Only Love Remains Workshop @ Woolman Hill Retreat ctr, Deerfield, Mass

107 Keets Road,Deerfield MA 01342

26 August, 2022

Description

Amina and Arif Mateo are excited to be hosting the "Only Love Remains" workshop in Deerfield, Massachusetts. About this event Inspired by Joanna Macy and the Grief Recovery Institute, the Only Love Remains workshop was created by Professor Guy McPherson, Ph.D., and Pauline Schneider, MA Edu. The OLR workshop has helped hundreds of individuals work through the immediate grief of losing the natural world around them and the anticipatory grief for the likely extinction of all life on Earth. For those who have come to grips with near-term human extinction, it is a lonely conclusion, one that interferes with many relationships. You want somebody with whom to discuss the most important topic in the history of our species. It seems most of our friends and family are in denial. The daily distractions of war, inflation, social media, and celebrity mania, leave little time to thoughtfully grieve our planet's demise. Now what? We have developed a workshop to address this issue in response to numerous requests. The workshop follows naturally from Guy McPherson's numerous presentations on abrupt climate change. It's the logical next step for those interested in pursuing healthy psyches and healthy relationships after concluding the worst. This workshop distills hundreds of hours of scholastic reading, deep introspection, and facilitated practice into an eight-hour workshop. Though it is inspired by the Grief Recovery Method and Joanna Macy's workshops, It is not a grief-recovery workshop, instead, it is a synthesis of our professional expertise in light of near-term human extinction. It is an active, interactive experience focused on the topic of living fully in light of evidence pointing toward the near-term loss of habitat for humans on Earth. Workshop attendees will meet Friday evening at 5pm (NY time), August 26th at the Woolman Hill Retreat Center in Deerfield. The workshop will be done by Sunday 2pm. The workshop registration includes meals and overnight bunk quarters. Pay $400 by check. More details will be provided upon registration. Important: This workshop is not the place to debate the state of our existence or a time to present solutions for fixing it. This is a time to be together and witness the truth of our life on earth and how to live fully and beautifully. Come with an open heart and mind. We ask that if you are not feeling well, please stay home and take care of yourself.