Initiation

Initiation is a process of reflecting on how you have been living your life, and discovering new ways of relating to the life ahead.

In this retreat, you will revisit your life story through dance by moving through nine life cycles—from conception to death—offering a space to see your journey with fresh perspective.

Over the course of nine days, we explore each stage of life: conception, birth, childhood, puberty, adolescence, adulthood, maturity, elderhood and death.

In the first half, you will engage with the earlier life cycles through the body, bringing awareness to past experiences and patterns formed during those times, and exploring new ways of relating to them where needed. In the latter part of the retreat, a full day is dedicated to a Mini Vision Quest—a time for quiet reflection. Here, you are invited to step back, take in the arc of your life, and listen for the direction that is emerging. This retreat offers an opportunity to deepen your understanding of your own life, to recognize the resources and possibilities within it, and to bring that awareness into your future choices and actions.

This course is a required course for participation in the Apprenticeship Program scheduled to take place in Japan and China in 2027.

What You Will Experience

Working with the past as a resource

Through movement, you will revisit experiences from childhood through young adulthood, bringing awareness to unresolved emotions and transforming them into supportive resources for the present.

Mini Vision Quest

A dedicated time of stillness to reflect on your life as a whole and to sense the direction you wish to move toward.

Engaging with endings — befriending death

By turning toward the reality of endings, you are invited to connect with the finite nature of life and bring clarity to what truly matters.

Moving through the process together

Within the presence of a group, you will explore your past, present, and future, deepening awareness through shared experience and relationship.

Key Elements of This Retreat

Reclaiming authorship of your life

Reframing past experiences not as limitations, but as sources of strength that can shape your future.

A new perspective on relationships

Exploring connections with family and significant others, and discovering pathways toward greater balance and understanding.

Integrating experience into meaning

Bringing coherence to your life experiences and integrating them into your own understanding and learning.

A body-based approach

Engaging not only through thought, but through the body, allowing for changes that are grounded in direct experience.

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