Seasonal workshops and gatherings
School year Reflection
June 2026
So often we make it through finals and crash into break completely burnt out from the stress of the semester. We rarely make the time to pause and reflect on the semester that was. Whether we were successful or fell short, the real value isn’t in our final report card but the lessons we glean from our efforts. Let’s take a deep breath with the work that’s been done and ask: What supported my achievement? What can I do differently to improve? What was my most significant change this semester? The answer to these and other questions will help us to draft an email, which we will send to ourselves right before the start of the next semester to ensure that we are remembering the lessons that support our growth and development.
Establish your Practice
This Summer
Breaks are the best time for self-care. Without the pressure of school, my recommendation to families is to pair that vacation time with a commitment to establishing disciplines and practices that can become supportive routines and habits for when we return to school. What better time then now to commit to a mindfulness or nature connection “sit spot” practice that can be done as a family? I would love nothing more than to share an array of mindfulness strategies, practices that can be done in as little as 5 minutes, so that you can choose the ones that work for you. I’ll help you strategize a plan for implementation and support you every step of the way. The family that meditates together enjoys the highs and lows together.
Fire Tenders : Initiation Program
Learn to tend the Inner + Outer flame
Marking Rite of Passage Moments
For small groups - Youth or Adult
Life is replete with thresholds which are ripe with meaning if we learn to mark them well. For any life-stage, Joshua will train a group in tending scout fire leading to an ‘all-night’ solo fire tending rite of passage ritual. These small kindling fires require dedicated focus, attention and cultivate patience while deepening presence. At the dawn of your ceremony you will return with the wisdom your threshold teaches, be it a b’nai mitzvah, transition to high school, college or any threshold between life and death. This is profound work and it would be Joshua’s honor to serve.
Testimonial:
“Joshua Reitzenstein you are a gem, the breath of fresh air that we all need, especially our children. - Romi Azevedo