Autumn's Paradox: A Saturday Circle of Trust®

“Autumn is a season of great beauty, but it is also a season of decline.”

Parker Palmer

The September equinox offers a rare moment of balance between light and dark. No matter where you are on this planet, day and night are of equal length. In the northern hemisphere it marks the transition to the fall season and all that holds. The abundance of the harvest, the vibrance of the changing leaves, the perturbing cooler temperatures, and the bleakness of the now bare trees.

Autumn’s Paradox: A Saturday Circle of Trust® invites us to ponder the paradoxes in our lives and how we balance them. How do we hold the beauty and joy together with sadness and grief?

Images, texts and music will spark reflection and open fresh perspectives. There will be time for quiet reflection, small and large group conversation. Gentle, time-tested guidelines will support a calm, confidential and protected space. This is an opportunity for you to focus on what matters most in this season of your life.

Autumn’s Paradox is designed as a 2.5 hour hybrid retreat. Registrants can participate either in-person or online.

We’ll bring the online and in-person settings together in a balanced and purposeful way. In-person, we’ll gather at the Centre for Social Innovation (Spadina) in Toronto. Zoom will offer a gathering space for those attending online and allow for interactions among all participants. There will be private time away from the group and the screen for contemplation, reflection and movement.

You could join us.

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