this process, each of us will get to consider how emotional support, fresh thinking and community can help us heal our lives and face the world with empowerment, creativity and hopefulness. Completion of an introductory, co-counseling fundamentals class is required to attend this workshop. Contact the person listed below if you are interested in attending the spring class that finishes before the workshop. We’d love to have you!REG & INFO: Marcella Westcott, mwestcott@

hotmail.com, 503-819-5785 BEGINS: Thu dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch. COST: $150-$600 sliding scale, plus

lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

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Apr 20 – 22 Amy Minato

A New Leaf: A Creative Writing

Workshop

Just as our cottonwoods and conifers unfurl their foliage this season, stretch and open yourself through writing. Examine new forms of expression and be inspired by discoveries as you turn over the leaves of your personal journey. Immersed in this place of riffling waters and wind-strummed trees we’ll practice ways to shape your findings into effective writing. This workshop develops organically with participant interest. Themes we may consider include loss, hope, change and love. We will weave being outdoors with readings, discussions and writing in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere.

All writing levels welcome!Amy Minato is author of Siesta

Lane, a creative nonfiction book about living in a rural community, and two poetry collections, Hermit Thrush and The Wider Lens. Her writing has been recognized with a 2004 Oregon Literary Arts Fellowship and her prose with a Walden Fellowship. She currently teaches a sustainable living course at PSU and offers writing workshops through Literary Arts, Wordstock and at conference centers.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: amyminato@

mac.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST:

$150 ($130 if registered by 3/21) plus lodging


Apr 26 – 29

Women Only Weekend*

Soak, steam, relax and dream with other women in the splendor of the Cascades. Nourish your creative and expressive spirit with the excellent workshops offered or come for personal retreat. Daily well-being programs reflect the beauty and energy of the season. Children may be present. Male staff will be present in work areas.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS:

Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: Either the cost

of lodging or cost of lodging plus cost of the

workshops if you choose to take one


Apr 26 – 29 Deborah Davis

Women’s Qigong for Health and

Longevity*

Qigong has been the source for women’s health and longevity for thousands of years. The slow and gentle movements provide many health benefits and help women age gracefully, maintaining youthful vitality. With only a 15-minute daily practice, women’s qigong will balance hormones, reduce stress, improve digestion and sleep, trim the waist, benefit bones and joints, and increase overall well-being. Qigong is suitable for all ages and fitness levels. Take home a powerful 15-minute daily practice for self-healing and well-being.

Deborah Davis, L.Ac. is an acupuncturist and medical intuitive who has practiced alternative medicine for more than 30 years. She specializes in women’s qigong and authored Women’s Qigong for Health and Longevity along with a companion DVD series on women’s qigong.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Deborah at

[email protected] or deborahdavis.com

BEGINS: Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $325 ($295

if registered by 3/21) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of

lodging


Apr 26 - 29 Paulette Rees-Denis, Lynea

Gillen, Jennifer Strait and others!

Dance and Desire: TRANSITIONS (A

Four-Day Movement and Writing

Journey) *

With four glorious days of creative feminine expression, this retreat is for you. We step up more fully into ourselves, making transitions into what can be! We play and pray with yoga and healing, journaling, Shamanic Circling, Tribal Grooves and African dance. We include divine self-care practices and moving meditations—diving into your heart, body and soul—thriving on magical time taken for yourself!

While being fed delicious vegetarian food, you will have time for massages, soaking in hot pools, walking the labyrinth and watching river rapids surrounded by beautiful deep woods.

With words and movement, reverence and release, we learn tools for transitions, infusing and anointing ourselves with the magic of dreaming and desiring. We dance daily ceremony with sweaty, wild abandon and sacred feminine sensuality, and journal into spaciousness and clarity, ripe with the gift of transition!


Paulette is a Transformational Lifestyle Coach, author, and Global Dance Instructor, with over 26 years’ experience as an innovator of feminine celebration, dance and creation. Her work guides you on your journey—Movement, Momentum and Magic—following your soul’s desire to your wild spirit and beauty.REG & INFO: [email protected] or

paulettereesdenis.com BEGINS: Thu dinner ENDS:

Sun lunch COST: plumbed cabin $697 ($647 if paid

in full by 1/30), regular cabin $647 ($597 if paid in

full by 1/30) DEPOSIT:$250.00


Apr 29 – May 1 Sweethome Teacup

The Journey Home

This workshop will focus on cultivating an honest authentic relationship with ourselves and the journey we are walking. Through the practices of asana and breath work, chant and mantra, meditation and journaling with great writing exercises, we shall investigate this incredible relationship we are graced with by having a body and mind. Four well-rounded practices, amazing meals and hot springs under the stars offer a powerful setting for this transformative work.

Sweethome has studied yoga since 1993. She is the founder of the non-profit, Yoga and Animal Rights Alliance linking yoga retreats with animal sanctuaries around the world. She approaches the practice of yoga and life with devotion and awe. Her style is unique and dynamic, poetically blending vinyasa with yoga philosophy, chanting, pranayama and meditation. Her desire is to inspire all to experience life with compassion, patience and reverence.

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Sweethome

[email protected] or teacupyoga.

com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Tue lunch COST:



May 3 – 6 D’vorah Swarzman

Thai Massage Playshop:

For Couples, Individuals, Family

and Friends

This playshop is open to lay people and massage therapists who want to learn to care for others using playful and deep techniques. Traditional Thai massage was created in India 2500 years ago by the physician to the Buddha as a form of loving kindness (metta). Learn how to perform a one-hour sequence on your loved ones and/or clients by applying the methods of stretching, compression, rhythm and joint mobilization.

Thai massage is performed on cushioned mats on the floor and recipients wear loose comfortable clothing. It is strongly encouraged that participants have some yoga or body awareness and have the ability to move around on their hands and knees. Price includes instructional manual and 15 CEUs.

D’vorah Swarzman has studied and practiced the art and science of Traditional Thai massage since 1993, returning regularly to Thailand for continued training. She integrates her healing work with rhythm, improvisation, mindfulness and vipassana meditation. She honors her teachers as she practices these ancient healing and spiritual traditions.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: D’vorah


ThaiTherapeutics.com BEGINS: Thu dinner ENDS:

Sun lunch COST: $245 (sign up with a friend and

pay $390 for both of you, a $100 discount!) plus


May 6 – 11

Spring Service Week

Come explore community and service with us on this sacred land. Morning circles, talks with Breitenbush community members and daily well-being programs round out your experience. The opportunity for four hours of service daily leaves ample time for you to soak, relax and enjoy. Bring sturdy shoes, work clothes and rain gear. Most of the daily four hours of service will be physical and outdoors.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Sun

dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $375/plumbed cabin,

$310/regular cabin, $240/lodge room, $230/dorm

DEPOSIT: full amount

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May 11 – 13 Frank Coppieters

Oregon School of Massage:

First Degree Reiki Class

Reiki is a form of natural healing that takes place through gentle, sacred touch. It restores health and harmony to the physical body, releases emotional blockages and activates a closer connection to spirit. Reiki works with the vibration of love and compassion and is an easy form of self-healing. Its recent origins have been traced back to Japan in the late 1800’s and the inspired work of Dr. Mikao Usui. The opening to this simple and mysterious universal life energy happens through a series of initiations and the practice of the form through various hand positions. Frank honors the oral tradition and Phyllis Furumoto as the lineage bearer. This is a First degree Reiki class.

Frank Coppieters, PhD, Reiki Master, LMT #2385, taught at the graduate level for 13 years at the University of Antwerp in Belgium before he became a spiritual teacher, counselor and Reiki Master. He has a full-time private practice in Portland where he does Reiki, massage, shamanistic work and counseling.REG & INFO: Oregon School of Massage

1.800.844.3420 BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $560 includes lodging and meals DEPOSIT: full

amount by 4/27

May 13 – 16

Beyond Mother’s Day:

A Retreat for Moms

Join together in celebration of your children while taking care of yourself at the same time! We provide childcare for children three years and older, cook your meals and even do the dishes. You can steep in the waters and luxuriate in the serenity of the ancient forest. Our childcare program with arts, creative play and nature exploration will be offered for 3.5 hours each morning to allow you time to retreat, relax and renew. Bring the whole family—fathers welcome too!

Register now. Beyond Mother’s Day is always a popular event and space is limited. Please note: childcare is available for potty-trained children 3 to 11 years old. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult at all times. No partial stays.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Sun

dinner ENDS: Wed lunch COST: Adults, cost of

lodging; children, $150 per child plus lodging


May 18 – 21

Soak In The Love:

A Course In Miracles Gathering

Love waits on welcome, not on time. Our Loving Family of the Heart is gathering once again to Soak in the Love and the warm waters at Breitenbush.We come together to celebrate life, to open ourselves to Spirit, to experience Love, Peace and Joy and to be fully present with one another as we enjoy the hot springs and natural beauty of Breitenbush. We welcome everyone to share in this heart-opening retreat and Soak in the Love with us.

Robert and Chaka Varley, Charley Thweatt, Karl Anthony, Marshall and Shanti Norman, Maureen Levy and Mia Margaret will be present to help us open our hearts through music, singing, circle dancing, meditation, yoga, sharing, fun, laughter and tears.REG & INFO: Mary Hart 206.353.1901 or

[email protected] BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Sun or Mon lunch COST: Adults $570 Fri-

Mon, $470 Fri-Sun, includes lodging and meals.

Children: 0-4 free, 5-10 $170 Fri-Mon, $140 Fri- Sun,

11-16 $210 Fri-Mon, $165 Fri-Sun, includes lodging

and meals. Early pay, adults only, $25 discount

for Fri-Mon and $15 discount for Fri-Sun if paid in

full by 2/15) DEPOSIT: Adult: $375 Fri-Mon, $310 Fri-

Sun; Teen $140 Fri-Mon, $110 Fri-Sun, Child $115

Fri-Mon, $95 Fri-Sun


May 21 – 25 Russell Delman

The Embodied Life™:

Freedom Through Awareness

The Embodied Life is an approach to human transformation based on the integration of meditation, the Feldenkrais® movement and self-inquiry. All practices are focused on being fully present in authentic, warm-hearted and curious ways. The Embodied Life™ School is dedicated to the realization of love, wisdom and freedom as the evolutionary direction for humanity.

Embodied Meditation: at home with “what is,” embracing all that arises. Embodied Movement: moving from center, grounded on the earth. Embodied Inquiry: cultivating intimacy with the Wisdom Body.

Having a sense of friendliness with one’s mind and being at home in one’s body is the ground for deep peace. From this ground, we can bring our most creative gifts into the world. Those experienced or new to these practices are welcome. Join us if you can!

Human transformation requires the movement from fear to love as our basic operating principle. Presence is the door, Embodiment is the key.

