Bloom From Within
Saturday September 21st, 11:00 am - 5:30 pm at Vali Soul Sanctuary
6717 Valmont Rd, Boulder, CO 80301
Ticket $15-$35 sliding scale, $7 for lunch
Schedule
Opening Circle and Morning Yoga 11:00am -11:30am
Compassionate Action Workshop 11:30am -12:30pm
Lunch Break
Parts Play Workshop 1:00pm - 2:00
Islands of Belonging in a Sea of Chaos 2:30-4:30
Closing Song Circle and Dance: 4:30-5:30pm
If you are interested in volunteering send us a message. Volunteers will get a free Day Pass for their efforts.
Compassionate Action Workshop
This workshop will focus on learning tools for increasing emotional resilience to avoid burnout and sustainably bring our gifts forward. It will give participants tools to build emotional resilience, create a more profound and positive meaning around the issues they care about and identify positive actions and solutions they can implement outside of the workshop.
Facilitated by Matthew Fisher
Parts Play Workshop
Parts Work views a person’s mind as made up of many different parts, almost like characters in a story. Each part has its own personality and its own job or role in your life. The idea is to understand and help these parts work better together. Parts Play is a type of group Parts Work practice (known as "Takeovers") during which we will fully play the roles of another person inner parts in order to create an opportunity to see and work with the various facets of our system in a clear and conscious way.
Facilitated by Clay Ickes
Islands of Belonging in a Sea of Chaos
We are facing multiple acute crises on our planet today that are interacting with each other to create deep fears, grief and rage. Facing this polycrisis will require us to access the deepest possible resilience, joy and faith within us. How will we do it when our leaders are busy rearranging chairs on the deck of the Titanic? How do we find ourselves entangled in the very systems that are burning our planet (e.g., financial or family traumas)? What layers of belonging, healing and kinning are available for us in the midst of our grief and burnout? And what inner work is necessary to bring vitality and "active hope" to our movement spaces?
Facilitated by Kritee Kanko
Yin Yoga and Meditation
Participants are guided through gentle Yin Yoga postures that release tension and target connective tissues. With long-held poses and calming meditation, this class offers a space for slowing down, deep breathing, and inner peace. Ideal for all levels, it promotes restoration and rejuvenation, leaving attendees feeling refreshed and balanced.
Facilitated by Matthew Fisher
About our Facilitators
Matthew Fisher
Matthew is a certified Recovery Coach, has a B.A. in Addiction Psychology and is currently enrolled in a Master’s in Counseling program. He loves the outdoors and has a deep passion for the well being of other people and the environment. Currently Matthew is working with individuals struggling with mental health issues at Windhorse Community Services. He has a wide variety of experience working in mental health over the last 5 years, including being a wilderness therapy field guide, youth leader, and as an residential counselor at a drug and alcohol treatment center. He is also a certified yoga and meditation teacher.
Clay Ickes
Clay is a heart-led facilitator of compassionate grounded presence who has spent the last decade cultivating a personal relationship with plant medicines, practicing mindfulness, and advocating for cultural change. He has held numerous service roles within the emerging psychedelic space including President of the National Board of Psychedelic Club, Students for Sensible Drug Policy Chapter Leader, MDMA Study Night Attendant, Psychedelic-Assisted Therapies Program Coordinator, and Zendo Sitter. Currently, he is teaching Yoga Nidra, completing a Master of Social Work program, facilitating psilocybin retreats under the NMHA at a center near Denver, and doing individual guide work through his website at innerguiding.com.
Kritee (dharma name Kanko) is a Climate Scientist, Buddhist Zen priest, Grief-Rage ceremony leader, Educator & Founding Spiritual teacher of Boundless in Motion. She is an ordained teacher in the Rinzai Zen Buddhist lineage of Cold Mountain and a co-founder of Rocky Mountain Ecodharma Retreat Center. Kritee has served as a leading scientist in the Climate Smart Agriculture program at Environmental Defense Fund for 12 years. She has served as faculty for courses or retreats at the intersection of climate crisis, racial justice, trauma healing and spirituality for many organizations including One Earth Sangha, Al Gore’s Climate Reality, Stanford University, World Council of Churches, San Francisco Zen Center, Mind & Life Institute and Lama Foundation. Her articles and interviews have appeared in the New York Times, BBC, Washington Post, Harvard Health, Yale Climate Connections, California Public Radio. Please visit her website for more details. https://kriteekanko.com