Recovery Programs + Companions Initiative
Years of praying, sitting, laughing, weeping, imagining and dwelling in the Silence with all of you has clarified our vision: the Alcyon recovery community is the future of The Alcyon Center. In 2026 we are launching a full-roster of recovery-centered programming and a campaign to support this initiative through donations from our generous supporters. We are counting on you to help ensure that Alcyon will continue to be a training ground for spiritual leadership that grows out of heart-centered recovery.
We encourage those in recovery and allies alike to participate in programs and make a financial commitment to the future of Alcyon. We are excited! And we thank you.
How may I participate in Alcyon Recovery?
Attend a Recovery Cornerstone Program
The 2026 roster is a rich mix of weekend intensives exploring Steps 1-3; Silence, Heart, and Earth, and 12-step yoga. See you on the Cove!
Become a Recovery Companion
We are hopeful that 5-10 generous donors will pledge to give $5-10K annually for the next 5 years, accompanying us financially and prayerfully as we form Alcyon Recovery. We understand giving at this level is not possible for all of us. We welcome all donations in support of this long-anticipated undertaking and encourage you to make a financial commitment of any size now. When you support Alcyon Recovery, you help the Center hold for the next generations that follow you to Seal Cove, befriend the Silence, and take up the deep and courageous practices of heart work.
More info on Alcyon Recovery below…
Explore Recovery in Light of Inner Christianity
This 4-part training delves into the Christology of Rudolf Steiner and Valentin Tomberg. Open to all interested in healing and the Christian esoteric tradition.
Weekend Recovery Cornerstone Programs
Steps 1-3
MAR 27-29 or OCT 16-18, 2026
with Liz Leuthner and Piers Kaniuka
An immersive weekend with the Big Book of Alcoholics Anonymous, out of which we will read, share our experiences, and eventually take a 3rd step together. Contemplative practices in silence and heart woven through the program lend depth and weight to the weekend.
Silence, Heart, Earth
SEP 18-20, 2026
Faculty TBD
Finding the courage to face the world with soul requires a new stance. A series of simple soul practices brings us to open-hearted presence to the stones, the plants, each other and the future. There is space in the schedule for contemplative time alone - or in community.
12-Step Yoga
NOV 13-15, 2026
with Liz Leuthner
We will explore basic yoga postures and breathing techniques, and incorporate ancient yoga and 12-step philosophies into a physical and spiritual practice that is accessible to all people drawn to explore spiritual recovery from addiction to substances and behaviors.
Recovery in Light of Inner Christianity
with Piers Kaniuka
This 4-part training explores 12-step recovery in light of the Christianity of Rudolf Steiner and Valentin Tomberg. Special attention will be paid to the role played by powerlessness and conscience in both traditions. Open to all interested in healing and the Christian esoteric tradition.
Training cost: $4,000; includes room and board.
MAY 7-10 | JUL 09-12 | OCT 08-11 | DEC 10-11. 2026
Recovery Companions Initiative
Become an Alcyon Recovery Companion
We invite you to join us in a new Alcyon Recovery Companions Program and make a financial commitment now to Alcyon as a training ground for the sort of leadership that grows out of spiritual recovery. When you become an Alcyon Companion, you will help the Center hold for the next generations that follow you to Seal Cove, befriend the Silence, and take up the deep and courageous practices of heart work. You are already our companion (“one who breaks bread with another”)! We know this in our hearts by the way you carry yourself, and Alcyon, into the world.
Your willingness to delve into the silence and embody heartfulness in your lives beyond Seal Cove inspires us. We wonder at the blessing of coming to know you, of witnessing the formation of a kind of transformational community we could not have imagined when Alcyon opened in 2008.
We have commitments from generous donors to contribute upwards of $15,000 annually for the next five years (through 2030). It is our hope that you might also consider becoming a companion, at whatever level is comfortable for you, and help set the cornerstone for recovery work at Alcyon.
Our colleagues Piers Kaniuka and Liz Leuthner have been working with us to lead and inspire Alcyon programming since 2010. For the last two years they have guided us into forming a vision of Alcyon for the future, as Joan and Kathryn step away from the tasks of running the Center – but continue teaching. Piers and Liz have volunteered their time, donated their teaching stipends, and made financial contribuitons to seed the Alcyon Recovery Program.
We are now asking you, the Alcyon recovery community and allies of recovery, to join them and become guardians of our financial and programmatic future by giving to your capacity. May we count on you?