Russell Delman has taught Embodied Awareness since 1975 maintaining a 40+ year meditation practice. He currently leads seminars, retreats and mentorship programs worldwide.REG: russelldelman.com INFO: Embodied Life

School 707.827.3536 or [email protected]

BEGINS: Mon dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $390 ($360


lodging

May 21 – 25 Bill St.Cyr & Sue Scavo

Dream Mapping: Navigating Your

Dream Landscape

In this retreat you will learn to explore your own dreams through the process of “Dream Mapping” and also have the opportunity to deep dive into your own dream journey. We will hold sacred space in community—through a process of dream enactment that we call String Work—for you to open to the depths of your lineage and to the deepest brilliance of who you are.

No matter what your current practice is, dreams can help you find the place within yourself that can be in deepest relationship to the inner realm and the outer world at the same time. It will help you find the place where you can open to presence, regardless of your experiences of the past, and in doing so be open to the deepest possibility of love.

Sue Scavo and Bill St.Cyr are Embodied Dreamwork Practitioners, with over 15 years of experience collaborating with dreamers and the dream. They have presented and facilitated over 65 workshops, retreats and conferences throughout the US, Canada and Europe.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Bill

802.522.9170 or Sue 802.522.9171 or

studentsofthedream.com or billandsue@

studentsofthedream.com BEGINS: Mon dinner

ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $325 ($300 if registered by

4/20) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

May 25 – 28 Claude Stein

The Natural Singer:

Finding Your True Voice

Celebrate the amazing power of your true, authentic voice. Conquer fear, eliminate “wrong notes” and uncover the undeniable energetic beauty of your soul. Whether you already sing, always wished you could, or just want to speak out more authentically, this workshop will indeed change your life. You’ll break through blocks and free up a rich and empowering sound. The results are stunning and transformational, even if you’ve never been able to carry a tune!

Offered are basic techniques for breathing, tone, range, hitting the notes, projection and overcoming stage-fright. Then voices ring out, as favorite songs become transformational wellsprings, and inner and outer voice align. Multidisciplinary experts have called the results “profound” and “astounding.” Whether you are an absolute beginner, someone who already sings, or just someone who wants to speak up more easily, you’ll find yourself expressing beautiful messages from your heart. This workshop is a Breitenbush favorite and consistently gets incredible reviews.

Claude Stein is one of the great master teachers of our time, so don’t miss it. Visit naturalsinger.com for stories, photos and video. Bring instruments, CDs and song books if you like.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Claude Stein

at 212.460.5878 or [email protected] or

naturalsinger.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Mon

lunch COST: $295 ($285 if registered by 4/25) plus


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May 25 – 28 Kassy Daggett & Victor Rozek

Self Care: BreathWork Retreat for

Compassion Fatigue

Once you are called to “The Path of Service,” it can be challenging to remain available for others when your own life, or the world around you, becomes overwhelming. Self-care offers an opportunity for health care providers and those in service to others to experience deep personal work; clearing compassion fatigue and burnout. We’ll explore the transformational journey of breath work and other guided processes in the supportive embrace of a community of healers.

Remember who you really are, re-connect with your caring true nature, and re-commit to your path with clear vision, passion and action. Return home refreshed with effective communication skills and healthy boundaries. Receive the gift of self-care. 24 CEs/CMEs.

Kassy Daggett, LMT (#5785), and Victor Rozek are experienced facilitators. Kassy is a somatic therapist and breath work practitioner, and is described as inspirational, entertaining and authentic. Victor, as a certified coach, is described as compassionate, irreverent and wise. They are NLP certified with a vibrant coaching practice.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Kassy

541.912.4940 or [email protected] or vrkd.com

BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Mon lunch COST: $379 ($349


lodging

Jun 1 – 3 Heather & Benjy Wertheimer

Path of Kirtan: Open Your

Voice, Open Your Heart

The Path of Kirtan explores the ancient practices of kirtan and sacred sound. In this workshop, we’ll immerse ourselves in this luminous ocean through voice, mantra, devotion, movement, yoga and meditation to connect more deeply with the divine Presence. In many Eastern cultures, the practice of music is approached as a spiritual practice, as the yoga of sound, and that is how it will be presented in this workshop. From this foundation, the chanting of sacred names and mantras will flow with new depth and new freedom. This workshop is offered with the intention to cultivate more beauty, love and peace inside ourselves and in our world.

Heather and Benjy Wertheimer lead kirtan (sacred chanting) worldwide as the duo Shantala, with soul-stirring vocals, sacred lyrics and exquisite instrumentation. Together they create music with beauty, passion and reverence. Shantala has performed and recorded internationally with such sacred music luminaries as Krishna Das, Deva Premal and Miten, and Jai Uttal. Elizabeth Rainey, certified yoga teacher, will offer yoga and meditation during this retreat.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: 503.446.6076

or [email protected] or shantalamusic.

com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $200

($175 if registered by 5/4) plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Jun 1 – 4 Lisa Wells

The Courage to Change:

Yoga and the Twelve Steps

Recovering from addiction or alcoholism is a process of cleansing the mind and the body. The Twelve Steps are a tool to build a successful life that can work for everyone, for we are all addicted to something. The practice of yoga supports the internal changes that happen as we heal the body and mind from addiction. We will practice yoga asana to heal the physical body. We will learn movement practices that support our recovery from trauma and abuse and help to detox and cleanse the tissues. We’ll learn meditation practices to improve our conscious contact with a power greater than ourselves. We will support each other as we find the courage to change ourselves and the world.

Lisa Wells, PhD, ERYT500, teaches yoga, body awareness, meditation, relaxation and trauma-release. She co-owns Live Well Studio in Corvallis. Her 30 years of yoga practice have brought her patience, humility and happiness. Her 59 years of life have led her from trauma, through addiction, to recovery and joy in a life that includes rather than excludes suffering. Lisa has been teaching yoga since 2000. She received her PhD in geology from Stanford University. She specializes in gentle yoga adapted to all bodies.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Lisa Wells

[email protected] or 541.231.6091 or

livewellstudio.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Mon




Jun 3 – 6 Ada Riley & Joanna Dunn

Restoration Facilitation: Somatic

Movement, Meditation and Yoga

As we age, we can begin to lose flexibility both mentally and physically. We get stuck in habits of thought and movement. Through the practices of Feldenkrais Method®, meditation, and gentle, restorative yoga, open yourself up to new possibilities. There is incredible potential for change no matter your age. Whether you are recovering from injury or illness, coping with chronic pain or just want to regain lost mobility or flexibility, you will benefit from this workshop.

Ada Riley, at age 80, is a living testament to these combined practices. Ada began studying yoga and meditation at age 50 and teaching yoga in her mid-50s. At age 75, she came upon the Feldenkrais Method® and began a four-year certification program at age 75.

Joanna Dunn has taught yoga since 2000. A yoga studio owner and co-director of a teacher training program, she mostly serves students ages 55 to 85 in weekly classes in Leavenworth, and in residential retreats in Washington State and internationally.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Joanna at

[email protected] BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS:

Wed lunch COST: $250 ($225 if registered by 5/3)

plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Jun 6 – 10 Fred Sly & Liv Monroe

NVC for Flowing Relationships

Liv and Fred will provide you with nonviolent communication tools, practice and capacities to create and sustain joyful, flowing relationships. We will combine fun and deep, heartfelt learning into capacities you can take home. During this workshop, you will have the opportunity to work through unresolved upsets and practice the difficult conversations that bring relief. Whether you have stuck places at work, at home, with children, friends or with an intimate partner, you will return to your relationships ready to shift old stuck energy and experience sweet movement in connection, even with yourself.

Fred Sly PhD and Liv Monroe are NVC trainers, certified by CNVC (The Center for Nonviolent Communication). Both offer workshops, practice groups, coaching, consulting and mediations–Liv in Olympia and Fred in Portland. Fred founded Rose City NVC and the Oregon Prison Project for sharing NVC. Liv works with individuals, couples, families, businesses, schools and organizations.REG: Liv 360.357.4503 and nwcompass.org INFO:

[email protected] or Fred 503.395.5285 or

[email protected] BEGINS: Wed dinner ENDS:

Sun lunch COST: $350 ($300 if registered by 4/30)

plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging plus $50

Jun 7 – 10 Winky Wheeler & Meshi Chavez

Movement Artistry: Imagination,

Body and Nature

Everyone is a dancer and everything around us is part of the dance…sometimes we just need a little help remembering that.

Join us for a movement journey into a new experience of your own body, your moving relationship to others and the spaces between us. We’ll offer tools that create doorways into new movement possibilities, while activating our imagination and senses, and connecting with our vitality. We develop the skill to be present to the fleeting moment and to find our dance wherever our feet are. We [literally] dance both inside and outside in this

workshop, deepening our connection not only to ourselves and each other, but to the river, wind and the ground beneath our feet. All levels of movement experience are welcome…just bring an open mind and a willingness to unfold.

Winky Wheeler and Meshi Chavez are co-founders of Momentum: Conscious Movement where they offer daily classes and workshops in Portland, Oregon.REG & INFO: Meshi Chavez 503.730.2737 or

[email protected] or Winky Wheeler


MomentumStudioPDX.com BEGINS: Thu dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $395 - $415 sliding scale

($370 if registered and paid in full by 5/8) plus


Jun 10 – 13 Glenda Goodrich & Ann

Christensen

SoulCollage®: Solstice Soul

Renewal

What is your soul longing for? Let the magic of SoulCollage® deepen your presence with your longing and knowing. Solstice is a time to awaken the luminosity within YOU. Play in the pure joy of creating personal collages. Heighten self-discovery through journaling, meditation, sound, labyrinth walking and time in nature.

SoulCollage® experience is not necessary. Glenda and Ann will guide you in this soul-nurturing process that you can continue with on your own.

Glenda Goodrich is a mixed media artist, writer, teacher, SoulCollage® facilitator and vision quest practitioner. She uses a soulful grounded approach, along with an open and loving heart, to guide others in realigning with their inherent creative nature.

Ann Christensen, MA, is an artist, SoulCollage® facilitator, sound/energy healer, qigong teacher and a compassionate coach for transformation. Her teaching is informed by a grounded unconditional acceptance. She is dedicated to assisting

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you to strengthen your soul’s foundation and your relationship to body, self and others, service and earth. Visit glendagoodrich.com annchealingarts.com soulcollage.com.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Glenda

Goodrich, 503-990-0278 or glendaanne@msn.

com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Wed lunch COST:



Jun 10 – 13 Sweethome Teacup

Mantra for Life: Establishing a

Meaningful Practice

The content and purpose of this workshop is to activate the process in which the beauty and magic of life can be celebrated in our daily practice and through our living experience. We will work with various practices including mantra meditation, active movement, writing and ritual. This workshop will enhance the creative process of manifesting our dreams and making the space to indulge in the creative process of finding our voice and vocation in this life.

