Annual Spiritual Wilderness Retreat for People of Color
Finding refuge in nature & community.
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Every year since 2011, Zenyu has held an incredibly intimate beautiful community-building Spiritual Wilderness Retreat for People of Color. Check out pictures and a synopsis from our 2013 Retreat!
Register now for the 4th Annual Spiritual Wilderness Retreat for People of Color, September 19-21, 2014! Check out more information here!! 
“Zenyu is a space holder for connecting me with unconditional love, compassion, and deep healing. I have grown and expanded into my fullest self and it has been a journey of falling in love with the divine every time I attend Zenyu events. Before Zenyu, I questioned whether I would be able to truly live and embody the person and reality I wanted to live in. While being part of Zenyu, I have been able to heal my sense of isolation and disconnection, having grown up in a very small family with never a true community of support, a rather more common experience for an immigrant family trying to make sense in a very individualistic country. I finally feel like there’s a community that I can ground that is not attached to a work, a cause, or some motivation driven by transactional reasons. Outside of family, we live in a place where communities are attached to the phases in our lives that doesn’t last if we move our jobs or changing our hobbies. Especially this is hard when there are already limiting spaces for people of color in general and even more so for queer and trans folks of color. In fact, I finally “came out” and embraced my identity as a queer person! How can I heal the wounds passed down from generations, embrace my sexuality, actualize my life purpose, while being in a community of deep love? I haven’t been able to do all of it without the awesome healing support of Zenyu. Thank you April and Christine for holding space and your loving presence!” – Noory, educator and facilitator |
“I love Zenyu retreats! As a youth worker and cultural worker, my capacity is often being tapped by the demands of my job. Zenyu retreats helps me to reflect on and remember my personal and spiritual power and recharges and re-inspires my desire to give to my communities. As a queer person of color who has encountered multiple forms of violence in my life, Zenyu has helped me regain a sense of safety and resiliency in my self and in others. I look forward to these retreats all year!” — Meng Yu, FEEST
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We are located in South Beacon Hill neighborhood of Seattle, near the Van Asselt Community Center.
Contact us at [email protected].
Contact us at [email protected].
