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Rowe Center
PRESORT STD
NON-PROFIT
US POSTAGE
22 Kings Highway, P. O. Box 273
Rowe, MA 01367
fa l l / w i n t e r
PAID
2016-2017
SPFLD MA
PERMIT #779
The
Rowe Center
workshops
93 Years of Helping Lives to Flourish 1924-2017
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retreats
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summer camps
Don’t Miss These Extraordinary Workshop Leaders
(And All of Our Other Great Ones Inside….)
Jean Houston
RELATIONSHIPS
Gina Ogden
Deborah Koff-Chapin
Robert Gonzales
SPIRITUALITY
ECO-ACTIVISM
Joanna Macy
Banafsheh Sayyad
POETRY
WOMEN
NATURE
SOCIAL ACTION
Mark Doty
Susan Robbins
Marytha Paffrath
Jon Young
SACRED DANCE
unplug , unwind & understand
Patch Adams
Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance: Open Enrollment for New Cohort—Still a Few Spaces Left!
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LOOK WHO’S COMING TO ROWE THIS FALL & WINTER!
Unplug, Unwind & Understand
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is an unusual and magical place
cherished by thousands of people who come here
each year for relaxation, education, community, spiritual
nurturance, and lots of fun. Here they find a spirit of
honesty, creativity, respect, and love.
Community is one source of Rowe’s magic; being a
valued member of a real community is a profound and
lasting experience. Many people who come to Rowe
feel as though they’re returning home—even if they’re
arriving for the first time. They feel a sense of familiarity,
comfort, and belonging. Traditions that we’ve built
over the years have created our vibrant culture, and
our openness to new ideas has kept Rowe growing and
evolving.
Our summer camps have inspired and delighted
kids since 1924. Our adult camps have developed over
several decades into self-sustaining communities ready
to welcome new members. Our weekend workshops
have been providing a place to learn and grow in a small,
intimate forum since 1974. Many of our outstanding
teachers return again and again. Each year we also invite
new, innovative teachers, keeping the energy of Rowe
contemporary and fresh.
Rowe’s philosophy arises from a deep faith in the
fundamental goodness of human beings, the abiding
miracle of life on earth, and the soul-sustaining beauty of
creation. We offer workshops on nature and spirituality
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to connect people to the ineffable; on relationships and
communication to connect people to each other; on
politics and ideas to support people in creating a better
world; and on self-improvement, creativity, and the
arts to help people flourish. With program rates on a
sliding scale, we go out of our way to make it possible
for people to come here to learn, to rest, or just to
enjoy a break from their lives. Rowe is a place to turn
off your cell phone so you can be truly present, tune
up your soul so you can be truly yourself, and drop
into community so that you can be more fully human.
Our Center is folded into the slope of gentle mountains
at the edge of an old New England village. The wonder
of the ordinary miraculous is everywhere. It’s just around
the corner, down the wooded path, in the radiant eyes of
the person across from you at lunch, in the aha! moment
of a sudden insight that you can take with you back into
the world.
We invite you to come and find out about Rowe’s
magic for yourself. It is enduring, endearing, evident,
and undeniable. You will feel it too, and you’ll be glad
you made the journey. Welcome home to Rowe.
The Rowe
Patch Adams. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Joanna Macy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Fia Alexander . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Eric Maisel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Nancy Slonim Aronie . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Niela Miller . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Ysaye Barnwell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Matt Mitler . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Mary Catherine Bateson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Raymond Moody. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Kevin Behan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Mark Morey . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Antra & Rich Borofsky . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Tori Morrill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Marc Bregman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Susan Morse. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Mel Kimura Bucholtz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Nan Moss . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Cynthia Brix . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Eclipse Neilson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Kathy Bullock. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Claudia Norton. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Kate Dahlstedt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Gina Ogden. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
John de Kadt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Marytha Paffrath . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Mark Doty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Susan Parenti. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Robert Gonzales . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Rebecca Parker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
John Tsungme Guy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Andrew Plummer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 38
Terry-Anya Hayes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Deborah Reed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Jean Houston. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Susan Robbins. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Stephen Jenkinson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
David I. Rome . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Will Keepin. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Banafsheh Sayyad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Kim Klein . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Eli Schmitt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Deborah Koff-Chapin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Molly Scott. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Judith Kravitz. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Benjamin Seaman . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10, 38
Craig Kukuk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Edward Tick . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Sarah Lammert. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Chelsea Wakefield. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9, 33
Christa Lancaster . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Tom Wessels. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Shirsten Lundblad. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 39
Jon Young . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
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22 Kings Highway, Rowe, MA 01367
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WORKSHOP CATEGORIES FALL WINTER 2016-2017
SPIRITUA LITY
DateTitle
Leader
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Sept. 9-16
Sept. 23-25
Oct. 21-23
Nov. 4-6
Nov.11-13
Nov. 18-20
Dec. 2-4
Dec.9-11
Dec.16-18
Jan. 20-22
Feb.17-20
March 3-5
March 10-14
March 17-19
March 24-26
March 24-26
2016-2018
Joanna Macy
Rebecca Parker
Jean Houston
Stephen Jenkinson
Raymond Moody
John de Kadt
Banafsheh Sayyad
David I. Rome
E. Neilson, F. Alexander, T. Morrill
Chelsea Wakefield
E. Tick, K. Dahlstedt, S. Lammert
Matt Mitler
Robert Gonzales
Nan Moss
Judith Kravitz
C. Lancaster & M. Bregman
Wakefield, Racht, Ruhl, Taylor
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World as Lover, World as Self
Entering the Sanctuary of Openness
The Morning After the Dark Night of the Soul
Money and the Soul
Reunions: Seeing Those Who’ve Passed
Engaging the Three Healers: Drumming, Story, Poetry
Dance of Oneness®: Dancing Rumi’s Journey of the Soul
Mindful Focusing
Winter Solstice Retreat for Women & Men
Luminous Woman® Weekend
Warrior Spirituality: Retreat for Care Providers of Veterans Holy Foolery
Living in Compassion
Way of the Shaman
Spiritual Path of Transformational Breath™
Jungian Archetypal Dreamwork
Spiritual Guidance Certificate Training Program
NATURE
DateTitle
Leader
Page
Sept. 9-16
Sept. 23-25
Sept. 30-Oct 2
Nov. 4-6
Nov. 11-13
Nov. 18-20
Feb. 24-26
Joanna Macy
Terry-Anya Hayes
Jon Young
Tom Wessels
Kevin Behan
Mark Morey
Susan Morse
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Edible Rowe: Earth-Friendly Foraging
What the Robin Knows
Reading the Forested Landscape
In Touch with Your Dog
Authentic Leadership: Inner and Outer Worlds
Walk on the Wild Side: Tracking Animals in Winter
PERSONA L GROWTH
DateTitle
Leader
Sept. 2-5
Oct. 7-9
Oct 14-16
Oct. 21-23
Nov. 4-6
Nov. 25-27
Dec. 9-11
Dec. 9-11
Jan. 16-19
Jan. 20-22
Feb. 10-12
March 3-5
March 3-5
March 10-14
March 10-13
March 24-26
March 24-26
March 24-26
C. Kukuk, B. Seaman, & A. Plummer 10
M. C. Bateson & M. Bucholtz
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Gina Ogden
18
Jean Houston
19
Stephen Jenkinson
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Niela Miller
24
David I. Rome
27
Molly Scott
27
Claudia Norton & Eli Schmitt
32
Chelsea Wakefield
33
Antra & Richard Borofsky
34
Matt Mitler
37
A. Plummer & B. Seaman
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Robert Gonzales
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Cynthia Brix & Will Keepin, et. al. 39
Eric Maisel
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Judith Kravitz
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C. Lancaster & M. Bregman
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Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men
Composing a Life
The Gift of Intimacy: Paths of the Lover
Money and the Soul
Conscious Connecting for Singles
Mindful Focusing
Deep Flow: Expressing Your Soul-Story
Skill Set: A Retreat for Young Adults 20 to 30
Luminous Woman Weekend©
Loving Deeply: Valentine’s Retreat for Couples
Holy Foolery
Gay Men’s Spring Gathering
Living in Compassion Revolution of the Heart: Healing Between the Sexes
Fearless Creating
Spiritual Path of Transformational Breath™
Jungian Archetypal Dreamwork
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SOCIA L CHANGE
DateTitle
Leader
Page
Sept. 9-16
Oct. 18-20
Nov. 18-20
Jan. 6-8
Jan. 16-19
Feb.17-20
March 10-13
Joanna Macy
Kim Klein
Mark Morey
Patch Adams & Susan Parenti
Cynthia Brix and Will Keepin
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32
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39
DateTitle
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Page
Sept. 22-25
Sept. 30-Oct. 2 Oct. 7-10
Oct.14-16
Nov. 18-20
Dec. 2-4
Dec. 2-4
Dec. 9-11
Feb. 3-5
March 3-5
March 17-19
March 24-26
Deborah Reed & Shirsten Lundblad
Deborah Koff-Chapin
Ysaye Barnwell
Nancy Slonim Aronie
John de Kadt
Banafsheh Sayyad
Mark Doty
Molly Scott
Kathy Bullock
Matt Mitler
Susan Robbins & Marytha Paffrath
Eric Maisel
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Leader
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Fundraising for the Long Haul
Authentic Leadership: Inner and Outer Worlds
The Best Medicine is Free!
Warrior Spirituality: Retreat for Care Providers of Veterans Revolution of the Heart: Healing Between the Sexes
ARTS
When Drummers Were Women: Layne Redmond’s Legacy
Drawing Out Your Soul: Touch Drawing
Building a Vocal Community®: African-American Singing
Jump-Start Your Memoir
Engaging the Three Healers: Drumming, Story, Poetry
Dance of Oneness®: Dancing Rumi’s Journey of the Soul Into the Woods: Going Deeper into the Poem
Deep Flow: Expressing Your Soul-Story
Singing in the Spirit: African-American Gospel Music
Holy Foolery
Singing Ourselves Home: Musical Retreat for Women
Fearless Creating
COMMUNITY RETREATS
DateTitle
Sept. 2-5
Sept.16--18
Sept. 25-29
Jan. 16-19
Jan. 22-26
Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men
A. Plummer, C. Kukuk & B. Seaman
Members & Friends
Autumn Work Week
Winter Work Week
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14
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RELATIONSHIPS
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DateTitle
Leader
Page
Oct. 14-16
Nov. 25-27
Feb.10-12
March 10-13
Gina Ogden
Niela Miller
Antra and Richard Borofsky
Cynthia Brix & Will Keepin
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34
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The Gift of Intimacy: Paths of the Lover
Conscious Connecting for Singles
Loving Deeply: Valentine’s Retreat for Couples
Revolution of the Heart: Healing Between the Sexes
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TR AINING PROGR AMS
DateTitle
Leader
Page
2016-2018
Feb.17-20
Wakefield, Racht, Ruhl, Taylor
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Spiritual Guidance Certificate Training Program
Warrior Spirituality: Retreat for Care Providers of Veterans www.rowecenter.org
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CA L E N D AR
January 16-19 Skill Set: A Retreat for Young Adults 20-30. . . .
January 20-22 The Luminous Woman® Weekend . .
January 22-26
Winter Work Week . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
February 3-5 Singing in the Spirit: African-American Gospel. . . KATHY
February 10-12 Loving Deeply: Valentine’s Couples Retreat . .
February 17-20 Warrior Spirituality & War Healing . . . . . . . . .
E.TICK, K.DAHLSTEDT & S. LAMMERT .
TR AINING PROGR AMS
February 17-20 Certificate in Spiritual Guidance. . . . . . . . . . .
C. WAKEFIELD, L. R ACHT, S. K. RUHL, J. TAYLOR . . . . 8-9
Warrior Spirituality: Training for Veterans Care .E.TICK, K.DAHLSTEDT & S. LAMMERT. . . . . . . . . . . .
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COMMUNITY RETREATS
CLAUDIA NORTON & ELI SCHMITT . . . . . . . . . 32
. . . . . . . . CHELSEA WAKEFIELD. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
BULLOCK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
. A NTR A & RICH BOROFSKY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
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September 2-5
Labor Day for Gay, Bisexual & Questioning Men. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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February 24-26 Walk on the Wild Side: Animal Tracking . . . . .
SUSA N MORSE
Sept. 16-18
Members & Friends Vacation Retreat. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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March 3-5 Holy Foolery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MATT MITLER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
January 16-19 Skill Set: A Retreat for Young Adults 20-30. . .
CLAUDIA NORTON & ELI SCHMITT. . . . . . . . . . . 32
March 3-5 Gay Men’s Spring Gathering . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A NDREW PLUMMER & BENJAMIN SEAMA N . . . . 38
March 10-14 Living in Compassion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ROBERT GONZA LES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
March 10-13 Toward a Revolution of the Heart . . . . . . . . . .
CYNTHIA BRIX & WILL KEEPIN, ET.A L. . . . . . . . 39
WORKSHOPS
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September 9-16 World as Lover, World as Self. . . . . . . . . . . .
JOA NNA MACY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
March 17-19 Singing Ourselves Home: Women’s Retreat. . .
SUSA N ROBBINS & MARYTHA PAFFR ATH. . . . . . 40
September 22-25 When Drummers Were Women. . . . . . . . . . .
DEBOR AH REED & SHIRSTEN LUNDBLAD . . . . . . 12
March 17-19 The Way of the Shaman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NA N MOSS. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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September 23-25 Entering the Sanctuary of Openness. . . . . . .
REBECCA PARKER. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
March 24-26 Fearless Creating. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
ERIC MAISEL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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TERRY-A NYA HAYES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
March 24-26 Spiritual Path of Transformational Breath . . .
JUDITH KR AV ITZ. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
March 24-26
Entering the Dream: Jungian Dreamwork . . . .
C. LA N CAS T ER & M . BREGMA N .
September 23-25 Edible Rowe: Foraging. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
September 25-29 Autumn Work Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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September 30-Oct. 2 What the Robin Knows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . JON YOUNG. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
INFORMATION
September 30-Oct. 2 Drawing Out Your Soul: Touch Drawing. . . . DEBOR AH KOFF-CHAPIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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October 7-9 Composing a Life. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
M. C. BATESON & M. K. BUCHOLTZ. . . . . . . . . . .
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Work Week. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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October 7-10 Building a Vocal Community®. . . . . . . . . . . .
