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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. 


Instead of traveling the globe, we explore our inner landscapes.

 Instead of spending time in a foreign country, we commit to doing transformational work in our local communities. 


Now enrolling for the Contemplative and Community Path programs.

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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 the Great Turning Team!

Are our programs a good fit for your gap year vision? Apply now and let's find out! 


We are particularly interested in receiving applications from a broad spectrum of people. Applicants will receive equal consideration and treatment without regard to race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, veteran status, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identification, or disability.

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CONTEMPLATIVE PRACTICES

Contemplative practices vary greatly, but they all have an inward focus  that concentrates attention on the present experience. This awareness creates opportunities for greater connection and insight. We will engage with a variety of contemplative practices to find the ones that best fit you.

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 personal and sacred space 

Retreat getaways

Forest bathing

Ritual circles or solo practices

STILLNESS PRACTICES

Meditation

Silence

 Centering

Stillness in nature

O U R * W O R K

At The Great Turning Team, we offer a new model of learning that emphasizes care for oneself, one another, and the Earth.  We aim to enforce transformational change within ourselves and our societies by working one-one-one with young people who want to make a beneficial difference in their local communities. 


 Do you want to take time to learn more about yourself? 

Are you interested in using practices to intentionally explore your inner landscape? 

Take time to pause and discover what makes you thrive? 

Are you committed to building personal resiliency to do the “outer” work necessary to rebuild our local communities? 


Our work is three-fold: 

(1) To help foster personal healing and develop resiliency through individualized contemplative practices. (2) To create a network of mutual support among young people engaging in these practices. (3) To mentor community-based project development based on an individual’s interests, passions, and strengths. 

Discover our Programs

We want to talk with you!

Let's chat to see if our Gap Year Programs will meet your needs, and if you are a good fit for our programs! Please set up a 30-minute meeting with our founder Laura Hill here! 

Schedule Now

OUR INSPIRATION

Our inspiration for creating the Great Turning Team comes from the book Active Hope by Joanna Macy and Chris Johnstone.  Macy and Johnstone see the importance of this moment in our human history. We agree that it is time to fully engage ourselves in the “Great Turning” -an epic transition  "towards a life-sustaining society committed to the healing and recovery of our world.”  


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

So, we are here to assist and guide you.


  •  We will introduce and ask you to engage with specifically designed contemplative practices that promote healing, resiliency, and active hope. 
  • We will build community with others along the way. 
  • We will help you discover your personal agency so you can decide how to take action in your local community, whether it be volunteering or developing a specific project that best fits your unique passions and strengths. 


We look forward to working with you as we collectively move towards creating a more sane, just, and balanced world.


"What a time to be alive, in this great turning we shall learn to lead in love"

The Great Turning Team Scholarship Fund

We are committed to creating a life-sustaining society devoted to personal and collective healing and we want to ensure this growth opportunity is not bound by financial constraint. All of our proceeds will go directly to Scholarship Funding, as financial assistance toward our programs. We thank you for your support.

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