_FALL: The Season of Harvest and Color

_WINTER: Season of Hibernation & Introspection

_For the Love of Earth: 4th Annual REC Spaghetti Dinner Fundraiser
February 4,
Thank you to all who came to the dinner, your presence lend to the success of the event.  Gratitude to all who volunteered before, during and after the event; thanks to your helping hand and heart... and thank you to our donors and benefactors for helping Rockhaven continue its mission.   For the 'Great Work,' -REC Team

Drumming Circle
February 18
Drumming is an ancient form of prayer harmonizing your heartbeat with that of the Mother Earth.  No drum circle experience is the same; YOU make the difference!  So come and be part of Rockhaven's "circle of drummers."  Bring a drum (if you have one), some prayer intentions, and your inner rhythm!  No prior drumming experience necessary.  RSVP


Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream  Symposium

• February 25, Saturday (9:00 am - 12:00 pm)

        Maria Center (SSND)
        320 East Ripa Avenue, St. Louis, 63125
        Suggested donation: $10   To register, please call (314)633-7009 or contact pzimmerman@ssndcp.org

• March 6 and 13 (7:00 pm - 9:00 pm)  We meet for two evenings.
  

        Franciscan Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help,
        335 South Kirkwood Road, St. Louis  63122
        Suggested donation: $10   To register, please call (314)965-3700 or contact maurice@fsolph.org

Become part of the community of leaders who present, facilitate, or produce the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. The Presenter's Training is designed to carry you deeper into the meaning and significance of the Symposium experience; give you a command of techniques for leading the Symposium; and provide the experience and support necessary to create the program. Together, we will help bring about an "environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling human presence on Earth."


A 'Day Away' Meditation Experience
February 27, Monday (9:00 am - 5:00 pm)
Cost: $35 - $50 (sliding scale)
Facilitator: Yogini Nithyananda
Join us for a 'Transformation Meditation' session designed to help purify the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies and provide you with an opportunity to discover the most fascinating person on this planet - YOUR SELF!  Limited scholarship available; call Rockhaven for more information.    REGISTER here


Into the Wilderness: an Eco-Lenten Gathering
March 3, Saturday (10:00 am - 4:00 pm)
Cost: $35
The wild speaks of that which is untouched, untamed and natural.  To glimpse the wild is to experience “at-one-ness” (atonement).  Using Lent’s image of going to the wilderness, this retreat invites participants to come “home” to the wild, to our nature, to our Self.  Join us for a day of ritual, communal sharing, and personal reflective time as we heed the Lenten call to wholeness/holiness.  Program cost includes lunch.  Limited scholarships are available. Call Rockhaven for more information.  REGISTER here.


Making A Heart Drum
March 9, Friday (10:00 am ‘til around 3:00 pm)
Cost: $150 (includes all materials and lunch; drumsticks not included)
Participants will have a hands-on experience of cutting the ties and 'face' of the drum, punching holes and stretching the hide (elk) over the drum frame.  The whole process spiritually connects the maker to the drum; it's a rich and rewarding experience--hard work but well worth it. Your finished product: a 14” frame drum!  There is a bonding experience among the participants as they work together and help each other.  Birthing a drum needs a community!  Download flyer    REGISTER here.

_Spring Equinox Celebration & Drumming Circle
March 17, Saturday (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
Cost: Donation.  Bring food to share for the potluck feast
Mark the beginning of Spring and the time when days and nights are of equal length.  Spring flowers, sprouting greens, and seeds take center attention.  We will bless the seeds and plants that sustain our bodies, beautify the surroundings, and provide us shelter.  This is also time to consider what goals, desires or wishes you would like to achieve over the next year—a true celebration of re-birthing your life and nature itself.  RSVP


Earth Hour: Turn Out & Take Action
March 31, Saturday (8:30 pm)
Flip the switch.  Rockhaven invites you all to join this global movement that started in Sydney in 2007, when 2.2 million homes and business switched off their lights for one hour.  This year, Earth Hour is being taken to the next level, with the goal of one billion people switching off their lights as part of a global vote for Earth.  More information at Earth Hour.


Holy Week Services at Rockhaven
April 5, Holy Thursday (6:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
April 6, Good Friday (6:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
April 7, Easter Vigil (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm; includes potluck supper)
Cost: Donation
Come and take part on the Holy Week Triduum as we tell stories, share our reflections, honor our grief and sadness, celebrate the wonder of Creation, and share food at table.  RSVP


Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream  Symposium
April 14, Saturday (9:00 am - 12:00 noon)
The Center for Spirituality and Sustainability, Geodesic Dome, Southern Illinois University
Edwardsville, IL
Become part of the community of leaders who present, facilitate, or produce the Awakening the Dreamer Symposium. The Presenter's Training is designed to carry you deeper into the meaning and significance of the Symposium experience; give you a command of techniques for leading the Symposium; and provide the experience and support necessary to create the program. Together, we will help bring about an "environmentally sustainable, socially just, and spiritually fulfilling human presence on Earth."   Register atwww.lavistaelc.org or call (618)466-5004.


