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2021-2022 Calendar 

September 1: TSROP OPEN for Intakes
September 1 - October 30: TSROP Contemplation
October 15: TSROP CLOSED for Intakes 
October 30 - December 1: TSROP Preparation

January 15 - April 22: Rites of Passage
April 22 - June 1: TSROP Action Phase
June 1 - July 30: TSROP Maintenance and Closure
July 30: 2021-2022 TSROP Completed

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2021 - 2022 TSROP Partnered Rites of Passage

8/18/2021

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December 3-5, 2021 - ManKind Project New Warrior Training Adventure
Philadelphia, PA

   MKP runs an experiential group retreat for men to explore and initiate healthy adult masculinity.  Jungian archetypes and psychodrama anchor this 3-day weekend experience, which is held primarily in indoor spaces but utilizes natural elements.  Can accommodate physical impairment.
    More information about MKP's NWTA
    MKP's stance on gender diversity
February 24 - March 4, 2022 - School of Lost Border's Mid-Winter Vision Fast
Death Valley, CA

    SOLB provides an opportunity to use a wilderness solo and fast in the desert as an opportunity to connect with inner wisdom, learn resilience, and move through chrysalis into change.  Vision Fasts are held entirely outdoors, as immersion in nature is the primary agent supporting and containing change.  Logistical and physical support is available for adequate equipment and preparation.
   More information on SOLB's Vision Fasts
April 11 - April 22 - School of Lost Border's Spring Vision Fast
Big Pine and Death Valley, CA 

SOLB provides an opportunity to use a wilderness solo and fast in the desert as an opportunity to connect with inner wisdom, learn resilience, and move through chrysalis into change.  Vision Fasts are held entirely outdoors, as immersion in nature is the primary agent supporting and containing change.  Logistical and physical support is available for adequate equipment and preparation.
   More information on SOLB's Vision Fasts
DATE/LOCATION TBD - Woman Within International's Woman Within Training Weekend
2021-2022 DATE and LOCATION Pending Covid19 Restrictions
 
   WWI runs an experiential group retreat for women to explore and initiate healthy adult femininity.  Jungian archetypes and psychodrama anchor this 3-day weekend experience, which is held primarily in indoor spaces but utilizes natural elements.  Can accommodate physical impairment.
    More information on Woman Within Training Weekends
    WWI's stance on gender diversity


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2018 Summer Workshops

6/28/2018

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July 22, 2018 * Earthwalk
Wheaton Regional Park, Silver Spring, MD
10:00am - 3:00pm (full walk)
*10:00am - 1:30pm (short walk)
Open to: All Adults and Young Adults
$25 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitator: Keely Owens
Earthwalks are opportunities to connect with nature close to your own backyard.  Experience a local park in a new way, and reap the benefits of restoration, transformation, and resilience.


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Learn More About Earthwalks * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate ​
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August 26, 2018 * Underground Circle: "Full-Dark" Circle
Hedgesville, WV (1.5 hour drive from DC Metro Area)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Door to Door
Open to: Adults and Young Adults with Process Work Experience.  
​Do I have Process Work Experience?
$40 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitators: Keely Owens and Kelli Cronin
The Underground Circle is a peer-supported process work group held entirely within a wild limestone cave.  Underground Circles provide a chance to explore the unique therapeutic and personal growth techniques offered by this unique natural environment.
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2018 Spring Workshops

3/3/2018

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March 25, 2018 * Earthwalk
Wheaton Regional Park, Silver Spring, MD
10:00am - 3:00pm (full walk)
*10:00am - 1:30pm (short walk)
Open to: All Adults and Young Adults
$25 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitator: Keely Owens
Earthwalks are opportunities to connect with nature close to your own backyard.  Experience a local park in a new way, and reap the benefits of restoration, transformation, and resilience.


