Featured Program
Monthly Meditation Gathering
With Caverly Morgan
Leticia Nieto
With Dr. Leticia Nieto
Love as activism, Trust as musculature. Sunday, November 17th 2024 Through appreciative autobiography, we will explore experiences of sturdiness and stamina that have helped us build up the musculature of trust in life. Re-examining ideas of safer space in the context of trauma-informed engagement, we will invite a blueprint of love as activism. When we […]
Monthly Meditation Gathering
With Caverly Morgan
Screening of Cannes Independent Shorts Official Selection,"Dark and Tender," with Director Q&A, and Song Circle
With Aaron Johnson
A Screening of the Film Recorded at Whidbey Institute Dark and Tender interrupts the Black Brute archetype and traces the earnest, compelling paths black men take to reclaim caring closeness and recover tender, platonic touch. With close-up encounters with nature, uncommon images of gentle Black masculinity, and the men facing, together, internalized obstacles to closeness, […]
Storytelling and Sensemaking: Online Virtual Potluck
We warmly invite you to our Virtual Potluck Dinner on Tuesday, January 28th from 4:30 PM – 6 PM! Please join us for Storytelling and Sensemaking at our ONLINE Virtual Potluck. The Whidbey Institute's first Poet Laureate, Mary Elizabeth Himes, will be in attendance to read a poem, as well as other speakers to guide […]
POL II - The Wonder of Now ~ Our Stories, Our Calling in These Times
With Debra R. Baker and Other POL Alumni
Writing from Presence
With Caverly Morgan and Ashley Dahl
An Extended Winter Weekend Retreat Winter, with its serene stillness and enveloping darkness, invites us into a deep space of introspection and creativity. Join us for an extended weekend where meditation meets the practice of writing, guided by author and spiritual teacher Caverly Morgan. Imagine gentle rains, the hush of a forest, and muted skies […]
2025 Touch Drawing Gathering Copy
With Deborah Koff-Chapin
A six-day intensive that provides a deep immersion in the process of Touch Drawing. Facilitated by its originator Deborah Koff-Chapin, this event is oriented to people who feel called to share the process.