Beauty is in the walking. We are betrayed by destinations.

~ Navajo proverb

Edge of Surrender 

As many have come to discover, it is not enough to experience the occasional spiritual high or opening that can occur while on a vision quest or retreat. Edge of Surrender is dedicated to support you in discovering what it is to live from the truth of your deepest essence in all aspects of your life. Through an intimate and conscious encounter with the world – with each other, with your own inner impulses, with the larger earth community that awaits you – you will be guided towards what most beckons. When we follow such a draw, we often hit a place where we can brace, even subtly, in fear of leaving the familiar. During our time you will learn to be with that fertile edge in a way that invites what is frozen or hidden within to melt into the inherent flow of your being. In so doing, you will learn what it is to surrender to the moment-to-moment guidance that is the key to your natural blooming and self emergence.

Our exploration will unfold organically through intimate attention to the individual and group unfolding rather than from a set agenda or curriculum. Weaving group process and solitary practices in nature, each experience informs and guides the next, supporting you in staying attuned to your own inner current. Our time will be spent at Ocean Song, a vast land of rolling coastal hills that reach toward the visible and beckoning ocean five miles away. We will dwell in the ridge top grasslands, rugged canyons, oak woodlands, and redwood groves while we engage in listening meditation, nature based exploration, dreamwork, inquiry, council, ceremony, and other processes designed to lift the veil between our everyday rational selves and the deeper undercurrent that yearns to move us.

The retreat includes a 24 hour solo (with an optional fasting component) and an optional mentoring consult with Kerry before the start of the program. The consult is designed to support you in connecting more intimately with what’s calling you to your own most vibrant “edge” and may include (given sufficient lead time) use of the astrological chart. With or without use of the chart, the initial meeting is threefold: to support you in deepening your awareness of old patterns and attitudes that bind, to develop insight into the potentials that wait to be lived, and to more fully embrace the opportunity of the moment before you. There is an additional fee for the consultation.

Limited to a small group of 10. A brief application is required.

Location and Accomodations: Ocean Song Farm and Wilderness Center, Occidental, California. Accommodations at Ocean Song are simple with tent camping and showers and bathrooms available.