Nature and Soul Retreat for Winter Solstice

with Jan Edl Stein, MFT

Friday, December 19, 9:30AM-4:00PM

Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center, 1601 Shoreline Highway, Muir Beach, 415-383-3134

see website for registration details

http://holosinstitute.net/nature-and-soul

http://www.holosinstitute.net/people/Jan.htm

http://www.sfzc.org/ggf

“Nature and Soul: A day of retreat where nature mirrors our inner landscape

Turning our attention to the darkest point of the year, we will explore themes of shadow, death, decay, surrender and emergence for this nature-based retreat that honors the Winter Solstice.

This seasonally offered retreat is a day of renewal and rediscovery, as we open ourselves to the land around us in addition to the landscapes within us.  This is a deeply experiential daylong retreat for restoration of health, psyche and spirit, offering a renewal of the soul’s intention and a re-connection with the elements of nature that support us.  We will slow down and take in the beauty that surrounds us and let nature reflect the shapes and patterns that are held in the psyche.

The day is a combination of indoor experiences that involves guided meditation and inner journey process and outdoor, land-based contemplative practices. The experience as a whole is an embodied example of eco-therapy.  Each retreat day reflects themes of the season in the meditations, journeys and our approach to the elements we discover in nature.

No previous experience is necessary.

The retreat takes place in the beautiful setting of Green Gulch Farm and Zen Center, with its splendid coastal range flora, meandering gardens, Japanese architecture, and easy walk to the beach.  An organic, vegetarian lunch (included in registration fee)  is offered to the group in the dining hall.  Retreat fees include lunch and refreshments.

Details on how to prepare for the day an a confirmation of registration will be sent one week before the event.

Retreat leader, Jan Edl Stein MFT, is the director of Holos Institute and a licensed psychotherapist with many years of experience in guiding people into deep explorations in their own psyche as they open to deeper levels of perception in the natural world.”