YSAYE BARNWELL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Employment & Volunteering at Rowe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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October 14-16 Gifts of Intimacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
GINA OGDEN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Personal Retreats and Group Rentals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
October 14-16 Jump-Start Your Memoir . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
NA NCY SLONIM ARONIE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Weddings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
October 18-20 Fundraising for the Long Haul. . . . . . . . . . . .
KIM KLEIN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Become a Member, Contact Rowe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
October 21-23 Morning After the Dark Night of the Soul. . .
JEA N HOUSTON. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Food, Accommodations, What to Bring, Directions & Arrivals. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
November 4-6 Reading the Forested Landscape. . . . . . . . . . .
TOM WESSELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Cost & Registration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
November 4-6 Money and the Soul. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
STEPHEN JENKINSON . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
November 11-13 In Touch with Your Dog . .
November 11-13 Reunions: Seeing Those Who’ve Passed. . . . .
R AYMOND MOODY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
November 18-20 Authentic Leadership. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MARK MOREY. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
November 18-20 Three Healers: Drumming, Story, Poetry. . . . .
JOHN DE KADT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
November 25-27 Conscious Connecting for Singles. . . . . . . . . .
NIELA MILLER . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
December 2-4 Dance of Oneness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
BA NAFSHEH SAYYAD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
December 2-4 Into the Woods: Deeper into the Poem. . . . . .
MARK DOTY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
December 9-11 Mindful Focusing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
DAVID I. ROME . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
December 9-11 Deep Flow: Embodied Voice . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
MOLLY SCOTT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
December 16-18
Gentle Spark: Winter Solstice Retreat. . . . . . .
E. NEILSON, T. MORRILL & F. ALEXANDER. . . . . . . 28
January 6-8 The Best Medicine is Free!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
PATCH ADAMS & SUSAN PARENTI .
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The Rowe Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance
“This is a program I am so excited about because it provides not
only the skill sets I am looking to further develop, but also a
community of people I feel I can share all of me with, in a safe
and respectful way. Wow, wow, and WOW!”
—Joy Christi Przestwor, member of current 2015-2017 Cohort
“Well planned, amazing content… so much covered and
experienced in our time together.”
—Jean Tennyson, member of current 2015-2017 Cohort
“One of the key learnings for me is the power of deep,
compassionate listening.”
—Jim Totin, member of current 2015-2017 Cohort
“The insights I gain chart a new direction for questing in the service
of wisdom.”
—Frances Sink, member of current 2015-2017 Cohort
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he Rowe Center’s Certificate Program in Spiritual Guidance tools and skills for guiding others in the discovery of their “keys
is designed to meet a growing need for authentic, well-prepared to the inner treasure,” in ways that are right and fitting for each
individuals who offer support on the spiritual path, embody individual seeker.
In coming to The Rowe Center, you will enter a liminal, sacred
wisdom and compassion, and are spiritually literate and transspace,
away from the busy world. In our beautiful retreat setting
denominational.
If you feel newly called to a career in this rewarding and of forest, lake, orchard, and meadow, you will join with a group
significant work, if you already are providing spiritual counsel of committed peers and experienced staff to embark on this deep
and would like further training and development, if you are a and important journey. The training includes residential retreats
clergy person wishing to expand your ministry, or someone in at Rowe twice a year for two years; four personalized electives
a helping profession wanting to integrate a spiritual dimension selected from the Rowe catalogue; reading and reflection
assignments between residencies; and monthly streaming videointo your work, we invite you to apply.
This unique, two-year program will help you develop the conferences. You will be grouped in small cohorts that support
foundational skills and worldview that will allow you to facilitate learning, collaboration, and a sense of community, and you
the spiritual journey of others. You will learn to generate and will have a staff “mentor” who will support and guide you in
hold the kind of space that invites others into a deep reflection on reaching your individual goals.
For more information, please go to www.rowecenter.
questions of significance, while broadening your spiritual literacy,
org/spiritual-guidance
expanding your awareness of spiritual practices, and helping
you to identify the shadow aspects of spirituality. It will give you
Applications for the 2016-2018 Cohort are now being accepted, with a rolling deadline.
Applications will be accepted until all slots are filled. A few spaces are still left. Apply at www.rowecenter.org/spiritual-guidance
Core Faculty
Director: Chelsea Wakefield, Ph.D.,
LCSW is a depth psychotherapist,
“soul worker,” couples’ therapist, writer,
international teacher, and retreat leader. She
graduated from The Haden Institute Dream
Leader Training and has been on the faculty
of the Haden Institute since 2000, where she teaches in both
the Spiritual Direction and Dream Work training programs. She
is the author of Negotiating the Inner Peace Treaty: Becoming the
Person You Were Born to Be, a Jungian-oriented method of inner
work that helps people identify their unique Soul Print, engage
in dream work and shadow work, develop a core of inner
peace, and empower a life of integration and purpose. Her
recent book, In Search of Aphrodite: Women, Archetypes, and Sex
Therapy, explores women’s sexual journeys from an archetypal
perspective. She is also the creator of the Luminous Woman®
Weekend, which provides a safe space for women to explore
feminine archetypes and wisdom in an experiential way.
Layne Racht, M.A., LPC is a licensed
professional counselor who has worked for
over 30 years specializing in faith issues. Her
fascination with the interface of psychology
and spirituality led her to become a certified
Spiritual Director/Guide. Layne has mentored
and provided supervision for developing
spiritual guidance practitioners for many years. She is on the
faculty of the Haden Institute, which trains Spiritual Directors
to practice from a Jungian and Mystical Christian approach.
Layne has developed a widely respected model for group
spiritual direction, and serves many faith communities as
a consultant and workshop leader on spiritual growth and
formation, leadership, conflict resolution, and pastoral care.
Jeremy Taylor, D. Min., S.Th.D. (hon.)
is a Unitarian Universalist minister and
played a key role in the formation of this
program. He integrates dream work,
spirituality, and social conscience, all from a
Jungian perspective. He is co-founder and
past president of the International Association for the Study of
Dreams, founder-director of the Marin Institute for Projective
Dream Work, board member of the Unitarian Universalist
Society for Community Ministries, and founding faculty at the
Chaplaincy Institute for Arts & Interfaith Ministry. He teaches
at Sofia University (the former Institute of Transpersonal
Psychology) and John F. Kennedy University. Dr. Taylor is the
author of The Wisdom of Your Dreams: Using Dreams to Tap into
Your Unconscious and Transform Your Life; The Living Labyrinth;
and other books.
Reverend Steve Kanji Ruhl, M.Div.
is an ordained Zen Buddhist minister, lay
dharma teacher in the Zen tradition, writer and
poet, and staff member at The Rowe Center.
His ministry offers spiritual guidance and
deep pastoral care for individuals, as well
as meaningful life-passage ceremonies. He received a B.A. in
Religious Studies with high honors from Penn State University,
focused on world religions, and in 2008 he received his Master
of Divinity degree from Harvard University. He is employed
as a Buddhist Advisor at Yale University and as a meditation
instructor at Deerfield Academy. He also has been a Dharma
Holder and Preceptor at Green River Zen Center. Reverend Kanji
is a contributing author to the book The Arts of Contemplative
Care: Pioneering Voices in Buddhist Chaplaincy and Pastoral Work.
Adjunct Faculty
Ellen Dionna is a spiritual director, psychotherapist, and
shamanic practitioner. She has been in private practice for
30 years and a facilitator of workshops and seminars in the
human potential field for 40 years. She received her B.A. from
the University of Massachusetts and her M.S.W. from Simmons
College. She completed the two-year program, The Art of
Spiritual Guidance, from Silver Dove Institute for Spiritual
Development in Burlington, VT. She is the author of Spiritual
Sampler: Illuminating Inner Wisdom.
Kirstin Edelglass, M.A. facilitates Joanna Macy’s Work
That Reconnects in a variety of settings, including as Joanna’s
assistant. She is also a wilderness guide, ecological educator,
and psychosynthesis counselor who uses contemplative
practice, council process, and direct engagement with the
natural world to deepen self-awareness and enhance “a sense of
oneness” with all life.
Reverend David Wallace is a dean and the senior teacher
for One Spirit Interfaith Seminary in New York City. A graduate
of St. John’s College in Santa Fe, NM, and an ordained
interfaith minister, David is a regular guest lecturer at the
Kripalu Institute and at the Interspiritueel Seminarie in the
Netherlands, and has taught at Integral Yoga in NYC the Esalen
Institute, and other educational venues.
Thomas Yeomans, Ph.D. is the founder and director of the
Concord Institute and co-founder, with Russian colleagues, of
the International School, a post-graduate training institute in St.
Petersburg, Russia. Since 1970 he has worked internationally
as a psychotherapist, teacher, and trainer of professionals in
psychosynthesis and spiritual psychology. An author, painter,
and musician, his background includes study at Harvard,
Oxford, and the University of California, and professional work
in the fields of literature, education, and psychology.
Detail from Donald Beeman’s painting which hangs in the Rug Room of the Rec Hall.
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S E P T E M B E R
S e p t e m b e r 2-5 (F r i d ay -M o n d ay )
S e p t e m b e r 9-11 ( F r i d ay - S u n d ay , O p t i o n 1 )
S e p t e m b e r 11-16 ( S u n d ay t o F r i d ay , O p t i o n 2 )
S e p t e m b e r 9-16 ( F r i d ay - F r i d ay , O p t i o n 3)
Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual, and
Questioning Men
World as Lover, World as Self: The Theory and
Practice of the Work that Reconnects h j oa nn a
N
ow in its 31st year as one of the nation’s longest-running gay men’s events,
the Rowe Labor Day Retreat continues to harness the power of brotherhood
and transformation for gay, bisexual, and questioning men.
We are experienced in creating a weekend event that brings men together
in unique and connective ways. The retreat continues to provide a welcoming,
nourishing, and fulfilling experience for gay men and it opens the door to a more
connected view of the gay community and the world.
Rowe Labor Day weekend offers group activities, lectures, togetherness, selfacceptance, renewal, reflection, and creativity, as well as plain love and laughter.
We come together with caring and kindness. The retreat’s goal is to create a
weekend of surprise, sharing, and self-nurturing, while building a long-lasting
community between men.
Workshops led by gifted teachers explore relationships and dating, meditation,
spirituality, and much more. There is ritual, dancing, singing, body-work, and a
renowned group talent show. There are large and small group activities, yet plenty
of opportunities for free time or getting to know others.
Come experience the passing of summer into autumn with us. Many lasting
friends and long-term partners trace their initial meeting to Rowe. This nourishing
experience offers a bridge to a more connected view of the gay community—and
of the world—and has done so for the past 31 years! Come see why!
Visit the retreat website at www.rowelaborday.com for more information
and to sign up for our newsletters. Please join our friendly community! You
are welcome here.
The Labor Day weekend ends on Monday and costs an additional $120 for
the extra day.
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SO
macy
We’re proud to welcome back eco-philosopher Dr. Joanna Macy, who has
been teaching here since 1983. We consider her to be an exemplar of the
ideals and values that are at the heart of The Rowe Center.
Craig Kukuk, LCMSW, has been a
therapist for nearly 30 years. He has
worked in hospital therapy and run outpatient groups in his private practice.
Craig has developed a program called
Creative Insights, utilizing various art
forms to help individuals gain insights
into their lives and provide healing.
While living in Michigan, Craig was
active in the Detroit Men’s Wisdom
Council. Currently, Craig is a pastor of
a small Quaker Meeting. He lives with
his partner and their sheep on a small
farm in upstate New York.
Benjamin Seaman is a
psychotherapist in private practice in
New York City specializing in men in
same-sex and mixed-sex couples. Cofounder of the New York Center for
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT),
he is a Certified Emotionally Focused
Therapist and supervises other EFT
therapists. He is also an adjunct
lecturer at NYU, teaching social work
practice and diversity. Ben recently
created Relational Minds, a practice
of therapists focusing on teaching and
practicing relational and emotionfocused therapy.
J
oanna is a scholar of Buddhism, general systems theory, and deep ecology and
a respected voice in the movements for peace, justice, and environmentalism.
She interweaves her scholarship with five decades of activism. As the root teacher
of the Work That Reconnects, known worldwide for empowering activists in social
and ecological justice, she has created a ground-breaking theoretical framework
for personal and social change, as well as a powerful workshop methodology
for its application. This dynamic, interactive body of work has inspired many
thousands of people to engage wholeheartedly in the Great Turning to a lifesustaining society, bringing a new way of seeing the world as our larger living
body, freeing us from the assumptions and attitudes that now threaten all life on
Earth. Learn how to turn despair and apathy in the face of overwhelming social
and ecological crises into constructive, collaborative action.
There are 3 options. Option 1 is the weekend program, open to everyone.
Option 2 is the weekday program for a deeper experience and understanding
of the Work and is restricted to people with previous experience, including
Option 1 participants. Option 2 costs twice the regular weekend rate, and you
get one day for free. We highly encourage you to select Option 3, which is to
stay for both programs and receive a 10% discount.
Joanna Macy, Ph. D., has written
Active Hope: How to Face the Mess
We’re in Without Going Crazy (with
Chris Johnstone) and Coming Back
to Life: Practices to Reconnect Our
Lives, Our World (with Molly Young
Brown). Her many other books
include her memoir, Widening Circles,
her translations of Rilke’s poetry, and
World as Lover, World as Self.
Andrew Plummer has led the Rowe
Labor Day Retreat for Gay, Bisexual,
and Questioning Men for 10 years
and has been an active member of
the Rowe community for 25 years.
He is actively involved in the pagan
community in New England and other
parts of the country. Additionally, he
works for Blue Man Group in Boston
and holds a degree in landscape design.
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S E P T E M B E R
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S e p t e m b e r 23-25
Members and Friends Vacation Retreat
A
fter a long summer, we need this
kick-back-and-relax celebration,
where we thank and honor our
members, visit with old friends, and
welcome newcomers.
The schedule is relaxed. We’ll have
some festivities and introductions
Friday night. On Saturday morning,
we’ll offer a selection of workshops.
