Featured Program

Monthly Meditation Gathering

With Caverly Morgan

Open Dates
Whidbey Institute
Monthly Meditation Gatherings with Caverly Morgan will focus on direct experiences of who we truly are, integrating practice into our everyday lives, and embodying realization. Caverly combines meditation with a facilitated group discussion that is interactive and personal. Gatherings are designed both for newcomers and those who would like to deepen their practice.

Leticia Nieto

With Dr. Leticia Nieto

Open Dates

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

Open Dates
Whidbey Institute
Monthly Meditation Gatherings with Caverly Morgan will focus on direct experiences of who we truly are, integrating practice into our everyday lives, and embodying realization. Caverly combines meditation with a facilitated group discussion that is interactive and personal. Gatherings are designed both for newcomers and those who would like to deepen their practice.

Screening of Cannes Independent Shorts Official Selection,"Dark and Tender," with Director Q&A, and Song Circle

With Aaron Johnson

Flexible Dates
The Whidbey Institute - Thomas Berry Hall

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, […]

Touch Drawing

2025 Touch Drawing Gathering

With Deborah Koff-Chapin

July 14 - 20, 2025

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.

Being Resourced for These Times

With Caverly Morgan

July 28 - August 2, 2025

“In the darkest times, one light can make a magnificent difference. When we come together in beloved community—rooted in truth, remembering our essence—we create a collective light far brighter than any one of us could shine alone.” —Caverly  Join us for a nourishing and illuminating meditation retreat that will provide you with practical and grounded […]

Legacy of Liberation Collective Retreat

September 4 - 7, 2025
The Whidbey Institute

As distinguished BBIPOC (Black, Brown, Indigenous, and other People of Color of the Global Majority) members of the psychodrama community, you’re warmly invited to join the Legacy of Liberation Collective from Wednesday, September 4, 2025, at 5 PM to Sunday, September 7, 2025, at 10 AM for an immersive four-day specialty retreat at the Whidbey […]