Walking the Path of Spring: Medicine Wheel Gathering
April 28, Saturday (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
Suggested donation: $20 (there is no cost for teaching; event cost covers for use of place and materials)
Let’s welcome and celebrate Spring in the Native American tradition.  We will dedicate the Medicine Wheel, honor the Spirit Keeper of the East (Eagle), and drum in keeping with the heartbeat of Mother Earth.  We’ll also spend time in nature as we walk the Medicine Wheel’s “path of spring” and contemplate its gifts: clarity, wisdom, and illumination.  Bring food to share for the potluck.  REGISTER here.


Drumming Circle
May 19, Saturday (6:00 pm - 8:00 pm)
Donation: $10
Drumming is an ancient form of prayer harmonizing your heartbeat with that of the Mother Earth.  No drum circle experience is the same; YOU make the difference!  So come and be part of Rockhaven's "circle of drummers."  Bring a drum (if you have one), some prayer intentions, and your inner rhythm!  No prior drumming experience necessary.  RSVP


OTHER EVENTS AT ROCKHAVEN

Transformation Meditation Weekend
March 23- 25, Friday to Sunday
Transformation Meditation is designed to help purify the physical, emotional, mental and spiritual bodies and will provide you with an opportunity to discover the most fascinating person on this planet - YOUR SELF! Contact Yogini Nithyananda for more information.


A Peaceful Retreat
March 31, Saturday (9:00 am - 3:00 pm)
Cost: $48 (includes lunch)
Facilitator: Susan Marting
Join us for a fun, interactive retreat targeting the effects of stress and how to manage those effects through attention to your mind, body, and spirit.  By learning the 4Steps2Calm, anyone can begin to find the peace that eludes us.  Retreat includes: 4Steps2Calm information, group discussions, time for solitary reflection, Tai Chi movement, and guided meditations.  Participants have the option of a Friday schedule-free overnight ($50, includes a light breakfast). For more information call: (314)965-6157 or (314)609-9091   and/or  email   s_ryan01@sbcglobal.net  or  smarting@swbell.net .  Download flyer

Summer Solstice: Celebrating the Sacred Fire and the Green Earth
June 20, Wednesday (6:00 pm - 9:00 pm)
Suggested Donation: $15
As the coolness of spring shifts to the brilliant heat of summer, we come together again to mark the longer days and celebrate the magic of the fire that sustains us and Earth, our Mother.  The long days and warm weather are vital for long hours on the fields and gardens, for young animals to grow strong and for crops to begin to ripen... we're grateful for the Sun!   REGISTER here.


Questing Your Spiritual Nature: A 30-Day Sabbatical Retreat
July 2-31
This is a moon cycle of time for you to turn inward and discover the deep spiritual and instinctual life within yourself. This 30-day renewal fulfills your longing for a safe and sacred gathering place where your true self can emerge. The schedule integrates input, enhanced experiences, reflective time, rest and recreation, opportunities for women-to-women exchange, and leisure moments in the midst of Earth's nurturing beauty. Please contact Rockhaven for detailed program information and cost.


Contemplative Sitting
July 4, 11, 18, 25 (Wednesdays 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
"Contemplation is…a terrible breaking and burning of idols, a purification in the sanctuary, so that no graven thing may occupy the place that God has commanded to be left empty: the center, the existential altar which simply is." (Thomas Merton)
Experience the prayer of being. This gathering will include teaching and practice of contemplative sitting in the Zen manner and walking meditation. Prayer mats and cushions/benches are available.  REGISTER here.


Great Story, the Great Turning, and Our Great Work: An Ecozoic Workshop
July 7, Saturday (9:30 am - 4:00 pm)
Cost: $45
The Universe Story is celebrated as our common creation story. As you reconnect with the story of your origin, you're invited to creatively engage in the coming of the Ecozoic Age, answer the prophetic call to deep ecological conversion, and learn ways to live sustainably.  Join us and take part in the radical shift taking place in our understanding of the nature of the Universe and our human place in it. Scholarships are available. Contact Rockhaven for more information.   REGISTER here.


Transformational Imagery
July 10, 17, 24 (Tuesdays 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm)
Cost:
Introduces the creative power of imagination to engage the ongoing inner life process and facilitate desired personal change. Scholarships are available. Contact Rockhaven for more information.   REGISTER here.


Sexuality, Intimacy and Friendship
July 20 - 21, Friday and Saturday
Facilitator: Maco Cassetta, cnd
Cost: $80
To live is to be in relationship.  This workshop looks at stages of relationship with emphasis on intimacy needs and behaviors; reviews stages of psycho-sexual development, some pitfalls of delayed development and some ideas for continuing growth; and addresses gender differences and sexual orientation. We'll also look at intimacy from an ecological perspective: what does it mean to live in radical "right relationship."  Scholarships are available. Contact Rockhaven for more information.   REGISTER here.