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Learn More About Earthwalks * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate                                          

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April 29, 2018 * Underground Circle: "Twilight" Circle
Hedgesville, WV (1.5 hour drive from DC Metro Area)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Door to Door
Open to: Adults and Young Adults with Process Work Experience.  
​Do I have Process Work Experience?
$40 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitators: Keely Owens and Kelli Cronin
The Underground Circle is a peer-supported process work group held entirely within a wild limestone cave.  Underground Circles provide a chance to explore the unique therapeutic and personal growth techniques offered by this unique natural environment.

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             Learn More About Underground Circles * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate                          
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May 20, 2018 * Spring Earthwalk
Wheaton Regional Park, Silver Spring, MD
10:00am - 3:00pm (full walk)
*10:00am - 1:30pm (short walk)
Open to: All Adults and Young Adults
$25 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitator: Keely Owens
Earthwalks are opportunities to connect with nature close to your own backyard.  Experience a local park in a new way, and reap the benefits of restoration, transformation, and resilience.

Learn More About Earthwalks * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate  ​

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2017 - 2018 Winter Workshops

10/27/2017

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December 3, 2017 * Underground Circle
Hedgesville, WV (1.5 hour drive from DC Metro Area)
9:00am - 7:00pm: Door to Door
Open to: Adults and Young Adults with Process Work Experience.  
​Do I have Process Work Experience?
$40 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitators: Keely Owens and Kelli Cronin
The Underground Circle is a peer-supported process work group held entirely within a wild limestone cave.  Underground Circles provide a chance to explore the unique therapeutic and personal growth techniques offered by this unique natural environment.
             Learn More About Underground Circles * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate                                          

   

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January 28, 2018 * Earthwalk
Wheaton Regional Park, Silver Spring, MD
10:00am - 3:00pm (full walk)
*10:00am - 1:30pm (short walk)
Open to: All Adults and Young Adults
$25 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitator: Keely Owens
Earthwalks are opportunities to connect with nature close to your own backyard.  Experience a local park in a new way, and reap the benefits of restoration, transformation, and resilience. 
Learn More About Earthwalks * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate                                          


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February 23 - 25, 2018 * Tracking the Seed
Berkeley Springs, WV - The Lodge At Sleepy Creek
Multi-day Retreat: 5:00pm, Friday - 1:00pm, Sunday
Open to: All Adults and Young Adults
$300 - Reserve Your Space
Facilitators: Keely Owens, Teresita Fawcett
Set in a beautiful mountain lodge, Tracking the Seed is a weekend retreat designed to support life transitions through a combination of group-supported growth techniques and a transformative journey through a wild limestone cave. 
Learn More About Tracking the Seed * Inquire * Reserve Your Space * Donate

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Summer 2016: Tracking the Seed

4/5/2016

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Tracking the Seed is coming back to The Lodge at Sleepy Creek - this time in the summer!

June 3, 6:00pm - June 5, 12:00pm (3-day workshop)
Personal Growth Group Exploration - Meditation - Real Wild Caving
The Lodge at Sleepy Creek - Berkeley Springs, WV
$300 ($250 with Early Bird Discount)

If you are looking for a unique personal growth experience, a way to mark an important change in your life, or a new way to experience the earth and her underground world, Tracking the Seed is a one of a kind opportunity.  Visit our Underground Adventure page for more information! 
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3/20/2016 - Vernal Equinox Picnic

3/10/2016

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7/6/15 - 7/10/15 : Camp Keely - Eons

6/17/2015

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Camp Keely
2015 Session - Eons Theme
Age 6 - 12
July 6 - 10, 10am - 5pm

Adventure with us again this year as we follow the development of the planet earth from its origins!  We begin by studying rock and fire, move on to water and air, and then explore the steadily increasing epochs of life.

To request a brochure, use the link below!

