Can we return to somewhere we’ve never been before?

In a culture that pushes us to go fast, Rest to Return is an opportunity to slow down in order to root deeply as we prepare to move into 5787.

Join Kohenet Keshira haLev Fife and friends at Trinity Retreat Center in West Cornwall, CT for a deceleration retreat where we’ll engage in facilitated rest, reflection and connection through song, prayer, ritual, reflective writing, art-making, wandering, wondering, dreaming, and more.

How can slowing down help us to arrive better?

Nestled in autumnal New England beauty, a small group of Jewish leaders will come together for 3 nights, with enough facilitation to journey meaningfully, and enough space to steep in slowness and allow for emergence, and guided reflection intended to support leaders in returning – to personal and professional mission alignment, to Sacred connection, and ultimately to self.

This gift-to-self is one of many ways in which we can embody the rhythms of Jewish time; if you’d like to make this year less about the fast, and more about the slow, please register your interest here.

The Expression of Interest form will help our team to extend invitations to a cohort that’s diverse and well-balanced. By late June we will send out our first round of invitations and then let others know that they have been waitlisted. We intend to confirm the entire cohort by early August so that everyone can make their travel plans and begin preparing to slow down!

Who the retreat is for?

This retreat is intended for Jewish leaders (spiritual leaders, community leaders, and organisational leaders) who yearn to delve into the Days of Awe by slowing down, entering into deep reflection, practicing embodied teshuvah, and engaging in the deliberate work of the season as part of the process of setting a meaningful kavannah for 5787.