From soil2soul hosts a newMOON - Rosh Hodesh Circle

YOU are invited. All beings that can hold sacred and safe space for others to tap into belonging. All transwomxn, gender queer people, all grandmas, mamas, aunties...if YOU are looking to journey in sacred community, please join. Because we all need a fertile, sacred space to glean wisdom and heal, so we gather together monthly in the garden on (or near) the newMOON to pause and turn inward, to feed and water our inner landscape, to share, and to set intentions for the month. This circle is rooted in a lineage that has been gathering for 18 years. Based in ancient Jewish ritual, we gather when it's dark to tap into the fertile void, to replenish with strength and nourishment. The goal of this healing circle is to explore lunar medicine, and learn about the monthly themes in the Hebrew calendar.

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Wilderness Torah and Urban Adamah will cohost a talk with Marilyn Paul exploring how you can bring more Sabbath time into your life each week.

How can Shabbat change your life? Whether you’re Shabbat-curious, seeking a new Friday night practice, exploring ways to bring more sacred time into your living space, or are seeking the company of community, this workshop is for you. Together we will uncover ways to set boundaries around work and manage the constant feeling that there is always more to do. We’ll also explore how to step into and deepen our sense of awe, sacredness, and rest. Marilyn will draw on her research for her book An Oasis in Time: How a Day of Rest Can Save Your Life, and share many ways to build more rhythm into our weeks.

Register here for Rest and Refresh: Shabbat as Restorative Practice

Bartimaeus Cooperative Ministries will host a special Green Sabbath gathering for their Farm Church circle in Ventura at the ecojustice demonstration project home on Sunday afternoon, October 23 from 4-6 pm PDT in Oak View, CA. The gathering will be held outside around a large firepit and will include an optional potluck meal after. People should RSVP to chedmyers@bcm-net.org to receive further information.

Gaian Way will host a Forest Bathing session at 10 am on Sunday, October 23 at the Middletown Nature Gardens. If interested, please email info@gaianism.org for more details.

The Center for Spirituality in Nature is hosting Autumn Walk: Finding Sabbath in Nature in Washington D.C. and Los Angeles areas. A self-guided walk is also available.

Join us, and communities around the world, for a special Green Sabbath Weekend walk.

As daylight ebbs and temperatures cool, the natural world is preparing for its own upcoming time of rest and renewal. What does nature teach us about preparing for sabbath? What can we learn from the plants, critters, and creatures in our own sacred landscapes about being present and open to the sabbath gifts of slowness, spaciousness, rest, renewal, and restoration?

Register for the event here: Autumn Walk: Finding Sabbath in Nature

Let the river rest! El Colectivo Rescate Río San Pedro in Quito, Ecuador is hosting an inter-faith / ecumenical minga, a community work day, in the Parque Los Algarrobos to clean up the Río San Pedro, relieving the river of its burden of garbage so that the river can rest.

An early morning bird walk, a river meditation and blessing, and environmental educational stands will help further weave community, decorating the day with beauty, joy, and inspiring ideas.

Join us for a Green Sabbath Murmuration where our spirits will soar together as we learn alongside a gathering of inspiring speakers.

Introduction to Green Sabbath with Jonathan Schorsch; Murmuration! with Lisa Maria Madera; Guided Gaian Meditations with Erik Assadourian and Bart Everson from The Gaian Way; Ched Myers on The Sabbath Paradox of Doing ‘Nothing’ amidst Interlocking Social-Ecological Crises; Einat Kramer of Teva Ivri and the Israeli Shmita initiative From Shabbat Bereshit to Shabbat Haaretz; Colectivo Rescate Rio San Pedro Let the River Rest!; Alastair McIntosh on The Scottish Hebridian Sabbath; Marilyn Paul on an Oasis in Time; Dev Bros From soil2soul embodied practice rooted in ancient Sabbatical earth-based wisdom; Rabbi Gila Caine of Temple Beth Ora, Edmonton, Canada Thinking about Shabbat and Rest and Jonathan Schorsch Sabbath and Modernity