Then we’re off to beautiful Pelham
Lake for a gourmet picnic of harvest
foods and an afternoon of sunning,
swimming, singing, socializing, and
napping. Some choose to go off to the
Clark Art Museum, MASSMoCA, or
open-ended exploring. You’re welcome
to join us for our annual meeting at
4:00. The afternoon ends with hors
d’oeuvres and schmoozing. The sauna
is always open.
On Saturday night, we’ll have
a wonderful dinner, followed by
entertainment, or those who prefer
peace and quiet can chill in the
farmhouse. On Sunday morning we’ll
sleep in, have a leisurely breakfast, and
gather for a service in Rowe’s chapel.
To honor and thank our members,
you pay only our fee for room and
board, but there’s no discount. If you’re
S e p t e m b e r 22- 2 5 (T h u r s d ay -S u n d ay )
When the Drummers Were Women:
Living Layne Redmond’s Legacy
h d e b o r a h r e e d & s h i r s t e n l u nd b l a d
Join a festive weekend of drumming to honor the legacy of beloved Rowe
presenter Layne Redmond, the wonderful frame drum virtuoso who
passed away in 2013.
L
ayne Redmond, award-winning musician, recording artist, teacher, and drum
historian, was known and loved all over the world—and especially at Rowe.
This weekend everyone is welcome: men and women; beginner, intermediate, and
experienced musicians; those who knew Layne; and those who will discover her
remarkable legacy for the first time. You’ll have the opportunity to explore and honor
Layne’s unique inspiration—“a musical discipline within a spiritual framework”—
by immersing in the experience of shared drumming and sacred space. Learn
the power of the frame drum, immerse yourself in rhythmic ritual, develop your
drumming skill, combine voice and drumming, and much more, working with
Layne’s longtime collaborators Deborah and Shirsten. You’ll also learn about frame
drumming’s fascinating sacred history and its connection with the bee goddesses of
the ancient Mediterranean world, as master beekeeper Debra Roberts shares stories
of the Sacred Bees. This weekend will celebrate Layne in the way she would have
loved most, through spirited drumming and sacred community.
This workshop starts a day early and costs an additional $120.
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Entering the Sanctuary of Openness
not a member, an additional $50 gives
you a one-year membership. Children
are welcome for half their parents’
cost, and child-care will be provided in
the mornings. This retreat is heartfelt,
warm, embracing, and inspiring.
Dr. Deborah
Reed began
intensive study
with Layne
Redmond
in 1996 and
completed the
first six-month
frame drum intensive taught by Layne
and Tommy Be, in 1998. She assisted
Layne on several occasions at Rowe
and elsewhere and performed with
Layne’s ritual drumming ensemble,
the Mob of Angels. Deborah teaches
frame drums to individuals and groups
and has facilitated therapeutic rhythm
and drumming in settings that include
inpatient psychiatry, community
mental health, hospice, and special
education. She currently is the
percussionist for Seven Sisters Kirtan.
Shirsten Lundblad,
M.Div., met Layne
Redmond at Rowe
in the mid-90’s and
became a devoted
student, traveling
with her to Egypt,
Crete, and Brazil, as well as assisting
her on numerous teaching retreats and
in workshops. Along with Tori Morrill
she has been teaching Layne’s Frame
Drum Intensive six-month curriculum,
called “Giving Birth To Ourselves,”
since 2008. She is a member of
Inanna, Sisters in Rhythm, as well as
the Vox Nova Chamber Choir and
Saheli Quintet.
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h r e b e c c a pa r k e r
Come and reflect deeply on who God is or isn’t for you—and experience
the sacred in new ways.
W
here do you go, spiritually speaking, after saying “No” to beliefs about
God that you find unacceptable? What gives you courage and joy and
reorients life’s meaning in the face of suffering, climate change, terrorism, racism,
and economic injustice? Rebecca invites you to journey with her along “the
apophatic way”—the mystic path that approaches the divine by peeling away false
and oppressive claims about God—and to welcome instead a radical openness of
heart, mind, soul, and spirit. In these fertile spaces you will create a sanctuary in
which you can experience and explore new senses of the sacred emerging in our
time. You will create an altar based on your own spiritual autobiography and learn
to embrace the experiences of others. You will consider the greening of God, the
darkening of God, the queering of God, and other movements arising now from
people for whom the “old white man in the clouds” has been a source of harm.
Music, poetry, images, silence, and spiritual practices will be woven throughout.
Rev. Dr.
Rebecca
Parker,
a prolific
author and leading theologian, is
President Emerita and Professor
of Theology Emerita, Starr King
School for the Ministry; Theologian
in Residence, All Souls Unitarian,
Washington DC; and author of
Proverbs of Ashes, Saving Paradise
(with Rita Nakashima Brock), Blessing
the World, and A House for Hope
(with John Bueherns).
Come Work at Rowe
Rowe is an unusual place to live and
work. It’s a loose-knit community united
by a shared vision. Previous experience
living in a rural area is especially desired.
Compensation includes a salary and
excellent health benefits.
Full-Time Head Chef
We are looking for a Head Chef, so if
you are interested, please let us hear
from you. You must be skilled in
vegetarian cooking for groups, have good
supervisory and hospitality skills, and be
well organized. Responsibilities include
cooking, responding to special dietary
needs, ordering food, menu planning, and
supervising all aspects of food preparation.
Full-Time Associate Chef
At Rowe, food is about nourishment of
body and soul, and about celebration.
We are seeking a full-time Associate
Chef to be part of our cooking team.
Conference center responsibilities include
cooking and kitchen housekeeping.
Summer responsibilities include cooking
and supervision of the summer kitchen
staff. Applicants must be skilled in
vegetarian cooking for groups, have good
management and hospitality skills, and
be well organized.
If interested, please send a resume and
a letter of introduction telling us about
yourself to [email protected].
At Rowe, food is about nourishment of
body and soul. When you give generously
with an open heart, you receive a lot in
return. If you believe you have the skills
we are looking for, please send a resume
and letter of interest or email paulette@
rowecenter.org.
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S E P T E M B E R
September 23-25
S e p t e m b e r 30- O c t o b e r 2
Edible Rowe: Adventures for Earth-Friendly Foragers
What the Robin Knows: Exploring the Secret
h t e r r y - a n ya h ay e s
Language of Birds h j o n
Rediscover your roots—literally!—and drink deeply of the joys of the
wild, as you learn to recognize and harvest food and medicine plants in
the fields and forests of Rowe.
Discover how understanding the language of birds—what they are
telling each other and what they are telling you—can enrich your life in
practical and surprising ways.
F
Terry-Anya Hayes has been in love
with the edible wild for as long as
she can remember. A Maine-based
writer, herbalist, and wild-foods
educator, she is past president of
the New York Mycological Society.
For more than 20 years, she has led
identification walks throughout the
Northeast, taught how to create and
maintain health by partnering with
plants and mushrooms, and served
as a wild resources consultant to
individuals and groups.
September 25-29
S E P T E M B E R
ine-tune your five senses (and a few unnamed ones), seeking out and
identifying roots, shoots, fruits, and fungi that nourished and healed our
ancestors for millennia. You’ll learn which of these plants to harvest and which
to pass by with a respectful nod. You’ll visit shy plants in Rowe’s forests and
sun-lovers in the surrounding fields. You’ll come to honor the brash ones, those
green survival experts that seek us out and gift our lawns and gardens with
excellent, if usually unrecognized, food and medicine. Gathering directly from
the wild completes a now seldom-used circuit between human and world that
feels energizing, powerful, and peaceful.
Find out for yourself as you enjoy daily field trips, slide shows of splendid wild
edibles, a cooking demonstration with tastings (elderberry syrup, anyone?), and
instruction in traditional techniques from leaching acorns to turning cattails
into cordage. Not a hiker? Not to worry. Most activities, including walks, will
be accessible to all.
Jon
Young’s
leading-edge work on bird language
has been included in his book What
the Robin Knows and showcased in
other books including Animal Tracking
Basics, Coyote’s Guide to Connecting
with Nature, Bird Talk, and Exploring
Natural Mysteries. His work is also
the subject of the popular audio CD
series “Seeing Through Native Eyes”
and “Advanced Bird Language.”
Since 1983, Jon has been training and
mentoring people worldwide in the
nearly lost art of understanding bird
and animal languages.
yo u n g
T
he communication network of birds is a vast, complex, and delicate
instrument humans can easily tap into. Bird language is a way to learn
about what’s happening across a landscape, including the presence of predators
or the discovery of a food source. Since the beginning of human history, people
have used this communication network for survival, and modern Indigenous
peoples still depend on it. Many people who study bird language find that this
ancient and universal language has reawakened their connection to nature.
Come experience it with Jon, who will teach you the principles of bird language.
Working with a facilitator trained in mapping, you’ll explore Rowe’s beautiful
meadows and forests to observe and listen to birds. You’ll bring your stories
back to the group to create a bigger story. You’ll play games. You’ll return home
with an increased sensitivity to your surroundings and a deeper understanding
of your relationship to—and role in stewarding—the entire ecological system.
( S u n d ay - T h u r s d ay )
Autumn Work Week h
f r i e nd s o f r ow e
Wonderful food, real and important work, the beauty of
autumn, evening entertainment, outstanding company,
and a special kind of bonding are what we offer in
exchange for your labor. We respect hard work and
expect a lot from ourselves and from those who join
our productive and delightful work party. Re-experience
what your body can do; find the relaxation intrinsic
to meaningful physical work; bring more beauty to
this good earth. Pay by the sweat of your brow. If you
have friends with skills and open hearts, invite them
along; we welcome anyone. Work Week is Rowe’s most
intergenerational gathering. Campers not long out of
Rowe Camp see this as a cool chance to return to the
place they love. Folks in mid-career, in transition, or
retired see this as a refreshing break and a great place to meet new friends. Join this happy, productive crew for a day or
two or all five, but be careful; it can be habit forming! Some of us have been doing this for years.
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S E P T E M B E R
S e p t e m b e r 3 0 -O c t o b e r 2
Drawing Out Your Soul: The Experience of Touch
Drawing h d e b o r a h
Deborah
KoffChapin
has been
developing
Touch Drawing since 1974, and has
been a teacher and presenter at
conferences and graduate programs
internationally. She is the creator
of SOULCARDS 1&2 and author
of Drawing Out Your Soul. Her
artwork has appeared in numerous
magazines and books. Deborah, who
received her B.F.A. from Cooper
Union, is an adjunct professor at
the California Institute for Integral
Studies, has served on the board
of the International Expressive Art
Therapy Association, and is founding
director of the Center for Touch
Drawing.
ko f f - c h a p i n
Explore your inner depths and liberate your creative energy!
D
elve into your soul—immerse yourself in a simple but profound creative
process, touching your fingertips to paper that has been placed over
paint, forming impressions on the underside. Open a portal for the soulful
aspects of your inner self to flow through your hands and onto paper—with
results that can surprise you! You may gain new insights. You may access
buried emotions and open to a sense of renewal. You’ll definitely create many
drawings and discover a great sense of freedom and transformation.
Deborah holds a sacred space for deep, authentic expression, guiding you
with suggestions and evocative live music. Movement, writing, and toning
will help you open to your creative source. You’ll work alone, witness with
partners, and share in circle. If you’re an artist, you’ll find inspiration; if you’re
new to art making, you’ll discover creative freedom; if you’re a therapist,
health-care or hospice worker, teacher, social worker, or spiritual guide, you’ll
find ways to integrate Touch Drawing into your life and work. No artistic
experience necessary. There is a $49 materials fee for a full Touch Drawing
kit that participants can take home.
Mary
Catherine
Bateson is a
writer, cultural
anthropologist,
and visiting
scholar at
Boston College.
She has taught
at Harvard, Amherst, Spelman, and
George Mason University, in Iran, and
in the Philippines. Her books include
With a Daughter’s Eye: A Memoir of
Margaret Mead and Gregory Bateson,
the best-selling Composing a Life, and
most recently, Composing a Further
Life: The Age of Active Wisdom.
Mel Kimura
Bucholtz
founded
Interface in
Boston, the first
holistic training
center on the
East Coast. He
studied Zen in Japan and has lectured
at Harvard Medical School, Tufts,
Boston University, and numerous
teaching hospitals. He trained with Dr.
Milton Erikson in the uses of hypnosis
in therapeutic change. Mel trains
therapists in The Tuning Effect™
Method for counseling individuals for
rapid trauma relief and enhanced selfesteem.
Ysaye M.
Barnwell
holds a
doctorate
in speech
pathology
and a
postdoctoral
degree in public health. Starting in
1979, she performed and recorded
with the internationally renowned
a cappella quartet Sweet Honey In
the Rock and composed some of
the group’s most popular songs. She
retired from Sweet Honey in 2013.
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Composing a Life of Wonder, Creativity, and Beauty
h mary catherine bateson & mel kimura bucholtz
Join two distinguished pioneers of the human potential movement sharing
their most recent insights about living a healed and wondrous life, and
discover how to make your own life flourish as well!
T
hough we often think wonder happens only in youth and wisdom in old age,
Mary Catherine and Mel have discovered both of these can happen throughout
life. Wonder is indeed the beginning of wisdom. Whether you’re reconnecting
with Mary Catherine and Mel or joining them for the first time, they will help you
discover ways to create a life that’s both wonder-filled and wise. Best-selling author
and cultural anthropologist Mary Catherine has studied the wisdom of creative older
adults. Through stories, poetry, play, and wise conversations, she will introduce you
to useful skills in the art of composing your life. Mel, an innovative Ericksonian
teacher and therapist, shares techniques for evoking childhood wonder in adult
life. He will guide you through his new Fully Embodied Experiential Learning©
(FEEL™) technique, which activates the child’s natural way of engaging the world
and helps resolve personal issues on the spot.
O c t o b e r 7-10 ( F r i d ay - M o n d ay )
Building a Vocal Community®: Singing in the
African-American Tradition h y s ay e
b a r n w e ll
Reserve quickly: This workshop is a whole lot of fun and sells out early!
O
ne of the most energetic and beloved workshop leaders ever to come to
Rowe, Ysaye will envelop you in the joy of community through the music
of the African-American vocal tradition, including calls and chants, spirituals,
ring shouts, hymns, gospels, songs of the Civil Rights Movement, and songs
of contemporary struggle. Mostly you’ll sing, but she also will bring her deep
knowledge of the African-American tradition to discussions about the songs’
historical, social, and political contexts. She will introduce you to the values
embedded in the music, the role of cultural and spiritual traditions and rituals,
ways in which leadership emerges and can be shared, and the nature of cultural
response to political struggle.
