IMPACT! Fundraiser and Ecstatic Dance
Dec
5
6:00 PM18:00

IMPACT! Fundraiser and Ecstatic Dance

IMPACT!

Celebrating 9 years of rites of passage, grief work, council and mentorship in our community

Join us on Thursday, December 5, at The Hybrid in Eugene for a night of celebration, connection, and support for Cascadia Quest! Discover what’s ahead for our community, take part in an Abundance Ritual, and dance, dance, dance into the evening. Every dollar raised will help Cascadia Quest continue its mission of supporting deep, meaningful community growth. 

Event Details:

  What: Cascadia Quest Fundraiser & Ecstatic Dance 

  Where: The Hybrid – 941 W 3rd Ave, Eugene, OR 97402 

  When: Thursday, December 5, 6:00 - 9:00 pm

  • Presentation, Snacks, and Abundance Ritual: 6:00 - 7:30 pm

  • Ecstatic Dance with DJ Shawn: 7:30 - 9:00 pm

Cost: Sliding scale donation from $20 to $20,000 – give as you feel inspired to support!

Come celebrate, connect, and dance with us as we honor the light we bring to each other and fuel the work that strengthens our community.

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Council Facilitation Training I - Eugene, OR
Aug
16
to Aug 17

Council Facilitation Training I - Eugene, OR

  • Cascadia Quest Headquarters (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This weekend experiential council training teaches the basic understandings and skills to lead councils and includes opportunities to practice. Speak from the heart and listen from the heart. Create a space of authenticity, confidentiality, and deep listening, from which the group wisdom can emerge.

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Four Seasons of Leadership - Session I
Oct
17
to Oct 26

Four Seasons of Leadership - Session I

This is the first quarterly session of a year-long course that runs from October 2024 to October 2025. To learn more, visit our Four Seasons of Leadership page.

The entire year of the Four Seasons of Leadership is an initiatory experience. The skills learned will be useful on their own, for many types of leadership, and specifically as a wilderness rite of passage guide. The Four Seasons of Leadership also serves as the first year of the two year Guide Training.

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Welcome Home Ceremony for the Women's Vision Fast - Eugene, OR
Oct
9
5:00 PM17:00

Welcome Home Ceremony for the Women's Vision Fast - Eugene, OR

You and yours are invited to a joyful potluck and sharing circle. Hear epic stories of transformation and renewal while celebrating the medicine brought back from the Women’s Vision Fast. Join with community to hold space as participants weave the threads of their experience in the desert into the cloth of their daily lives.

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Council Facilitation Training I - Eugene, OR
Aug
24
to Aug 25

Council Facilitation Training I - Eugene, OR

  • Cascadia Quest Headquarters (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

This weekend experiential council training teaches the basic understandings and skills to lead councils and includes opportunities to practice. Speak from the heart and listen from the heart. Create a space of authenticity, confidentiality, and deep listening, from which the group wisdom can emerge.

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Welcome Home Ceremony for the Young Men's Initiation
Jul
21
12:00 PM12:00

Welcome Home Ceremony for the Young Men's Initiation

You and yours are invited to a joyful potluck and sharing circle. Hear epic stories of transformation and renewal while celebrating the medicine brought back from the Young Men’s Initiation. These young men have just completed their rite from youth into adulthood! Join with community to hold space as participants weave the threads of their experience in the desert into the cloth of their daily lives.

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Young Men's Initiation - Central Oregon
Jun
22
to Jun 30

Young Men's Initiation - Central Oregon

  • Google Calendar ICS

A wilderness initiation into young adulthood with ongoing mentorship for males aged 15 to 18.

Includes nine-day initiation with organic breakfast s and dinners, welcome home ceremony, and nine months of mentorship. Fund-raising support, and financial aid may be available. Contact us as soon as possible.

Guides: Rob Miller and Daniel Kirchhof

Learn More

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Young Men's Initiation - Central Oregon (Copy)
Jun
22
to Jun 30

Young Men's Initiation - Central Oregon (Copy)

  • Google Calendar ICS

A wilderness initiation into young adulthood with ongoing mentorship for males aged 15 to 18.

Includes nine-day initiation with organic breakfast s and dinners, welcome home ceremony, and nine months of mentorship. Fund-raising support, and financial aid may be available. Contact us as soon as possible.

