Rolling Ridge Study Retreat
Community
Connected to a wide circle of those who share a deep longing for a more authentic, nature-connected and soul-infused life.
Nature
Located on a 1600-acre nature preserve owned by the Rolling Ridge Conservancy and protected by a conservation easement with the Appalachian Trail Conservancy.
Soul
Exploring the connections of spirit, faith and the wild earth.
News and Happenings
Reflection for a Still Point workday
We learn that we are part of vast ocean of being, “deep time,” to which we are knit with bonds of love and responsibility, and that knowing is like a fire…
This is Spring
I am humbled by the insurmountable troubles of our planet, by the heart-rending sorrows befalling friends and loved ones, and by the personal brokenness with which I am confronted. I am in a mood to sit in the mud awhile, to let the moist earth seep around me, to be low and grounded.
Other Possibilities
When we plunge sensationally and whole-heartedly into the world beyond four walls we release the forest from the fetters of scenery, from being a bothersome backdrop to self-absorption.
The Latest from the Mountain
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Where everything seems withheld.
The path you took to get here has washed out.
The way forward is still concealed from you.
The old is not old enough to have died away
The new is still too young to be born.”
-John O’Donohue