With Pam Noble, Judy Flavell and Paula Riggs
June 3-7, 2009
WomanQuest is a five-day, four-night introduction to the ancient tradition of vision questing. Women will participate in ceremony and instruction that will prepare them for a 24-hour solo on the rolling, Blue Ridge mountain land of North Carolina's Abundance Summit retreat center. Meeting in council, we will form a community that attends to the safety and well-being of each woman's sacred journey on the land. We will explore the practices of drumming, solitude, and optional fasting, closing with a storytelling council.
Participants will provide their own equipment for tenting on the land or sleeping inside the communal yurt. All food provided will be simple, vegetarian fare. No prior camping experience required, and all activity will be gentle.
Facilitators
Pam Noble is a founder of Numina, a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating and providing spiritual programs for women. Pam is a retired psychotherapist, spiritual director, and poet. She has led groups for over thirty years and experienced vision quests with several teachers. On her last quest she returned with a vision for creating rites of passage for reconnecting women with the natural world and their own deep wisdom.
Judy Flavell, a specialist in community outreach and group facilitation, is committed to supporting people in discovering their own Wisdom through connection with nature. She has led wilderness canoe trips in Maine and is a certified Wilderness First Responder.
When: June 3-7, 2009
Where: Abundance Summit
Cost: $525.00 (an early bird discounted cost of $475.00 is available for those who register by April 15, 2009)
Deposit: A non-refundable $100 deposit holds your place. Please fill out and return this application when you pay your deposit. Pay my deposit now.
CEUs: 25 CEU credits will be available through Appalachian State University for social workers and therapists.
To register or get more information about WomanQuest please email us at mail@abundancesummit.org or call Amanda Gentry at 336.982.2431.