On Saturday and Sunday evenings, we’ll have films, discussions, impromptu
performances, or sing-a-longs led by some of our guests.
No prior musical experience is necessary; the only requirements are a
willingness to sing as fully as you can and to embrace joy.
This Columbus Day weekend workshop lasts an extra day and costs an
additional $120.
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O C T O B E R
October 14-16
The Gift of Intimacy: Walking the Paths of the Lover
h gina ogden
Through sacred ceremony and a supportive circle of seekers, heal the past
and celebrate your unique sexual self—body, mind, heart, and spirit.
G
Gina Ogden, Ph.D., LMFT, is
an award-winning sex therapist,
researcher, and shamanic practitioner
whose retreats and trainings have
touched the lives of people all over
the world. She is the founder of
the Relational Sexuality Network,
an international consortium of
4-D practitioners. Gina lives in
Cambridge, Massachusetts, and is
the author of 10 books, including
The Return of Desire, Expanding the
Practice of Sex Therapy, and Exploring
Desire and Intimacy.
ina’s pioneering 4-D Wheel of Sexual Experience has helped thousands
of people clear relational blocks and step into the joys of desire, pleasure,
and sacred connection. Her wise and compassionate guidance will encourage
you to nurture what you hold most dear and let go of what you no longer
want or need. Discover creative ways to open heart-to-heart communication.
Gain strategies to help you transcend loneliness, guilt, and shame. Confront old
conflicting messages about performance, such as “good girls don’t” and “real
men score.” Draw inspiration from each other’s stories. Experience shamanic
clearing and a drummed journey to meet your own inner Keeper of the Flame.
You’ll be welcomed in all your complexities and contradictions, from your
wounded self to the most powerful, sensuous, courageous core of who you
are. This weekend is designed for individuals and couples of all ages, genders,
and sexual orientations. It is also extraordinary training for those in helping
professions. Check with us about CEUs. Health professionals who attend this
program can earn 15 AASECT CEs.
O c t o b e r 18-20 (Tuesday-Thursday)
Fundraising for the Long Haul:
Advanced Tools for Activist Organizations
h kim klein
If your non-profit organization is tired of lurching from one funding crisis
to another, if you want to organize programs without first having to figure
out how to finance them, then you need this essential, interactive, very
practical workshop with one of the nation’s best-known fundraising trainers.
W
hen your non-profit was brand-new, did it have tremendous energy
provided by eager founders? Did it have lots of seed money from
donors and foundations? As the years passed and the goals of your organization
were not yet achieved (you didn’t completely eradicate racism or save the
planet), did founders and early donors slip away? It often happens. To prevent
this, you need to have a long-term fundraising strategy from the beginning.
Organizations that focus only on short-term fundraising will fail. Only a longterm plan assures success and stability.
The author of the classic Fundraising for Social Change will teach you how
to conduct a capital campaign, launch an endowment, project income into
the future, and ask your long-time donors for more money. For the greatest
benefit, come with a colleague or a board member from your organization.
O c t o b e r 21-23
O c t o b e r 14-16
Jump-Start Your Memoir: The Next Step
h jea n houston
h nancy slonim aronie
Isn’t it time you took your gold seriously?
“Jean Houston’s mind should be considered a national treasure.”
—Buckminster Fuller
I
D
f you have been writing and writing and journaling and journaling, then this
is your chance to gather all your stories, write some more, go deeper, wider,
and take even more chances than you ever have done before. Are you ready to
begin to put your writing life into a form that can be read by your family, your
grandchildren, your writing group, or by the people who make books into bestsellers? Are you ready to shape and honor it?
Nancy has been creating nurturing space for writers of all abilities for 25
years and has been called the ultimate midwife for words that want to come
out. You may be given the same prompts and may experience the same safety,
but where you go will be your journey, and you will have the same results:
laughter, tears, and words, words, words. Whether your memoir becomes a
book or a blog, something that gets published by the big guys or self-published,
this workshop is the next step in making sure your memoir or work is read by
a larger audience.
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Kim
Klein has
trained and
consulted in
all 50 states
of the U.S.
and in 21
countries
and has
worked in all
aspects of
fundraising:
as staff, as a board member, and as a
volunteer. She has written five books,
including the classic Fundraising
for Social Change and Reliable
Fundraising in Unreliable Times. She
founded the bimonthly Grassroots
Fundraising Journal and published it
for 25 years. She is also a member
of the Building Movement Project,
where she leads workshops and
writes widely on fair and just taxation
and the importance of focusing on
the common good.
Nancy Slonim Aronie is the author
of Writing from the Heart: Tapping
the Power of Your Inner Voice. She’s
taught at Trinity College in Hartford,
Connecticut, and received the Derek
Bok Teacher of the Year Award at
Harvard for two consecutive years
as a teaching fellow for Robert Coles.
She’s been a television performer in
the miniseries “Catch a Rainbow,”
a magazine columnist at McCall’s,
and a commentator for NPR’s “All
Things Considered.” She created the
Chilmark Writing Workshop in her
home on Martha’s Vineyard.
on’t miss this opportunity to interact with the power, humor, and practical
spiritual wisdom of one of the renowned teachers of our time, as she shares
with you the critical questions to ask during the Dark Night of the Soul—those
personal challenges and traumas that come with living in an age of uncertainty.
During this profound and inspirational weekend, Jean will share more than 50 years
of wisdom as an international consultant on human culture and development and
as an author and philosopher. She’ll give you nontraditional perspectives on the
possibilities that follow the important transformative journey of the Dark Night.
Whether you’re experiencing health issues, relationship changes, death, personal
crisis, or anxieties about the daily headlines, you’ll learn how passing through the
Dark Night can help you discover and build a life of renewal, opportunity, and
unlimited possibility. Jean has been coming to Rowe for more than 30 years, but
this is a workshop unlike any other you may have taken.
This workshop costs an extra $30.
413.339.4954
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Jean Houston is an internationally
known philosopher, behavioral
scientist, and cultural historian who
has transformed lives for nearly 50
years. Author of 28 books exploring
aspects of human potential, including
the most recent The Wizard of Us,
she has trained leaders in human
development and social change for
the UN and other international
groups in 108 countries.
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N O V E M B E R
N O V E M B E R
N ov e m b e r 4-6
Money and the Soul’s Desires
h stephen jenkinson
Stephen Jenkinson, MTS, MSW,
is an activist, teacher, farmer, and
author of Money and the Soul’s
Desires. He has a master’s degree in
theology from Harvard University
and a master’s degree in social work
from the University of Toronto. He
is known internationally for his work
as a counsellor to dying people and
a consultant to palliative care and
hospice organizations, having worked
as a program director in a major
Canadian hospital, assistant professor
in a prominent Canadian medical
school, and educator and advocate in
the helping professions. He also is the
author of Die Wise: A Manifesto for
Sanity and Soul and the subject of the
documentary film Griefwalker. He is
the founder of The Orphan Wisdom
School in Canada.
What does money do to us? What is its power? And from whence comes the
seemingly insoluble wedge that divides money matters from matters of the
spirit and heart?
J
oin Stephen to explore not “how to get more” nor even, in these trying
times, “how to keep what you have,” but to examine how you can bring
the quietly tortured relationship we have with money up into the light, where
it belongs. This is the first mandatory step to a principled sanity and soulful
skill in addressing personal and cultural amnesia around money. What is the
origin of the dread so many of us experience in money matters? Where does
money get its power to provoke conflict and discord? Is it even possible to live
a soulful, authentic life in the presence of money? Stephen will use examples
ranging from the land-based economies of at-home cultures to those derived
from his counseling work, drawing links between the personal and the cultural,
reflecting on the role that money plays in families, in relationships between men
and women, and between generations.
N ov e m b e r 4 - 6
Reading the Forested Landscape h t o m
wessels
Learn to see the forest for the trees—once you spend a weekend in the
woods with this passionate and gifted teacher, you won’t look at a forest
the same way.
D
Tom Wessels is Professor Emeritus
at Antioch University New England
and author of Reading the Forested
Landscape: A Natural History of New
England; The Granite Landscape:
A Natural History of America’s
Mountain Domes; The Myth of
Progress: Toward a Sustainable Future;
and Forest Forensics.
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iscover the intricate, ever-changing story of our region through Tom’s
technique of “Forest Forensics,” a fun process of gleaning evidence from
the landscape, in which no detail is ever too small. Find out how to discern a
forest’s history through shapes of trees, scars on trunks, patterns of stone walls,
decay of stumps, and the general lay of the land. Become a nature detective in
a forest holding the tallest trees in the Northeast and explore hidden signs in
abandoned pastures, beaver ponds, sites of windstorms and logging, and places
marked by fire and blight as you learn to piece together their secret histories.
Tom Wessels literally wrote the book on understanding the stories etched into
our landscapes. As good as his book is, however, exploring a forest with him is
much better. You’ll marvel at the number of “aha!” moments you’ll experience
together.
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N O V E M B E R
Kevin Behan
has been
training
dogs for 50
years. It is
in his blood.
His father
founded
and trained
dogs in the
K-9 Corps in
WWII and
was the first American to train dogs
for hospitals, police units, and retail
stores. Kevin trained his first dog when
he was 10 and started his own kennel
in 1981. Using unique techniques,
he has trained hundreds of police,
protection, and border-control dogs,
as well as thousands of America’s
pets, and is recognized as the nation’s
foremost expert on the rehabilitation
of aggressive and problem dogs. He
wrote Natural Dog Training and Your
Dog is Your Mirror.
N O V E M B E R
N ov e m b e r 1 1 - 1 3
N ov e m b e r 18-20
In Touch with Your Dog: How Getting Physical
Authentic Leadership: Aligning Our Inner and Outer
Helps Dogs Get Calm h k e v i n
Worlds to Become Agents of Change
behan
Learn the “physics” of being physical with your dog, from a master trainer
who knows what your dog really needs in order to be a calm companion.
I
n 50 years as a successful dog trainer, Kevin has closely observed dogs as
physical and emotional beings. Like humans, he says, dogs can feel cut off
from their core physical being. The dog who snaps at his owner, chews on
everything in sight, or acts aggressively is reacting to an environment he perceives
as standing between him and his vital physical being—his need to be in contact
with things. On the other hand (or paw), when a dog learns to make contact
and gratify his need to be physical, the dog becomes a calm companion—and
people do, too. Kevin’s exercises illuminate the physics of how your dog makes
contact, and they also help support the physical balance of interactions between
dogs and people. Your dog is likely to behave better because he or she definitely
will feel better. We welcome you and your canine best friend to experience this
very special weekend.
N ov e m b e r 1 1 - 1 3
h mark morey
Become a new kind of leader for the long-term health and wellness of our
communities and planet!
A
t the center of everything is nature. We, the people, are nature. Failing
to acknowledge this connection has unmoored us from the foundational
principles that keep us alive, as individuals and as a species. “We can bring it
back,” says Mark, “but we all have to do it together.” For twenty-plus years he has
explored ways to heal our disconnections and bring human- and nature-centered
values into company culture, business, and beyond. His concepts have galvanized
thousands, here and abroad. Are you a leader at any level in business, politics,
or another sphere? An activist? A caring individual drawn to a vision of positive
leadership? We invite you to begin your own deep journey with Mark as your
guide. During this transformational, hands-on weekend, through storytelling,
guided inquiry, group discussion, ritual, and nature activities, you’ll strengthen
your connection to self, others, and nature—essential tools for an agent of change
—as you step into the possibility of a more balanced future for our communities
and our planet.
Mark Morey has
been researching
and experientially
applying natural
models and
indigenous social
systems for 20
years in businesses, organizations,
communities, and within the Art of
Mentoring, an international movement
of connected leaders. A creative
artist, visionary educator, cultural
engineer, and consultant who designs
regenerative holistic communities
with timeless native principles, he
has founded or co-founded three
transformational organizations: Deep
Wilds, Vermont Wilderness School,
and the Institute for Natural Learning.
He has sparked a nature- and
community-awareness movement in
the Northeast that has reached more
than 5,000 adults and children.
Reunions: Seeing Those Who’ve Passed to the
Other Side h r ay m o nd
m o o dy
Incredible as it may seem, an ancient Greek technique might enable you
to experience comforting, thought-provoking, visionary reunions with
deceased relatives and friends.
I
Dr. Raymond Moody has studied the
mysteries of life after death for almost
50 years. He has a Ph.D. in philosophy
and a M.D. and served as a forensic
psychiatrist in a maximum security
unit for the criminally insane. He is
the author of 13 books, many of them
bestsellers, including the now-classic
Life After Life, which has sold 20
million copies around the world.
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n the ancient world, people experienced apparitions of deceased relatives
at places known as oracles of the dead. In 1990, Dr. Raymond Moody
reconstructed these procedures by analyzing an extensive archeological report.
Since then, he has guided many people through the process and taught it to
psychotherapists here and abroad.
After discussing your memories of a loved one, you’ll enter a small room,
which Greeks called the psychomanteion. The room contains a mirror used to
create a clear optical depth in which apparitions appear. These apparitions may
even converse with participants. Obviously, not everyone will have an experience
on the first try; it works about 50 percent of the time on the first attempt. You’ll
also construct a simple psychomanteion and learn practical techniques you can
take home and try with others. Whether you hope to reunite with a deceased
loved one or counsel those who grieve, you’ll leave with a new way of thinking
about the future that awaits us all.
John de
Kadt is an
acclaimed
percussionist,
poet, and
storyteller
who plays
percussion
instruments from across the globe and
has a passion for poetry, song, rap,
and story. He plays with kirtan artists
worldwide and is a founding member
of the renowned devotional group The
Hanumen. John released a poetry
and drumming CD, This Rhythm Is
Not Mine, and two instrumental CDs
for yoga and healing, Eight and One
River, as well as two albums by The
Hanumen. His new album, Speak,
features world rap-music. John has
performed with Glen Velez, Robert
Bly, Baba Olatunji, Coleman Barks,
David Darling, and many others.
