What is a Weekend Like?

Mystery School will encourage you to deepen your commitment to your own excellence. The years of Mystery School have laid a field of intention at the Grove. History shapes the present and makes promises to the future. Imagine being with a group of people committed to personal growth and each other. On those bones, we stand. A pattern is laid.

Mystery School brings together different points of view and spiritual paths and traditions. Our respect for each other creates common unity, community.

Most Mystery School weekends begin on Friday. If you pick a 4-day weekend, then Thursday is Friday and you will have two Saturdays. No matter when Friday is, plan to arrive after 3:00 . Come on up to the house. We will welcome you and help you get settled for the weekend. If you are in one of our leadership programs, your group meets at 3:00 . The first whole group session, Creating Community, is at 4:30 . It is an introduction to the weekend’s material and each other.

Circles of Support, small groups within the larger group, meet at 6:00 . If you are new to the Grove then, by dinner, you will know other “Mysteries” who will help you make yourself at home. Then dinner...meals are made with love and most often eaten with the same emotion. Some Mysteries come just for the food. Although our menu is omnivore, vegetarian options are plentiful. Coffee, tea and fruit are always available. If you have special dietary needs, we work with you to figure out how to feed you during a weekend.

Friday evening dissolves time. Enter a place where candlelight flirts with darkness and songs are sung with and without words. Step back into your ancient self and let the world inform you. Dream memory’s dream; let the wisdom of the season take you in her arms. The evening’s work is followed by dessert. The hot tub is steaming under the stars.

Saturday begins with Soul Motion, a gentle moving meditation for those who rise early. The day is filled with small- and whole-group sessions. The evening session ends about 10:00 . Dessert is served and then...off to bed or to the hot tub or out into the night to walk the labyrinth by moonlight. Mystery School weekends end with Sunday lunch at 1:00 .