We embrace the power of both inner personal work and outer work in community. Both require listening and silence, witnessing and sharing, reflecting, integrating, and uplifting. All our offerings honor the need for both solitude and community.

The center of our approach at RiseWell is to cultivate presence. Life exists only in the here and now. Although the past can inform what the present moment brings, we can easily be held hostage by the baggage we carry from past experiences. We can be further stymied by the fear of the future and getting stuck in cycles of regret, fear and patterns that no longer serve us. Cultivating presence is the antidote to this. In our coaching cycles and our circles we learn and engage in mindfulness practices that gently nudge us into the present moment. We address what we call the “many bodies,” of who we are - physical, emotional, mind, energy and soul by learning and engaging with embodiment practices that bring our full selves into presence. Taking the time to integrate these experiences is a way for our full selves to acclimate to the subtle, yet profound, changes these practices can bring.

We embrace Michael Meade’s concept of the “Sudden Village”, a dynamic that emerges each time we gather together, never the same, always fully present and open-hearted. When we meet in Circles, we come as we are and where we are.

Writing as a way to reflect and let your inner voice speak can be a powerful tool for developing self-awareness. We often journal after doing practices, and share our writings with each other as a way to deepen community. We sometimes use prompts and poems to guide us. We think less and write more, allowing our intuition to “bubble up” and become visible on the page. We share and witness each other’s writing without judgement.

SoulCollage® is both a process for self-exploration and a group process for connecting with others. We create and share collages to better understand ourselves and to allow others to see us more fully. You do not need to be an artist to do SoulCollage®. All you need is a card, glue, scissors and images in order to explore your gifts, your shadows and your soul.

In many of our retreats we engage in the process of building Altars. This is an on-going process of creating a visible and tangible representation of “who you are now.” This process provides opportunities for being in nature, meditation, object gathering, memory walks, ancestral connections and much more.