413.339.4954
N ov e m b e r 18-20
Engaging the Three Healers: Drumming, Story,
and Poetry h j o h n
de kadt
Delve into lively, soulful percussion, wise storytelling, and poems from
your heart—No experience necessary!—for self-inquiry, healing, fun,
and remembering your innermost nature.
E
cstatic drumming, adventurous wisdom tales, and thoughtful poetry have
been used for millennia to help people reclaim and express more of who they
truly are. Join percussionist, storyteller, and poet John de Kadt for a weekend of
exploring these ancient art forms. Access your creative energy and discover unique
opportunities to tap into your joy, grief, anger, triumphs, loss, insights, wisdom,
and love, in the rich tapestry of community. Traversing these narratives through
story, you’ll find new means of self-exploration and creative expression. Amid the
beautiful early-winter landscape of Rowe, in a perfection-free, non-judging zone,
you’ll drum and write and also reconnect with your ancestors and those of others
in the rich worlds of wisdom stories. No experience is required in any of these
three expressive arts. Bring a drum if you have one and a journal.
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D E C E M B E R
D e c e m b e r 2-4
N ov e m b e r 25- 2 7
Conscious Connecting for Singles h n i e l a
Just for single people: A special weekend for finding the warmth and
support of a nurturing community, and for learning about your creative
capacities for intimacy and a life of contentment.
D
Dance of Oneness®: Dancing Rumi’s Journey of the Soul
m i ll e r
o you yearn for connection and wholeness? You’re not alone. Stereotypes
about romantic love and the fears and hurts left over from your earlier
experiences can produce irrational defenses that keep you from enjoying the
many other options that exist for connecting deeply with people. The good news?
As a single person you can free yourself from rigid forms imposed by parents
or society and discover how to create intimate connection within yourself, with
diverse people, and with an entire community.
Niela has been helping people live the life they want for decades. Together,
you’ll explore behavior, beliefs, conditioned responses, and exciting possibilities
for intimacy in your life through meditation and fantasy, arts, experiential
exercises, and sharing in the whole group. You’ll learn what obstructs or
enhances intimate connection, and you’ll leave with the tools for creating the
connections you want.
Niela Miller,
M.S. Ed.,
is a Gestalt
therapist
and Jungian
process
worker, an
educator,
multi-artist, coach, and trainer who
has been working in the human
potential field since 1969. She has
designed hundreds of workshops,
has written books about counseling
and creativity, has composed music
for three CDs, and is an intermittent
performer and a visual artist. She
has been a happily single person for
35 years, is still close friends with
her husband of 17 years, and created
a Singles Social Club in 2001 that
continues to this day.
h b a n a f s h e h s ay ya d
“Banafsheh is . . . one of the greatest and most inspired dancers in the
world. . . . It is very rare to find an artist of such grandeur who also has the
selflessness to teach with great patience and compassion.”—Andrew Harvey
I
f you long to meditate using movement and dance as a form of prayer, ground
your spirituality in your body, and gain practical tools for living a more energized,
peaceful, sensual, and creative life, don’t miss this weekend with Iranian-born
master dance artist Banafsheh! One of the few bearers of authentic Persian dance
in the world, she’s an innovator of Sufi dance previously performed only by men
and a pioneer in contemporary Persian dance.
This workshop is open to everyone, regardless of background in dance and
movement, age, gender, and especially limitations in the body. Discover the
wisdom of the Divine Feminine at the core of Sufi teachings, in a dance of
releasing, grounding, and centering to awaken your body. In a safe, nurturing,
yet stimulating environment, you’ll experience zikr (chanting), waves, and more,
including Sama, the whirling of traditional dervishes, an age-old practice of the
legendary Sufi teacher and poet Rumi.
Banafsheh
Sayyad, MFA,
MA, is hailed
as “one of the
greatest sacred
dancers” by
Deepak Chopra.
Born in Iran, she
combines the art of Sufi whirling,
Persian dance, flamenco, and Tai
Chi into a self-illuminating, healing
dance she has founded called Dance
of Oneness®, a blueprint to divine
embodiment that she teaches around
the world. Banafsheh holds an MA
in Chinese Medicine and an MFA in
Dance from UCLA, where she taught
Persian dance. Her solo and ensemble
work with her dance company,
NAMAH has been presented to
international acclaim. She is dedicated
to individual and collective healing
through sacred dance.
Need a Wonderful Gift?
Give a Rowe Experience!
Birthdays, graduations,
weddings, holidays, and
gift-giving occasions of
all kinds call on us
to come up with
just the right present.
Many of us have more
than enough stuff, but we
hunger for deep and
meaningful experiences.
A R ow e G i f t C e rt i f i c at e
is Perfect for
E v e ry O c c a s i o n .
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December 2-4
Into the Woods: Going Deeper and Deeper into
the Poem h m a r k
“Mark Doty
is good news
in a dark
time,” wrote W. S. Merwin. Mark’s
poetry and prose are widely admired
for their passion, compassion, and
integrity. His awards and fellowships
include a National Book Award, a
National Book Critics Circle Award,
a Guggenheim Fellowship, and the
Witter Byner Prize. He won Great
Britain’s T.S. Eliot Prize, a first for an
American poet. He is a Chancellor of
the Academy of American Poets, and
a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers
University, and teaches in NYU’s
MFA Program in Paris. Currently,
Mark is at work on a memoir that
explores his poetic relationship with
Walt Whitman.
d ot y
Whether you write poems or simply adore them, let this extraordinary
poet take you deeper.
M
ark Doty bends language without breaking it, shapes it to perfectly contain
unspeakably delicate or difficult, agonizing, or ecstatic subjects, and holds
it out to you, a gift to which the heart instantly replies, “Yes!” His poems track a
thought or feeling, story or mystery or seemingly ordinary event, until it rolls over
and gives up its secrets. Like any good tracker, he remembers how he got from first
clue to revelation; his accounting of process is in itself a revelation to any writer or
lover of poems. This weekend you’ll use some great poems as springboards, taking
a draft through numerous stages to investigate your material. You’ll learn how not
to stop writing too soon, and how to explore possible directions for your piece
without losing your way in the woods. You’ll leave infused with creative energy,
a sheaf of works-in-progress, and a multitude of techniques for investigating and
deepening the poems you’ll read (and write!) at home. Register early to join this
exceptional teacher.
D E C E M B E R
Molly Scott
is a singer,
poet,
psychologist,
and educator
who has
presented
her Creative
Resonance
work with the
healing voice internationally. She
received the Robert Frost Foundation
prize for poetry and is the author of
Up to the Windy Gate: Poems of Grief
and Grace, dedicated to her music
partner Sarah Benson, with whom
she presented workshops at Rowe
for many years. Her early career in
television, theater, and film led her,
as a performer and composer, to be
active in the social justice and peace
movements. She has made a number
of recordings, including Sound of
Light, recorded in the Rowe chapel.
D e c e m b e r 9-11
D e c e m b e r 9-11
Deep Flow: Sounding the Unsayable and Expressing
Your Soul-Story through Embodied Voice
h m o lly s c o t t
Discover how opening the sound-language that lies beneath ordinary
speech can transmute old patterns into fresh insight and release.
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ou are composed of energetic frequencies as subtle as spirit, as dense as bone.
The sounds you make, the sounds you are, affect you at every level, from
molecular structure to thought, emotion, and your sense of self and soul. You are
always tuning yourself as an instrument, consciously or not, through your vocal
expression: the sighs of relaxation, the hum that brightens your thinking, your
cries of ecstasy or wailing grief that serve to align your inner feeling with the outer
world. Molly is a pioneer in the field of sound therapy, created the Deep Story
treatment for trauma, and has led sounding circles at sacred sites in many parts of
the world. In this powerful weekend, join her to work and play with sound and
silence, meditation, movement, writing and spontaneous song. You’ll encounter
and express your deeper story, using your voice to enter that luminous realm in
which old stories transform and new ones begin. Bring your voice, your open
heart, and your willingness to listen in and sound out!
Mindful Focusing: Using Your Body’s Wisdom to
Overcome Obstacles and Liberate Spirit h d av i d i .
rome
“David Rome has mastered focusing, a method for using the body’s
wisdom to navigate life’s major decisions.” —Daniel Goleman.
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our body has an answer to many questions that arise—you simply need
to focus on subtle physical signals that come from inside, beyond your
intellectual mind.
Mindful Focusing combines Asian mindfulness techniques of simple awareness
—successfully field-tested by millions of people for thousands of years—with new
Western techniques, based on neuroscience and social-emotional learning. It can
help you get through rough spots at work, in relationships, in parenting, and in
other challenging, everyday life situations.
Through guided exercises, you’ll learn to stay present moment-by-moment.
That’s the Asian component, which David studied with Tibetan Buddhist teacher
Chögyam Trungpa. At the same time, you’ll learn to engage your body’s subtle
capacity for “felt sense,” those physical sensations that express a holistic, nonverbal, inner way of knowing. That’s the Western component, which David studied
with the pioneer of “felt sense,” Eugene Gendlin. Putting the two approaches
together as Mindful Focusing can inspire fresh insights—allowing you to move
forward with renewed vision and energy.
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David I. Rome, author of Your
Body Knows the Answer: Using Your
Felt Sense to Solve Problems, Effect
Change, and Liberate Creativity,
is a teacher, coach, and writer
specializing in contemplative methods
for personal, organizational, and
social change. David began practicing
Buddhism in 1971 and served
as private secretary to Tibetan
contemplative master Chögyam
Trungpa. He studied Focusing
with Eugene Gendlin, Ann Weiser
Cornell, and others, and has trained
meditation instructors, spiritual
counselors, psychologists, and other
professionals.
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What’s Rowe Like in the Snow?
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Eclipse Neilson
is the director of
Woman Soul.
She is a skilled
priestess, visionary
artist, awardwinning author,
and founder of the Magaian Way. She
currently designs bully-prevention
programs through the arts and is
excited about her new novel Stand
in My Heart, which shares her deep
passion and commitment to the plight
of elephants in captivity.
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The Gentle Spark That Thrives: A Winter Solstice
Retreat for Women and Men h e c l i p s e
neilson,
t o r i m o r r i ll , & f i a a l e x a nd e r
Take time for a pause to reflect on your year and to create a
magical change.
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omen and men, dreamers and seekers, give yourselves and those
you love the gift of celebrating Winter Solstice with a community of
spirited and caring souls. Eclipse, director of Rowe’s summer program Woman
Soul, has led Solstice gatherings for over three decades. Together with Fia, a
magical artist and forest wanderer, and Tori, from the fabulous band Inanna,
Sisters in Rhythm, she will bring you the healing light of the Winter Solstice in
a very down-to-earth and out-of-this-world way. Like the Ancients who knew
how to prepare for the winter months, you will participate in ritual, meditation,
song, drumming, dance, feasting, and fun-filled art crafts. You will learn to
thrive in your own light at this dark time of the year. Reclaim your glee—your
spark—and enter a new era of extraordinary change and spiritual evolution.
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Tori Morrill,
musician,
songwriter,
percussionist,
and vocalist,
has over
35 years of
experience
working in the music business. She
studied music at the University of
Maine, with a focus on world drum
traditions, and also studied with
Layne Redmond. In 1989, she formed
the group Inanna, Sisters In Rhythm.
Tori has released five albums with
Inanna.
n any season, Rowe is a haven of beauty; in winter, it is beauty’s pure and
glistening heart. This year our January and February workshops will be
held in the cozy Gathering Room of our Farmhouse, so you may enjoy your
workshop of learning and conversation lounging in front of our glowing hearth
with a cup of coffee, tea, or hot chocolate. Between workshop sessions, simply
pull up a chair to find yourself at the peaceful center of a giant snow globe
while the world around you swirls on. Of course, you’ll be feasting, too, in the
convivial warmth of our dining hall, chatting with new friends, and savoring
Rowe’s comfort food. After a meal, relax beside the hall’s expansive windows and
watch for the birds that are out in force, from chickadees to wild turkeys. You
can, of course, venture outside and experience the glories of winter first hand,
including the chance of spotting white-tailed deer or the shadowy shape of a
fisher cat slipping between the birches.
You won’t have to worry about getting here or returning home, because our
heroic facilities crew is out at dawn with shovels at the ready, and the town’s
maintenance crews do an outstanding job of plowing and keeping the roads clear.
Give yourself a treat this winter. Leave your cares behind. Welcome home to
Rowe.
Fia Alexander
has many
years of ritual
experience
with Woman
Soul and with
the feminist
spiritual community in Portland,
Maine. She loves combining art with
ritual to help people create personally
meaningful artwork.
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J A N U A R Y
Make Your Wedding Special!
J a n u a r y 6-8
The Best Medicine is Free!
h pat c h a d a m s & s u s a n pa r e n t i
T
he Rowe Center is a magical place and the perfect spot to host a weekend
wedding celebration. Working with our experienced staff, create your dream day
from start to finish. A wedding at Rowe is not for everyone, but if you are looking
for less formality and more charm, Rowe offers a rustic setting that is beautiful and
enchanting. We’ll help you create a wedding that you and your guests will not forget.
Wedding Packages include: use of all of the facilities; use of the chapel for the
wedding; a wedding banquet for 90 guests; a wedding cake; Champagne toast; a
brunch on Sunday morning.
Single/double occupancy rooms for up to 45 guests. Dorm space for 26 guests.
Heated cabin bunkhouses for 20 guests. Unheated cabin bunkhouses and camping
available during September and May.
We can put you in contact with local businesses or provide the following services
for an additional fee: • Flowers • Bar Service • DJ • Catering for rehearsal dinner
The rates to close our center in order to hold a private wedding vary according to
the time of year: we suggest you contact us a year in advance if you are interested in
renting the center for a weekend wedding.
Start your new year by creating a life of joy based on caring, friendship,
and love!
“
F
riendship is the best medicine,” says Dr. Patch Adams, familiar to millions
through the movie starring Robin Williams as the inimitable combination
of doctor and clown. Join Patch and famed composer Susan Parenti as they
bring humor and zest to their passionate belief that life should be a joyful, loving
human interchange, the practice of truly caring for your own deepest spiritual and
physical needs and those of others. Patch and Susan work to develop cures for
the ills of our society; above all, they are advocates for peace, happiness, justice,
and loving care and friendship for all people. Join them for a giant dose of “best
medicine” to discover what loving care really can mean in your life. You’ll find
your own answers through creative performance exercises and go home inspired
by Patch’s and Susan’s shared vision—and exuberant personal examples—of what
a life of joy-filled compassion can be. Don’t miss this rare opportunity to laugh
and to learn with two remarkable visionaries.
