• ​Limited to 12 participants.

• ​Attend the whole day or either part.

• ​Donate any amount via this form, Venmo, or cash at the event.

​About This Event

​Join us for a nourishing gathering for the body, mind, and soul. With a glorious view of Black Mountain, we will immerse ourselves in a co-created field of joy as we share new and ancient pathways of wellbeing.

​Longtime friends in creativity and consciousness, Lisa Lewis-Cogswell, MS, MA and Maja Apolonia Rode, PhD bring together decades of deep exploration to create a gentle and joyful space for individual and collective healing and renewal.

​PART 1: Joy Is Your Nature

​Introduction to Ren Xue with Lisa Lewis-Cogswell

​Where are you being called to make your life better? Maybe you are feeling depleted and exhausted and would like more energy. Perhaps you are working on emotional healing. Maybe you have gone through a loss — a disconnection from friends, family, or a sense of purpose.

​Everything in life can be a teacher. And when we find tools and pathways that make that learning and growth easier, it can change everything.

​Ren Xue is a path to discover the wellbeing of your true nature. It draws on thousands of years of Chinese wisdom tradition and shapes it into a complete, practical system for modern life — one that works on the body, the Qi (life force energy) that runs through it, the heart, and the deeper patterns that shape how we live from the inside out.

​After 35 years of spiritual exploration, Lisa has discovered that deep, inner joy and genuine wellbeing aren't things you have to go out and find — they are already inside of us. Most of us are just too depleted, and are running too many old survival patterns to feel them.  There is a path to restoring our birthright of genuine wellbeing, boundless energy and joy — and it centers around the heart. Genuine inner joy produces lasting happiness and a relaxed body.

​In this session, Lisa will be sharing from her own lived experience and exploration. Together we'll look at what it actually means to feel well from the inside out, what depletes the natural joy in us, and how to restore joy, which is essential in opening our heart naturally.

​We will explore:

• ​Qi (life force energy) — and why so many of us are running low

• ​The five treasures of a genuinely good life

• ​The nine-method practice system at the heart of Ren Xue

• ​Why tending to the heart and our deep patterns changes everything.

​We'll close with a Group Qi Healing — a relaxing and nourishing experience for your body, mind and soul.

​Lisa Lewis-Cogswell, MS, MA  is a teacher, coach and facilitator with two Master's degrees and a 35-year journey through exploring human consciousness, healing, and transformation. She is the founder of Heartspace Rising and Community Development Director for Ren Xue Americas, where she brings her lifelong purpose to cultivate connection, growth, and love into everything she builds.

​BREAK: Lunch with a view

​PART 2: Cultivating Fields of Joy

​Wisdom Weaving Circle with Maja Apolonia Rodé, PhD

​Experience Maja’s innovative Wisdom Weaving process. In this simple yet powerful group experience we will:

• ​Be gently guided into a collective flow state.

• ​Create a unique Divine Dice oracle that speaks the language of our circle’s interconnected wisdom.

• ​Receive a specific message from this oracle.

• ​Bring the message to life with our living insights and perspectives.

​Our process will be inspired by the invitations of today's gathering:

• ​Let's cultivate the natural joy of being.

• ​Let's be guided by the sense of aliveness.

• ​Let's discover the new and ancient pathways of wellbeing.

• ​Let's immerse ourselves in a healing field of pure life energy.

• ​Let's explore the hidden landscape of our collective wisdom.

​Maja Apolonia Rodé is a creative free agent, oracle inventor, and deep thinker with a PhD in Transpersonal Psychology — and various hidden abilities. For three decades, Maja has been seeding a culture of consciousness, creativity, and love. Maja is the creator of Divine Dice, Divine Dialogues, and Wisdom Weaving Circles — a simple process that reveals the profound interconnected wisdom of the group. Check out Maja’s website to enjoy her rainbow-variety of creations and inspirations.

​What to Bring

​This is an indoor/outdoor event (weather permitting).
Check Los Altos Hills weather.

​For Outdoor Time:

• ​Sun hat/glasses and layered clothing

​Food:

• ​Bring your own lunch if you want to join between sessions

• ​(optional) Bring simple snacks or goodies to share at the end

​Optional:

• ​A journal

• ​For Lunchtime/Part 2: Simple creative things like a musical instrument or colored pencils.

​Schedule

​You are welcome to attend either part or the entire day.

​Arrival Windows:

• ​Arrive 10-10:15am for PART 1

• ​Arrive 12:40-1:15pm for PART 2

​Detailed Schedule:

• ​10-10:15am — Doors open. Arrive and settle in.

• ​10:30am-12:30pm — PART 1: Joy Is Our Nature
  Introduction to Ren Xue with Lisa Lewis-Cogswell, MA

• ​12:40-1:15pm — LUNCH and conversation — with a view

  • ​Bring your own lunch.

  • ​Tea and sparkling water will be provided.

• ​1:30-3:15pm — PART 2: Cultivating Fields of Joy
  Wisdom Weaving Circle with Maja Apolonia Rodé, PhD

  • ​Arrive by 1:15pm to park and settle in.

• ​3:15pm — CONNECTING conversation and clean up

  • ​Optional: Bring nibbles to share.

  • ​Tea and sparkling water will be provided.