We invite you to join the Wholeheart Courage Cohort as we enter another year of Courage practice-in-community.  This cohort, which last year welcomed wholehearted individuals from 6 different states consists of three in-person gatherings, the second weekends of November, February and May, with two zoom calls in between sessions to cultivate connection. Sessions start Thursday evenings at 5pm and close by Saturday at 3pm.

Take time to listen and align each week to fill your well with energy and connection. Together, we can cultivate our capacity for deep listening and solidarity in service of collective wellbeing, dignity and relational justice in kinship with all beings.

One hour a week can shift the way we carry ourselves and one another with care and compassion.

This spring, we invite you to take time to listen to what is alive in you just after the solar eclipse of the new moon in April, a potent time for identifying new patterns, clues, and practices to sustain you in the shifting energetics of these times. How do we ground and strengthen ourselves in these times of great rupture, while remaining open-hearted and relational?

We welcome you to WholeHeart’s The Weekly Oasis - a space of refuge you can count on each week to practice rest and presence, to access inspiration and hope, and to cultivate greater healing and wellness at home and in community.

We invite you to begin 2024 by gathering and listening to your own way of knowing in the midst of life’s sorrows and joys.  Heartbreak and loss coexist alongside experiences of great love and beauty. And increasingly, we feel the intensity of these oscillations in our lives. Whether it’s the societal divides or ecological breakdowns of our time, or personal losses closer to home, it’s helpful to carve out a space with other trusted journeyers to reflect upon and integrate the changes afoot.  Please join this Circle of Trust© as an act of self-care and collective care.

The Vermont Courage Cohort meets seasonally to practice the principles, tools and habits of The Center for Courage & Renewal, based on the work of activist and educator, Parker J. Palmer. By gathering over the arc of seasons, people have a chance to cultivate connection over time and weave a container that builds brave space for inner and outer work.

“Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.” -Parker J. Palmer

Please join us for a year of practice in community, centering earth and our relations with whom we share this planet, this time, these moments as a way of engaging in collective care. Second Sunday Earth Circles are a way of coming together across ecosystems to hear the voices of the planet.

Whether you have participated in the Weekly Wellness calls over the past year and a half or you’re just arriving, we invite you to be a part of the Summer Wellness Series.

We invite you to join a small circle in the hills of Vermont to spark your courage to BE in generative relationship with yourself, others, and earth. During these challenging  times in the world, how you show up matters, so taking time to align and listen is essential. Together, we will listen to our innate ways of knowing;  have time in community to connect with land, others, and the whole self; re-envision our lives from a lens of relational justice; and  re-imagine our collective interdependence.  

Personal well-being is interconnected with communal well-being. This requires commitment and care, especially in these times. WholeHeart is standing with you by supporting wellness practices at home and in community.

Each week we start the week with a wellness message to infuse a bit of attentive care into your week. We invite you to close the week in a community of practice with an hour of reflection and connection.

In the tradition of deep listening, WholeHeart primarily convenes community circles of practice.  Through listening with others, our own life questions often find new perspectives to guide us forward.

At times, having the chance to be listened with one attentive and skilled listener can bring focus to the questions we are living. We are pleased to share an opportunity with you this spring for one on one Spiritual Companionship, offered by Julie Brooks, ordained interspiritual minister.

Winter is the season of deep listening. Whispers that we carry inside of us and the earth are starting to stir. When we take the time, we can hear our body’s wisdom and align with what is calling in the world around us. Rather than resolutions, Let’s begin 2023 in deep relationship.

We invite you to this Circle of Trust(c) to renew your courage for these challenging times in the world. You are needed, we all contribute to the whole. Let’s connect with our deep truths to cultivate seeds of wonder, courage and inquiry.

The Vermont Courage Cohort meets seasonally to practice the principles, tools and habits of The Center for Courage & Renewal, based on the work of activist and educator, Parker J. Palmer. By gathering over the arc of seasons, people have a chance to cultivate connection over time and weave a container that builds brave space for inner and outer work.

“Some journeys are direct, and some are circuitous; some are heroic, and some are fearful and muddled. But every journey, honestly undertaken, stands a chance of taking us toward the place where our deep gladness meets the world’s deep need.”

Parker J. Palmer

We are pleased to share an opportunity with you for one on one spiritual companionship, offered by Yvette McDonnell, Spiritual Chaplain Intern. Yvette has a long connection with WholeHeart and is conducting her clinical pastoral education experience this summer and fall with the WholeHeart community. Yvette brings care, compassion and the ability to access questions that open new perspectives and reconnect with perhaps forgotten ways of knowing.

This Listening Circle of Care offers time for yourself, to listen deeply to your own inner wisdom, and to engage in practices that will support you through the ordinary and unpredictable moments of everyday life. If you are holding questions around offering care for yourself and others, the invitation is open for you. Join others in this journey of deep listening.