See bio page 9.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Sweethome

360.774.0887 or [email protected]

or teacupyoga.com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Wed



Jun 13 – 17 Grace Bell

Question Your Thinking, Change

Your World: The Work of Byron

Katie

Many of us spend our lives making ourselves, others, or situations into problems to be solved; fighting, complaining, anxious about circumstances, the people we love, our bodies, our lives. End the war by questioning your thinking.

Byron Katie shows us how to dive into the beliefs we hold when we’re not being “spiritual” or “enlightened.” You’ll find a gate to your own freedom. Who would you be without the story that you have a problem? YOU have the answer. Beginners and experienced all find this precious time in inquiry at Breitenbush to be life-changing, discovering the ability to bring peace to stressful situations. Join us for this transformative immersion in The Work.

26 CEUs for mental health professionals through the WA State Society for Clinical Social Work.

Grace Bell is a certified facilitator and trainer of The Work of Byron Katie working with people all over the world to wake up through investigating stressful stories. REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: grace@

workwithgrace.com or workwithgrace.com or

206.650.1230 BEGINS: Wed dinner ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $495 ($395 if registered by 5/1) plus lodging


Jun 15 – 17 Mika Smith & Cassidy Geppert

Timeless Loving: An Introduction

to SkyDancing® Tantra (for

Couples)

Turn your experience of sexual loving into a whole-body spiritual practice!

This popular workshop is a sacred and fun way to become a better lover, deepen intimacy and experience Tantra. In a respectful and safe environment, we delve into ancient tantric techniques adapted to our present-day needs. Discover how to integrate ecstatic spirituality into your lovemaking and everyday activities to improve intimate communication skills and connect deeply with yourself and others. Described as life changing, these practices can be used again and again to love and live more ecstatically. Whether you wish to deepen

your intimacy, or broaden your love skills, this weekend promises to be pleasurable, fun and life-enhancing. There is no explicit sexual content.

Mika Smith and Cassidy Geppert, certified SkyDancing Tantra teachers, have over 30 years of experience teaching and practicing the healing arts, including Tantra, yoga, massage, breath work, movement, group process and transformational therapy. Their workshops provide a safe, nurturing and playful environment that encourages intimacy and expansion. Mika and Cassidy were trained by long-time Breitenbush presenters, Steve and Lokita Carter.REG & INFO: Ecstatic Living Institute 844.987.3456

or 707.987.3456 or [email protected] or

ecstaticliving.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun

lunch COST: $325 per person ($295 if paid in full by

3/17) plus lodging DEPOSIT: $250 per person

Jun 15 – 17 Cader Olive

Nature Reconnection: Meditation,

Forest Bathing and Nature

Observation Skills

Rekindle the magic and wonder of your childhood world. Our habitual attention and perception patterns are mostly shaped in man-made environments, and we can miss the depth and detail of patterns all around us in wild nature. Did you realize that you have 10 types of vision, 8 types of touch, and 6 types of hearing that you can cultivate to deepen your experience of nature? Drawing on science, meditation, native life-ways, and decades of personal exploration and experience, Cader will help you re-discover your sensory abilities through simple exercises and new skills. These skills will make you a better tracker, photographer, nature writer, artist, and simply


more connected with nature. Please read the full description at learnnatureskills.com.

Cader Olive has lived and taught in wild nature for 40 years. He brings skills and knowledge from science, practical living and spiritual connection to his workshops. He earned a Ph.D. in ecology, and founded and taught at his nature education center for 15 years. He currently lives and teaches in Portland, OR.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Cader

715.322.4349 or learnnatureskills.com BEGINS: Fri

dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $185 plus lodging


Jun 17 – 21 Jen Mitchell & Janell Hartman

Restorative Yoga Training Retreat -

For Teachers and Curious Students

Train in the healing methods of restorative yoga while experiencing the peace and beauty that is Breitenbush Hot Springs. You’ll spend five days and four nights relaxing, soaking in new knowledge, and enjoying the healing hot springs in this 20-hr Yoga Alliance certified training.

Through direct experience and practice teaching, you’ll learn the science of relaxing and the energetics of slowing down. You will also find ways to use these transformative concepts in your own practice and to impart them to your community. We will also discuss the physiology of stress, the endocrine system and the detrimental effects stress has on our health and wellbeing.

Jen Mitchell’s appreciation for restorative yoga developed during years of self-study, including studying often with Judith Hanson Lasater and multiple visits to India. Jen directs Twist Yoga in Edmonds, WA. Her classes combine pranayama, kriyas and heating asana with restorative poses.

Janell Hartman’s classes are safe and empowering, with accessibility for any level of practitioner. Her first loves are restorative and yin yoga, as she’s seen the most profound healing come from stillness and authentic relaxation.

REG & INFO: Jen 425.778.9642 or jen@

twistyogaedmonds.com or twistyogaedmonds.

com/retreats/relax-renew-retreat-to-breitenbush-

hot-springs/ BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Thu lunch

COST: $549 ($399 if registered by 5/17) plus

lodging DEPOSIT: $300

Jun 21 – 24

40th Annual Summer Solstice

Healing Retreat

Join us in the celebration of Breitenbush’s 40th Summer Solstice Healing Retreat. Together we turn the wheel of the seasons on this sacred land in an atmosphere of healing and sharing. Participants are encouraged to co-create the weekend by offering a workshop, hosting music circle, or by sharing healing talents. This is a non-commercial gathering.

Plan to bring a tent as cabins are given to those with the greatest needs. Please plan to carpool to reduce fossil fuel use and to prevent over-crowding our parking lot and help us reduce our carbon footprint.

Registration for this event starts at 10am on Sunday, April 15th. Once it begins, register promptly at our website as this event sells out within hours. No registrations will be handled by phone.REG & INFO: To register visit breitenbush.com/

solstice. For information email us at sshr@

breitenbush.com or call us 503.854.3320. Please

note: no transfers, refunds or credit vouchers

available for cancellations. No more than two

children per adult. BEGINS: Thu 4pm ENDS: Sun

2pm COST: sliding scale by age: Sliding scale:

$153-$418; children 0-3 free; 4-12 $52-151; 13-17

$69-$196

Jun 24 – 30 Ron Pevny & Susan Prince

Choosing Conscious Elderhood

There is a big difference between simply becoming old, and aging consciously, with purpose and intention. This retreat, for people age 50 and up, provides an inspiring experiential introduction to the fruits and challenges of a conscious elderhood, which can be a time of growth, passion, purpose and service.

Such an elderhood is consciously chosen and requires preparation at all levels—physical, psychological and spiritual.

Using reflective time in nature, work with life review, legacy and intention, ceremony, sharing councils and 24 hours in solitude, you will let go of beliefs, attachments and self-identifications that no longer serve you, and open to an expanded vision for your conscious elderhood.

Ron Pevny is Director of the Center for Conscious Eldering, author of Conscious Living, Conscious Aging, and three-time host of the Shift Network’s Transforming Aging Summits.

Susan Prince is a life coach whose background includes environmental education for young people. She is active in the Conscious Elders Network and has strong experience with an indigenous model of community where elders have a pivotal role.REG & INFO: centerforconsciouseldering.

com or Ron at 970.247.7943 or ron@

centerforconsciouseldering.com BEGINS: Sun

dinner ENDS: Sat lunch COST: $1695 includes shared

standard cabin, $1845 for shared plumbed cabin

($100 off if registered by 3/25) DEPOSIT: $300

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Jun 24 – Jul 1 Shannon McCall

Summer Camp for Yogis

One of my teachers often says that the best way to enhance our lives is to keep good company. I invite you to join me in co-creating a meaningful week of practice with a mature and kind-hearted group in the natural beauty of Breitenbush. Our immersion is organized around three sessions a day of meditation, pranayama, asana exploration, deep relaxation, self-inquiry and teachings in ayurveda. Afternoons and evenings are free to enjoy the healing waters of Breitenbush. This week is designed to support, inspire and reinvigorate your personal practice at home. Appropriate for those with one year of ongoing yoga practice to advanced students and teachers. Continuing education credits available for teachers.

Shannon McCall is a long-time yoga practitioner and teacher of meditation and ayurveda, with decades of experience teaching and leading retreats. Motivated by a deep interest in personal transformation and healing, she has a rich background in yoga, Eastern and Western philosophy, somatic meditation, Authentic Movement and the Diamond Approach. Find her at livingintobalance.com.REG & INFO: Shannon McCall at 206.412.8784

or [email protected] or

livingintobalance.com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS:

Sun lunch COST: $660 ($560 if registered by 5/1)

plus lodging (note: 10% discount on lodging for

participants staying 7 days) DEPOSIT: $108

Jun 28 – Jul 1 Calley O’Neill & Noa Eads

Full Body Elixir by Day, Lucid

Dreaming by Night

Come learn The Full Body Elixir and Five Tibetans, a rejuvenating, joyous and fun moving meditation and fountain of youth. This is a wonderful, slow-flow integration of yoga, qigong, deep breathing, tapping, isometrics and positive mind. The practice cleans your neural network, recharges your immune system, and reinvigorates and strengthens your body. Calley’s son Noa, an avid lucid dreamer/teacher, will teach the basic practices and benefits of lucid dreaming, as well as the skills for developing lucidity in waking and dreaming life. Transform your days and take back your nights! This daily transformational practice actually works to dissolve pain, stress and resistance into vitality and happiness. The cumulative effect over years is joy and great energy!

Calley O’Neill is an inspirational yoga teacher and internationally acclaimed conservation artist who has practiced yoga and meditation daily since 1975. Teaching since 1997, she has helped literally thousands of students out of stress and pain.

Noa Eads, Calley’s 24 year-old son, is an experienced “oneironaut,” percussionist and agro-ecologist. He has been seriously exploring the world of lucid dreaming for over seven years—with great benefit.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Calley

808.885.0609 or [email protected]

or text 808.987.7003 BEGINS: Thu dinner ENDS: Sun



Jul 1 – 6 Stewart Cubley

Awakening the Creative:

The Painting Experience

In process painting the goal is free expression, with emphasis on the creative process rather than on technique or expertise. The Painting Experience takes place in a respectful and nurturing environment where you’ll receive individual attention and guidance to help you open to inspiration, growth and change.

Discover a creative voice entirely your own. ~ Trust your intuitive perception, not the mind’s critical chatter. ~ Follow your energy rather than what looks good or makes sense. ~ Overcome blocks by following their hidden message. ~ Experience your imagination as intelligent—a doorway to deeper knowing. ~ Explore process painting as a path to spiritual awakening.

You are welcome even if you’ve never picked up a paintbrush. All materials are supplied—all you have to bring is YOU!

For over four decades Stewart Cubley has pioneered a way of integrative and creative living through the practice of process painting. His method is one of respectful questioning, inviting you to extend yourself into new areas of thought and feeling. Stewart is co-author of Life, Paint & Passion: Reclaiming the Magic of Spontaneous Expression. CE credits for MFT/LCSW/LPCC/LEP/RN.REG & INFO: The Painting Experience 415.488.6880

or processarts.com or [email protected].

BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $695 ($630

if registered by 5/1) continuing PE participants

$595 (all materials included) lodging extra

DEPOSIT: $350


Jul 6 – 8 Mika Smith & Cassidy Geppert

Ecstatic Touch (Level 1):

An Introduction to Tantra (for

Couples)

If you are interested in massage and Tantra, you will love this experiential workshop! Ecstatic touch, ritual and communication are the foundations of this delightful weekend. Giving and receiving sensuous, healing and pleasurable full-body massage can open new doors to your heart and enrich your life and loving. Integrate spirituality and physical pleasure; explore the fine line between giving and receiving; allow more pleasure and trust in your relationship; rekindle the flames of passion; enjoy a very relaxing and sensuous weekend!

You will learn a variety of techniques that you can practice at home to deepen your intimacy and connection. No experience is necessary. This workshop is open for couples working exclusively with each other during the massages. There is no sexual activity.

See bios page 14.REG & INFO: Ecstatic Living Institute 844.987.3456

or 707.987.3456 or [email protected] or

ecstaticliving.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun

lunch COST: $325 per person ($295 if paid in full by

5/6) plus lodging DEPOSIT: $250 per person

Jul 6 – 8 Sarahjoy Marsh & Jay Gregory

Yoga and Love: Living Luminously

Not Restlessly

Through the practices of yoga we experience love, grace, openness, contentment and joy. Yet we don’t sustain this luminous understanding. What gets in the way? Explore the fundamental obstacles to living as love: human restlessness, out of balance living, mental habits and conditioning that keeps us tied to our more primitive thinking.

Through psycho-educational discussions, Sarahjoy and Jay address key elements of our human restlessness. Yoga practices, breathing

techniques and meditation support us in addressing anxiety, self-critical thinking and self-care ambivalence, guiding us to the love that is our basic nature and giving us a repertoire of skills for the daily life that forgets this love.

See Sarahjoy’s bio page 7.Jay Gregory, PhD, is a clinical

psychologist with 20 years in couples therapy and anxiety issues, using insight-oriented psychodynamic to help clients transform through reinterpreting emotional and interpersonal processes.REG & INFO: 503.552.YOGA(9642) or support@


Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $280 plus lodging


Jul 6 – 8 Deborah S. Mayer and Dorothy

M. Wilkins

Break the Cycle: With Wings I Soar,

A Deaf Coaching Retreat

Treat yourself to a weekend retreat of exploration, discovery and inspiration in the Oregon forest. This retreat is for Deaf individuals who wish for more abundance in spirit, love, relationships and quality time. American Sign Language is used.

The retreat gives you a chance to pause and look at your life from a new perspective. You gain tools to step out of your comfort zone and take action for change. The program includes coaching, yoga, chair yoga, reflection and other activities provided by your two Deaf facilitators.

Deborah S. Mayer, MA, PCC, is a certified International Coach Federation (ICF) Deaf Professional Coach and Coach Trainer, and is a certified chair yoga instructor. Deborah coaches, leads

workshops/retreats and trains Deaf professionals to be Deaf coaches.

Dorothy “Narayani” Wilkins, MA, ACC, is an ICF Associate Coach and a certified yoga instructor. Her whole approach to wellness integrates emotions, thoughts and soul. Dorothy works with Deborah in retreats/workshops and coach training.REG & INFO: Deborah at deborah@

crossroadsolutionscoach.com or

crossroadsolutionscoach.com BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $240 plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Jul 8 – 13 Jeffrey Williams

EDGU Training: Empower Your

Spine and Brain

EDGU (edge-you) is evolutionary spinal maintenance. Grounded in an open, stable stance that specifically isolates all motion to the spine, the upper body is gracefully gyrated through a fluid sequence of pivotal movements. This art of rhythmic spinal tuning systematically exercises the intervertebral disks to avoid disk degeneration by maintaining their inherent strength, pliability and absorbency. EDGU balances the left and right hemispheres of the body/brain, keeps the vertebral bodies mobile, liberates spinal compensation patterns and creates a “wholly” experience, blending body movement with spiritual invocation.

The EDGU Training program is a five-day event for learning and imparting the 14-step EDGU sequence. Daily schedule includes EDGU classes, step-by-step EDGU breakdown instruction, practice sessions, in-depth spinal maintenance insights, free time and laughter. Whether EDGU is cultivated as a personal practice, shared one on one as EDGU therapy

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or taught in group classes, you will fully activate your ‘Edge You’ experience.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: [email protected]

or edgu.org BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST:

$550 plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

July 8 – 13 Melina Meza & Chiara Guerrieri

Breitenbush Summer Immersion

Retreat

8 Limbs Yoga Centers, a 500-hour RYT certified school, invites yoga teachers and dedicated practitioners to join us to connect and gather with other like-minded practitioners. As students, we are always learning, filling our wells and receiving deeper insights through continued practice and study. As teachers, continued study allows us to expand our repertoire and more fully develop our voices and yogic lifestyles. As practitioners, we seek a sangha, or community, with whom we can share and celebrate our journey. Our goal this week is to provide a rich program and inclusive community to help you prosper—in your practice, studies and your career as a yoga teacher. In this spirit, we will provide space for meaningful conversations, classes in therapeutic and advanced asana, the art of teaching and sequencing, physical and energetic anatomy, non-violent communication, business empowerment, Ayurveda and more.

See bios page 6.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: 206.325.8221

or [email protected] or 8limbsyoga.com

BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Fri lunch (5 days) COST:

$865 ($715 if paid by 6/1) plus lodging DEPOSIT:

cost of lodging

Jul 8 – 13 Andrew Millison & Jessi Bloom

Permaculture Plant Magic:

Designing Edible and Productive

Garden Ecosystems

Discover plant uses, functions, lore and craft while designing a food forest project for the Breitenbush grounds. From weaving willow to making medicine, plant identification, edibles, psychotropics, and

design of Permaculture plant guild systems, this workshop will be an intensive immersion for gardeners, healers, designers and lovers of the natural world. This workshop provides many opportunities for observation and attunement with the plant and fungal kingdoms, with hands-on activities and plant spirit meditations. This workshop weaves together the practical and spiritual aspects of working deeply with the plant kingdom, and will leave participants with useful applications and a sense of harmonious alignment with the plant world. REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Andrew

[email protected] BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Fri



Jul 13 – 16

Pacific Northwest Massage

Therapists’ Retreat

Please join us for our 28th annual retreat. Breitenbush is stunningly beautiful in July; the days are long and warm, and the water is running high. You can hike, soak, steam, plunge, take classes, relax, network or exchange massages, as you wish. Your family and friends are absolutely welcome to attend.

We will offer several four-hour NCBTMB-approved continuing education classes for massage therapists, and you may attend any or all of them. Classes will include Myofascial Balancing for the Core; Introduction to Esalen Massage; Treatment Strategies for Thoracic Outlet Syndrome; The History, Science, and Future of Topical Cannabis; Working with Client Trauma; and Structural Bodywork for the Feet.

Visit pnwschool.com for details, and to register for the retreat and any classes you wish to attend. A two-night minimum stay is required.REG & INFO: pnwschool.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS:

Mon lunch COST & DEPOSIT: pnwschool.com

Jul 16 – 22 Sierra Club with Robert Lowe

Sierra Club Outing: Hot Springs,

Cold Creeks & Snowy Mountains

“Few regions pack such a variety of trails into an area crossable by a two-hour drive,” writes William Sullivan about the Oregon Cascades, and we will explore as much of that variety as can be packed into a seven-day trip. Our day hikes will include cold creeks in the foothills, wooded lakes, rushing rivers, barren lava fields and vistas of snow-capped peaks from above tree line. We will sleep in large tents provided by the retreat, eat breakfast and dinner in the lodge and pack our lunches to take on the trail.

This is a Sierra Club national outing. More information can be found on the Sierra Club website: sierraclub.org/outings/national, click on “advanced search” and search for “Robert Lowe.”

Robert Lowe attended his first Sierra Club backpack trip over 40 years ago. Motivated both by the beauty of the outdoors and by the close relationships that develop on Sierra Club trips, he began leading trips in 2015. Co-leader Leah Madoff has hiked, backpacked and skied for decades in the Sierra, the Pacific Northwest, the Rockies, Peru, Bolivia, Chile and the Catskills.REG & INFO: [email protected] BEGINS:

Mon dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $1625 includes

transportation, lodging and meals DEPOSIT: $200


Jul 18 – 20 Emily Light

Red Tent Yoga Retreat for

Women*

Red Tent is a celebration of the divine feminine. This sacred circle is a space where we care for ourselves, and for one another, with postures, breathing, meditation, song, dance, massage, storytelling and celebration of the Goddess in us all. The practices will be focused on pelvic floor health, and you’ll learn how to tailor your practice to support your unique pelvic floor. We’ll discuss anatomy and why it’s important to have a healthy pelvic floor. There will be lots of practice, as well as plenty of time to rest, soak, sauna and explore.

Emily Light has practiced yoga since 2001 and has taught since 2007. While living in Southern India, she studied under Swami Turyeananda, and has completed a 500-hour yoga therapy professional training with Sarahjoy Marsh, at the DAYA Foundation in Portland, Oregon. She weaves practical application of yoga philosophy into movement, breath and meditation guidance, encouraging a dynamic exploration into one’s true nature. Her intention is to create a safe and nurturing place for students to learn about themselves and to connect.REG & INFO: Emily 971.313.4747 or emilylightyoga@

gmail.com or emilylightyoga.com BEGINS: Wed

dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $197 ($172 if registered

by 6/1) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging


Jul 20 – 22 Dr. Tracey Adams

Thrive with Emotional Intelligence

(women only)*

Do you feel stuck in your career or life’s purpose? Do you feel drained at the end of the day? Do you beat yourself up for eating the wrong foods, or shy away from what is really going on in your bank account? Do you feel accomplished in some areas of your life, but struggle in others? Your inner spirit is calling you to be more, do more and live more.

You are NOT alone!!Join me in this highly interactive deep-dive

into own your power, reclaim your spirit and increase your emotional intelligence.

This transformative learning experience will help you to: increase your self-awareness for greater well-being, deepen relationships at work and at home, set clear boundaries for yourself and others, clearly articulate what you think, feel and want when it matters and practice new skills while building a supportive community with other powerful women.

Dr. Tracey Adams has taught emotional intelligence to corporate leaders, physicians, entrepreneurs, academicians and creative spirits for over 21 years. Partnering with well-being experts at Gallup and behavioral scientists at Oregon Health and Science University, Tracey developed this transformational curriculum just for women.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Tracey at

thriveonseminars.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun




Jul 22 – 27 Barry & Joyce Vissell

Summer Renewal

Would you like to experience a living, loving community, as each one of us, young and old, remembers who we are and why we’re here? Would you like to receive strength and inspiration as you sing, celebrate, and open your heart to more and more love? Children and teens undergo their own transformation in a program that is alive with art and movement, nature experiences, challenges and fun. Adult program includes yoga, meditation, group and individual processes for personal growth. The adults’ and children’s programs dovetail, enhancing the experience for all.

