Resurrection After Rape Community Group
Discussion, question-and-answer, general social support, and journal processing for progress-oriented rape survivors. No crisis, no damaging or triggering conflicts--this is for individuals who want to contribute to collective, cooperative action toward the goal of making actual PROGRESS through rape trauma. Much of this work is based on the book "Resurrection After...
Time to bring up the topic that comes up every time. Each October, everyone starts feeling wistful about their Spring retreat experiences, and wishing they could gather one more time.
What I want to know about this is: are you all actually serious? If I booked a second "mini retreat" in October, would some of you actually attend?
This would not be the full-blown Bill Miller retreat (I just can't afford it, and as great as he is there are times we need just for different things, too). But we COULD do a sweatlodge, and I could get Tonya's literature professor to come in and do a workshop on "creative writing for people who hate journaling." This would be very low-key time together, for people who need that positivity in the Fall again.
Is this actually realistic, or when people say "I wish I could have a retreat in October!" is it JUST wishful talk?
What I want to know about this is: are you all actually serious? If I booked a second "mini retreat" in October, would some of you actually attend?
This would not be the full-blown Bill Miller retreat (I just can't afford it, and as great as he is there are times we need just for different things, too). But we COULD do a sweatlodge, and I could get Tonya's literature professor to come in and do a workshop on "creative writing for people who hate journaling." This would be very low-key time together, for people who need that positivity in the Fall again.
Is this actually realistic, or when people say "I wish I could have a retreat in October!" is it JUST wishful talk?
I'm interested in working with you to make a mini-retreat in the Seattle area.
Would other people be interested/available/willing to come to Seattle (it's a really fun city... nudge nudge), and maybe a little less expensive to fly to.
October can be either a great time to visit or a really crappy one depending on the weather and your experience of the weather. I tend to think of rainy days as cozy days, not depressing, so I do ok.
Would you want to stay in the city, or head out to some place more rural like Olympic National Park or San Juan Islands? It's all freaking gorgeous.
Challenge by choice ropes course anyone? I love that lateral-transfer of knowledge and confidence I get from this kind of outdoor education stuff, and haven't had an excuse to do it recently.