Joint MenHealing / Taking Back Ourselves Advanced Weekend of Recovery

MenHealing is joining forces with Taking Back Ourselves to present an Advanced Weekend of Recovery at Hope Springs Institute in Peebles, Ohio, this August.

In the world we live in, we are all grappling with the effects of race, religion, trauma, war, wealth, poverty, slavery, and migration. This year’s Advanced Weekend of Recovery is an invitation for us to reimagine, through community, what the future could hold.  

Participants will be a combination of many generations and cultures. Some of us can trace our lineage, but many know little beyond our immediate families. Nonetheless, much is stored in our DNA, including the secrets and strengths of our unique history.

Our trauma histories are grounded in our experience as individuals as well as in larger power structures, such as patriarchy and white supremacy. They have separated us from our own humanity and from one another. 

Reawakening Our Roots will be an opportunity to decouple from toxic imprints of our trauma stories and reclaim the strength of previous generations that helped us survive. We can release ourselves from the harm done in the process and envision the healing of ancestral wounds.

Through art, movement, and a chance to process beyond just words, you will experience the rare gift of time. It will enable you to tap into the precious resources of community, deepen all you have gained in your recovery, and lay seeds for the future.

• Connect with survivors from diverse cultures and explore our differences and shared roots.
• Understand the legacies, family dynamics, and the culture that formed us:
• Understand our experience of trauma within that cultural and historical context
• Honor our cultural heritages while also examining inherited toxic beliefs
• Deepen our healing by Increasing compassion for ourselves and our ancesters
• Plant the seeds of compassion for future generations
• End the cycle of generational trauma

• Joy
• Connection
• Community
• Body
• Soul/Smiling Heart
• Rooting in the strengths
• Uprooting the lies
• Where I’m growing

In Level One Weekends, we often hear participants deeply appreciate what is provided but wish for more time and space to process, rest, share, and absorb all they experience. So, note that our Weekend will extend from Thursday evening until Sunday at 1pm. This not only allows more time but opportunities to metabolize, relax and rest.

Alumni can arrive early during Thursday afternoon, or just arrive in time for dinner at 5:30. Then we can begin to form our weekend community before we formally move into the Weekend together at 7pm. We hope early arrival will provide an opportunity for more relaxed transition to enjoy the beauty of Hope Springs; to relax, meet, and reconnect with other Alumni.

For both MenHealing and TBO, our mission is to keep registration affordable for everyone. In keeping with the realities of the program, we are deeply committed to offer scholarship funds for those who would otherwise be unable to attend due to financial hardship. If you are able, we welcome any add-on donation for your registration to support to the Scholarship fund and help support members of our community who are eager to participate in the Weekend.

Registration includes lodging and meals (Thursday evening thru Sunday lunch). Fees may be paid in full at the time of registration or you can request installment payments between registration and date of the WOR. Space is limited so we encourage you to register early.

• Triple Room Occupancy $ 975
• Double Room Occupancy $1,100
• Single Room Occupancy $2,000

Check-in to Hope Springs begins at 3 p.m. on Thursday, August 8th

We look forward to seeing you in August, as we embark together on reawakening our roots, and ourselves.