Program
7. International Gathering 2017
Overview:
Pre-Workshops: September 8 -10, 2017
Gathering: September 10 -16, 2017
Post-Workshops: starting September 17, 2017 (Germany, Italy, Switzerland)
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Arrival of participants:
Registration, room assignments, set up tents, orientation
4:00 pm Welcome for participants who are there already
Optional activities for getting to know the site:
- Guided tour of the site by a member of the Jugendsiedlung staff
- Plant hike (Barbara Deubzer)
- At the riverside: building with pebble stones ( rescheduled to Thursday, 10:30 am))
- Solo time on the land; followed by check-in in small groups
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Plenum in the Star Tent (circus tent):
introduction, orientation, forming of family groups
Opening Ritual
Monday, September 11, 2017
Guiding questions for the day:
„Where do I come from?“ (physically and figuratively),
„Where am I here?“ (physically and socially)
7:30 am Morning Meditation with Peter Kanis at the Mandala
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Family groups – 1st meeting, followed by break
10:30 am Meeting in Star Tent: presentation of program for the day
Followed by Plenum with reports about the situation in the different countries –
Theme: Where are we currently at as countries, societies and (national) networks?
What are our big topics?
1:00 pm Lunch and break
2:30 pm Followed by an active game focused on getting to know the terrain and
the family groups
Break
4:30 pm Plenum: Council of Elders: Introduction
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Common circle dance with Hannah Kalcher as an introduction for the evening
Then open offerings:
• Medicine Dance in Eugen Polz Hall (sweat your prayers, let your body talk) with Lars Siggelkow
• sweatlodge
• Songs of the heart – the magic of singing together with Sana Nigg
• Energy greeting movements Qi Gong – declaring love to the elements with Antoinette Brem
• Movement, touch, connection – gentle contact-improvisations with Rubin Eißrich und Johannes Heine
• do, what you want and need to do ...
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Guiding questions for the day: „What concerns me?“ „What challenges and shadows do I see?“
7:30 am Morning Meditation with Peter Kanis at the Mandala
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Family groups – 2nd meeting, followed by break
10:30 am Meeting in Star Tent: presentation of program for the day
Open Space Themes: Shadow and Challenges
- Healing Ancestral Trauma: Feeling the Past to Free the Future (Anna Coffman, Nancy Jane, Rob Meltzer)
- Grief as a soul journey(Antoinette Brehm)
- Healing in Couples Relationships (Marascha D. Heisig)
- Wild Gifts for Hurt Places (Trebbe Johnson)
- Cooperation on eye level in the global context (Adelheid Eickhoff)
- When your Co-Guide pushes your buttons - Conflicts and irritations in Co-Guiding Rites of Passage formates (Johannes Heine)
- Youth at Risk or Race Issues (Usiko, South Africa)
- Rainbow Council about Gender Issues for Lesbians, gays, trans *, bisexuals, inter-, asexuals and other queers (Gwendolin Altenhöfer)
- Creation of Labyrinth or Mandala for the theme of Home, Rootedness, Belonging, Connections (Peter Kanis, Ursula Wältring)
1:00 pm Lunch and break
3:00 pm Introduction of Hector Aristozabal; Truth Mandala Circles (as taught by Joanna Macy)
Break
5:00 pm „ImaginAction“ : Bringing together experiences of the day through ritual,
dramatic/body focused work (led by Hector Aristozabal) and large group closing
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Open offerings dedicated to the Soul:
- Sweatlodges –(Lorinda Francis, Helge Bartels, Brigitte Kaesermann);
- Music, dancing, drumming, silence
Wednesday, September 13, 2017
Guiding questions for the day:
„How do others do their work?“, exchange among colleagues
Look for more information: speakers, groups, topics: exchangeday-2017-09-13
8:00 am Breakfast
9:00 am Meeting in Star Tent: Welcome to guests, introduction to the day
Presentations, Representatives of the German Speaking Network
Exchange
Presentations, German speaking representatives from related fields and work contexts
Exchange
1:00 pm Lunch and break
3:00 pm Presentations, representatives from South Africa
Exchange
Presentations, representatives from USA, Israel, China, South America
Exchange
6:30 pm Dinner
9:00 pm Evening program: Astrid Brinck live in concert
Thursday, September 14, 2017
Guiding questions for the day:
„What can I learn from you?“, Ideas for the future
7:30 am Morning Meditation with Peter Kanis at the Mandala
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30am Family groups – 3rd meeting, followed by break
10:30 am Meeting in Star Tent: presentation of program for the day
Open Space and Excursions: exchange of experiences, workshops led by participants
- Day Hike to Herzogstand am Walchensee (Volker Patalong)
- Moor Hike (Hildegard Kosmann)
- Mandala Creation( open, no leader)
- Ask and you shall receive (Corinna Stoeffl)
- What forces do we work with, what are our roots, what is the role of community in visionquest work (Judith Wilhelm)
- At the riverside: building with pebble stones
- Solo time on land, followed by sharing in small groups
- Many more
1:00 pm Lunch and break
3:00 pm Continuation of Open Space themes
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Spiral council: Collecting experiences from Open Space offerings
Followed by open offerings:
- Market place of beautiful things
- Films about initiatory work
- Sweat lodges
Friday, September 15, 2017
Guiding questions for the day:
„Where and when will the 8th International Gathering take place?“
Turning to, and connecting to, that which is larger than us
7:30 am Morning Meditation with Peter Kanis at the Mandala
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Family groups – 4th and last Meeting, followed by break
10:30 am Meeting in Star Tent: presentation of program for the day
Plenum: Decision about future International Gathering(s)
(Goals, country, responsibility, date)
1:00 pm Lunch and break
3:00 pm Plenum: Council of Elders (Fishbowl)
„Mystery Part“
6:30 pm Dinner
8:00 pm Closing Party in Star Tent with live band
- folkjazz: Artemis and the young gods
- Eberhard Otto and Band – live in concert
Party and open end
Saturday, September 16, 2017
Guiding questions for the day:
„How do we honor this gathering?“,
„How do we say good-bye in a good way?“
7:30 am Morning Meditation with Peter Kanis at the Mandala
8:00 am Breakfast
9:30 am Meeting in Star Tent: presentation of program for the day
Plenum: Closing round: „What still needs to be said?“
Handing over of ritual objects to the people responsible for the 8th International Gathering
Thanks and good byes
12:00 pm Closing Ceremony at the Mandala
1:00 pm Last shared meal - lunch
After lunch: cleanup and departure
Post Gathering Workshops offsite
