August 2, 2025
9:30am - 4pm
Mercy by the Sea
Madison, CT, USA
With Sam King and Regan Stacey
“Living Earth, Living Cosmos” will invite participants into an immersive day-long experience of spiritual renewal through deep connection with our planetary home. We will orient ourselves by watching the “Journey of the Universe” film, weaving together science with ancient spiritual wisdom to tell the epic story of cosmic evolution. Participants will then journey through the “Cosmic Walk,” an embodied ritual experience of the 13.8-billion-year Universe Story, held along a 138-foot spiral on the shores of expansive Long Island Sound. We will reflect together on what it means to be interconnected with life from cells to animals to stars bringing forth the elements of our bodies.
During our afternoon session, we will come into our Earthly being and touch into the aliveness that is present in every moment. Opportunities to connect with the land and ocean will be offered through a series of sensory meditations that invite us to awaken to the sacredness of life, renewing a sense of kinship and community with the natural world.
Our time together will conclude with a final reflection that will unite our Cosmic and Earthly interconnection, from stars to trees and the sea that laps the shores of time, expanding our sense of belonging in vast and intimate ways.