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SUMMARY:Transformation: InStill’s 10th Birthday Celebration
DESCRIPTION:10 Years of InStill: Growing Community\, Deepening Practice\, Transforming Lives \nTen years of introducing people to mindfulness. Ten years of deepening relationships. Ten years of supporting one another to live mindful and peaceful lives\, and holding compassionate space for those transforming struggle into joy and connection. On Saturday\, September 19\, InStill Mindfulness celebrates it all. And everyone’s invited. \nThe 10th Anniversary Celebration runs from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. at Shanti at Deer Park Farm in Pilot\, Virginia. The event is free and open to everyone—longtime practitioners\, community partners\, and first-time visitors alike. \nThe daylong gathering embodies the spirit of InStill’s work\, blending meditation and movement\, kirtan\, a dance party\, and an evening fire ceremony\, with food by Deer Park Farm. It’s an invitation to slow down\, reconnect\, and celebrate a milestone together. \nFounded in 2016\, InStill Mindfulness has grown from a small mindfulness organization into a community anchor across the New River Valley and Southwest Virginia\, working with individuals\, schools\, workplaces\, and community programs to cultivate kindness\, compassion\, and care. Since relocating to Pulaski in 2023\, InStill has built the InStill Center for Wellbeing into a hub for addressing substance use\, mental health\, housing instability\, and social isolation through mindfulness-informed approaches\, growing from two employees in 2024 to over a dozen Team Members now. \nAmong the contributions InStill is proud to celebrate this year:\n* Peer Recovery\, Reentry & Compassionate Crisis Response — In the past year alone\, InStill’s Peer Recovery team has supported nearly 400 individuals through almost 2\,000 recovery and reentry visits\, connecting participants to treatment\, housing\, basic needs\, and community resources\, in collaboration with partners across the region’s recovery ecosystem. \n* Contemplative Life Skills in Juvenile Detention — A biweekly class for youth at the New River Valley Juvenile Detention Home\, supporting self-awareness\, emotional regulation\, resilience\, and successful reentry. \n* InSpire Community Gatherings — Weekly gatherings\, spanning across Southwest Virginia and beyond\, and also online\, which bring neighbors together for reflection\, dialogue\, and practice—strengthening the contemplative community InStill has built over ten years. \nThese programs share a common thread that has defined InStill from the start: making mindfulness accessible to the people and places that need it most. \nIt’s hard to believe it’s been ten years since InStill was founded as a one-person operation out of my home in Floyd. In this time\, we’ve never wavered from our core mission of providing people in Southwest Virginia with tools for personal transformation—both through our mindfulness groups\, retreats and classes\, and through our Peer Recovery services. We have served thousands of people in that time\, and we are here to celebrate every one of them! —Jamie Reygle\, Executive Director \nWhether you’ve practiced with InStill for years or are simply curious about meditation\, movement\, and community\, all are warmly welcome to join the celebration. \nInStill freely offers this program; however\, we do rely on donations from our participants to support our programs and all contributions are gratefully received.
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LOCATION:Shanti Temple\, 625 Laurel Creek Rd NE\, Pilot\, VA\, 24138\, United States
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SUMMARY:Mindful Living & Soulful Aging: Weekend Retreat for the Inner Life
DESCRIPTION:The inner life regularly calls for our attention\, but it takes a real commitment to bring our focus within when so much grabs our attention in the routines of daily living. Whether or not you have been able to do your inner work along the way\, we are inviting adults & elders who are motivated now for prioritizing their inner work to come together in co-creative community for this weekend retreat. We will embrace the second adulthood\, or what Jungian analyst and author James Hollis calls “The Middle Passage\, when the demands of the true self press persistently in an uprising against the acquired persona.” \nThis retreat will provide opportunities for silent meditation & reflection along with stimulating presentations and workshops on the processes of living with awareness and aging with grace. You will be supported to explore and express your inner life through poetry\, creative writing\, guided imagery and music\, dance\, small group discussions and soul collage art. \nEach day will offer a balance of guided offerings and free time for inner exploration inside the Bermed Lodge and out in the forest and trails surrounding the Floyd EcoVillage. You will have time for tuning in\, and renewing and deepening your skills in the practices of soulful aging and mindful living. \nThere will be a featured poetry reading on Friday Eve on the theme of soulful aging titled: Mining the Gold of the Inner Life. Colleen Redman and Katherine Chantal’s call-and-response poetry readings delve into primal wounds\, honoring the past\, humbling ego deaths and transcendence into elderhood and beyond. They approach poetry as a healing art that is informed by contemplation and depth psychology. They give voice to a process that poet David Whyte calls “apprenticing to our own disappearance\,” a time when one is obliged to ask ‘Who am I\, apart from my history and the roles I have played?’ \nDelicious meals\, snacks and beverages provided throughout the retreat. \nAll levels of experience welcome!
URL:https://visitfloydva.com/event/mindful-living-soulful-aging-weekend-retreat-for-the-inner-life/
LOCATION:Floyd EcoVillage\, 188 EcoVillage Trl SE\, Floyd\, VA\, 24091\, United States
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