Guides: Rob Miller and Daniel Kirchhof

Learn More

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Adult Vision Fast - Central Oregon
Feb
2
to Feb 9

Adult Vision Fast - Central Oregon

Go to Nature and Spirit for vision, clarity, purpose, and power.

This is a ten-day vision fast program, during which you will have three days of fasting and solitude. Receive the richness of being seen by an open group of people, and giving yourself dedicated time to focus on your life journey.

Organic breakfasts and dinners, and four incorporation (follow-up) gatherings are included.

For more information, see the page Adult Vision Fasts.

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Grieving Ceremony - Eugene, OR
Dec
2
to Dec 3

Grieving Ceremony - Eugene, OR

  • Spencer Creek Grange (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Grieving ceremonies unite us in shared sorrows over collective and personal losses. It is a place to express our distress, anger, tears, fears, and frustration. This facilitated, two-day event creates a strong container to help purge pent up emotions and support the ability for joy and gratitude to emerge.

Join the Eugene community to express the many faces of loss, feel greater clarity and aliveness, and take action for a healthier world.

See the event web page for more info.

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Adult Vision Fast - Death Valley, CA
Nov
9
to Nov 18

Adult Vision Fast - Death Valley, CA

This program is postponed due to road closures in Death Valley caused by the unprecedented August 2023 rains.

Go to Nature and Spirit for vision, clarity, purpose, and power.

This is a ten-day vision fast program, during which you will have three days of fasting and solitude. Receive the richness of being seen by an open group of people, and giving yourself dedicated time to focus on your life journey.

Organic breakfasts and dinners, and four incorporation (follow-up) gatherings are included.

For more information, see the page Adult Vision Fasts.

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Advanced Council Facilitation Training - Eugene, OR
Nov
3
to Nov 5

Advanced Council Facilitation Training - Eugene, OR

  • Cascadia Quest Headquarters (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Do you lead councils or talking circles and want to deepen the quality of circles you hold as well as your personal practice? The Advanced Training will focus on expanding your knowledge of forms, and how to use those forms in conjunction with the energy of the group to create a greater likelihood for "council magic" to occur. Participants will have multiple opportunities to lead and receive feedback. We'll pay particular attention to energetics and nuance, moving from "doing council" to practicing the "art of council". Council Facilitation Training I or equivalent is prerequisite for this course.

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Stories of Vision - A Welcome Home Ceremony
Oct
28
1:00 PM13:00

Stories of Vision - A Welcome Home Ceremony

Part of what makes Cascadia Quest different from other rites of passage organizations is how much we support our participants in their "incorporation": that time following a vision fast or rite of passage when participants are working to weave the threads of their experience in the desert into the cloth of their daily lives.

You are invited to hear the ceremonial stories from the land as told by the adults who experienced them.

Come hear the epic stories of transformation and renewal that came from the land through the people who fasted alone for three days in the Steens Mountain Wilderness. This is a wonderful opportunity to get an embodied experience of our vision quest programs, learn what Cascadia Quest is all about, and to deepen existing relationships in the community.

Free and open to all. Invite your friends and family. Happening in Eugene, at the Unitarian Universalist Church on the corner of Chambers and 13th Ave.

See you there!

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Tending Male Fire - Ashland, OR
Oct
12
to Oct 15

Tending Male Fire - Ashland, OR

  • WIlderness Area Near Ashland, OR (map)
  • Google Calendar ICS

Tending Male Fire is a four day and three night wilderness retreat and ceremony for men only. We'll dive deeply into three critical aspects of male fire and healthy masculinity: Anger, Grief, and Power. In a strong, supportive circle of brothers, you'll experience the healthy release of anger; anger, which so often covers the softer emotions beneath. You’ll learn the tools of grief-tending and feel the relief of its release. Feeling freer with these weights off your shoulders, you’ll receive guidance and support to better know your power and its healthy manifestation in the world.

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Inviting Nature In
Oct
8
10:00 AM10:00

Inviting Nature In

There are many approaches to recovery from dependency. Being outside with purpose is a powerful tool to add to any version of this self-help process. In the modern age, we have lost what it means to be connected to the Earth, ourselves, and our communities which has led to widespread behavioral and substance addiction. What if we were to invite the higher power of nature into our lives?

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