Join us for seven days of rewilding in the rainforest of Costa Rica featuring DJ and spoken word artist OVEOUS. This is a seven day gathering exploring movement, expression, community, poetry and dance. The gathering includes multiple workshops and evening events.
Rejuvenate in nature-inspired accommodations that connect you to the rainforest. Nourish with daily movement practices, farm-to-table meals, a waterfall hike and a soak in the geothermal baths. Purify and connect with the elements in a ceremonial temazcal. Expand through a variety of workshops:and activities. Learn about our community resilience network, Fuerza De Amor, and offer your service to the local community. Celebrate and dance with a cacao ceremony and a live DJ performance by OVEOUS.
Workshop Offerings:
Contextualizing the Anthropocene (with Alnoor Ladha) is an interactive session focused on unpacking the current meta-crisis, tools for staying with the trouble, and avenues for becoming more contextually relevant beings in troubled times.
The Unwritten Word (with OVEOUS and Alnoor Ladha) is a un-writing workshop focused on bringing to paper unseen aspects of our psyche. It’s a method of free-flow writing that unlocks the mytho-poetic heart of anyone, especially those who believe they are not writers.
Listening with the Mother Tree (with Yael Marantz) is a journey into the rainforest and an activation of the senses to encounter the more-than-human world and the wisdom of the Mother Tree.
Authentic Relating (with AlyKhan Ladha) is a methodology for more open, authentic, relational & non-violent communication that is used to bridge chasms of understanding and bring people into deeper relationship with themselves and their broader community.
The Way of Tea (with Maxine Shifrin) is a morning tea practice in honor of the Chao Doa “The way of Tea”. Together we delight in this ancient Chinese lineage, as a way to invoke awakened presence.
MEET OVEOUS
Founder and creator of the Hyper Soul & Hyper Ancestral sound, OVEOUS has been elevating audiences around the world with his captivating sets merging spoken word, lush vocals and music.
He creates a ritual of dance with the blend of afro drums, funk, jazz & soul inspired melodies.
MEET SOFIA STARBORN
Womb Wisdom (with Sofia Starborn) is rewilding your relationship with your primordial feminine nature. The way we relate to the female body, individually and as a collective, is reflective of the way we relate to the Earth.
This is an invitation to explore the centre of our inner wisdom, through breath, vibration, meditation, and dance, to awaken our connection to our feminine essence and centre of knowing. We will explore a flow that will support whatever your current natural rhythm is with your body. This is open to male, female and non-binary bodies.
RAINFOREST REWILDING SCHEDULE
Sunday March 19:
3:00 PM Arrival
4:00 PM Opening Circle
6:00 PM Dinner
Monday March 20:
7:00 AM Movement Practice
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:30 - 12:00 Land Tour and Listening with the Mother Tree lead by Yael Marantz
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
4:00 - 6:00 PM Afternoon Session Contextualizing the Anthropocene with Alnoor Ladha
6:00 PM Dinner
Tuesday March 21:
7:00 AM The Way of Tea morning meditation lead by Maxine Shifrin
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Ecstatic Dance with DJ OVEOUS
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 4:00 PM Fuerza De Amor Mutual Aid Fund Tour (meeting place Rumi’s Kitchen)
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Equinox Fire Circle in the Maloca
Wednesday March 22:
7:00 AM Ipsalu Tantra Method morning practice lead Aly Khan
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
9:30 - 12:00 PM Free Time
12:00 PM Lunch
2:00 - 6:00 PM Temazcal lead by Carolina and Bruno
6:00 PM Dinner
Thursday March 23:
7:00 AM Movement Practice
8:30 - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 12:00 PM Womb Wisdom lead by Sofia Starborn
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
4:00 - 6:00 PMThe Unwritten Word lead by OVEOUS and Alnoor Ladha
6:00 PM Dinner
7:00 PM Maloca Fire and Song Circle
Friday March 24:
7:00 AM Movement Practice
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Breakfast
10:00 - 1:00 PM Authentic Relating with Dayna and Aly Khan
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
3:00 - 8:00 PM Hot Springs and Celebratory Dinner at Don Rufinos
Saturday March 25:
7:00 AM Movement Practice
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM Breakfast
11:00 - 1:00 PM Ancient Futures and Post Capitalist realities with Felipe and Lynn Murphy
1:00 - 2:00 PM Lunch
6:00 - 7:00 PM Dinner
7:00 - 10:00 PM DJ Set with OVEOUS
Sunday March 26:
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Brunch
11:00 AM Closing Circle
TIERRA VALIENTE
Brave Earth, Center for Applied Cultural Transition, is a living laboratory rooted in principles of regeneration, resiliency and reciprocity. We provide immersive experiences in Nature that share alternative ways of living and being that are suitable for modernity and contextually relevant for the rapidly changing world we live in.
Immerse yourself in the majesty and mystery of the rainforest. Brave Earth is located between San Ramon and La Fortuna, nestled in between Arenal Volcano and the Children’s Eternal Rainforest, the largest reserve of protected wildlife in Costa Rica.
As a living lab, we have experimented with different building modalities using AirCrete and materials sourced on the land including bamboo and adobe. We have implemented biophilic design, closed-loop systems and permaculture design principles. Ornamental, food, and medicinal gardens surround the center as well as hiking trials to a nearby river, and a natural swimming pond.
CONTRIBUTION
Contribution includes 7 Nights, three daily meals and all activities listed above.
These rates do not include airfare or transportation*
There are different accommodation options available:
Gaia Dome (4 units available)
Private room with sink, private shower, shared facilities
$1170 pp (shared occupancy), $1580 pp (single occupancy)
Garden Cabina (3 units available)
Private room with Private Bathroom and Air Conditioning
$1170 pp (shared occupancy), $1580 (single occupancy)
Earth Tambo (2 units available)
Private room with sink/shared facilities
$1135 pp (shared occupancy), $1500 (single occupancy)
Jungle Hut (4 units available)
Private room with sink, either 1 king bed or 2 single beds.
$1135 pp (shared occupancy),$1500 (single occupancy)
Family Jungle Hut (4 units available)
Private room with sink, either 1 king bed or 2 single beds.
$1075 pp (shared occupancy), 1380 (single occupancy)
Farm Loft Single (4 singles available)
Single bed in shared space/shared facilities
$988 pp