This is an invitation for womxn who have volunteered, worked for, or deeply cared, about social change. We hear a profound need for reconnection, and restoration. This retreat will hold space for deep conversations (both formal and informal) about life, our work, our planet, our moment in history, our leadership, and the pathways to personal and community restoration.
Conversations and workshops will be co-created by the facilitators and participants. We believe everyone has a need for support and a gift or offering to share. There will also be ample space for personal downtime, reflection, and restoration in addition to yoga, meditation, breath work, massage/body work, rainforest hikes, hot springs, swimming as well as art, music, and dance.
FOR FURTHER INQUIRY AND BOOKINGS
If you are interested in attending, please email Bryony Schwan at better@bryonyschwan.com
MEET YOUR GUIDES
Secky Fascione
Director of Investment Strategy at The Democracy Alliance. She is an experienced senior organizer in the areas of community, labor, climate, and donor organizing. She is also an experienced strategic campaign and organizational development coach and thought partner.
Bryony Schwan
Certified executive and leadership coach and organizational development consultant with over 30 years of experience as an environmental and social justice organizer. She was the co-founder and Executive Director of The Biomimicry Institute and Women's Voices for the Earth.
BRAVE EARTH
Brave Earth, Center for Applied Cultural Transition, is a living laboratory rooted in principles of regeneration, resiliency and reciprocity. We provide immersive experiences in Nature that share alternative ways of living and being that are suitable for modernity and contextually relevant for the rapidly changing world we live in.
Immerse yourself in the majesty and mystery of the rainforest. Brave Earth is located between San Ramon and La Fortuna, nestled in between Arenal Volcano and the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, the largest reserve of protected wildlife in Costa Rica.
As a living lab, we have experimented with different building modalities using AirCrete and materials sourced on the land including bamboo and adobe. We have implemented biophilic design, closed-loop systems and permaculture design principles. Ornamental, food, and medicinal gardens surround the center as well as hiking trials to a nearby river, and a natural swimming pond.
RESTORATION
IN TIMES OF TURMOIL