Psychedelic-assisted therapy, and the transformative inner journeys that participants embark upon, have the potential to become deeply connected to the work of retreat centers in the future. In this article, RCC Program Director Ben Scott-Brandt shares some of his observations, and invites continuing conversations within and across the RCC network as retreat centers respond to this quickly-changing field.

The Seed: Conversations for Radical Hope is a new podcast from Pendle Hill Quaker retreat center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania.

On October 11, the Stewardship Circle gathered with community members to share their stories and discuss their vision for the future of the Retreat Center Collaboration.

In this blog post, Peter Wrinch of Hollyhock illustrates how “our work at retreat centers… posits human connection as an antidote to the modern illness of separation and disconnection.”

Retreats always involve movement: Physical, cultural, psychospiritual, and political. Some of the most potent retreat experiences are the ones that bring us to the edge of our comfort zones. From the edges, the margins, we reflect upon who we are and begin to imagine who we might become.

Our legacies include people of great wisdom, champions of justice and with immense fortitude.  People who convened in sweat lodges, hush harbors and retreat centers.  In these places they purified their spirits, nourished their souls, and conditioned their bodies for the battles ahead.  Together we remember how they too helped to build the spiritual foundation for a loving world.

The Racial Healing Initiative team opens their series of community offerings on racial healing by inviting retreat center leaders to bring their questions and stories about race, power, and racial healing. In this RCC Community Call, Arleen Peterson and Rachel Plattus facilitate practice, story-sharing, and discussion.

Our second Land Legacies session brought together retreat center leaders across the United States to discuss how retreat centers are contributing to the legacy of the land on which they're situated. "The land" is a complex and interdependent web of life -- whose legacy extends across time -- and at retreat centers we are both stewards of, and co-facilitators with the land.