July 29th – Aug 2nd, 2019
Orcas Island, Washington
A workshop exploring the inner and outer weavings of fire co-facilitated by Jonathan Code and Maureen Curran
‘The plant can be but a flowering flame…the animal a moving flame…and the human being a speaking flame’. Novalis
What…or who…is a human being?
This is perhaps the most crucial question of our time. How we answer this question – and how we live it – determines how we will live in the world, with each other and with ourselves. As we enter times of potentially radical change we would do well to live deeply into this question and to – collectively and collaboratively – explore its many dimensions.
Taking our departure from the pithy proposal that the human being is a ‘speaking flame’ (Novalis) Fire will be our primary focus for these five days: how we kindle it, nurture it and transform with it; how it lives in us and moves in us, and how it lives in the natural world around us. Our collective task will be to kindle a ‘needfire’, an act that goes to the heart of what it means to be human at this time.
The workshop will engage with processes and practices central to the work of the teacher, the healer, the grower and anyone who shares a fascination for this central question of what it means to be human at this time!
Maureen Curran and Jonathan Code will co-facilitate this five day workshop delving deeply into the ways of fire – inner and outer. We will engage with Fire in its many guises through:
- Transformative Movement Sessions
- Collaborative tasks and exercises
- Contemplative practice
- Demonstrations and discussion
- Creative reflection
Join us on a transformative journey as we delve deeply into the fascinating (and often elusive) nature of Fire!
To Book Contact: Kathryn Betuel – katebetuel@gmail.com
Bookings accepted until June 29, 2019
COST: $400.00
A daily snack will be provided during the workshop. A list of available lodging and camping sites on the island can be provided upon request.