Being Resourced for These Times
A Whidbey Island Summer Retreat
With Caverly Morgan, Loveli Walker, and Brian Ton
July 28 - August 2, 2025
Whidbey Institute (WA)
“In the darkest times, one light can make a magnificent difference. When we come together in beloved community—rooted in truth, remembering our essence—we create a collective light far brighter than any one of us could shine alone.”
—Caverly
Join us for a nourishing and illuminating meditation retreat that will provide you with practical and grounded tools for these times.
These times call for collective care, collective solidarity, and collective practice. The cherished tradition of retreat is an opportunity to gather and connect, to heal and replenish, and to cultivate, together, the light of awareness—an ever-expansive light that we are all in need of right now.
Being Resourced for These Times is an invitation to explore, in community, contemplative technologies meant to benefit you personally, and beyond—understanding that our world changes when they are applied collectively. As Thich Nhat Hanh once predicted, “the next Buddha may be a Sangha” (aka, community of people who practice together.)
On this summer retreat we will delve deeply into Relational Dharma. Relational Dharma recognizes that our life unfolds within relationship—relationship with family, friends, colleagues, community, the world. We’ll mine the richness of being in relationship with each other while also exploring the gifts of what is beyond relationship.
Join us as, personally and together, we explore an understanding of presence that is inherently nourishing and connected—and the brilliance that comes from acting in the world on behalf of this luminous knowing.
What You Can Look Forward To:
Teachings and Guided Meditations: Engage in insightful teachings and guided meditations to deepen your understanding and experience of relational dharma and how to resource in these times.
Tools and Practices: Learn powerful and accessible tools to both deepen your personal practice and extend practice into the world.
Dyads and Group Discussions: Connect with fellow participants through structured dyads and open group discussions, fostering a supportive community.
Individual Session: Meet with Caverly privately to foster a deeply personal understanding of the teachings and practices as they relate to your life.
Journaling: Reflect on your experiences and insights through guided journaling exercises.
Mindful Movement: Engage in embodied movement with Loveli Walker’s sound healing sessions and Brian Ton’s Qigong classes. Descriptions are included below.
Restorative Time: Explore Whidbey Institute’s scenic trail system, wander the tranquil labyrinth and gardens, or simply rest. Rejuvenate your mind, body, and spirit.
Nourishing Organic Meals: Enjoy delicious meals crafted by Whidbey Institute’s chef specially prepared for our group.
Our time together will be held in the container of the Whidbey Institute. Nestled amongst a 106-acre conservation forest campus on South Whidbey Island, WA, the Whidbey Institute is dedicated to nurturing the conditions for transformational learning and growth.
Our home for the week will be a community of farm houses and cabins dotting the meadow and forest, with delicious organic meals prepared especially for our group by the Institute’s chef. Our daily rhythm will include meditation, community discussion, and individual sessions with Caverly. The retreat will include daily periods of silence. Our time together will also be deeply enhanced by embodied movement practices. Class descriptions are below.
Movement Classes
Loveli leads a powerful sound healing movement, using singing bowls and a variety of frequency healing instruments to guide others on a journey of emotional and physical restoration. Through the vibrational energy of sound, she creates an immersive experience that promotes deep relaxation, clears energetic blockages, and facilitates healing on a cellular level. By carefully selecting and playing these sacred instruments, Loveli harnesses their frequencies to align the body, mind, and spirit, helping participants reconnect with their inner peace and balance. Her sound healing sessions offer a transformative space where the therapeutic power of sound leads to profound inner shifts, offering healing, clarity, and renewed vitality. Click here to learn more about Loveli.
In Brian’s sessions, you will practice Qi Gong, which is an ancient Chinese practice that through gentle movements, promotes health, mental clarity, healing energy, and vitality. You will also practice Tai Chi, a practice that focuses on slow flowing movement to improve balance, flexibility, strength, and coordination. Whether you’re new to these practices or have some experience, this workshop will help you achieve relaxation, stress reduction, awareness, and a deeper connection between mind and body. Click here to learn more about Brian.
This meditation retreat will be a hybrid of relational and silent time. There will also be plenty of free time to explore the trail system, walk the labyrinth, as well as rest. Deeply rest.