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NEURO-QUEER

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what is

NEURO

QUEER

?

“Being both neurodivergent and queer, with some degree of conscious awareness and/or active exploration around how these two aspects of one’s being entwine and interact (or are, perhaps, mutually constitutive and inseparable).”
-Dr. Nick Walker

Seasonal Retreats

Delightfully co-facilitated with Julia Paganelli Marin of Bee Balm Arkansas

Winter 2024

January 28th

at Pearl’s Books in Fayetteville, Arkansas

IT HAPPENED!

Spring 2024

Friday, April 12, 2024 | 9am-2pm CST

at Mount Sequoyah in Fayetteville, AR

The day will include therapeutic education, exploration of poetry and prose, guided writing and reflection, group conversations, restorative yoga and AcuWellness.

IT HAPPENED!

Fall 2024

Saturday, September 21, 2024

in Fayetteville, AR

This full day retreat will focus on IFS education and parts exploration, weaving together didactic learning, reflection, poetry and writing, facilitated group dialogue, yoga , and AcuWellness.

MORE INFO BELOW!

NEURO-QUEER

fall retreat

Saturday, September 21, 2024

9AM - 3PM

Delightfully co-facilitated by Julia Paganelli Marin, poet and executive director of Bee Balm Arkansas, and Jenni-Kay Long, therapist and owner of Interwoven Integrative Mental Health

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What to Expect

Our 2024 Fall Retreat will focus on IFS based parts exploration and care through didactic learning; use of art, poetry and guided writing; facilitated group discussions; guided meditation, restorative yoga, and AcuWellness, centered around the Neuro-Queer experience.

This special retreat will be held at Perrodin Supply Co. with an exhibit by artist Fitz Fitzgerald (learn more about Fitz below). Fitz’s immersive exhibit, Geometric Jungle, will provide both the backdrop for the experience and a portal to consciously connect with your deepest Self and Parts.

Schedule

Below is a general outline of the day’s rhythm, the timing and experience may change slightly over the course of the day, honoring intuition, flow, and group needs.

Cost

Early Bird Registration EXTENDED! (before Sept 3nd) $125

General Registration (on/after Sept 3nd $175

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Artist Fitz Fitzgerald

Shalese “Fitz” Fitzgerald is based in Springdale, Arkansas and is constantly exploring immersive mathematics. With degrees from the University of Arkansas, previous exhibitions have featured 2D and 3D work at The Medium, UAMS in Little Rock, U of A Fayetteville, Fayetteville Public Library, and the Bridges Organization. Most ideas come to him around 2 AM and a few make it to full scale completed works. Models begin as scraps of paper, string, dowels, and Zometools. Full scale works employ the abbreviated contents of a home improvement store with some LEDs and old computer parts thrown in for flair.

While not immediately obvious, Fitz maintains that being transgendered is hugely impactful in his work. The first drawings began more than 30 years ago then sat for decades, buried by the need to stay out of trouble and maintain employment. Mathematical form was always his reprieve- a place without gender, time, or societal notions of right and wrong. Like the pieces which often have no beginning or end, the realization of these works and the time it took is both happy and sad.