Joyce and Barry Vissell, a nurse and psychiatrist by training, are the authors of eight books, including two new ones, To Really Love a Woman and To Really Love a Man. Ram Dass describes Joyce and Barry as a couple who live the yoga of love and devotion. They are two people deeply in love for 53 years, who have raised three children and “walk their talk.” They lead workshops internationally on relationships, parenting and personal growth. SharedHeart.org for more information.REG & INFO: Paris Morgan at 831.684.2299 or

sharedheart.org BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Fri lunch

COST & DEPOSIT: go to sharedheart.org

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Jul 27 – 29

Quiet Weekend

Soak, steam, relax, dream and gather in the splendor of the Cascade Range. Come for a workshop or for a personal retreat. Silent bathing and meal options are offered as well as daily wellbeing programs tailored to the season. The lodge lobby will also be a quiet space. Please, no children under 16.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Fri

dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: cost of lodging plus

workshop cost if you choose to take one

Jul 27 – 29 Frank Coppieters

Oregon School of Massage: First

Degree Reiki Class

Reiki is a form of natural healing that takes place through gentle, sacred touch. It restores health and harmony to the physical body, releases emotional blockages and activates a closer connection to spirit. Reiki works with the vibration of love and compassion and is an easy form of self-healing. Its recent origins have been traced back to Japan in the late 1800’s and the inspired work of Dr. Mikao Usui. The opening to this simple and mysterious universal life energy happens through a series of initiations and the practice of the form through various hand positions. Frank honors the oral tradition and Phyllis Furumoto as the lineage bearer. This is a First degree Reiki class.

See bio page 10.REG & INFO: Oregon School of Massage

800.844.3429 BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $560 includes lodging DEPOSIT: full amount

by 7/19

Jul 27 – 29 Susan Anderson

Abandonment to Healing:

Overcome Your Patterns of Self

Sabotage

Abandonment is a primal human fear and an underlying cause of emotional distress and dysfunction. Susan Anderson, psychotherapist and author of Taming Your Outer Child and Journey From Abandonment to Healing will share powerful tools of emotional and spiritual healing to help you reverse abandonment’s universal wound. You will learn exercises for each of the five stages of abandonment (shattering, withdrawal, internalizing, rage and lifting); how to conquer “abandoholism” and other “outer” child behaviors; how to make new connections and find lasting love. Whether you’re experiencing a recent breakup, a lingering wound from the past, or struggling to overcome self-defeating patterns, the tools will propel your growth, help restore your sense of self and increase your capacity for love.

Susan Anderson, psychotherapist and workshop leader, has spent 30 years of groundbreaking research, scholarship and clinical experience working with victims of trauma and loss. Founder of “Abandonment Recovery,” she is author of Taming Your Outer Child, Journey from Abandonment to Healing, Black Swan and The Abandonment Recovery Workbook.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Susan at

[email protected] or abandonment.net

BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $200 ($180


lodging

Jul 27 – 29 or Aug 1 Robert Beatty

Buddhist Path to Love

and Happiness: Mindfulness

Meditation

You are not who you think you are. Beneath the habits of anxiety, self-hatred, addiction, anger and depression there exist within you oceans of ease, love, compassion and happiness. The ancient meditation teachings of the Buddha are effective ways to manifest these vast potentials. This silent retreat includes sitting, walking, movement and eating meditations. Thorough instruction will be offered.

In keeping with Buddhist tradition, the workshop fee covers room and board only. The teacher’s livelihood depends upon your practice of generosity. Your gifts (dana) at the end of the retreat make the teachings available to others.

Robert Beatty, MES, MSW, is the founder and guiding teacher of the Portland Insight Meditation Community. He brings 40 years of Buddhist Dharma practice to his teaching and work with individuals. Robert is a member of the first wave of lay Theravada Buddhist teachers who brought Buddhism from Asia to America. Robert uses humor, poetry and drumming to teach meditation for all aspects of everyday life, including intimate relationships, parenting, work and community.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Robert


robertbeatty.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun

or Wed lunch COST: $33 registration fee ($56

registration fee for five day) plus dana, plus

lodging DEPOSIT: registration fee plus lodging


Jul 29 – Aug 2 Rick Levine

Putting Astrology to Work in Your

Life: Thinking Cosmically while

Acting Locally

A full immersion astrological experience, spending four days in an intimate setting with like-minded people, exploring your individual relationship to the cosmos. Whatever level of astrological experience you may have, this special retreat with astrologer Rick Levine will deepen your knowledge of astrology, widen your understanding of the world, increase your awareness of your own patterns, and forever alter your perspective of your relationship with time.

Rick has a teaching style that connects with beginners while also bringing new ideas to the table for more advanced students.

We each possess a chart that is an imprint of the moment of our birth. But the natal chart is just a jumping off point, for the planets continue to move on their appointed rounds. The relationship between the planetary movement and a natal chart is how we understand the nature of unfolding events and their timing. We will explore strategies to handle our own transits.

Rick will calculate the natal horoscope for every person who attends the workshop. These charts of the participants will be the basis of the workshop’s teaching.

Rick Levine is a professional astrologer whose daily forecasts appear on Tarot.com, the Huffington Post, Yahoo and other leading web sites. He co-authored (with Jeff Jawer) eight years of Your Astrology Guide. Rick is a frequent lecturer at astrology conferences around the world and has an active astrology counseling practice out of Redmond, WA

REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Rick

425.260.6466 or [email protected] BEGINS:

Sun dinner ENDS: Thu lunch COST: $160 ($140 if

registered by 6/30) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of

lodging

Aug 2 – 5 M. Ali

Exploring Consciousness

What is consciousness? Is it limited only to the state through which we experience life? Or are there different layers waiting to be explored? These deeper aspects will be discussed by ‘M’ along with theoretical and practical techniques, which will help the process of exploring consciousness.

Mumtaz Ali, also called ‘M’, was born a Muslim and was attracted to Vedantic philosophy at a young age. He is a student, master and teacher of all spiritual traditions. ‘M’ does not choose one religion over another, preferring to live and teach the essence of all religions. He initiates seekers into Kriya Yoga and other practices. ‘M’’s guru was a direct disciple of the great Himalayan Avatar, Babaji. The Kriya he teaches is of that lineage.

‘M’ recently authored The Journey Continues–the sequel to the best seller Apprenticed to a Himalayan Master–a Yogi’s Autobiography.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.332 BEGINS: Thu

dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $140 plus dana plus

lodging. DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Aug 3 – 5 Hank Wesselman

Spiritwalker: Accessing the Inner

Worlds for Power, Knowledge and

Spiritual Healing

As we approach the end of our current cycle of ages, increasing numbers of Western spiritual seekers are learning to access the inner worlds for power and protection, support and healing, utilizing an ancient method of meditation called shamanic journeywork. This weekend workshop will provide participants with a powerful introduction to the shaman’s path, leading them into connection with their helping spirits and spirit teachers, exploring the issue of personal empowerment. The weekend will close with a healing ritual. Bring a hand drum or rattle, a notebook, an eye shade and a light blanket and small power objects for the altar.

Hank Wesselman, anthropologist, has spent much of his life with traditional people in Africa. He is the author of nine books on shamanism. His most recent are The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder, The Bowl of Light: Ancestral Wisdom from a Hawaiian Shaman and the award-winning Awakening to the Spirit World (with Sandra Ingerman).REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: hank@

sharedwisdom.com or sharedwisdom.com BEGINS:

Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $180 plus lodging


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Aug 5 – 8 Sarahjoy Marsh

Awakening into the Sacred: Yoga

and Meditation Retreat

On the sacred land of Breitenbush, we immerse ourselves in the timelessness of nature’s wisdom. Yoga reveals this wisdom as our very nature. As we awaken our hearts and minds, renew our vitality and radiance, and rest deeply into the innate sacredness of life, we are returned to the vast intelligence and compassion that has held us all along. Join us in deep physical asana, profoundly restful meditations and compelling conversation for living your yoga on and off the mat.

This retreat is for intermediate and advanced students enthusiastic about the beauty, intricacy and power of asana as a gateway to stillness, expansiveness and love.

See bio page 7.REG & INFO: 503.552.YOGA(9642) or support@


Sun dinner ENDS: Wed lunch COST: $345 plus

lodging (Prices include meals) DEPOSIT: full amount

Aug 5 – 8 Judith Waldman

Women’s Wisdom Journey: For

Women of All Ages*

Welcome to our wisdom journey! Bringing women together to share and care, to learn and feel. Playing and laughing abound. Caring and empathy surround. Hearts open to receive and to give. Letting go, moving forward, all with deep inner knowing. We awaken our senses, create energy and balance, and enjoy our creativity. We deepen our physical and emotional wisdom with mindfulness meditation and movement, and unique experiences incorporating art, music, poetry and playfulness. We discover what gets in the way of being who we want to be and how to

move forward with self-wisdom, nurturance and replenishment. Being present, being true to ourselves, being Wise Women!

Judith Waldman, MSW, director of “Women’s Journeys” and author of Stand, Flow, Shine: Caring for the Woman Within (standflowshine.com) has experienced very many wonderful years as a national workshop leader and trainer for other leaders. “My joys are nurturing and empowering women, using our inherent wisdom for health and healing, and finding peace within.” Visit judithwaldman.com for feedback from others.REG & INFO: judithwaldman.com or jwaldman44@

gmail.com or 410.889.1123 BEGINS: Sun dinner

ENDS: Wed lunch COST: $220 ($190 if registered

by 7/5) plus lodging (some reduced fees may be

available) DEPOSIT: cost of lodging


Aug 5 – 10 Hank Wesselman

Visionseeker Level 2:

Spirit Medicine

Healthcare professionals and laypersons alike are rediscovering the healing modalities pioneered by indigenous shamans. These time-tested techniques are being reworked, providing non-tribal Westerners with effective methods for healing and problem solving. We will expand our connections to our helping spirits, our spirit teachers and our healing masters, as well as the elementals.

We will experience a classic level of shamanic initiation, work with shamanic extraction methods and learn a unique approach to soul retrieval. The week will include ancestral lineage healing and will culminate with a full-on transpersonal shamanic healing ritual. Bring a rattle, hand drum, notebook, a bandana or eyeshade and a light blanket and small power objects for the altar.

Recommended reading: Wesselman and Kuykendall, Spirit Medicine; Ingerman and Wesselman, Awakening to the Spirit World; Wesselman, The Journey to the Sacred Garden. Wesselman, The Re-Enchantment: A Shamanic Path to a Life of Wonder. Visionseeker Level 3 will be offered at Breitenbush Nov 11-16.

