Programs
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.
Generating Transformative Change
Open Dates
Whidbey Institute
Pacific Integral's GTC is a 9 month program with 4 retreats at the Whidbey Institute, intersession work, individual and group prototypes and individual coaching. GTC graduates are extraordinary professionals of all ages, from diverse backgrounds and from many parts of the world. They share a common desire.... to transform themselves, their organizations, communities and our human consciousness, motivated by a vision of a more beautiful, equitable and sustainable future for all. The next cohort will begin October 2024!
A New Cosmic Story
With Brian Thomas Swimme, Geneen Marie Haugen, Bill Plotkin, Marilyn Strong, Monica DeRaspe-Bolles and Clara Lindstrom
Open Dates
Saturday, July 6, 2024 - Join us for this inaugural, annual celebration of the New Cosmic Story with evolutionary cosmologists, Earth mystics, and soulcraft guides to the mysteries of nature and psyche. We’ll share insights, conversation, and experiential offerings that have roots in the wisdom of Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Thomas Berry, and Carl Jung. Weaving together mythopoetics, science, spirituality, and embodied practices, this event will further animate the creativity we all need to “reinvent the human at the species level,” as Thomas Berry advocated.
Spring Gathering 2024
With Aaron Johnson
Open Dates
Friday, April 12, 2024 - Friday evening will close with an optional after dinner Song Circle led by Aaron starting at 7:00 pm. This circle is also open to the public not attending the day long workshop, so please invite your friends and community! The Song Circle is offered at no cost, but donations will be gladly accepted.
If you’d like to attend the full 4-day Spring Gathering, please scroll down for a link to the program.
If you’d like to attend the full 4-day Spring Gathering, please scroll down for a link to the program.
Storytelling and Sensemaking: Earth Day 2024
April 22, 2024
We warmly welcome you to join a Whidbey Institute online community gathering: hear updates about the organization, gain inspiration as we celebrate Earth Day together, and explore ways you and we are meeting the need for transformational commitment in these times.
This event is free and open to everyone who is interested. It is not a fundraising event.
RSVP to get the Zoom link. We look forward to seeing you online on Earth Day, April 22nd!
Fierce Compassion Women's Retreat
With Carolyn McCarthy and Karen Schwisow
May 24 - 26, 2024
Whidbey Institute
Now more than ever... We need compassion: for ourselves, for each other, for the world. Compassion can be tender, like offering kindness. But it can also be fierce, like holding healthy boundaries, saying no, and standing up for ourselves and others. Developing this essential quality takes time, intention, and practice — especially given that females […]
2024 Touch Drawing Gathering
With Deborah Koff-Chapin
June 9 - 15, 2024
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.
Permaculture Design Certification Course
With Penny Livingston, Michael Pilarski, Pamela SeaMonster, Douglas Bullock, Dave Boehnlein, Brian Kerkvliet and Cassandra Posey
June 20 - July 4, 2024
Whidbey Institute
Embark on a transformative journey into regenerative living with the Permaculture Design Certification Course offered at the Whidbey Institute in Clinton Washington. This comprehensive program is design for empower individuals with the knowledge and skills need to design and create regenerative, resilient systems.
The Act of Being - A Summer Retreat
With Caverly Morgan and Zakiya Rhodes
July 22 - 28, 2024
Whidbey Institute
Our liberation is the act of being. Our liberation is Love itself. ~Caverly This retreat is about the act of being (a phrase that has been used to encompass many knowings and philosophies, from the Catholic philosopher St. Thomas Aquinas to Mullā Ṣadrā, an Islamic mystic, philosopher, and theologian). It’s about knowing a happiness you […]
Rest and Refuge: Restore Your Spirit
With Michelle Cassandra Johnson and Rashid Hughes
August 8 - 12, 2024
Join Michelle C. Johnson and Rashid Hughes for an opportunity for to practice deep rest, restore our spirits, and remember our points and places of refuge. Engage in mindfulness and yogic practices such as meditation, yoga nidra, pranayama, and self-reflection to move into a place of peace, wakefulness, and harmony.