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3/6/14 - 3/8/14: Tracking the Seed

12/8/2014

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Tracking the Seed: Personal Growth Workshop
Men's and Women's Retreat
Friday, March 6, 6:00pm - 
Sunday, March 8, 12:00pm
The Lodge at Sleepy Creek: Berkeley Springs, WV
$300
*$250 if you enroll by January 1




Transformative engagement with a beautiful wild cave is the centerpiece of Tracking the Seed, this unique weekend-long personal growth retreat.  Open to all adults, Tracking the Seed takes place at a beautiful lodge in Berkeley Springs, WV (about an hour and a half's drive from Washington, DC), where you will spend the weekend exploring your inner need to grow and change, and the obstacles that may stand in your way.  On Saturday afternoon, we will bring the exploration process underground, into the wild halls of a nearby limestone cave.  The cave environment offers an unmatched setting for pursuing transformation and self-knowledge, as well as the opportunity for deepening your connection with the earth.

Similar to all of my workshops, Tracking the Seed is structured as a rite of passage: a community-supported and nature-engaged gathering, brought together for the purpose of supporting individual growth.  Rites of passage are pan-cultural and time-honored tools for change, for which there is no modern equivalent.  Tracking the Seed is an "open-content" rite of passage, which means that the workshop provides the structure, tools, and supportive environment for change, but you fill in the details: your own unique culture, belief system, and life story, as well as the specific changes you are hungry for.  We offer you a gateway into your personal depths, some tools to explore it, and a way to get back home - but it is you who will decide where you will go when down there, and what you want to take back with you.

Visit our Tracking the Seed workshop description or Contact Keely for more information.

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1/30/15 - 2/1/15

12/8/2014

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Tracking the Seed: Personal Growth Workshop
Women's Retreat
Friday, January 30, 6:00pm - 
Sunday, February 1, 12:00pm
The Lodge at Sleepy Creek: Berkeley Springs, WV
$300
*$250 if you enroll by January 1



Transformative engagement with a beautiful wild cave is the centerpiece of Tracking the Seed, this unique weekend-long personal growth retreat.  Open to all adult women, Tracking the Seed takes place at a beautiful lodge in Berkeley Springs, WV (about an hour and a half's drive from Washington, DC), where you will spend the weekend exploring your inner need to grow and change, and the obstacles that may stand in your way.  On Saturday afternoon, we will bring the exploration process underground, into the wild halls of a nearby limestone cave.  The cave environment offers an unmatched setting for pursuing transformation and self-knowledge, as well as the opportunity for deepening your connection with the earth.

Similar to all of my workshops, Tracking the Seed is structured as a rite of passage: a community-supported and nature-engaged gathering, brought together for the purpose of supporting individual growth.  Rites of passage are pan-cultural and time-honored tools for change, for which there is no modern equivalent.  Tracking the Seed is an "open-content" rite of passage, which means that the workshop provides the structure, tools, and supportive environment for change, but you fill in the details: your own unique culture, belief system, and life story, as well as the specific changes you are hungry for.  We offer you a gateway into your personal depths, some tools to explore it, and a way to get back home - but it is you who will decide where you will go when down there, and what you want to take back with you.

Visit our Tracking the Seed workshop description or Contact Keely for more information.



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12/21/14: Winter Solstice Gathering

12/8/2014

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Winter Solstice Gathering
December 21, 4pm - 8pmSilver Spring, MD
Contact Keely for further details

The northern hemisphere of the earth is tipped furthest from the sun at 6:03pm on December 21.  The winter solstice is the organic anchor of the winter festival tide, which includes the whole big upcoming winter holiday season.  The winter holidays include a time of decorating with light, sharing and coming together with family, and taking time away from the daily grind - and they end with New Years, which includes the famous resolution.  To connect with nature, I begin each year by celebrating the actual planetary solstice in a traditional way: by lighting a fire, and then keeping some part of it lit all throughout the longest night of the year.  And to balance out the New Years resolution, I offer people the opportunity to think about what they want to let go of in the New Year, in order to balance out the things they want to claim.  We typically burn these 'offerings' to the 'old fire' before lighting the new fire, which will take us into the holiday season and the new year. 

The Solstice gathering is a potluck with opportunity for holiday gathering and socialization, and also for a mindful holiday-time rite of passage.  Take some time to think about the changes you want to make for next year, and the things you want to let go of in order to make those changes real. 

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