See bio page 21.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: hank@

sharedwisdom.com or sharedwisdom.com BEGINS:

Sun dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $495 plus lodging


Aug 8 – 10

For Masters Only

Northwest Reiki Gathering Master

Time

Aug 10 - 12

For All Initiated Practitioners & Students

34th Annual Northwest Reiki

Gathering: Footprints in our Reiki

Evolution!!

Where have you been, and what's coming next in your Reiki Future??? With Marta Getty

Reiki has been a continuing reflection of growth, and it keeps evolving.

What does that mean in your Reiki life in the coming years and generations?

Hawayo Takata told Marta that when we put our hands on someone, we not only give them energy; they are also reminded of the very best possibilities for their lives. Considering this, what are the very best possibilities for us and Reiki in our future footprints in the sands of time?

Marta Getty was a student of Bethal Phaigh (one of Takata Sensei's 22 Masters) and a Master Candidate of Hawayo Takata. She was initiated in 1981 as a Master by Phyllis Lei Furumoto. Marta was a member of Oregon's early Reiki community, and is also one of the founding members of The Reiki Alliance. She is a dynamic storyteller and has traveled from North America to Europe and Australia teaching Reiki.REG & INFO: Register between Dec 1 and Aug

1. To register online, visit nwreikigathering.

com or contact our registrar directly: Jim

Axling, [email protected] or

971.258.6968 BEGINS: Wed dinner (Master), Fri

dinner (Gathering) ENDS: Fri lunch (Master), Sun

lunch (Gathering) COST: Master Time: $522 ($470


if registered by 3/30) includes lodging and meals;

Gathering: $549 ($494 if registered by 3/30)

includes lodging and meals; both $964 ($857 if

registered by 3/30) includes lodging and meals

August 12 - 15 Ocean Robbins, John

Robbins, & Food Revolution Network

The Human Side of the Food

Revolution

Join icons of the food movement for four days of revitalizing your heart and spirit, and learning how to bring healing to your life and to your world. You’ll hear from inspiring food experts including John & Ocean, plus Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD; Michael Klaper, MD; and Ritamarie Loscalzo, DC. And you’ll be entertained and inspired by the beautiful, soulful music of singer-songwriter Karl Anthony.

You’ll discover breakthroughs for leveraging a healthy diet to help you prevent cancer, heart disease, diabetes and obesity, and you’ll enjoy guided exercises to help you absorb the natural beauty of Breitenbush, and to build connection and healing for your body, mind, heart and spirit.

Ocean and John Robbins are co-founders of the 450,000+ member Food Revolution Network – an education and advocacy community dedicated to healthy, ethical and sustainable food for all. They’ve convened 800,000+ people for online summits, and led live events for more than 250,000 leaders in 65+ nations. They’ll be joined by Food Revolution Network team members plus leading-edge doctors and holistic practitioners.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO:

foodrevolution.org/retreat or ocean@

foodrevolution.org BEGINS: Tue dinner ENDS: Fri



Aug 19 – 23 Richard Lang & Sequoia Star

The Headless Way: Seeing Who

You Really Are

Over six decades a contemporary way of “seeing one’s Nature” or “Enlightenment” has developed. In essence, it’s the same as Zen and other disciplines. The Way offers a user-friendly approach to seeing who you truly are. This experiential workshop will guide participants through awareness exercises that allow for the experience of the true nature of being. One is more likely to see their true identity in a minute of active experimentation than in years of reading, satsangs and traditional meditation. Discover this deep truth about your indisputable identity and then go on rediscovering it in daily life.

Richard Lang is a graduate of Cambridge University and coordinator of the Shollond Trust, which was founded to support the worldwide sharing of the Headless Way. He has devoted his life to seeing and to offering this simple, accessible Way. He is author of several books, producer of numerous videos, and a CD.

Sequoia Star, M.Ed., a consultant in education and training, has been on the Headless path for over five years. She is beginning to share this loving, nurturing Way.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Sequoia

[email protected] or 541.756.1561 or headless.

org BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Thu lunch COST: $350


Aug 20 – 22

Lila: Yoga & The Divine Play of

Parenting

This joyful retreat is an opportunity for parents to feel supported in a healthy, playful way. There will be time for families to relax and play together, time for parents to have rejuvenating, meditative alone time and time for families to eat and enjoy the outdoors together. We will have parents-only yoga classes, multi-age kids’ yoga, art and nature classes, and integrated playful yoga and music time. We will group families into “tribes” to support each other in having some free time to meditate, hike and enjoy the springs.

The retreat is organized in a cooperative structure that involves all participants but allows unique opportunities for solitude as well. Partners are welcome to attend as full participants, or to enjoy free time soaking in the sacred natural beauty during workshop times. Lila Retreat was created by mothers with expertise in yoga, art, nature, music and cooperative play for children as well as mindful parenting, play and emotional intelligence.REG & INFO: Flow Yoga 541.FUN.YOGA

(541.386.9642) or [email protected] or

flowhoodriver.com or lilaretreat.weebly.com

BEGINS: Mon dinner ENDS: Wed lunch COST: $195

per parent ($175 if registered by 7/20) plus

lodging and $85 per child [attending with parent]


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Aug 23 – 26

Women in the Woods*

A late summer gathering of over 100 women (predominantly lesbian) enjoying four magical days with therapeutic hot springs and steam sauna, forest hiking trails, participant-planned workshops and a Saturday evening talent/no-talent show. This is an earth-centered, nurturing, body-positive and healing event with support for creativity and leadership. This event has been at Breitenbush for over 30 years.

Limited space, register early. The weekend is women only except for workers from the Breitenbush community.REG and INFO: womeninthewoods.com or info@

womeninthewoods.com or 503.777.0618 BEGINS:

Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: sliding scale $410-

$510 for three nights and $330-$440 for two nights.

Children $50 per night (scholarships available)

DEPOSIT: $100 at registration, balance 8/1


Aug 26 – 28 Amy Minato

Close to Nature

Create new rhythms that foster an intimacy with nature. Examine your life and explore how you might increase the quantity and quality of your time outside. We may stargaze, tree-climb, lie in the grass, go barefoot in the river, make rock cairns and, of course, soak in pools. We will also study local ecology, share inspirational readings and find creative ways to express what we learn and observe while relaxing and healing our spirits in the regenerative Breitenbush environment.

See bio page 8.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: amyminato@

mac.com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Tue lunch COST:



Aug 31 – Sep 3

BREEMA®: The Art of Being Present

The purpose of practicing Breema is to bring you to the present and support you to remain present. Breema’s Nine Principles of Harmony are the key to the system’s many benefits. The principles can be used in any situation in life to deepen self-understanding: Body Comfortable, No Judgment, Single Moment/Single Activity, No Force, Mutual Support, No Extra, Firmness and Gentleness, No Hurry/No Pause and Full Participation.

In a joyful, nonjudgmental atmosphere we will explore the Nine Principles of Harmony and practice Breema’s rhythmic movement sequences. The flowing movements and postures of Breema bodywork and Self-Breema exercises are comfortable and natural. They nourish and energize body, mind, and feelings and lead to a new experience of ourselves. All levels of experience welcome; participants should be comfortable sitting and working on a padded floor. LMTs and DCs earn 15 CEUs.

Taught by Northwest Breema Instructors, certified by the Breema Center in Oakland.REG & INFO: Steve Brodsky 541.914.4162 or

[email protected] BEGINS: Fri dinner

ENDS: Mon lunch COST: $225 ($200 if registered by

8/1) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of lodging

Aug 31 – Sep 3 Shanti Schenker-Skye &

Subhan Schenker

Summertime Enlightenment:

An Osho Meditation Retreat!

The overthinking mind is the barrier to relaxation, awareness and nonjudgment—three key elements that make life joyous and fulfilling. Mystics have found ways to get beyond the mind, effectively slowing it down so that the silence, stillness and peace within us becomes available. Meditation is the key! Come experience amazing meditation processes that will connect you with that silence and your inner nature! (And don’t worry if you can’t sit still! These meditations were created for modern people who may find it difficult to simply sit.)

Shanti Schenker-Skye, a certified meditation facilitator, met Osho in 1973. She lived in Pune and Rajneeshpuram for many years, participating and leading meditation workshops. She co-directs the Osho World of Meditation Center in Seattle with Subhan, and facilitates meditation classes, events and workshops internationally.

Subhan Schenker has facilitated human potential programs in Europe, Asia, Latin America and the U.S. for the last 37 years. He is a certified counselor, a certified meditation facilitator, and has been an Osho disciple since 1979.REG & INFO: [email protected] or

[email protected] or 206.772.8897

BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Mon lunch COST: $185 ($160

if paid in full by 8/1) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of

lodging


Sep 3 – 6 Lisa Wells

Gentle Yoga for Real People

This somatic practice of breath, posture and awareness yokes us to our intuitive awareness and a strength that arises from deep within. Our movement practice will combine yoga, pilates, resistance stretching and functional fitness to build mobility, grace, strength and ease in the body. The work is easily adapted to all abilities: both the seasoned yogi and the injured will find challenge and support. We discover a way to walk hand-in-hand with pain and fear, and the courage to show up for life and the world.

See bio page 12.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Lisa Wells

[email protected] or 541.231.6091 or yogawells.

com BEGINS: Mon dinner ENDS: Thu lunch COST:



Sep 6 – 7 Pre-Conference Intensive

Sep 7 – 9

The 36th Anniversary of the First

Breitenbush Herbal Conference

We invite you all to gather with us for another amazing weekend of insightful classes from some of the most respected herbalists in our community and the originators of this incredible conference. This is not just another herbal conference. It is a retreat for relaxation and personal growth. It is a chance to reconnect with old friends and to make new ones. It is a time to nourish our bodies with wholesome food and healing waters. It is time to gather in circle for the 35th time. For our 2018 conference, we have invited the teachers that gathered around the hot springs 35 years ago and gave birth to the modern Western Herbal Movement.

Teachers include Rosemary Gladstar, Ryan Drum, David Winston, Tim Blakely, Christopher Hobbs, Mindy Green, Kathi Keville, Ed Smith, Jane Bothwell and more! Space is limited. Thursday night lodging at Breitenbush and class fee required for the pre-conference intensive.

REG: registration@breitenbushherbalconference.

com INFO: Sue 503.288.3588 or info@

breitenbushherbalconference.com or

breitenbushherbalconference.com BEGINS: Thu

dinner or Fri 4:30pm ENDS: Sun lunch COST: see

registrar

Sep 13 – 16

Women Only Quiet Weekend*

Soak, steam, relax, dream and gather with other women in the splendor of the autumn Cascades. Come for a workshop or for a personal retreat. Silent bathing and meal options are offered as well as daily programs tailored to the season. The lodge lobby will also be a silent space. Please, no children under 16. Male staff members may be present in work areas.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Thu

3pm ENDS: Sun 3pm COST: cost of lodging plus

workshop cost if you choose to take it.


