Welcome to the Groves!
Sacred Groves is a ten acre forest sanctuary located on Bainbridge Island, in Washington state, home to a small intentional community living in harmony with each other, nature and spirit. We welcome guests and clients to the land for rituals, healing work, music, learning, prayer and retreat time in the woods. It is a place to deepen your relationship with Mother Earth and your personal spirituality, a place for ceremony and a sense of connection. We offer season’s change rituals, sweatlodges, grief-work, communication classes, a monthly drum circle and Women’s Moon Ceremony and more. Women’s Mysteries School events are geared especially towards women’s healing and empowerment.
Sacred Groves is not affiliated with any particular religion. The events here include elements of ritual from earth-based spiritual traditions in North America, Africa and pre-Christian Europe. They have also been inspired by mentors like Sobonfu Some, Joanna Macy, Starhawk, and co-creative experiences in drumming and ritual groups for the past couple of decades. We welcome people from all races and cultures who share our beliefs that the earth is sacred and that music, dance, prayer, ceremony, and time in the natural world are essential for personal and community health.
Events at Sacred Groves are most often facilitated by owner-director Therese Charvet whose spiritual practices and offerings have been shaped by 25 years of Buddhist meditation practice, her deep connection to Mother Earth, and her love of drum, dance and song. Some events (like the Grief Ritual and Wailing Lodge) are co-facilitated with Kendra E. Thornbury of SpiritAlive who also occasionally offers her own workshops at the Groves. Occasionally Therese invites other teachers to the Groves to share their gifts with the land and the people who love to come here.
Activities at Sacred Groves occur in the natural setting of 10 acres of Pacific Northwest rainforest. It is a small wilderness park where you can feel the sacredness of the earth. It’s a place to settle into the quiet, listen to the birds, watch the trees sway in the wind, re-establish connection with God, Goddess, Great Spirit, Great Mystery or whatever it is you call that ineffable power that underlies all of life.
