Come Back to Yourself

Rediscover a deeper connection with yourself, others, and the Divine through a 25-week journey of practice, community, and transformation.

Perhaps you’re feeling it…

Life feels full, but something feels missing.

You’ve been carrying responsibilities for work, family, community, or others, yet somewhere along the way you’ve lost touch with yourself.

Maybe your faith feels more like an open conversation than a set of fixed answers right now.

Maybe you’re longing for deeper friendships.

Maybe you’re tired of living at the speed of headlines, notifications, and endless obligations.

Or perhaps you simply sense that there is more life available than the one you’re currently living.

Beneath these experiences is often a quieter reality: we’ve become disconnected; from ourselves, from one another, from the sacred, or from the life we most deeply long to live.

If any of this resonates, Rooted Wisdom may be for you.

“Participation in Kinward is transforming me, and its effects are rippling into the world.”

This isn’t another class.

It is a community.

Over twenty-five weeks, you’ll join a small group of people committed to slowing down, asking honest questions, cultivating spiritual practices, and learning how to live from a deeper place.

Together we explore wisdom from contemplative Christianity, science, poetry, psychology, and voices from many traditions—not simply to gain information, but to experience transformation.

This isn’t about having all the answers.

It’s about becoming more fully yourself.

“I’ve taken classes before. This wasn’t a class—it was a community that changed how I see myself, other people, and God.”

“I came looking for answers. I left with a different way of living.”

What makes Rooted Wisdom different?

Most programs teach ideas. Rooted Wisdom invites practice.

Most classes end when the session is over. Rooted Wisdom continues in the way you live each day.

Most courses ask, “What do you know?” Rooted Wisdom asks, “Who are you becoming?”

We believe that lasting change doesn’t happen through information alone. It happens through practices and experiences that reconnect us with ourselves and the world.

Along the way you will…

• Develop spiritual practices that fit your everyday life.
• Find a quieter center in the middle of a noisy world.
• Live more attentively in the presence of God.
• Discover a community in which you can be known and know others.
• Explore questions of identity and purpose.
  Reflect on your own experiences as a source of wisdom.
• Discern how leaning into your unique gifts might bring you joy and serve the world.
• Become more whole as you practice embracing the reality of each new day.

Listen to our facilitators and view our overview informational video, “Rooted Wisdom 101: Converstational Foundations” HERE.

“I finally get to be me.”

“This gave me language for things I had felt for years but could never name.”

“For the first time in a long time, I felt truly seen.”

Is Rooted Wisdom right for you?

Many participants arrive feeling…

• Spiritually hungry but uncertain where to begin.
• Curious about contemplative spirituality.
• Ready to move beyond information into transformation.
• Longing for authentic community.
• Wondering what God might be inviting them toward next.
• Hoping to reconnect with themselves, others, and the Divine.

You don’t need to have the answers.

You only need a willingness to show up honestly.

“Kinward is now like family. Really, I have never had an experience here that hasn’t made me feel better about myself and the world. The world is so good at making me feel like I’m not good enough or that what I say is not important or that it could be wrong. Kinward has shown me that my truth is worth hearing and I think that’s one of the most important things it’s done for me.”

Why twenty-five weeks?

Because lasting transformation takes time.

A weekend retreat can inspire us.

A sustained community can change us.

Rooted Wisdom unfolds slowly through shared practice, reflection, conversation, and action. Week by week, relationships deepen. Trust grows. New ways of seeing become new ways of living.

Investment

$850

Scholarships and payment plans are available (see scholarship form at checkout).

Please don’t let cost prevent you from participating. Financial assistance is available because we believe these teachings should be accessible to everyone.

Join the Fall 2026 Cohort

Only 16 spaces are available.

Registration is now open for our in-person Greensboro cohort.

“It was one of the most meaningful commitments I’ve made. Twenty-five weeks sounded like a long time. Looking back, I wish it had been longer.”

“A weekly invitation to contemplation, rest, and recalibration.”

If you’re sensing that this is your season for deeper growth, we’d love to begin the conversation.