Sep 13 – 16 Barbara Secrest

Resting in the Sacred Feminine:

An Insight Meditation Retreat for

Women*

This three-night weekend retreat for women is held primarily in silence, with guided and silent meditations, dharma talks and opportunities for group sharing. The relaxed meditation schedule includes silent bathing hours and generous personal time, inviting each woman to recognize and rest in her innate sacredness. This retreat welcomes beginning as well as experienced meditators and will be limited to 50 women.

As always, this retreat is offered in the ancient tradition of dana (generosity): the teacher offers the teachings as her practice of dana. Participants have an opportunity to practice dana with a contribution of financial support for her ongoing work.

Barbara Secrest studied Buddhism for 30 years, has made numerous trips to Nepal and has studied with teachers in both the Vipassana and Tibetan traditions. For the past 20 years she has practiced with Julie Wester and for the last five years she has been a co-teacher of the Breitenbush women’s retreat. We are happy to have Barbara as the new teacher for this annual women’s retreat.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Thu

dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $41 registration fee

plus lodging, plus dana DEPOSIT: $41 plus lodging


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Sep 16 – 21

Fall Contact Dance Jam

Contact Improvisation utilizes gravity, momentum and the energy of individual dancers. An open form, the dance begins with following a point of contact between dancers and ranges from subtle to highly physical. Each day includes group warm-ups followed by open dancing. This is an opportunity for the expanding contact community to dance together, gathering for fun and creative connection. Open to all levels, no previous experience is necessary. All we know is dancing.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: David

541.687.5780 or [email protected] BEGINS: Sun

dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $125 plus lodging

DEPOSIT: full amount

Sep 16 – 21

Fall Service Week

Come explore community and service with us on this sacred land, in the beauty and color of the mountains and forest in fall. Morning circles, talks with Breitenbush community members and daily well being programs round out your experience. The opportunity for four hours of service daily leaves ample time for

you to soak, relax and enjoy our organically grown vegetarian cuisine. Bring sturdy shoes, work clothes and rain gear. Most of the daily four hours of service will be physical and outdoors.REG & INFO: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 BEGINS: Sun

dinner ENDS: Fri lunch COST: $490/plumbed cabin,

$405/regular cabin, $315/lodge room, $300/

Breitenbush tent/dorm, $250/own tent DEPOSIT: full

amount

Sep 20 – 23 Jeannie Edwards & Kassy

Daggett

Reflections: It’s About Time:

Choosing What Really Matters!

A Women’s Retreat*

How is your unique life energy being spent? Are you choosing wisely? Whether you’re feeling too busy, under constant pressure, unmotivated, under-engaged or unfulfilled by what you’re doing, we invite you to join us for reflecting on “your one wild and precious life.”

The choices we make in each moment are continually morphing our lives. “Make time” for investigating the past, celebrating the milestones and transforming the challenges. Imagine participating in a transformational women’s circle committed to offering and receiving support for establishing healthy boundaries and practicing effective communication skills that support your choices.

Through participatory activities, dialogue, breath work, music and creative personalized exercises, you’ll explore your next steps toward choosing freedom, authenticity and satisfaction. It’s about time… (9-18 CEs) Participant comments: vrkd.com/workshops/reflections

Jeannie Edwards, BS, LMT (#3484), Certified Hakomi Therapist. Mind-body approaches that enhance awareness, lovingness and wisdom.

Kassy Daggett, LMT (#5785), Somatic therapist, coach, author, artist. Inspirational, entertaining and individually customized coaching. Eugene based, they each work with individuals, couples and groups in person or by phone or Skype.REG & INFO: Jeannie 541.344.4374 or jeannie@efn.

org or vrkd.com/workshops/reflections BEGINS:

Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST: $379 ($349 if

registered by 9/1) plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of

lodging


Sep 21 - 23 Jeannie Songer &

Monicka Koneski

Beginning Yoga: An Entry Level

Exploration into the Joy of Yoga

Join two of The Bhaktishop Yoga Center’s most celebrated teachers in exploring the joys of yoga, at the beginner level. If you’ve wanted to try a yoga retreat but worried it would be too difficult, this is for you! Experience deep rejuvenation as you practice simple breathing techniques, mantra and meditation, and yoga that is both energizing and restorative. With two classes per day, there will be plenty of time to relax, hike, nap and soak in the healing waters. Explore the foundations of a yoga practice in the great company of others.

Monicka Koneski (right) and Jeannie Songer (left) are skilled, experienced teachers with a passion for making new students feel welcome and supported. Sharing practices that are accessible, therapeutic and restorative, their passion and enthusiasm are infectious. With varied backgrounds in psychology, massage therapy and therapeutics, as well as many years of teaching experience, they embody grace, warmth and authenticity in the most accessible way. They are teachers at The Bhaktishop Yoga Center in Portland.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Jeannie

at 503.244.0108 or [email protected] or

thebhaktishop.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun

lunch COST: $158 plus lodging DEPOSIT: cost of

lodging


Sep 21 – 23 Amy Minato

Turning Over Stones:

A Creative Writing Workshop

Just as we discover those zen-like salamanders hidden under logs, and crawdads under rocks, when we look below the surface of daily life—meaning is revealed. Come be inspired by what you find as we turn over the stones of our lives beneath elder trees and beside the effervescent Breitenbush River. Then practice ways to shape your findings into effective writing. This workshop develops organically with participant interest. Themes we may consider include loss, hope, change, love and spiritual quest. We will weave being outdoors with readings, discussions and writing in a fun, relaxed, supportive atmosphere. All writing levels welcome!

See bio page 8.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: amyminato@

mac.com BEGINS: Fri dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST:



Sep 23 – 26 Claude Stein

The Natural Singer: Finding Your

True Voice

Celebrate the amazing power of your true, authentic voice. Conquer fear, eliminate “wrong notes” and uncover the undeniable beauty of your soul. Whether you already sing or always wished you could, this workshop will indeed change your life. You’ll break through blocks and free up a rich and empowering sound. The results are stunning and transformational, even if you’ve never been able to carry a tune!

There are basic techniques for breathing, tone, range, hitting the notes, projection and overcoming stage-fright. Then voices ring out, as favorite songs become transformational wellsprings, and inner and outer voice align. Multidisciplinary experts have called the results “profound” and “astounding.” Whether you are an absolute beginner, or your goal is to take a public performance to the next level, you’ll find yourself expressing beautiful messages from your heart. This workshop is a Breitenbush favorite and consistently gets incredible reviews.

See bio page 11.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Claude


naturalsinger.com BEGINS: Sun dinner ENDS: Wed



Sep 23 - 30 Jeannie Zandi

Grounded Open Heart: Retreat for

Women*

Explore with a community of women grounding the open heart, and living from a sense of rooted sovereignty. Impact the world around you from your deepest essence and take tangible steps to deepen your capacity to live as the divine love that you are. Jeannie’s gift for inviting people into resting and rooted presence evokes a deep meeting with oneself and reality, bringing people into an understanding that is beyond the intellectual. Through meditation, talks, experiential exercises and movement, Jeannie will host a space of warmth and clarity where the embodiment of the heart can be explored fully.

Jeannie is the director of Living as Love, a nonprofit dedicated to inspiring and supporting people to live from their essence as Love. As a young mother, Jeannie was plunged into a dark night of the soul that culminated in a radical shift of consciousness. She is known for her fearless clarity, tender mercy toward humanness, and poetic and humorous style and draws from Advaita Vedanta, Sufism, Christian mysticism and the ongoing revelation of fully engaged living.REG & INFO: [email protected] BEGINS:

Sun dinner ENDS: Sun lunch COST & DEPOSIT: see

registrar (note: 10% discount on lodging rates for

guests staying 7 or more days)


Sep 27 – 30 Jeff Creswell & Anthony Arendt

Male Journeys: Reclaiming Our

True Selves, A Men’s Courage &

Renewal® Retreat*

This active and reflective Circle of Trust® program is open to men of all ages. The human journey is ultimately a return to who we are. In large group, small group and solitary settings, the journey of returning to ourselves is explored, using the personal stories of men, poetry and stories from wisdom traditions.

We co-create a trustworthy circle in which we can listen to each other with courage and compassion. Within a safe space and as we rest, hike, contemplate and converse, our own voice can be heard: wisdom arises to guide us how to return to ourselves.

Jeff Creswell is a Courage & Renewal facilitator mentored by activist and writer Parker J. Palmer. Jeff has been an elementary school teacher in Portland for decades, and is an educational consultant for the Storyline methodology, developed in Scotland. Anthony is an earth scientist at the University of Washington in Seattle. He is co-hosting the retreat having been a part of several Courage and Renewal experiences. This will be his second time co-hosting the men’s retreat.REG: Breitenbush 503.854.3320 INFO: Jeff at

[email protected], Anthony at arendtaa@

gmail.com.BEGINS: Thu dinner ENDS: Sun lunch

COST: $300 ($250 if registered by 8/31) plus



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News From Our Circleby Peter Moore: [email protected]

Fire in the Forest, 2017This past summer we passed through an ordeal by fire.

A scene from that event, imprinted in my mind from early September, has me standing at the center of the footbridge late one night looking upriver, to the east. The fire had ust appeared at the top of Devils Peak, and I witnessed trees torching like roman candles, exploding in flame, individually and sometimes in clusters. The night-sky was backlit with an eerie orange glow created by thousands of acres of wilderness burning along the backside of Devils Ridge, behind the peak. I was awed by the spectacle of fire as an elemental power, consuming all those trees with flame-lengths rising at times well above tree tops.

The crew of 10 who sheltered in place at Breitenbush during the burn labored to maintain our off-grid energy

systems, and to get water to our buildings. During those weeks, we met each morning, planned essential details, then went to work. There were daily Co-operators Calls hosted by the federal Incident Management Teams assigned to manage the fire. There was close affiliation with the many county, state and federal agencies coordinating with each other throughout the event. Eventually, our little band of workers transformed this place into a misty scene, a rainforest, wetting virtually every building on property, together with their close surrounds of land and flora. Had fire ultimately come to Breitenbush, it would have had to be big, hot and sustained to burn the built environment down.

At the beginning of the crisis, Breitenbush made three important decisions. We evacuated all guests and most of our staff due to hazardous air conditions (smoke), well in advance of the Level 3 Evacuation notice. Then we set up an Emergency Operations Center far from the fire to keep essential administrative tasks flowing. This was staffed with 10 office workers, event coordinators and finance folk. We also temporarily laid off some 70 workers so they could receive unemployment benefits to assist them during the evacuation period.

Early on, the Emerald Forest Loop trail was identified by fire managers as the preferred fire-line defense perimeter, with intent to conduct a back-burn upslope to meet and slow down the advancing forest fire. A number of big trees

Photo credits: Paul Westfall Clearfire


were felled and bucked up along that trail system, effects now viewable by hikers, unfortunately. Thankfully the planned back-burn was never ignited.

