Sep 4-7, 2009 (Friday-Monday)
Imagine a weekend filled with new experiences, new friends, laughter, mystery, acceptance, and excitement. We come together to create a magical environment with endless possibilities, built on the foundation of community. Leave behind your overworked, stressful, daily existence and embrace the theater of life. Welcome home!
Now in its 24th year, this Labor Day Retreat is one of the longest standing gay, bisexual, and questioning men’s gatherings in the United States. For new participants, Rowe is a safe place to explore coming out, to spread your wings, and to make real friends. For those returning, Rowe offers the warmth and caring of emotional and spiritual connections with lasting friends. This nourishing experience offers a bridge to a more connected view of the gay community and the world. See and feel beauty in yourself and in other men. Expect the unexpected.
Andrew and Ben will lead us to new levels of exploration and expansion from the moment we arrive until the final closing circle. Removed from our everyday life, we will be offered mystery and surprise, intrigue and wonder that will delight all the senses: sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch. The woods, the mountain air, the meadows, streams, and the night sky evoke feelings of magic and awe. Experience the bridge between the passing of summer and the dawn of autumn.
Rowe is a place of transformation, providing emotional, intellectual, physical, and spiritual experiences. You will feel welcomed and whole; you will laugh and you may shed some tears of release. Workshops led by experienced teachers will explore relationships, body work, art, dating, theater, singing, meditation, spirituality, movement, and much more. There will be gift-giving, ritual, play, and delicious home-cooked meals.
We will create space for sharing, without fear. There will be time for quiet talks and walks, moments of joy, and surprises to delight your imagination. We see happiness and love in the faces of men, year after year, as life-long friendships are formed. This program is one day longer and costs $95 more than our regular weekends. Please join us. You are welcome here.
Benjamin Seaman is a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst in private practice in New York City specializing in therapy for men and for couples. He consults at Pratt Institute for Fine Arts, is a regular commentator on the WRPI.com radio show Quest for Life, and presents workshops in the gay community.
Andrew Plummer has been a part of the Rowe community for over 20 years. Now his nights are spent at his job with the theatrical show Blue Man Group and his days are spent as a landscape designer trained at the Landscape Institute of Harvard University. Andrew’s interests are in exploring creativity, cultivating community, and finding joy in our natural environment.