TOLIS
Tree of Life Interfaith Sanctuary
Where Solitaires and Circles connect to build community.
The TOLIS exists to help NetWork solitaires and circles of "naturecentric" interfaith spiritual traditions by supporting the creation of Sanctuary Spaces, Leadership Training, and through the preservation of History and Teachings of Nature Centered Teachers & Elders.
Fri, Jul 16
|Retreat from wherever has WiFi!
2nd Annual TOLIS Leadership Summit
Creating & Sustaining Community through Challenging Times
Time & Location
Jul 16, 2021, 6:00 PM PDT – Jul 18, 2021, 2:00 PM PDT
Retreat from wherever has WiFi!
Guests
About the Event
The Second Annual TOLIS Leadership Summit
Creating & Sustaining Community Through Challenging Times
The Summit is scheduled to take place July 16th through the 18th, 2021 and will be an "online/in-person leadership retreat". We will use Zoom to connect groups and/or individuals that are Zooming in from all over.
Times:
Friday 6:00 - 9:00p PT, Saturday 9:00a - 9:00p PST, Sunday 9:00a - 2:00p PT
Friday 7:00 - 10:00p MT, Saturday 10:00a - 10:00p MT, Sunday 10:00a - 3:00p MT
Friday 8:00 - 11:00p CT, Saturday 11:00a - 11:00p CT, Sunday 11:00a - 5:00p CT
Friday 9:00 - 12:00p ET, Saturday 12:00p - 12:00p ET, Sunday 12:00p - 6:00p ET
Naturecentric Spiritual Teachers from various communities across the USA will share Leadership Teachings throughout the weekend. Each Keynote Workshop Teacher will present their topic, then facilitate a small group breakout session, followed by reflection with the larger group of participants on Satu.
We invite you to gather with others in your geographic location to form a physical small group (following local social distancing practices as applicable). Even if you are not available to gather with your group physically, we will use ZOOM technology and group your community together in private breakout session(s) for group sharing experiences as desired.
You can also join by yourself from your own space to retreat in connection with others gathering online. We will set up small groups each workshop for reflections and these can be with others you are already working on projects with or with new people you meet through this event.
Saturday evening will feature our new Bardic Elder Circle. It will be MC'd by Featured Bardic Elder, Denis Merrill and our tech Teach, Joshua Vanderhof. Bardic Elder line up TBA. Sign ups will be taken prior to the event in the Facebook Event and during the event in the participant chat. After the Featured Bardic Elders have all shared the event will morph into an Open Mic Bardic Circle. At that same time our break out room will open for a Sharing Circle hosted by Jessie Starr.
Take a retreat with time to reflect and replenish with our association of naturecentric spiritual practitioners and groups. Lean back into Sacred Living and connect with a wider community of Leaders.
Find support and learning about leadership from wherever you are.
PAY WHAT YOU WANT
For this second year, a contribution of at least $22 = retreat ($11 minimum) with membership ($11) is the basic requirement to attend. *
We encourage everyone to sincerely consider donating more to help establish and grow our association. We intend to provide our members to access to the recordings of Teachings at some later time, once we have figured that part out. (Estimated value of electronic retreat showcasing 18-20 Elder Leaders / Teachers with over 20 hours of programming = $300 - 500)
*Member Groups of the TOLIS have "blanket membership" for their members and the $11 basic membership fee not required, just the $11 for the event and agreement with our ethics.
How to Register
- Make your contribution for your registration via our PayPal Account with the name you are registering as. To contribute, please click this https://www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=B3KFVZRMULJ9C or the PayPal link on the website.
- Please register using the "RSVP" link below.
Your registration will not be considered complete until both the registration form and your contribution have been received.
Schedule
30 minutesJoin Zoom and Technical Support time
Main Zoom Room
1 hourWhat’s Up Sunday?
Guests
Sarah Heartsong
Sarah Heartsong, who is our Main sanctuary Servant, will share her experience in a variety of ritual/ceremonial settings both in observing others techniques of Perfect timing and having some success and failures in her own Workings. Sarah's adept at setting up discussions and will call upon the Wisdom in the Room to help explore this subject. Her 20+ years of background in both types of "traditional learning", having both college and years of experiential learning walking in Naturecentric spiritual circles, provides fertile ground from which to share! Let's see what Wisdom we can cultivate together!
Sarah Heartsong attends the Council meeting from Erosia in Shelton, Washington, one of our TOLIS Land Sanctuaries. Sarah is an ordained priestess (over 25 years of Sacred Service), the founder of the Tree of Life Interfaith Sanctuary (TOLIS), currently holding the title of Main Sanctuary Servant, and is the Lady of the Land of Erosia. She holds a BA in Religion/Global Studies, and a MA in Communication Studies. She is also a professional artisan with Heartsong Healing Arts’ Rare Earth Designs, which you can find at Heartsong Healing Arts and Rare Earth Designs and on Etsy.
Best contacts are though email at TOLISanctuary@gmail.com or heartsongwoman@gmail.com and available for text/phone at 575-640-8506. Sarah spends most of her days now walking the 13 acres of Erosia, doing art and scheming future plans such as creating a Beltane 2023 and Healing Aphrodite's Priest/ess trainings and priest/ess facilitated Aphrodite Touch Temples.
Joshua Rex, M.A.T. brings to his classes and workshops a sense of play and curiosity through integrating his extensive training in transformational coaching, Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction, Neurolingusitic Programming, Energetics, and Quantum Storytelling. Joshua has worked for 2 decades in behavioral health and education assisting people from age 5 to middle age with life skills to support them in achieving their academic, personal, and professional goals. He has Master's degrees in Teaching and Communication Studies. He currently works as a behavioral consultant and coach for people struggling with trauma, addiction and to create new workplaces, which are trauma-informed in all their practices, including management styles. Joshua also works with a Montessori school for children in Silver City, NM and can be seen all over the world, really, in this modern day of the internet. He’s been using Zoom through Mastery of Life well before the rest of us and continues to be a pro, showing us possibilities of how connected we can be in this modern day. Joshua is the Secretary of the Board of the Tree of Life Interfaith Sanctuary.