We lost approximately half a million dollars of projected income due to closure and evacuation. Many guests who had deposits for stays during the weeks we were closed generously allowed us to retain their deposits in lieu of receiving a refund, and instead booked for future stays. Additionally, several of our faculty presenters donated their event fees or set up a donation system amongst their event participants to support Breitenbush during this fire emergency. These generous actions helped our cash flow mightily and we are very grateful.

All in all, we were lucky. No east winds whipped the flames into a crown-fire inferno during the weeks the fire worked its way downslope from the peak toward our little WUI (“Wildland-Urban Interface”, the technical term for our community at Breitenbush). And finally, when fire got close, just a mile or two away from our property boundaries, an atmospheric river poured out of the sky, dumping nearly seven inches of rain during several days on the forestlands, stopping the fire’s momentum. As I write this, there remain smoldering hotspots in the high country nearby, but we are safe. For now.

Our response to the threat last summer included designing, engineering, purchasing and installing a system of pumps, manifolds, hoses and sprinklers to wet down our structures. At the conclusion of the danger, the Breitenbush Fire Department (BFD) carefully packed all the equipment away, with instructions about how to set that system up again quickly if needed. We will certainly do drills in the future to keep up our chops in regard to the skillsets needed to answer a future fire emergency.

We’re still analyzing this event in terms of our response to the recent crisis and preparation for the inevitable next one. We have no illusions about fire visiting our neck of the woods again. It certainly will, perhaps soon, given global climate trends. In this regard, I think of Houston, Texas, the fourth largest and fastest growing city in the USA. That city has endured three 500-year flood events in the past three years. This kind of statistic renders such predictive metrics as nonsense, and challenges us to pay attention to the science and respond responsibly to the challenges. Facing season after season of inferno in the fall and flood in the spring, we the people are being reminded of, and at times overwhelmed by, the elemental powers contained in fire and water when they are unleashed by the evolving reality of climate change. A brief examination of the consequences of fire

Good Bye Sage!With this issue, we say good-bye to Sage Waitts who

has worked with us on these publications for the past 35 Breitenbush Catalog/Newsletters. Sage is a Breitenbush alum, having lived and worked at the springs in the early 1990s. Always the creator of aesthetic expression, Sage has added style, color and nuance to the design and layout of our publication. We thank her for her service.

and flood across our world, from California to Calcutta, eliminates all doubt about the fact that we have entered an age begun by the advent of the industrial revolution and determined by humanity’s worldwide dependence on fossil fuels. We are all part of this interconnected reality, regardless the silly political debate about whether global climate change is real or imagined. Thankfully, Breitenbush passed through our ordeal by fire intact this time, and are better prepared for the future.

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Children’s rates

Non-peak: Age: 0-4 Free, 5-10 $31, 11-16 $44, 17+ adult. Peak (note new age categories): Age 0-3 free, 4-12 $33, 13-17 $47, 18+ adult. Children under 12 must be supervised at all times by an adult 16 years or older.

Check availability for personal retreats and day use at breitenbush.com

Lodging Rates incLude: Organic vegetarian meals, daily well- being programs, applicable taxes

Important Information • Beds come with a fitted sheet. Bring your own bedding or rent it for $18/individual and $24/couple (peak season, $19 and $26, respectively) • Two night minimum for weekend nights (Fri-Sat, Sat-Sun). Single night reservations for Sat may be made one week in advance. Single night reservations for Fri may be made one week in advance or if Sat has no availibility • The two lodge rooms can be noisy because they are near the lodge lobby. • If you come alone, you may be assigned a roommate (of the same gender), see Guaranteed Privacy. • Cabins have two or three beds with at least one double bed. Dorm cabins are same gender and have two sets of bunk beds. • All soaking areas are clothing optional. Use what is most comfortable for you in our atmosphere of sanctuary and respect.

Check Availability Online Go to breitenbush.com to check lodging availability for personal retreats and for day use. To check availability for workshops, see the contact information listed for each workshop.

Arrival / Departure Arrive after 3pm on your first day and depart before 3pm on your last day. All lodging is available after 4pm. Vacate your cabin before 1pm on your last day. Late arrival: If you arrive after the office has closed (6pm), your name and cabin number will be posted outside the door of the office at the parking lot. Enjoy the facilities and check in at the office in the morning.

Deposit and Payment A non-refundable deposit is required for all reservations. The deposit for personal retreats is the first night’s lodging for each person. The deposit for those attending a workshop is the full lodging amount. With a cancellation notice of at least seven days we will issue a credit voucher (good for one year) for the amount of your deposit less a $20 processing fee. If you cancel less than seven days in advance, your deposit is forfeit. Your balance is due upon arrival. We accept MasterCard, Visa, Discover, cash and personal check with ID.

Guaranteed Privacy Cabins accommodate two or three persons. Couples are assigned a cabin to themselves. Guaranteed privacy for individuals is double the lodging rate during peak season. Personal retreat guests (not workshop participants) may guarantee privacy by adding $51 per night, midweek during the non-peak season and non-holidays.

Discounts Guests who stay seven days or more and employees of worker owned cooperatives receive a 10% lodging discount. Seniors (65+) receive a 10% discount for lodging and massage. We do not combine discounts. Service week programs have reduced rates (see the schedule for details and dates).

Scholarships We offer a limited number of partial scholar-ships for lodging based on financial need. Your application should be submitted as early as possible. Awards are made the first week of the month preceding the month of your stay. Re-quest a form at [email protected] or apply online.

ReseRvations503.854.3320 Mon - Sat, 9am – 4pm

infoRmation503.854.3320, [email protected] or

breitenbush.com

* Tenting May 25 to Sep 29, 2018

** PV = Personal vehicle camping May 1st to Oct 31, 2018

*** Weekend rates also apply to the Sunday nights before Labor

Day, Memorial Day, MLK Day and December 22-30, 2018

Rates per adult, per night, double or triple occupancy

Lodging Midweek

(Sun-Thu)

Weekend/Holiday

(Fri-Sat) ***

Cabin–Toilet & Sink

$147/adult $165/adult

Cabin–Non-Bath-room


Lodge Room $94/adult $104/adult

BHS Tent */Dorm $89/adult $98/adult

Your Tent */PV** $75/adult $84/adult

Peak Rates: may 25 thRu oct 20, 2018

non-Peak Rates: thRu may 24, 2018Rates per adult, per night, double or triple occupancy

Lodging Midweek

(Sun-Thu)

Weekend/Holiday

(Fri-Sat) ***

Cabin–Toilet & Sink


Cabin–Non-Bath-room


Lodge Room $72/adult $86/adult

Dorm $69/adult $82/adult


Day Use Call ahead—reservations and pre-payment are required. Check day use availability at breitenbush.com. We are open most days for day use from 9am to 6pm (see schedule on page seven for closed and reserved periods). Rates are $20-$36 per adult, sliding scale. Children four and under are free, 5-12 year-olds are half the adult rate. This includes use of the hot springs and participation in daily well-being programs. Lunch and dinner are $15 (peak season $19) each. Clothing is optional in all soaking areas.

Healing Arts/Massage Massage reservations can be made up to four weeks in advance. Early reservations are encouraged, as there may be limited availability. A credit card is required to hold your appointment. There is no refund of the massage fee if you cancel with less than 24 hours notice.

Returning guests may now make personal retreat reservations online! After years of hard work, our custom online reservation system is now available. In keeping with our ethic of self-reliance, we designed the system ourselves and are currently working on the next version which will offer guests even greater flexibility in making reservations. If you have visited us in the past, you may check availability and make reservations for your next personal retreat by visiting our website or https://guestui.breitenbush.com.

What to bring Bedding*, pillow*, towels*, low-intensity flash-light, water bottle (not bottled water), clock, walking shoes, rain gear, caffeinated beverages (if you want them) and biodegradable toiletries. You or your roommate may snore; please come pre-pared for this possibility (nose guards, ear plugs). Traction devices for your vehicle are required from November to April (* may be rented).

What not to bring Pets, candles, incense, electric devices (hairdryers, curling irons, coffee makers), bottled water, high in-tensity flashlights, alcohol or recreational drugs. Please do not use perfume, cologne or scented toiletries. Firearms are not allowed.

No public phone or Internet use We are out of mobile phone range. Due to very limited capacity, phone access is for emergency use only. Make all necessary phone calls prior to leav-ing Detroit. We do not offer public internet.

Wheelchair Accessibility/Mobility We are a rustic retreat center located in the forest. The distances between the cabins, lodge (for meals), hot springs and workshop spaces can be up to several hundred yards on hard packed gravel paths or snow in the winter. There is some uneven terrain and a steep grade to the Spiral Tubs and River Yurt.

Gender-Specific Events and Times Some events and times are gender-specific. For these events and times we recognize a person’s self-stated gender regardless of birth assignment.

Getting to BreitenbushBy Air: The nearest large airport is Portland International.

Rent a car at the airport.

By Car: IMPORTANT: Alternate route, Highway 224 (US

Forest Service Route 46) from Estacada to Breitenbush is IM-

PASSABLE FROM EARLY FALL TO LATE SRPING. Every

year people get stranded on this road.

From the West: (Interstate 5 at Salem), take exit 253 and go

east on OR-22 toward Stayton/Detroit for approximately 49

miles to Detroit, OR. (See At Detroit below.)

From the East: (Redmond, Bend, Sisters), take OR-20/126

west from Sisters for 25.5 miles and turn right onto OR-22W

for 31 miles to Detroit, OR. (See At Detroit below.)

At Detroit: Turn from OR-22 onto Highway 46 at the only

gas station in Detroit. Drive 9.1 miles and just past Cleator

Bend Campground take a right onto the single-lane bridge

crossing the Breitenbush River. The road is gravel after the

bridge and has three forks in its 1.2 mile course. Take a left

at every fork and you will end up in our parking lot. You’re

home! DO NOT FOLLOW MAPQUEST, GOOGLE MAPS

or GPS DIRECTIONS PAST DETROIT!

PLEASE NOTE: Breitenbush programs are educational experiences and are not to be mistaken for medical or psychological counseling or treatment. Some people may find some programs too physically or psychologically challenging. In case of doubt we recommend that a physician be consulted. Breitenbush is not responsible for injury or loss arising in connection with program participation. Breitenbush reserves the right to cancel events at any time. In this case, depos-its and other fees will be refunded. Breitenbush cannot be held responsible for any accidental damages or injuries caused by actions contrary to our stated policies. Please remember that children under 12 must be with a responsible adult at all times and that we do not allow guests to have or use alcohol or illegal drugs. If you have a serious medical condition please be aware that Breitenbush is located 11⁄2 hours from a hospital.

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Breitenbush Hot SpringsP.O. Box 578Detroit, OR 97342


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