Aviva Arts launches Resonance, a global in-person retreat program.
Resonance Retreats take Aviva Arts’ practice of empathy, compassion and personal growth and our relationship to the natural world to the next level.
What would it look like to live the world you envision for the future now?
Resonance offers participants affinity spaces to re-tune our relationship to community, culture-building and our own inner purpose.
Light, movement, energy are all vibration.
Politics, society, digital communication contribute to isolation, static energy, a feeling of stuckness and divisiveness.
We make attempts to sound out our authentic selves (at work, home, with friends) but cannot make a connection.
Our body acts as a signal tower.
We are not receiving a signal back because outside systems are telling us to stay alert, remain vigilant and fear others. This takes a lot of energy to maintain.
We are tired and seek to numb ourselves in so many ways in order to cope in a system that doesn’t serve our true humanity.
We are the instrument for Resonance.
When we resonate, we are responding to inner knowing, the Great Mystery, our True North.
An Internal Revolution Affects External Outcomes.
When we resonate with ourselves we return to an easeful state of presence and are more willing to release fear and pain.
The effects are immediate and tangible.
We discover a more authentic relationship to belonging.
We recognize our interdependence on the journey of life, feel lighter, welcome being seen, and yearn for the simplicity, the effortlessness of this state of being. We easefully connect with those around us and the more than human world.
We are the answer to our own question.
We are all lineage holders of our ancestors.
Now is the best time to revive ancient indigenous technologies with new eyes to envision better ways forward.
Why Resonance
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Resonance is an innovative community learning model for anyone seeking greater resonance in their lives, relationships, groups and the more than human world. The programs center liberatory arts and wellness practice with world class facilitators. Resonance programs hold a container as a portal for reflection, inspiration and transformation.
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Organizational leaders, culture makers, artists, teachers, thought leaders, healers and individual seekers of all backgrounds who would like to build a practice of resilience are all warmly invited to join us.
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Center BIPOC, queer, disabled, women and non-binary facilitators from all over the world who bring a diverse range of experiences including but not limited to resilience and leadership skills, performing arts, meditation, land stewardship, embodied wellness practices, spirituality through the lens of community creation to co-imagine the world we wish to live in.
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Enhanced Creativity: Access to joy and childlike creative impulse to play
Improved Focus: Ability to remain present longer.
Greater Overall Awareness: Improved listening and energy-tracking skills
Higher Self-Esteem: More self-confidence and approval
Willingness to Embrace Change: disruption becomes an opportunity for growth
Increased Ability to Manage Uncertainty: dealing with the unknown, multiple truths
YOUR NEXT EXPERIENCE
Resonance Portugal, September 5-9, 2026
five days and nights of creative collaboration, cultural immersion, and restorative practice in a natural setting