For more information, write [email protected] or call 413-339-4954.
“I just wanted to let you know how grateful I am to you and the entire
staff for the most amazing weekend ever. I have heard over and over
from the guests that everyone had an incredible time and how great
the location was and how beautiful it all looked.”
—Allison Cupples, September, 2014
Patch Adams, M.D., founded
the Gesundheit Institute, which
has offered free care to tens of
thousands of people over its 40year history, in the belief that the
health of the individual cannot be
separate from the health of the
family, the community, the world,
and the health-care system itself.
The Institute has built orphanages,
schools, community centers, and
medical clinics in 24 countries.
Susan
Parenti,
DMA
(doctor of
musical
arts), is a
composer,
playwright,
and poet
who is a founding member of the
School for Designing a Society
(SDaS), in which people of all ages
learn how to “compose” their daily
lives and design compositions that
perturb society enough to inspire
positive change in others.
CREATE A LASTING LEGACY
Let your spirit live on at Rowe.
Remember The Rowe Center in your will.
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J A N U A R Y
J A N U A R Y / F E B R U A R Y
What is supposed to happen between being a teenager and being an adult?
What are the skills you need? What are the questions to ask?
In the summer of 2014, we launched a new program, “Skill Set: A New Community for Emerging
Adults,” designed and facilitated by young activists who believe in the potential of young people to
change the world and to be changed in the process. Participants in Skill Set can reflect with their
peers on life’s big questions, offer wisdom and skills, and network with each other. Now a popular
self-sustaining community, Skill Set welcomes returnees and newcomers alike to two programs each
year: an early summer retreat devoted to community activities and one in winter devoted to a specific
theme. Last year the theme was the many meanings of work; two winters ago, it was feminist activism.
If you want to figure out your life’s transition issues with others,
form new relationships, prepare meals, focus on personal growth and
political education, and play in the woods, we hope you’ll join us!
J a n u a r y 16-19 (M o n d ay -T h u r s d ay )
Home: A Skill Set Retreat for People 20 to 30 Years Old
h claudia norton & eli schmitt
T
his winter over a period of four days, Skill Set will convene people ranging in
age from 20 to 30 years old to reflect collectively on themes based on the idea
of home. We’ll be thinking about where we came from, where we are going, and
how we can feel rootedness and belonging even as we try to resist and transform
our troubled world. We invite you to take a retreat from your routine and make
space to reflect, learn, and build community around shared exploration.
You’ll have an opportunity to raise questions, learn from peers, and strategize
about how to make change in your own life and in the wider world. We’ll
use the theme of “home” to address personal issues such as relationships and
families as well as broader societal issues such as gentrification, nationalism,
and alienation. Skill Set aims to challenge participants on identities related to
race and class, while also creating an environment in which we can hold each
other close and support one another.
Sharing space at Rowe as the new year begins, we’ll prepare food for each
other and enjoy the beautiful Berkshire foothills in winter. Special guests will
present mini-workshops on specific areas of expertise.
Rowe has lowered its standard slidingscale fee to make this retreat as accessible
as possible for people with differing access
to resources. See the Skill Set website at
http://skillsetretreat.org or the program page
on www.rowecenter.org for more details.
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Claudia Norton
first came to Rowe
in 2013 to help build
a vision for Skill
Set. She cut her
teeth facilitating and
writing curriculum
for FemSex, a
discussion-based, anti-oppressive,
sexual-education workshop. She
has worked at The Relationship
Foundation writing curriculum based
in social-emotional learning and
Nonviolent Communication. Claudia
now lives in New Orleans where
she is completing a masters degree
in social work at Tulane University,
swimming, clowning, and making
friends.
Eli Schmitt is
an experienced
Skill Set facilitator
who first came
to Rowe’s Young
People’s Camp
in 1997. He has
worked in an
array of nonprofit
and youthempowerment
organizations and was a Grace
Paley Organizing Fellow with Jews
for Racial and Economic Justice.
He was one of the editors of n + 1
Magazine’s OCCUPY! Gazette, an
irregular periodical of writing about
the Occupy movement.
J a n u a r y 20-22
The Luminous Woman® Weekend
h c h e l s e a wa k e f i e ld
Experience the power of personal archetypes, understand your unique
feminine essence, transcend inner conflicts, and let your inner light shine.
A
woman becomes luminous, confident, and creative when she begins to live
by her inner light. Come and discover how your inner cast of characters can
block or enhance your natural light and thus your ability to manifest fulfilling
relationships or meaningful work. Author and Jungian psychotherapist Chelsea
has spent more than 25 years helping people access their archetypal potential
so they may move beyond the wounds of the past and live more vibrant and
meaningful lives. With Chelsea as your guide, you’ll bypass inner gatekeepers
and move toward your cherished dreams and goals. In a safe, supported circle,
you’ll explore the power of the feminine psyche to heal, create, and transform.
This weekend is particularly recommended if you are at a crossroads, searching
for the courage to live a big dream, set a boundary, reclaim your sensual nature,
make peace with your past, resolve a lingering hurt, or open yourself to love—
or if, on reading this course description, your heart says Yes!
Kathy
Bullock
has been a
professor
of music
at Berea
College in
Kentucky
for over 20 years and is a former chair
of the department, where she teaches
theory and ethnomusicology and
directs the Black Music Ensemble, a
70-voice choir that specializes in the
performance of African-American
sacred music. She is a member of
the American Spiritual Ensemble,
and she performs, lectures, and leads
workshops in the United States,
western and southern Africa, Europe,
and the Caribbean on the music
and culture of the African diaspora.
She recently completed an edition
of art songs by African-American
composers.
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Chelsea
Wakefield,
Ph.D., LCSW
is a depth
psychotherapist,
“soul worker,”
couples’ therapist, writer,
international teacher, and retreat
leader. See bio on page 9.
J a n u a r y 22-26
(S u n d ay - T h u r s d ay )
Winter Work Week
f r i e nd s o f r ow e
This is like the autumn work week,
except the snowflakes will be
falling. Please see Autumn Work
Week (page 14) for full description.
F e b r u a r y 3-5
Singing in the Spirit: Rejoicing in African-American
Gospel Music h k at h y
b u ll o c k
“If you can talk, you can sing,” says an African proverb. Join the
celebration, learn about this amazing music, and sing, sing, sing!
W
e invite you to a weekend exploration of this African-American, allAmerican sacred music with professor Kathy Bullock, one of the best
Gospel teachers in the universe.
Gospel is the music of faith and hope, in which the heart opens and spills
forth its pain and joy. It is also one of the most rousing forms music can take.
To hear Gospel is to be uplifted and inspired, to dance with the voice, and to
honor and join in a tradition that began in the days of slavery. Gospel provided,
and continues to provide, comfort during the struggles and trials of life. It
supports belief during hard times, and strengthens and heals the spirit. Gospel
carries with it echoes of its influences—jazz, Black spirituals, White hymns,
soul, blues—and their thrilling rhythms, syncopation, flights of percussion,
and improvisation. You’ll hear the stories of the songs, share the joy of uplifted
hearts, and sing as you never sang before.
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F E B R U A R Y
F E B R U A R Y
F e b r u a r y 10-1 2
F e b r u a r y 17-20 ( F r i d ay - M o n d ay )
Loving Deeply: A Valentine’s Celebration and Renewal
Warrior Spirituality and War Healing: A Training
Retreat for Couples
Retreat for Chaplains, Clergy, and Other Care-Providers
of Veterans h e d wa r d t i c k , k at e d a h l s t e d t
h a ntr a & rich borofsky
& sar ah lammert
You and your loved one are invited to join us to celebrate, renew, and
deepen your love.
L
ove is the ultimate renewable resource, sustaining itself by continually
deepening—becoming ever more mindful, trusting, resilient, playful,
compassionate, and wise. This weekend you’ll learn several elegantly simple
practices to help you celebrate your love, connect under any conditions,
strengthen trust, open your hearts, and transform hurts, losses, and fears into a
deeper loving. You’ll practice abiding together in the present moment, meeting
each other in truth and mutuality, and expanding your compassion to include
whatever is unloved in yourselves.
The Borofskys are master teachers of the art of loving, and have been together
as a couple for 46 years. They create a loving and safe environment, ample enough
to hold the whole human truth of who you both are—your strengths, your
vulnerabilities, your fears, your faith, your doubts, and your courage. This retreat
includes humor and movement as well as talks, meditations, demonstrations,
experiential exercises, and group sharing. Open to all couples—straight or gay,
young or old, married or unmarried—whether you have previously worked
with the Borofskys or not.
Richard Borofsky, Ed.D., and
Antra Kalnins Borofsky, Ed.M.,
are the founders and directors of the
Center for the Study of Relationship
in Cambridge, Mass, where they
provide therapy and workshops for
couples. Antra has been a marriage
and family therapist, and Richard a
clinical psychologist, for more than
35 years. They are both longtime
Zen students and are contributing
authors to Right Here With You:
Bringing Mindful Awareness into
Our Relationships; Joyful Wedding;
Wisdom and Compassion in
Psychotherapy; and On Intimate
Ground: A Gestalt Approach to
Working with Couples.
Learn effective ways of helping returning veterans understand and cope
with the life-changing effects of combat, and receive step-by-step guidance
for initiating them as valued members of our community.
A
s a chaplain or member of clergy who works with veterans, or as a professional
care provider who provides counseling services for them, you’re confronting
a crisis. America faces an epidemic of service-related invisible wounds such as
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Military Sexual Trauma (MST), and Moral
Injury, but conventional ways of addressing the trauma and wounds of war often
focus on symptoms and temporary relief. Join Ed, Kate, and Sarah, who together
have eight decades of experience working with veterans, to learn powerful and
proven alternatives that change the way we welcome our veterans back from
service, transforming wounds of war into sources of wisdom, honor, and growth.
Drawing on cross-cultural wisdom, mythical archetypes, religious and spiritual
teachings, and psychology, you’ll discover how cultures throughout history have
taught a warrior spirituality that guides and supports the warrior throughout the
life cycle and without traumatic collapse. Family members, friends, and concerned
citizens also are welcome.
This program lasts an extra day and costs an additional $160. CEUs are
available.
Edward Tick, Ph.D., is executive
director of Soldier’s Heart, a nonprofit veterans’ healing initiative. He
was the U.S. Army’s Expert Trainer
in PTSD in 2012, training over 2,000
military chaplains in the holistic and
spiritual response to war trauma.
Ed has trained staff and conducted
retreats at West Point; Walter Reed
Medical Center; Forts Bragg, Hood,
and Knox; Altus Air Force Base;
and VA hospitals across the country.
He has written the groundbreaking
book War and the Soul: Healing
Our Nation’s Veterans from PostTraumatic Stress
Disorder and
the recently
published
Warrior’s
Return:
Restoring the
Soul after War.
Kate Dahlstedt, M.A., co-founded
Soldier’s Heart and co-created the
Soldier’s Heart Model with Ed. She
currently directs the Soldier’s Heart
Women and War project. She designs
and co-leads with Ed intensive warhealing retreats and healing journeys
to Vietnam and Greece and consults
and trains on the topic of veterans’
emotional and spiritual concerns.
Rev. Sarah
Lammert is
the Chair-Elect
of the National
Conference
on Ministry
to the Armed
Forces (NCMAF). She is also the
Director of Ministries and Faith
Development and Ecclesiastical
Endorser of the Unitarian Universalist
Association. She graduated from
Brown University (B.A.) and Starr
King School for the Ministry (M.Div.)
and was ordained in 1993. She served
parishes in California, Utah, and New
Jersey before taking on her current
role at the UU denominational
headquarters in Boston.
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F E B R U A R Y
F e b r ua ry 2 4 - 2 6
Take a Walk on the Wild Side: Tracking Animals
Susan
Morse
is the
founder of
Keeping
Track®, an organization devoted to
training professional biologists and
citizen scientists in wildlife monitoring
skills. Susan has more than 40 years’
experience monitoring wildlife and
interpreting wildlife habitat use and
is highly regarded throughout North
America as an expert in natural
history and tracking. Her work has
been featured in many publications,
including Smithsonian, Audubon, and
Wild Earth, and she is the subject
of the book The Woods Scientist, by
Stephen Swinburne. She has received
the Franklin Fairbanks Award for
enriching public awareness and
understanding of the natural world
and Unity College’s Environmental
Leader Award.
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in Winter h s u s a n
morse
There’s no need to hibernate this winter—join Susan, nationally known
wildlife ecologist and tracker, and get out in the woods!
W
inter snowcover provides the perfect means for tracking wildlife, and
with Susan as your guide you’ll discover the busy comings and goings
of Rowe’s elusive forest neighbors, including bobcats, moose, river otters, minks,
fishers, deer, black bears (yes, they do emerge briefly from their dens), and more.
You won’t be trusting blind luck, either; you’ll learn and practice science-based
methods that will enhance your ability to find animal sign in the first place. Then
you’ll learn to interpret the evidence: tracks, scent markings, and other clues.
You’ll visit diverse habitats as you enjoy the tranquil beauty of Rowe in winter.
Field outings will be complemented by cozy indoor slide presentations of Susan’s
remarkable wildlife photography. She’ll also share original research and expert
tips that you won’t find anywhere else. Whether you’re a dedicated tracker, or
your New Year’s resolution is simply to get off the couch and into nature, discover
how rewarding and how much fun winter tracking can be.
M A R C H
M a r c h 3-5
Holy Foolery: A Spiritual Journey into the Ridiculous
and the Sublime h m at t
mitler
Why so serious? Enlighten up!
W
ho says a spiritual retreat weekend can’t be fun? As director of the wildly
adventurous Theatre Group Dzieci, Matt has devoted decades to refining
his vision of theater as a spiritual practice that vibrates with possibilities, charming
and transporting audiences in theatres and in such unusual venues as religious
orders, psychiatric hospitals, shamanic gatherings, weddings, and private events.
