A painting of a weathered wooden gate set into a dry stone wall, standing open onto a sunlit meadow and low hills.
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Gatherings & Retreats

A few times a year, in small numbers — half a day to several days, for people standing at their own thresholds.

What happens

A room where nobody is asked to be finished

There is something particular about being in a threshold alongside other people who are also in one. Not a support group, and not a workshop with outcomes. Just the ordinary relief of being among people who are not waiting for you to be through it.

A gathering usually has three parts: time outdoors, time alone, and time in a circle. The proportions change with the length. There is no curriculum to get through and no sharing anyone is required to do. Numbers are kept small enough that everyone can be actually known by the end.

Good to know
  • Small groups — usually eight to twelve people
  • No prior experience of this work needed
  • Nothing you're obliged to say out loud
  • Ask about a sliding scale if cost is the obstacle
Coming up

What's open

Gatherings are announced a couple of months ahead and tend to fill from the mailing list before they get much further.

A painting of a weathered wooden gate set into a dry stone wall, standing open onto a sunlit meadow and low hills.
October 18, 2026 Hood River Valley, Oregon

A Day at the Threshold

A full day outdoors for eight people who are each standing somewhere in between. We walk in the morning, sit with what the walk turns up, and spend the afternoon in...

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A painting of two people walking together along a ridge path in conversation, a mist-filled valley opening below them.
November 12, 2026 Portland, Oregon

An Evening on Liminal Ground

A single evening, two and a half hours, for anyone curious about this work but not ready to commit a day to it. We talk about what a threshold is, what it asks, and...

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A pale, hazy painting of a person sitting at the edge of a wide river bend, a stand of trees behind them and open sky above.
January 23, 2027 Breitenbush, Oregon

Winter Retreat: Staying Through

Three days in the dark part of the year, for people who are in the middle of something that has not resolved and are tired of being asked when it will. We keep long...

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Groups & organisations

Or ask about a gathering of your own

Teams, congregations, boards and families sometimes want a gathering designed with them rather than a place at a public one. That is relational emergence work, and it starts the same way — with a conversation.

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