04/07/2021
We had a precious half-day retreat together yesterday. 🌻 It was the first time we came together in person as a community in a veeeryyy long time. It felt so special to be together again. It was also the first time I retreated since covid started, because I just couldn’t bring myself to do a home retreat with my computer. (For me, retreats are those delicious opportunities to step away from my online life.)
Retreats are one of those experiences that I find hard to describe and put in words. It’s such a somatic, physical experience for me. It’s scary the first few times you do them. It’s normal to ask if you’ll fall asleep, or go crazy, or walk out in the middle, and you will likely do some or all of those in your first retreats. If you are lucky, you will still get a taste of it though: that silence that deepens with every passing hour, and that silence that becomes spacious, plush, tender, sweet, nurturing and exciting all at once. You’ll get to meet your depths a little and say “Ah.. I didn’t know that was still there.” or “Oh that’s surprising.” You’ll get to care for your hurting parts. And maybe most importantly, you’ll get to rest.
Have you ever been to a retreat? What was your experience like?