Utilizing techniques garnered from theater masters such as Jerzy Grotowski and
Peter Brook, ritual forms derived from Native American and Eastern spiritual
disciplines, and an ethic based securely in humanistic psychology, Matt creates a
theatrical experience that is as equally engaged with personal transformation as
it is with public presentation. He’s bringing his full tool-kit to this extraordinary
weekend, including ancient texts, tribal ritual, sacred dance, mime, clowning,
chant, meditation, and holy foolery, all to nourish
and release your creative spirit. You’ll move, play,
laugh, and pray. With others, you’ll create a space in
which real communion can occur, a living expression
of “all are one.” Needless to say, no previous theater
experience is required!
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Matt Mitler
founded
Theatre Group
Dzieci in 1979.
Initially trained
in humanistic
and existential
psychology,
he considers
his therapeutic
study with R.D. Laing and Carl Rogers
to be equal to his theatrical study
with Jerzy Grotowski and The Polish
Theatre Laboratory. Combining
these two pursuits, he began to lead
workshops in a variety of settings,
including Hutchings Psychiatric
Center, the National Theatre School
of Sweden, and the University of
Psychology of Warsaw, where his
essay “Art and Therapy” was published
in the anthology New Directions in
Psychotherapy. Matt is profiled in
Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life
Through the Eyes of Actors and The
Encyclopedia of
Religion.
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M A R C H
M A R C H
M a r c h 3-5
M a r c h 10-13 (Friday-Monday)
Gay Men’s Spring Gathering: Rekindle Your Soul, Change Your Life!
Toward a Revolution of the Heart: New Pathways
h b e n j a m i n s e a m a n & a nd r e w p l u m m e r
Gay men! Mark your calendar for a Spring Gathering that will delight and surprise you!
Benjamin
Seaman
is a
psychotherapist in
private practice in
New York City.
Andrew
Plummer has led
the Rowe Labor
Day Retreat for 10
years.
See bios page 10.
S
pring is the time for new beginnings—make this your season to harness
the power of brotherhood and transformation. Join seasoned men’s-work
facilitators Andrew Plummer and Benjamin Seaman as they bring their unique
model of imagination, community building, and group process into this weekend
of caring and kindness, fun and renewal, sharing and self-nurturing, love and
laughter. Andrew and Ben have helped to facilitate Rowe’s renowned Labor Day
Retreat for Gay, Bisexual, and Questioning Men, now in its 31st year. Through
a happy mix of creative exercises, conversations, and lots of sharing (and a few
surprises!), they will help you unleash your spirit and rekindle your soul. If you’ve
been to our Labor Day Retreats, then you know the sanctuary of comfort and
community that can be experienced here. Newbies, don’t be shy. This is your
opening to a new experience of yourself and a chance to forge a deeper connection
to the gay community and make lifelong friends.
M a r c h 10-14 (Friday-Tuesday)
Living in Compassion: Touching Beauty, Restoring Wholeness
h robert gonza les
of Healing, Respect, Intimacy, and Collaboration
Between the Sexes h c y n t h i a b r i x & w i ll k e e p i n ,
w i t h s h i r s t e n l u nd b l a d & j o h n t s u n g m e g u y
The time has come to heal and transform the divisions between men
and women.
D
.H. Lawrence believed that “The future of humanity will be decided not by
relations between nations, but by relations between women and men.” For
the past 24 years, Cynthia and Will have been doing that through their Gender
Equity and Reconciliation Project, helping thousands to heal and reawaken the
hidden mysteries of the sacred masculine and feminine. They build trust and
compassionate communication through a skillful combination of interactive
exercises, contemplative practices, and transformative group process. Going
beyond traditional psychological modalities, they’ll help you learn how to apply
spiritual principles and practices to transform gender relations. Because gender
is inherently entwined with the heart’s inmost yearning—for love, intimacy,
and communion with the Ultimate Reality—skillful work with gender relations
and masculine and feminine dynamics provides a powerful leverage point for
awakening the power of love and compassion in groups and communities.
Join Cynthia and Will and their assistants John and Shirsten for this engaging,
intimate, and inspired journey of individual and collective transformation!
This three-day program costs an extra $130.
Relax the need to improve yourself, create a space for being who you are, and
embrace what is!
Robert Gonzales has a Ph.D. in
clinical psychology and is the founder
of the Center for Living Compassion.
He has been offering Nonviolent
Communication, developed by
Marshall Rosenberg, for 30 years,
using an evolutionary approach
that emphasizes practicing deep
compassion for ourselves and in all
our relationships.
Shirsten Lundblad,
M.Div., is an
integrative body
worker, yoga teacher,
and musician, and
has a wide breadth
of experience and
training in community building and
group facilitation. She is certified as a
GERI lead facilitator and trainer.
This workshop is twice as long as a regular weekend and costs twice as
much.
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Will Keepin,
Ph.D., co-founder
and Co-Director of
Satyana Institute, is
also co-founder of
the Gender Equity
and Reconciliation
International project. A mathematical
physicist, he teaches Holotropic
Breathwork and interspiritual retreats.
His books include: Divine Duality:
The Power of Reconciliation Between
Women and Men; Song of the Earth;
and his new book, Belonging to God:
Spirituality, Science, and a Universal
Path of Divine Love.
John Tsungme
Guy, MA, is a
psychotherapist,
addictions counselor
and meditation
instructor. He earned
a BA in Sociology
from the University of Nevada and an
MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy
from Naropa University.
R
obert is internationally known for his seminal integration of Nonviolent
Communication and spirituality. His work in “Living Compassion”
can support your ability to live a life grounded in your inherent beauty and
wholeness. Robert will cover the foundational practice of cultivating and
dwelling in what he calls “the Beauty of Needs,” the energetic qualities of the
heart that manifest as longings. You’ll discover techniques for relaxing into these
needs and developing awareness of the present moment and be introduced to
practices for developing self-compassion and tools for coming to your inner
experience with complete allowing. Instead of running away from fear or pain
or trying to fix it or get over it, you’ll hold it softly and begin to sense the life
force that runs through it—then love can arise naturally, and more life can flow.
From this center, compassion can emanate from you into all your relationships.
In this weekend, you’ll be supported in your capacity to live from your center
with authenticity and compassion.
Rev. Cynthia Brix,
Ph.D. (hon), an
interfaith minister
and Co-Director of
Satyana Institute,
is co-founder of the
Gender Equity and
Reconciliation International (GERI)
project and co-founder of the Women’s
Spiritual Mastery project. A former
campus minister at the University
of Colorado, Cynthia leads retreats
on interfaith spirituality. She is a
contributing author to Divine Duality:
The Power of Reconciliation Between
Women and Men and co-author of
Women Healing Women.
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M A R C H
M A R C H
M a r c h 17-19
March 17-19
The Way of the Shaman:
Singing Ourselves Home:
Exploring the Hidden Universe h n a n
A Musical Retreat for Women
Originated by Michael Harner, this is the basic workshop of the
Foundation for Shamanic Studies and is the pre-requisite for all other
Foundation training.
h s u s a n r o b b i n s & m a r y t h a pa f f r at h
Susan and Marytha are two of the dynamic forces behind Libana, the
women’s world music and dance ensemble acclaimed as “a wonder to
behold” by the Boston Globe. This is one of our most beloved workshops,
so sign up quickly!
A
Susan Robbins, founder and artistic
director of Libana, knew from an
early age that singing was at the
core of her spiritual path. Her deep
compassion, love of laughter, and
heartfelt belief in the healing power
of music bring clarity, insight, and
brilliance to her music and teaching.
s thrilling as it is to listen to Susan and Marytha perform with Libana, it’s even
more exciting to sing with them yourself! Making their annual pilgrimage to
Rowe following a round of international concerts, Susan and Marytha invite you
to join them for a special weekend to co-create a vibrant musical community of
women, imbued with celebration, healing, playfulness, and song. You’ll experience
the exquisite pulsation of chant, the elegant circular harmonies of rounds, and
the exhilaration of collectively generating sound, rhythm, and vibration. Dance,
laugh, and share song, community, and a sense of wonder as you experience the
joy of blending your voice with others. Bring an open heart and the willingness
to discover the singer that lives in each of us. You needn’t read music or be an
experienced vocalist—seasoned singers and women new to the exploration of
their voices are equally welcomed!
Libana is an ensemble that performs worldwide as “troubadours of peace”—
most recently, in Bulgaria, India, and Morocco—and that has given expression to
women’s experience for more than 35 years. The group has numerous CDs to its
credit, including the most recent, “Instrument of Peace.”
moss
M
Nan Moss is a longstanding faculty
member of the Foundation for
Shamanic Studies, an international
organization founded by Michael
Harner that is a leader in the
resurgence of Western shamanism.
She studied shamanism with
indigenous teachers of Brazil, Norway,
Siberia, China, and the western U.S.
and has explored Celtic shamanistic
traditions as well. She is the author of
Weather Shamanism: Harmonizing Our
Connection to the Elements.
ost shamanic techniques are unique to particular cultures, but some
of the basic practices of core shamanism—methods a shaman uses to
enter non-ordinary reality for problem solving, well-being, and healing—can be
adapted to modern American life. One of those practices is shamanic journeying,
a remarkable visionary technique used worldwide in traditional societies to
explore a hidden universe otherwise known mainly through myth and dream.
You’ll experience how the journey can restore spiritual power and health and
how shamanism can be applied in contemporary life to help renew yourself,
others, and the planet. Aided by drumming and movement techniques, you’ll
also learn methods for journeying into non-ordinary reality to meet and study
with your own individual teachers there, a classic step in shamanic practice.
M a r c h 24-26
Fearless Creating for Writers, Painters,
Performers, and All Creative Souls h e r i c
maisel
Whether you’ve only dreamed of a life in the arts or logged thousands of
hours in your chosen craft, join America’s foremost creativity coach to
learn how to overcome the challenges every artist faces making art and
making a living from it.
P
ainter, poet, dancer, weaver, novelist, sculptor, filmmaker or stand-up
comic—whatever your creative identification, the challenges confronting
the working artist are many and occur daily. It’s hard to make art, find success in
the marketplace, manage your relationships, and keep your spirits up. Beginner
or expert, you may begin to doubt there are any real strategies for moving
beyond these very real problems.
If you are a working artist or a “civilian” wanting to create more deeply and
more regularly, if you find yourself creatively blocked, if you’ve abandoned
the arts and long to return, this workshop is for you. It is also for you if you
are a coach, therapist, or other artist-supportive professional who wants to
learn about the challenges of the creative life. Through lessons, exercises, and
discussions you’ll learn how to summon the muse by identifying and managing
the major emotional and practical challenges that come with a life in the arts.
Marytha Paffrath, Libana’s
principal drummer and percussionist,
is an innovative teacher, singer,
composer, and writer who believes
deeply in bringing the simplicity
of song to the complexity of the
world. Together, Marytha and Susan
bring lively, humor-filled, grounded
guidance to workshops coast to
coast.
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Dr. Eric Maisel, America’s foremost
creativity coach, holds degrees in
creative writing and counseling
psychology and has worked with
thousands of artists worldwide. He
is the author of more than 40 books,
among them Fearless Creating,
Coaching the Artist Within, Mastering
Creative Anxiety, Creativity for Life,
and The Van Gogh Blues.
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M A R C H
M A R C H
M a r c h 24-26
R ow e ’ s C o m m u n i t y S e rv i c e I n t e r n s h i p P r o g r a m
Entering the Dream: The Jungian Journey to the Soul
through Archetypal Dreamwork
W
hether you’re fresh out of college, going through a
mid-life evaluation process, or newly retired, our
internship program is a chance to take stock, explore new
directions, meet wonderful people in a beautiful rustic
setting, engage in meaningful work, and be a part of a
value‑based supportive community.
Sabbatical is related to the word Sabbath: time outside
normal time. Many have found our internship program
to be a wondrous, enlightening respite from urban frenzy.
Others deepen their commitment to volunteerism, an
opportunity for service.
Interns are a part of the Rowe staff and work 33 hours a
week in exchange for room, board, and the opportunity to
attend a weekend conference of your choice each month.
Stay from six weeks to nine months, depending on your
schedule. Work is arranged by matching Rowe’s needs with
your skills and preferences and may include housekeeping,
maintenance, office work, or cooking. The study portion of
the program is self‑directed and includes personal reading
and writing, group work,
conferences, the experience of
living in community, and the
opportunity to practice new
skills in day‑to‑day life.
Interns live with each other
and in a more loosely knit
community with the rest of
our staff. Living, working,
and playing with the same group of people is full of
complexities, challenges, and joy. Each person is invited to
speak honestly and openly, to find new ways to deal with
conflict, to take risks, to enter the mysterious realm of the
inner life, and to be transformed by the whole experience.
If you believe in what Rowe is doing and have time to
take a break in your life, please check out the program at
www.rowecenter.org.
Call 413-339-4954 or send an email to:
[email protected] for more information.
h c h r i s ta l a n c a s t e r & m a r c b r e g m a n
The journey to your soul’s essence is as close as last night’s dream.
D
reams don’t want to be understood; they want to shift the very ground
you’re standing on. They don’t speak to your intellect or conscious
mind; they speak to your soul, through feelings—devotion, terror, joy, pain,
tenderness, ecstatic sexual union. The feelings in dreams are the path to
reclaiming your child soul and living it in your everyday life.
In this experiential workshop, you’ll have the opportunity to step into the
dream—your own or others’—to feel the gifts and teachings of the unconscious
in a powerful enactment process called String Work (for the use of strings to
show the dreamer’s relationship to various dream elements). This exercise is
not conceptual or esoteric. Dreams are both practical and profound, addressing
everything from the minutiae of our lives to our relationships, secrets, histories,
even past lives, to help unravel the threads that keep us trapped in familiar but
unproductive patterns of behavior and relationship. Dreams can introduce you
to the spiritual glory of the soul waiting beyond those patterns.
Marc Bregman founded North of
Eden Archetypal Dreamwork 40
years ago in Vermont. Together with
his wife Christa Lancaster they
work with individuals around the
world, and in the U.S. with groups
at Esalen, Kripalu, and elsewhere,
leading seekers along the soul path of
the dream illustrated by Carl Jung in
his Red Book. Among other books on
Archetypal Dreamwork, they have
written Flesh Off the Bone: Dream
Descent through Past-Life Trauma.
Marc is currently working on a book
focused on Jung entitled Carl and
Me: Teachings from The Red Book.
