Turn the uncertain time for college into a transformational time for you. The Great Turning Team is offering a new kind of gap year experience.

Develop an understanding of your unique interests, passions, & strengths through individualized contemplative practices. Cultivate resiliency & active hope in the face of global change and uncertainty. Engage in community projects, enhance nature-based solutions, & develop a network of mutual support.

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We are facing overwhelming social and ecological crises.

Maintaining hope and continued action is not for the faint-hearted.

Be a part of the epic transition "towards a life-sustaining society committed to the healing and recovery of our world.” Joanna Macy & Chris Johnstone

Find your creative power and resilience by joining the Great Turning Team. Let us help you transform despair and apathy into active hope.

Change can happen within us & our communities through our constructive & collaborative action rooted in love.

VISUAL PRACTICES

Volunteering

Marches

Vigils

Bearing witness

CREATIVE PRACTICES

Contemplative arts

Music

Singing

Journaling

GENERATIVE PRACTICES

Visualization

Beholding

Loving-kindness meditation

Nature connection

RELATIONAL PRACTICES

Council circle

Dialogue

Deep listening

Storytelling

MOVEMENT PRACTICES

Walking meditation

Yoga

Dance

Aikido

RITUAL PRACTICES

Establishing a sacred space

Forest bathing

Ritual circles or solo practices

Nature-based ceremonies

STILLNESS PRACTICES

Meditation

Silence

Centering

Stillness in nature

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GROUNDED in THE GREAT TURNING

of students who took a gap year returned to college within a year.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students cited 'Life Experience' & 'Personal Growth' as their main influence in taking a gap year.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students cited 'Life Experience' & 'Personal Growth' as their main influence in taking a gap year.

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

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GROUNDED in THE GREAT TURNING

of students who took a gap year returned to college within a year.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students cited 'Life Experience' & 'Personal Growth' as their main influence in taking a gap year.

of students said their gap year experience set or confirmed either their career path or academic major.

of students cited 'Life Experience' & 'Personal Growth' as their main influence in taking a gap year.

Join us at The Great Turning Team of Maine

We want to talk with you!

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