Previous Events
Men and the Life of Desire:
Embracing Eros
Saturday, January 25, 2020
2-4 pm
Topping Room, Ventura Library
Ventura, CA
Please join us for this exploration of how men and their lovers manage and live in relationships, for better and worse, for the joy and the sorrow.
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Courting Eros:
Love, Lust, and Loneliness
A Men’s Retreat with Tom McGee and Richard Palmer
Friday, February 21, 6 pm -to-
Sunday, February 23, 12 noon
Camp Whittier
2400 Highway 154
Santa Barbara, CA 93105
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HELP A WORTHY MAN TO ATTEND
We are offering the opportunity to help a worthy man who needs financial aid to attend this men’s retreat.
Would you like to support this work so a man you don’t know could benefit from it?
The cost of the retreat is $575. You may contribute as little as $5 or as much as you want.
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Love and Letting Go: 14th Annual "Love in this World" Men's Retreat
2019, From August 2nd at 4:00pm to August 4th at noon
Pine Mountain Club, CA
This retreat will be led by Richard Palmer, Doug Von Koss, and Tom McGee. It will be held in a private residence in Pine Mountain Club, CA, near Frazier Park in southern California. (The address will be provided upon registration.) Food will be provided. It will be necessary to bring pillow and blankets or sleeping bag.
Retreat Fee: $575
A deposit of $175 can reserve a space in the retreat!
Help a Worthy Man to Attend Love and Letting Go
We are offering the opportunity to help a worthy man who needs financial aid to attend this men’s retreat. The cost of the retreat is $575. You may contribute as little as $5 or as much as you want.
Click here to contribute and help a friend, relative or total stranger get much needed support.
Living with Loss and Moving Toward Acceptance
A Free Talk for Women and Men by Richard Palmer and Tom McGee
2-4 pm, Saturday, July 13, 2019
The Topping Room
Ventura Library
Loss is a part of our lives. In addition to losing friends and loved ones, we may face loss of jobs and careers, goals and dreams.
In this talk, we will explore what it means to live with loss and what acceptance can mean for each of us.
There is no fee for this talk. Registration lets us know that you are planning to attend.
A Talk about Men: Braving the Wilderness--Daring to Live an Authentic Life
True Belonging: Men Around the Bonfire
A Men’s Retreat with Tom McGee and Richard Palmer
In this time of increasing chaos and disconnection, there is a desperate call for belonging. The wounded boy sacrifices himself by seeking approval. A man who tolerates braving the wilderness of his deep self begins to encounter others who, like himself, are risking authenticity for true belonging. This retreat offers the opportunity to experience the deep authentic self in community and brotherhood.
Please join us on this sacred masculine journey as we come together in brotherhood and true belonging.
March 15-17, 2019
Santa Barbara, CA
A Talk About Men: Embracing Love and Vulnerability
Love and Vulnerability
13th Annual “Love in this World” Men’s Retreat
This retreat will be led by Richard Palmer, Doug Von Koss, and Tom McGee. It will be held in a private residence in Somis, CA, overlooking the Oxnard Plain and with a view to the Channel Islands.
July 20-22, 2018
Private Residence
(address provided upon registration)
Somis, CA
Wounds and Medicine Intensive Retreat
February 23-25
Pine Mountain Club Area
Pine Mountain Club, CA 93222
This retreat will be held in a beautiful mountain setting near Frazier Park, just two hours from Ventura and about an hour from North Los Angeles.
Weekend Men's Camping Retreat
September 29 – October 1, Big Bear Lake, CA
Join us at the Boulder group campground as we spend a weekend among the pines near Big Bear Lake in San Bernardino National Forest. We will share our stories around the campfire and enjoy the healing aspects of nature.
Men's Groups Mini-Retreat
A six-hour retreat at the home of one of the group members.
August 12, 2017, 9:00 am – 3:00 pm.
Love in this World and the Other: Loving the Outcast Brother
July 14-16, 2017, Ojai, CA
Join us in a weekend of brotherhood as we welcome the outcast brothers–the ones within us, the ones from our past, and those among us in society who need healing and love.
Love In This World And The Other: The Dark Night Of Love
11TH Annual Ojai Men’s Retreat
July 8-10, 2016
Ojai, CA
Voyage Into Manhood: The Ordeal
Weekend Men’s Retreat
February 26-28, 2016
Camp Whittier
Santa Barbara, CA
April 8-10, 2016
Lifebridge Sanctuary
Rosendale, NY
The Promise of the Acorn: Deepening into Authentic Masculinity
Weekend Men’s Retreat
March 13-15, 2015
Camp Whittier,
Santa Barbara, CA
Contemplation in the Web of Life: Intercommunion in the More-than-Human World
July 2 – 6, 2008
Far Horizons in the Sierras Retreat Center
Near Sequoia National Park, CA
