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June 28 ~ Summer Book Club 

This summer, join Amy Wright Glenn for 3 part exploration of Erin Entrada Kelly’s YA fiction The First State of Being, winner of the 2025 Newbery Award! This book club is open to tweens to elders! Families are welcome to join together as inspired! Learn more and sign up today.

July 31 ~ Ritual for Regret & Forgiveness  

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 60-minute online gathering focusing on a communal, nonsectarian ritual practice of forgiveness. The practice of forgiving self and/or others helps to integrate and reconcile the energies of regret. Learn more and sign up today.

August 2 ~ Shadow Work  

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a powerful 4-week exploration of Shadow Work + IFS (Internal Family Systems) therapy. All are welcome to explore what it means to integrate, honor, and befriend all aspects of self in a way that highlights creativity, compassion, curiosity, and courage etc. Learn more and sign up today.

September 3 ~ Hungry Ghosts

Join Institute founder and director Amy Wright Glenn for a 10-hour in-depth exploration of what it means to encounter, examine, name, and integrate our “hungry ghosts” ~ especially in relationship with “toxic people.”  Drawing upon the work of Shahida Arabi, participants will examine the role of trauma bonds and codependency and how these dynamics unfold both physiologically in terms of attachment systems in the body as well as emotionally, mentally, and spiritually. Learn more and sign up today.

September 6 ~ Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss in Asheville, NC

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 5-hour, in-person training at the Asheville Wellness Collective in Asheville, North Carolina. This training is open to all ~ midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, nurses are particularly welcome. Learn more and sign up today.

September 8~ Yoga for Grief

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 4-part, gentle yoga practice specifically focused on holding compassionate space for the experience of grief in the breath, body, and heart. All levels of practice are welcome. Participants meet online. Classes are not recorded. Learn more and sign up today.

September 27~ Fall Study Circle

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 4-part study circle focusing on healing from antagonistic and/or narcissistic relationships (whether familial, workplace, etc.) Dr. Ramani Durvasula’s New York Times Bestselling book “It’s Not You” is central to our study. Learn more and sign up today.

October 1 ~ Understanding Trauma for Birth & Death Doulas 

Join Amy Wright Glenn, Melissa Ming Foynes, PhD, and Jonathan Labman, former Director of The Trauma Treatment Program at the Penn Foundation for an important exploration of understanding trauma that is evidenced-based and drawing upon best practices. Such an approach is key to deepening the work doulas are called to do in this world. While this course is geared to support birth and death doulas in their work, all are welcome.  Learn more and sign up today.

October 4 ~ Holding Space for Pregnancy Loss in Portland, ME

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 5-hour, in-person training at Birth Roots in Portland, Maine. This training is open to all ~ midwives, doulas, lactation consultants, nurses are particularly welcome. Learn more and sign up today.

October 24-26 ~ Fall Institute Retreat

Join Institute members and friends for a weekend of nourishing reflection, learning, insight, healing, laughing, singing, silence, and connection. We gather for the third time at The Sanctuary ~ the home of the Center for Conscious Living & Dying just outside of Asheville, NC. Learn more and sign up today.

November 1 ~ When Our Parents Die

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a 5-week support circle open to all who are facing (or have faced) the death of their parents. Are both (or one) of your parents facing a terminal diagnosis? Are you their care provider? Are your parents dying? Have your parents died? Join us for stories, tears, song, support, and a safe space to grieve. Learn more and sign up today.

November 5 ~ Holding Space Training

Join Amy Wright Glenn for a transformative training drawing upon the teachings of Alan Wolfelt, PhD and the insights drawn from Amy’s years of work as a doula, hospital chaplain, mother, and teacher. Learn the skills central to the work of the Institute’s Holding Space Consultant and apply them to your personal story, work, family, friendship, and community life. Learn more and sign up today.

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