PAUSE:
A Gathering to Reflect & Reconnect
I. Tentative Timeline & Draft Schedule:
This schedule provides an idea of what the gathering days will look like. In mid August we will update and announce the final programming schedule, along with a map, instructions and the facilitators involved. All offerings are optional, participants can choose to partake on the offerings or may spend time on their own or in one of the silent stations and installations.
June 2025 - Registration Opens
August 2025 - Online - Zoom Orientations
In the month of august there will be a Zoom orientation offered twice through the month that will be an important informative prerequisite for participants attending the gathering. The Zoom orientations will provide an in-depth layout of the community container and how to prepare for the weekend for silence, fasting, camping, and being technology free.
Pause Weekend draft
Friday August 29, 2025
4pm - Arrival, Orientation & Camp Set Up
7pm - Welcome & Opening Intentions, logistical orientation, overview of weekend and Invitation into ceremony
7:30pm - Feast
9pm - Fireside ‘Dharma’ Talk - Pausing for Presence
9:30pm - Intention setting and Meditation
10pm - FASTING & SILENCE BEGINS
Saturday August 30, 2025
7am - Sunrise Breath-work and Stretching meditation
9am - Conscious Dance
12pm - Afternoon guided walk & wander through forest
2pm - River immersion
7pm - Sunset silent dance party
(Activity areas set up for people to engage in all day long- but paused from 4-6 pm to encourage participants to be with themselves)
Sunday August 31, 2025
7am - Sunrise with River Meditation
9am - Conscious Dance
12pm - Afternoon Scavenger Hunt
2pm - River Immersion
7pm - Sunset Sound bath
(Activity areas set up for people to engage in all day long- but paused from 4-6 pm to encourage participants to be with themselves)
Monday Sept 1st, 2025
7-7:30 Morning Movement circle
730-8:30 BREAK SILENCE vocal sound circle (Chanting, toning, signing etc).
8:30- 9- Fast breaking meditation- the fullness of emptiness.
9-10- BREAK FAST
10- 10:30 personal care/packing break
10:30-11:30 Closing Circle
12-2pm Wrapping up, Packing & goodbyes
September 2025 - Online Zoom Debriefs & Re-integration
*Finalized programming and schedule will be released in Mid August