March 24-26
®
The Spiritual Path of Transformational Breath
h j u d i t h k r av i t z
Discover how the power of your breath can awaken you to new levels of
physical health and spiritual wholeness!
S
Judith Kravitz, Ph.D., founded
the Transformational Breath ®
Foundation (TBF) and has led
breathing programs throughout the
world for over 40 years. She wrote
Breathe Deep, Laugh Loudly. After
this mother of eight was diagnosed
with throat cancer, she refused
drugs and surgery and tapped into
the power of conscious breathing
and focused affirmative prayer. This
experience led to the creation of her
unique breath therapy.
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piritus is the Latin word for breath, and spiritual seekers throughout the
world—including Western mystics, Indian yogis, and Taoist sages—have
known for millennia that breathing is a pathway to higher levels of consciousness.
If you’re like most people, however, you probably don’t realize that you’re not
breathing to your full capacity or how this limits not only your physical energy
and quality of life but also your ability to access the deepest spiritual levels of your
being. Judith discovered the power of conscious integrative breathing after being
diagnosed with throat cancer 40 years ago and has been teaching people all over
the world for decades to open their respiratory systems by combining breathing
with hands-on work, sound, invocation, and movement. In four powerful
Transformational Breath® sessions, she’ll guide you in releasing and integrating
long-buried, unconscious blocks of anger, fear, and grief and help you in opening
energy centers in your body, leading to deeper states of peace and joy.
This workshop costs an extra $30.
P e r s o n a l R e t r e at s
C
a nd
reate your own private retreat.
At Rowe, the soul-sustaining
beauty of nature abounds. Walk
in our enchanted forest. Enjoy the
sights and sounds of the waterfall.
Delight in tranquility by our old mill
pond. Fall, winter, and spring, our
guestrooms offer quiet and solitude
most weekdays. Take a break from
your busy life and reconnect with
your soul. Come alone, bring a friend,
or have a family reunion.
Make your own schedule. Get up
at dawn or sleep in. Write, read, walk
the labyrinth, or simply do nothing
at all. Help yourself to breakfast and
lunch and join the staff when we have
a community meal. Watch the sunset
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G r o u p R e n ta l s • Relax, Relate, Reflect, Revitalize
from the porch swing and marvel at Chop wood; carry water. Spend part
the awesome night sky.
of your day in working meditation.
Weekday rates, including kitchen
On weekdays and sometimes
privileges, are $65 a night for a dorm on weekends, our guest rooms,
room, $75 for an economy room, conference rooms, and wonderful
$90 for a rustic room, $110 for a food are available for your group
traditional room, $125 for a comfort to rent. Our new guest house is
room, and $150 a night for a studio. available for summer group rentals.
These rates apply only on nights We can host weddings as well. Call
when there is no programming. If us for rates. We’d be happy to send
you need a cost break, we will barter. you our group rental packet.
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Become
a
Member:
When you become a member, you help support a warm, noncompetitive environment in which people can experience
community, creativity, learning, and joy, as well as personal and
spiritual growth.
YEARLY MEMBERSHIP
Students: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $30
Individuals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $50
Families: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $75
Owl-Level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$100
Pegasus-Level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $250
Angel-Level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $500
Archangel-Level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $1000
Seraphim-Level: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $2500
Directions
We offer fresh, healthy, hearty, home-cooked meals. Our chefs
consistently amaze everyone with their delicious culinary artistry,
as well as their willingness to cater to special diets. Let us know of
any special dietary needs when you register: vegan, gluten-free, or
whatever you require.
DIRECTIONS Visit www.rowecenter.org for directions. Or call
413-339-4954 and we will send you a map.
A c c o m m o d at i o n s
MEMBER PRIVILEGES
* $15 discount on Rowe events
* $5 a night off personal retreat fees
* 10% discount at our bookstore
* Discounted rate for Members’ Weekend in September
Our gratitude to Rowe’s members and donors is boundless.
All donations are tax deductible.
C o n ta c t R ow e :
REGISTRATION & PROGRAMS Call 413-339-4954 or register
online at www.rowecenter.org.
Call if you have questions. We’re usually open from 9 to 6,
Mondays through Saturdays, and from 9 to 2 on Sundays, but
sometimes we’re in meetings or at lunch, so please leave a message.
For phone registrations have your Visa or MasterCard ready.
CALLING WORKSHOP GUESTS Cell service is not available
here. To reach a conference guest, call 413-339-4954. We check
messages during business hours, 9 to 6.
Food
EMERGENCIES (OUTSIDE BUSINESS HOURS) Call 413339-8498, 413-339-5567 or 413-339-4826, the home phones
of staff people. Please use them only in a real emergency, and
try the office first at 413-339-4954.
The sooner you
register, the
greater the housing
choices. Dormstyle housing is
in our bunkhouses,
the Rec Hall, and
the Farmhouse.
Winterized
bunkhouses are
large insulated
cabins. From October through April, they are heated by
woodstoves. Unheated summer camp bunkhouses are open
seasonally. The bunkhouses share the nearby all-season
bathhouse. If you’re staying in a dorm or bunkhouse, please
bring your own toiletries, towels, and bedding (sleeping bag or
sheets and blankets). If you’re staying in a cabin bunkhouse,
please bring a pillow as well. We will provide bedding for an
additional $10 with advanced notice.
We have single and double occupancy private rooms, most of
which have shared bathrooms. Some of our rooms are wheelchair
accessible. Bedding, including towels, is provided in private rooms.
People attending community retreats stay in cabins. Some private
rooms and Farmhouse dorm spaces are available for an additional
fee. See the website for a description of private room options.
LOOKING UP DIRECTIONS ONLINE? Our address is 22
Kings Highway, Rowe, MA 01367. GPS and online directions are
not always reliable in our area and cell phones do not work at or
near the Rowe Center. So please look at the directions on www.
rowecenter.org also.
CARPOOLING: To foster both friendships and respect for the
environment, Rowe encourages carpooling. If you’re interested,
let us know and we’ll help you connect with people in your area.
BUSES: Peter Pan buses (800-343-9999) run from Albany,
New York City, and Boston to Charlemont, Greenfield, and
Williamstown. Call in advance and we will pick you up during
business hours (9-6). There is a $10 fee for a pick-up in
Charlemont and a $35 fee for a one-way pick-up in Williamstown
or Greenfield. Alternately, ask our office for a list of people who
might give you a ride.
FLYING: The closest airport is Hartford, CT, about two hours
away. With advance notice we can pick you up during business
hours (9-6) for a $65 fee (one way). Generally we are able to
get you a ride back with another guest, or a staff person will do
the return trip. Please contact the office before making flight
arrangements.
TRAIN: The Amtrak station in Greenfield connects with New
York City, Washington, D. C., and other cities north and south.
Please check the Amtrak schedules online. There is a $35 fee for
a one-way pickup at the Greenfield station. There is a $50 fee for
pick-ups at the Northampton, Springfield, or Pittsfield stations.
ACCESSIBLE PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION: If you are
using public transportation and need wheelchair-accessible
transportation to get to The Rowe Center, please contact the office
for a list of providers. There are fee-based services available in
this area for wheelchair transportation. Advance notice is needed.
A r r i va l s & D e pa rt u r e s
W h at
to
You may arrive as early as 4 p.m. Please leave your luggage in
your vehicle and come to the Farmhouse to register. If you arrive
after dinner we will leave a note with your name on it on the
Farmhouse front desk.
We encourage you to stay until the program is over as our
weekends are whole, unified experiences.
Bring
Bring casual clothes, personal toiletries, sturdy shoes or boots,
an alarm clock, a water bottle and travel mug, an umbrella, and
a flashlight. You might want to bring slippers or heavy socks to
wear in the shoe-free conference rooms.
You may need to bring bedding and towels, depending on your
accommodations—see section above for details.
Thanks for leaving pets, perfumes, and scented oils at home.
Please Note: Our programs are spiritual and educational, not
a substitute for ongoing therapy. Occasionally people find our
programs to be psychologically or physically challenging, so
please consult a physician or counselor if you have any doubt.
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Our Typical Weekend Schedule:
Friday
4:00–6:00. . . . Arrival
& check-in
6:00 . . . . . . . . Hors d’oeuvres
7:00 . . . . . . . . Dinner
8:15 . . . . . . . . First Session
Saturday
8:00 . . . . . . . . Breakfast
9:15–12:15 . . Morning Session
12:30 . . . . . . . Lunch &
Free Time
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3:15–6:15 . . . Afternoon Session
6:30 . . . . . . . . Dinner
7:45. . . . . . . . . Evening Session
Sunday
8:00 . . . . . . . . Breakfast
9:15–12:45 . . Morning Session
1:00 . . . . . . . . Lunch,
Check-out,
& a leisurely
departure
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Cost Information
There are two costs for each conference. One is a program cost,
based on income. The second, a meals and housing cost, depends
on the housing you choose and includes six meals. Some regular
weekends and all longer programs cost more.
PROGRAM COST
Based on your family’s total Gross Annual Income
Under $20,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $20-40,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$40-60,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $60-80,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$80-100,000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Above $100,000. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Members receive a $15 discount (see p. 44)
MEALS AND HOUSING COST
Commuting (meals only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Camping . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Unheated Bunkhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Winterized Bunkhouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Farmhouse or Rec Hall Dorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$250
$270
$290
$310
$330
$350
$100
$130
$140
$155
$175
PRIVATE ROOMS
(Please see our website for descriptions)
I f double occupancy, please note two twin beds or one double/
queen bed. Prices below show rates for single occupancy/double
occupancy per person:
WORKSHOP DEPOSITS & REFUNDS
Please send a minimum deposit of $100 per person for conferences.
If you have to cancel, and it is more than a week before the
program, you will receive a refund of your deposit, less a $30
processing fee. If you cancel less than one week before an event,
you will receive a credit voucher for the balance of your deposit,
less the $30 processing fee. Any amount paid over the minimum
deposit will be refunded, regardless of the date you cancel.
The $30 processing fee will be waived if you transfer your
deposit to another program at the time of cancellation or if you
donate your deposit to Rowe as a tax deductible contribution.
Waiving the processing fee is limited to one program change only.
If you do not notify us of cancellation before a program, you will
forfeit your entire minimum deposit.
COUPLES, GROUPS, & FREQUENCY DISCOUNTS
Couples from the same household coming to the same conference
receive a 10% discount. We offer a discount to groups of four or
more, so get your friends or group to join you. With groups of
five-to-seven, the organizer can come for half-price, and for larger
groups, for free. Groups need to be pre-arranged. The organizer
should contact the Rowe office for details. If you sign up for four
conferences within a calendar year, we’ll send you a gift certificate
for a fifth weekend free.
ACCEPTANCE
Rules for acceptance and participation are the same for everyone
without regard to race, color, religion, age, gender or gender
identity, disability, national origin, or sexual orientation.
Registration Form for Conferences and Community Retreats
Please fill out completely and send with the appropriate deposit to: The Registrar, The Rowe Center, P.O. Box 273, Rowe, MA 01367-0273
NAME_____________________________________________________________________________ PHONE (Home) (_____) ________________
ADDRESS __________________________________________________________________________ PHONE (Work) (_____) ________________
CITY______________________________________________________________________________ STATE ________ ZIP ___________________
E-MAIL ADDRESS_________________________________________________________________________________________________________
NAME & DATE OF PROGRAM ______________________________________________________________________________________________
Program Cost $ _________________________________________________
Additional Costs (if applicable) + $_________________________________
Meals and Housing Cost + $ ______________________________________
Membership (see page 44) + $_____________________________________
Tax-deductible Campership donation + $____________________________
Tax-deductible Building Fund donation + $___________________________
Membership Discount -$15–$______________ Total = $ _______________
Please copy this form to register for more than one program.
Please let us know about any special meal, health, or housing
needs or wishes.
Please check dorm housing preference:
Women only Men only
Coed No preference
Please check here if you may be willing to share a ride.
Registration Deposit ($100 or more)–$ ________due on arrival $ ________
You may charge $ ________________ to my:
Card No.
Exp. date______________
3-digit Security Code________ Signature___________________________________________________
You can FAX or phone in your registration if you are using a credit card.
FAX us at 413-376-0417. Phone us at 413-339-4954. E-mail us at [email protected]
You can register online at www.rowecenter.org
BARTERING
Economy Single. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $255
We don’t want to exclude people with financial constraints. If you
Rustic. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $285/$215 pp
are having difficulty meeting our costs, please call us at 413-339Traditional. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $325/$240 pp
4954 about work-exchange opportunities. All agreements must be
1/2 page
ad (andppad slightly
smaller
thanSpecial
1/2 page)
arranged
in advance.
discounts don’t apply to barter fees.
Comfort. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
$385/$285
WE ARE A
PROUD MEMBER OF
UUACCC recognizes and embraces the crucial importance of fostering connections
among Unitarian Universalists beyond the walls of our congregations. Our vibrant
network of camps, retreats and conference centers offer experiences of growth,
connection, spirituality, and community throughout the year. Each of these independent
camps and centers identifies with Unitarian Universalist (UU) values and traditions.
UUACCC MEMBER CAMPS & CONFERENCE CENTERS
(listed in reverse alphabetical order)
Unirondack Camp
& Conference Center
The Rowe
Center
Unicamp Camp
& Retreat Center
Murray Grove Retreat
& Renewal Center
UBarU Camp
& Retreat Center
The Mountain Retreat
& Learning Center
Star Island Conference
& Retreat Center
Ferry Beach
Park Association
Shelter Neck Unitarian
Universalist Camp
Camp
de Benneville Pines
Lowville, NY
unirondack.org
Honeywood, ON
unicampofontario.ca
Fostering and promoting
the success, growth
and well-being of
Unitarian Universalist
camps, retreat and
conference centers.
uuaccc.org
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Mountain Home, TX
ubaru.org
Isles of Shoals, NH
starisland.org
Burgaw, NC
shelterneckuucamp.org
Rowe, MA
rowecenter.org
Lanoka Harbor, NJ
murraygrove.org
Highlands, NC
themountainrlc.org
Saco, ME
ferrybeach.org
Angelus Oaks, CA
uucamp.org
WE ARE A
UUACCC recognizes and embraces the crucial importance of fostering connections
413.339.4954
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