Wide Alive
Mind Clear | Heart Light | Body Loved | Soul Strong
I’m so glad you’ve decided to be apart of this WIDE ALIVE cohort in 2024.
Below is a reminder “overview” of what WIDE ALIVE is, and then the button to formally register and pay your first installment. Registration is on a first-come basis, so register soon. This cohort will cap at 25 people.
Overview of WIDE ALIVE
While you may want to frame this experience as “a course”, or “a learning cohort”, it may be best to describe this as an “intimate community of practice”. This will be an experience that supports participants with practical steps to live with vitality, compassion, presence, and hope - to live Wide Alive, even when it’s difficult.
This is not a self-help program, but a “self-hope” experience. It isn’t a course to fix yourself, but to find yourself, and live with aliveness in whatever circumstance you find yourself in. Christa will serve not simply as a guide, but as a fellow pilgrim too.
Over the course of six months (January - June), we will meet together online eleven times in total - once in January, and twice per month from February through June. And, you’ll receive two additional emails per month from Christa with inspiration, encouragement, practices to use in real-time, and additional curated resources.
Each session will be 90 minutes (7:30pm-9:00pm EST) over Zoom. The first online gathering of the month will include contemplative practice, some teaching from Christa, a soul-full exercise you’ll be guided in, and some breakout time with each other - this one will be recorded in case you need to miss it. The second gathering in the month will include a slow-down practice and more group discussion and connection together.
While there is no “homework”, participants will be encouraged to reflect on some of the experiences and resources in between the two online sessions.
Curriculum
There are four key components that will guide the development of all the ideas we’ll discuss.
Compassionate Growth: transformation is the engine of life, and we are made for change. We’ll embrace it while being gentle with ourselves!
Whole-Souled: prioritizing the body, heart, mind, and spirit as equally important in being Wide Alive.
Natural Rhythms: paying attention and practicing with the seasons of nature: Winter, Spring & Summer
Loving Well: the goal of Wide Alive is not to simply slow down, or wake up to your life. The goal is to love well - yourself, others, the Divine, and the natural world.
Christa will be adjusting the core curriculum based on who’s a part of this, and what is happening in the world around us.
Gathering Details
The online gatherings in 2023 will be on Wednesday evenings from 7:30pm - 9:00pm EST. Even though full participation is encouraged, people are able to register knowing they can miss three of the eleven gatherings if needed.
January 24, 2024
February 7, 21
March 6, 20
April 3, 17
May 1, 15, 29
June 12
What’s included:
Eleven sessions online (January - June), with a small community of like-minded (and hearted!) people
Two additional emails from Christa per month providing curated resources (ie. podcasts, music, video, books & article suggestions), spiritual practices, and all the encouragement you need to stick with it
Wide Alive Handbook - PDF worksheets to accompany each session
Care Package full of goodies we’ll use throughout the 6 months sent to you in the mail before the start of the first session
Free access to all three of SoulPlay’s Book Club resources retailed at $75.00 (An Altar in the World, Learning to Walk in the Dark & How to Love the World. ) You’ll receive these after you register.
Cost
$565.00 for the entire 6-month experience, materials, care pack, and access to Book club resources.
Note: You can pay 2 installments. The first installment ( $285.00) is due upon registration and will reserve your sport. The second installment ($280) is due prior to the first session on January 24, 2024. There are no refunds.
If for some reason, you need to coordinate with Christa an alternative payment plan (ie. monthly installments), please contact her directly.
$350.00 for returning Wide Alive Alumni participants from the 2022 & 2023 cohorts.
*Note: If you are currently in personal spiritual direction sessions with Christa and you want to put those on pause during the 6 months that is a perfect option However, if you are wanting to add personal spiritual direction with Christa to complement the Wide Alive experience, you will be prioritized in Christa’s schedule, whether you are currently meeting with her, or will begin for the first time.
Register Now! (simply pick the option that works best, and complete the registration form)
Once you register, you’ll be contacted by Christa confirming your registration and next steps to prepare you for the Wide Alive journey!
