In a collective stargazing experience spanning the East and West coasts, astronomer and author Stephan Martin (located in North Carolina), along with meditation teacher and psychotherapist Marianne Rowe (located in California), invite you to turn your attention to the mystery of the cosmos as a way of opening the door to expanded perspective and infinite possibility.

Join us in an audio-only Zoom call and collaborative emergence, as we contemplate and explore the themes of liminality, threshold, and emergence as they occur in the cosmos and in our lives and cultures.  Marianne and Steve will invite us in experiential contemplation, guided meditations, and shared conversation as we co-create a field of mutual learning, inspiration, and support.

“From all the physical and sociological evidence, the world appears to run not on absolutes but on relatives, context, change, impermanence, and multiplicity. Nothing is fixed. All is in flux.”
-- Alan Lightman, physicist and author

with Marianne Rowe & Stephan Martin
Friday, January 24
6:00 - 7:30 Pacific
$20 (includes a recording of the gathering)

Stephan Martin is an astronomer, educator, and author who has taught astronomy, physics, and consciousness studies at colleges, universities, and learning centers across the US for over thirty years. He is currently Director of the Deeptime Leadership Program at the Deeptime Network, where he helps develop and facilitate transformative and innovative leadership programs that support a flourishing future that works for all.  Steve is active in leading workshops, lectures, and experiences that bring insights and wisdom from the cosmos down to Earth and everyday life. His first book Cosmic Conversations is a multidisciplinary approach to exploring the universe through the lenses of science, spirituality and culture, and his second book Living a Cosmic Life helps people navigate crisis and change from a cosmic evolutionary perspective. You can find more about him at: www.cosmicconversations.org and http://www.dtnetwork.org .

As a humane being, co-founding teacher of Monterey Bay Meditation Studio, and licensed marriage and family therapist, Marianne is dedicated to cultivating eco-systemic consciousness and living in-cahoots with Earth, Cosmos, and Life in all forms. Marianne’s insatiable love of learning has led her into certifications as a nature & forest therapy guide, eco-therapist, California naturalist, and Authentic Relating facilitator, along with certifications in eco-psychology, climate stewardship and climate psychology. She has been practicing meditation since the last century and teaching mindfulness meditation to children and adults since 2006. Her sense of belonging and aliveness is sourced and deepened through walks, sits, and gazing with the Pacific Ocean, forest, night skies, along with evolutionary, envisioning conversations with beloved friends and colleagues. Read more.

This mini-retreat is part of the Outdoors, Mindfulness, and Spirituality/Evolution of Consciousness MBMS Pathways.