Retrieval of Intuition
July 26, Thursday (10:00 am to 4:00 pm)
Cost: $45
Using stories from "Women Who Run With the Wolves" and personal stories, this workshop clarifies the difference between ones own inner wisdom and the imposition of conformity to society's norms.  This gathering also offers tools to improve sensitivity to intuition--often lightning fast and always correct.  Scholarships are available. Contact Rockhaven for more information.  REGISTER here.


Walking the Path of Summer: A Medicine Wheel Gathering
July 28, Saturday (2:00 pm - 5:00 pm)
Suggested donation: $20 (there is no cost for teaching; event cost covers for use of place and materials)
Suggested donation: $20 (there is no cost for teaching; event cost covers for use of place and materials)
A Native American ceremony, learn how the Medicine Wheel (Sun Bear) can be a practical tool for creating harmony among all creatures, personal growth and a means to honor and celebrate the changing seasons.  The wheel of life is forever evolving and bringing new lessons and truths by walking the path of summer (growth, trust, and love); every living creature will experience each spoke of the wheel and know those truths.  Bring food to share at the potluck feast after the ceremony.  REGISTER here.


Sisters' Annual Retreat at Rockhaven
August 5 - 12
Facilitators: Rockhaven Team


Other Events at Rockhaven
Women's Retreat
June 15 - 17, Friday to Sunday
For more information and to register, contact Lou Platten.

Paneurhythmy Retreat
June 22 - 24, Friday to Sunday
This June, for the 18th year, those who love the moving meditation, the Paneurhythmy, will gather in St. Louis around the summer solstice. The gathering will include daily Paneurhythmy with live music, practice of the methods given by Peter Deunov,and sharing of stories and inspiration.  Please contact Phyllis Thorpe at amallonep@aol.com and check our website, www.paneurhythmy.org, for more information.

_Celebrating Harvest Home: Autumn Equinox and Drumming Circle
September 22, Saturday
We gather to thank Earth for her bounty… we gather to remember blessings of the year… we gather to learn anew the autumn’s life lessons.  Bring food to share at our fall harvest feast.  REGISTER here.


Walking the Path of Autumn: A Medicine Wheel Gathering
October 13, Saturday (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Suggested donation: $20 (there is no cost for teaching; donation covers for use of space and materials)
Let’s welcome and celebrate autumn in the Native American tradition.  We will dedicate the Medicine Wheel, honor the Spirit Keeper of the West - the Mujekeewis (Brown Grizzly Bear), and drum in keeping with the heartbeat of Mother Earth.  We’ll also spend time in nature as we walk the Medicine Wheel’s ‘path of autumn’ and contemplate its gifts: experience, introspection, and strength.  There is no fee for the teaching. Donation pays for the use of space. Bring food to share for the potluck.  REGISTER here.


Awakening the Dreamer, Changing the Dream Symposium
October 19, Friday (2:00 - 5:00 pm)
Suggested donation: $10
Celebrate Join us for a 'living room' symposium that is transformative and educational. Awakening the Dreamer empowers participants to respond to humanity's current situation with action and informed, grounded optimism about our future. Together, we will work to "bring forth an environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling, and socially just human presence on this planet.  We will end with a potluck supper.  REGISTER here.


Hallowed Be the Turning Into Darkness: A Samhain Celebration
October 31, Wednesday (5:00 - 8:00 pm)
Cost: Donation
Celebrate All Hollow's Eve or Samhain, the Celtic "summer's end," and honor our ancestors.  As the light declines and darkness increases in the Northern Hemisphere, we gather once again to mare the beginning of the Celtic "summer's end." The celebration also remembers our ancestors. Bring pictures or mementos of your dear departed. Activities will include a bonfire (weather permitting)--calling Sacred Fire to provide comfort and protection during the dark winter and feasting to celebrate the end of harvest. Bring something to share at the Halloween feast.... and come in your Halloween costume, too!  REGISTER here.


Drumming Circle
November 17, Saturday (6:00 pm to 7:30 pm)
Cost: Donation
Drumming is an ancient form of prayer harmonizing your heartbeat with that of the Mother Earth.  No drum circle experience is the same; YOU make the difference!  So come and be part of Rockhaven's "circle of drummers."  Bring a drum (if you have one), some prayer intentions, and your inner rhythm!  No prior drumming experience necessary.  REGISTER here.

_Celebrating the Sacred Fire: A Winter Solstice Gathering
December 21, Friday (5:00 pm to 8:00 pm)
Cost: free-will donation. Bring a dish to share for the potluck supper.
Once again, the season turns... winter is here! Celebrate the longest night (for us living in the northern hemisphere). From now till the summer solstice, the sun reaches its rays for a few moments longer everyday. In this celebration, we will honor the SUN-source of energy and life-with the blessing of the Winter Fire.  REGISTER here.