ARLINA Ritual © - Tending the Well

 A Collective Imagination Practice

This is not a retreat.

It is a relational, ecosystemic practice of presence, listening, and reciprocity — with one another and with the land.

We are guided by:

• Migratory birds — wild geese and cranes as teachers of rhythm and shared direction

• The River Oder, still grieving ecological loss from 2022— how do we listen to its sorrow?

• The parched soil, whose silence calls for care — how does the land grieve?

• The trees, holders of memory — how do we let ourselves be held?

• Through somatic movement, tending grief, joy practices, storytelling, and creative expression, we explore the body as anchor, grief as doorway, and joy as radical resource.

   

Who This Is For

Our practice is rooted in place, relationship, and collectivity, and welcomes:

• Facilitators, community builders, artists, and activists from urban, rural, and translocal contexts

• Changemakers from Berlin, Brandenburg, Poland and around the world

• The more-than-human world of the Oder Valley – river, birds, trees, and soil

• Civil society networks, system ecologies and co-learning communities

Why It Matters

We believe that collective imagination regenerates our capacity to care — for each other, and for the Earth. This gathering will ripple into:

🌾 Everyday Practices

• How changemakers hold space, relate to land and community, respond to grief, and cultivate joy.

🌿 Local & Translocal Networks

• Participants will carry embodied insights back into their contexts — from Berlin to rural Brandenburg and beyond — informing grassroots initiatives, movement spaces, and creative work.

🕸️ An Emergent Ecosystem

• This intentional gathering contributes to a wider, cross-sector ecosystem of civil society, creative arts, and regenerative movements — weaving new patterns across languages and bioregions.

What´s part of the ritual when you sign up:

• Joining the four-day ritual gathering in Stolzenhagen-Lunow with a group of 16-20 people max.
• Guidance and care by a team of four hosts
• Accomodation (mostly in somple double rooms with shared bathrooms; a few single rooms are available)
• All meals are included - vegetarian/ vegan - with attention to dietary needs
• A packing list will be sent (expect to bring warm clothes, outdoor shoes, journal, etc.)
• This ritual will be held in English

The contribution is from 150-1200€, you are invited to decide depending on your financial situation. You find a more detailed explanation of our financial approach here: https://www.arlina.eu/kurse/preise. If this doesn´t align with your current financial situation, please don´t hesitate to reach out to philipp@arlina.eu - we´re happy to find a way.

The ritual is based on your contribution beyond the financial one, too. We believe in reciprocity. We invite you as a whole being - so bring your gifts and talents and get involved in cooking or leading the morning practice (e.g. yoga, meditation).

If you have any questions, feel free to contact our hosting team Christa and Julia directly at cj@socius.de

Use this link to submit your application or use the button "Ticket Buchen" on the left side

Application LINK

How to get to Stolzenhagen Lunow at the Oder:

https://www.ponderosa-dance.de/location/how-to-get-here/

Deadline to signal your commitment to join: October 05, 2025

At its core, this project seeds a shift:

• From extraction to reciprocity

• From burnout to collective resilience

• From fragmentation to the remembrance that we are an ecosystem

   

Imagination is our way back into inter-relation!

🔗 This gathering is part of a collaborative alliance including:

WABE-Odertal e.V., Arlina Institute for Applied Future, & SOCIUS

Join Us in Tending the Well

Let us come together — in grief, in joy, in movement, and in imagination.

Let us remember what it means to belong — to each other, to the Earth, to the web of life.